The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
Early Elisabethan Times.

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Early Elisabethan Times.
7. anpear. that Elisabeth and Nay1,
gfuart. IN. Beotnnino Of the Feud. by
FpAsK AarpuR MuMRy (Houghton Mif-
fin Company). n only an instalment OF
the series of yo,umes in which the
wr,,er "bones eventusIIv 70 illustrate
tho history Of England by means of
con.emnorarv Ie,ters" This method of
writing history ia ~ courss not novel
II pursued ,udiciouslv II eiyes the
reader a mora "realiz,np sense" Of mast
times than would n continuous narra-
tive nv n modern. sixty wears ago.
when II waa much mora NJ a noveIty
than now CarlvIe used 4, in his .Oliyer
Cromwe,I'a I,et,era ana sneechesp OF
tho resul, Taipa anthnsia s,icallv ex-
cla,p,. .yyou,d Tint all b,s,orv were
lilo ,h,s n se,ec,,on ~ texts provdied
With a comne,,arv" car,v,e.a HOOK 10
q, ,,or. ,hon a.. ,,a,vo n. an exnos,tion
NJ ito author,s yiew NJ TIA s,btect. II
20 Tho ouorr,, 20 which all subseouent
,vri,ora on ~ ,ame .ubiect have had
% rasort whotbar N sustain or IN refute
h,s coro,r.ior. VERY up,ilss b,a
"Erench R.volut,on. In tho basis Of
,.ct ,or ,,,,,ch ,,odcrr ,nou,rers ara
woe o- laos s,,oco.s,u,Iv nlc,xiny holes
Tho COLLECTIONS which furnish the ",ext"
-, Crorn,yaII omourt IN .or,o,nal
so,,rcos" ,or tbs so,lowers ~ the col.
,ao,or Tho hoot undouhted,v shows nj
de- ho., ,ha ,,a,hod unor witch I, was
cornnosed Rrt the method evidently
,o,,,,ro. .or,.,h,rr ,,,oro ,hor ~. AM.
sond 80 o.l,ing n "Drvasdust- ar than
a ,,,,,rrro.s % rur,mage a v,,dernesa
=, ,,hn, az ,,,,na,,an, raeder might coII
,.osta narer 7, r.ou,res IN most "a ses
=. .a,ao,Inr whIch ., ala M, involve In
b,s case because he set out to rive
every written or spoken word of his
hero that was recoverable. Mr.. MUMMY
has cited only such contemporarv let
ters az were concerned with his subject.
hut apparently he has cited in full all
such as he has had occasion to quote
at all. and SO there is necessarily much
surplusage and much temptation to
skipping. One could easily retreuch
say a quarter Of this packed and closely
printed volume by the mere means Of
the blue pencil without removing any
thing that any reader would miss. Then.
again. the commentary" leaves much
to be desired. II is In the main intelli-
gent. but II by no means supplies. when
taken In connection with the letters. as
Carlyle's commentary does supply, the
place Of a continuous narrative. II
frequently fails to fulfil even the hum
bic editorial function OF telling who the
people were whose names appear In
the letters. The history IN fact must
be gathered and compiled oy the reader
Tor h'mself.
These tour hundred pages reiate 10
the events OF only SIX years IN the early
part OF the reign OF Eizapeth-ioos-
1903. AS Mr. mummy says IN MS ttle,
II was only the beginning OF the reuu'
which was ehoeu ny INC eAecutioh vi
NhrV IN 100 Mr' Hne'eV III hls re-
cent pooh' INC iraseuy Vi mary
o'"ar'' H'u'n 'sS "u'NS '"oN IVAN
tnis' seiects' u s true per'oo ihuch
shorter 'nah ina. oi .ne preseh, 'o'uIhe'
peihs III iae. ohiy "i'eeh n'on'hs' Du'
they were niteeh very ia'eiui months
'hciuuihs the niuruer OF Darn'ey' 'he
harriake 10 boutwell, the Imprisonment
az LoenieIeh anu the oeieat at Lang
siue' ~" 'ha' was oo@e" years ai.el
the per'ou Oh 'he present soiuhe' winch
.nc'uoeS OF 'he events wnicn nave given
wary he' u,iaue p'aoe !" ni''oiy anu
ro"iahee on'y 'he 'iiarriase 10 Darhiey
,ne Pe.iou 'n"Sen ov mr; Mui"oy IN
ma. ., e"'.won anu nv. even
ma. y, ine Apoo' " o''e ,he ,wo
Vi SUI Io",as rom ~hien iar
nioie 'eaue'S 'a'e ueriseo tne'r MS
lor'eai nho"'euse oi r''@aDe'hah per-
sons anu eeehes man are nhe'y 10 oe-
rive "on' p,oiessuu his'or' ans Oh any
sehooi' VI TINS carrier periou EEaoe.h
anu "o' nafy unque'.'onao,y 'he
eauns lsuy' "a,y nao oieo al
.ne Gnu u 'ne SOY 'o'u IN .hese le.-
.e'S ene WIN "a,o oeo" qu''e ioiso'-
zen now UT d. 'hoS' rehieNpereo as
.ne puppe' Vi Francs III .he error. OF
.ne rrehch court 10 get possession OF the
ninsuoih Vi oeo,'anu III spi'e OF such
resistance as couiu DE maze oy England
uhuer YOUNG anu uiH'arr'eo ana pre-
summary teepie queen ana as the on
Jeet Oh 'he furious pias's oi oiu Johh
MOI NOT SO hucn against any eHorts
she was niahIns 10 recover ocotlahu 10
lhe Ihureh oi rome, LOT realy she was
hiahins nome oue against ner iuoiatry
IN having the services Oh tne rehgion In
"hlen sue hau oeeii Drought up III her
own private ehapeL
oh 'ne other hahd' curing these six