New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-18

shown to all the world. Lady Sarah
inherited her fathers brains if not all
her mothers beauty. and her CORE
spondence, beginning in 1904, when she
was seventeen years old, is generally
sprightly and often picturesque. Eng
lish social and domestic life in The ear
ler half Of the last century is pleasant
" reflected i'm these pages, and she
gives us many glimpses Of distin-
guished and original persons. Her let
ters above all reveal a lovable being,
high minded. warm hearted and the
possessor Of an engaging sense Of
humor
In the second year Of queen Vic
torias reign Lady Lyttleton, who had
then been a widow FOR a year, became
lady-in-waiting to the young Sow
creign Her intimate epistles contain
some winning pictures of the royal girl
We see her playing ball with the two
little Ashley boys i'm a Windsor Corri-
Tor. and the object of the little Prin-
cess Of Oldenburg's ardent Affection;
y"The baby took q rage for the Queen
clawed at her and crowed and laughed,
and spluttered the minute she saw her.
They say all babies do-l'er dignity is
quite thrown away upon them At the
propagation Of Parliament in 1899
Lady Lyttleton was in attendance and
very proud Of the fashion in which the
girl read her speech: Her voice is,
when so raised and SOstenutO, quite that
OF a child, a gushing sort Of richness,
u with the most sensible, cultivated and
gentleman like accent and emphasis.
She raised her head and uttered Gen
tlemen Of the House Of Copmons!' with
q little air Of grandeur that was very
pretty. She was frightened, but no one
could have guessed it; tre knew II by
the crimson color Of her face and neck
and a little trembling
Lady Lyttleton remained at court
after Victoria's marriage, and her notes
on the life together Of the Queen and
Prince most happily supplement the re-
Gently published diaries Of the SOW
ereign's maiden days. The little wife
was as meek as she was happy, and
touchingly anxious TO share her hus-
bands tastes and occupations. She
struggled TO care for nature as he did.
They read together Hallams "Consti-
tutional History" and, for a lighter
book, st. Simon's Memoirs" the wife
sewing lie the husband read aloud.
In talking about somebody one day to
Victoria Lady Lyttleton unthinkingly
used the expression, AS happy as a
queen" and caught herself up" But
the Queen said: Don't correct your
self. Lady Lyttleton A queen is a
very happy woman" Her pride in her
husband was beautiful TO see. Don't
YOU like that" she said, with a great
blush to Lady Lyttleton when the
band at dinner played something of
classic spirit TO which all the guests
stopped talking to listen. 1T was com
posed by the Prince" She was frankly
grateful to those who showed genuine
apprecia ton of her husbands many
fine qualities.
It is pleasant 10 find in these letters
an Albert of a figure less like wax
work perfection than that shown in
Tennyson's verse. Here is a merry
young man. illustrating with a pirou-
cite and a prodigious grin the way in
which hi wife-who had been re-
preached with undue crossness-should
behave during a State visit. Here he
is again dancing reel steps TO keel
himself warm in freezing December
room at Windsor while he looks over
some quarterly accounts. There arc
glimpses of him building block houses
for his little daughter and enjoying the
fall thereof more than she, or with the
small Prince Of Wales on his knee. ten
Derby and patiently putting on the
child's difficult little gloves. Mamma
looking on adOringly the while Music
and music of the bcst-was his pas
sion and he had an enviable mastery
of the organ. our letter writer heard
with delight the solemn strains that
rose from his hand at sunset-"and
taan he went TO cut jokes ard eat
.oad. at dinner. and NOBODY but the