New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-06
LITERARY NEWS
ID mo d
g. CRITICISM ~

triple guard must be set around the
rest of the family"
While the question Of the passports
was still before the Assembly the TWO
princesses started south, Accompanies
bv Mime. de Narbonne and consiuer
ahle tetinue. and conveyed by LOUIS ue
Narbonne. Nine. Adelaide's godchilu' Il
not her son. It.was largely due 10 HIS
firmness and diplomacy that the wv
roval ladies succeeded in reaching inc
italian frontier. after having oeeh
stonned time and again. and even ue-
tanned for a fortnight at one point
rouis stood we'll with the reNoIu'ioh
ists. for. like La Fayette' ne hau Jo'''1
the constitutional party
Nine. de Narbonne spent her own
wealth in the service of Mesuai'es'
COW them both die in exile anu lo
turned TO France under the hes'oi
,;or 70 he treated by Louis ANlii
with his habitual ingratitude' 1t WIS
r.;tb the greatest difficulty that :"
nror, was obtained for her from this
,,ost contemptible of all the Bouroohs'
Il is likely that it was she VINO I'M
,iated the movement that ended IN 'ie
,,.o,sference from Italian TO frehch
soil of the bodies of the two prihcesses
sbe had served so well. She died Ia
Paris i'm 1897. in her elshtE-e'e" '"
wear. forgotten, ignored.
Her son Louis. having served rance
against her foreign foes. met the la'e
90 many other French mobiles who had
taken I'D the cause Of the people from
conviction. Suspected, denounced, con-
6emned 10 death. he succeeded IN es-
Gaming abroad. returning in leoi 10
enter Napoleon's armies. He was one
Of the ENJOYS sent 10 Vienna oy the
Emperor to treat with Metternlch our
ing the arnistice that ended In the Dat
tie of Leipsic
Mr. Pearces two books are frankly a
chrOnique scdnddieuSc Of the reign OIL
the Four Georges. Since ThacKeray
tha world has come 10 see that their
influence upon the social tone of their
period was far less than he held IL 10
be: that. as a matter OF fact the at
mosphere at court and in society whlch
they found so congenial and encouraged
was not altogether Of their making
Still. the fact remains that George
brought over with him from Germany
the coarsened Teutonic imitation OF the
frank immortality OF Versailles. Inc
story of the first Georges captive VIE
IN Hanover is sufficiently well known;
so is the scandalous treatment OF Caro-
line OF Wales 10y the so-called First
Gentleman Of Europe" Mr.. Pearce
revels in court secrets, in royal mys-
teries. but. at least, he does not pre-
tend TO be able 10 solve them. on the
, contrary, he frankly confesses that
they are exceedingly well kept But
he rolls them under his tongue, and
| the reader can do the same II he is 50
( minded-especially the mystery that
| surrounds the birth Of Charlotte II
: Wales, daughter Of the Prince Regent,
| THE Beloved Princess" 10 whom
Byron unquestionably addressed his
verses ITO a Lady Weeping:
Weep. daughter OF a Noble line.
! sire's disgrace, a realms decay
All, happy II each tear OF thine
| Could wash a fathers fault away!
Weep. for thy tears are virtues tears,
| Auspicious TO these suffering isles
And be each drop. in future years.
Repaid thee OF thy peoples smiles.
Charlotte had her hour OF popularity,
as the presumptive heir To the throne.
as she had her year of happiness Us
the wife Of Leopold Of Saxe-Coburg.
the future first king Of Belgium. But
whatever brief sunshine Of living was
hers was dearly bought at the price OF
her fathers persecution OF her mother.
which recoiled upon her head.
Mr.. Pearce denies explicitly that
Elizabeth Chudleigh was An advent
uress. but her whole career proves her
| to have been just that and nothing
else. Well-born. but impecunious. she
was, through her mothers connections,
| appointed maid-Cf- honor 70 the Prince -