New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-29
London August 3.

II is not easy 10 part VII" NIL i'N"''
,.ucs lie was granted papers OF
s.turalization and took the oath OF al
,'.;.,ce as n British subject on Mon
ssv July &c. In the mere word sub
,'.,r-no matter whose subjeet-there
.omethinc that TO an American car
:, ,epenent 1t takes US back to the
- - George III, 10 whom all Amer
-. we're before 1916 subjects, and
.n,,c Of them after. But it is Mr.
I.mes's way to pass beyond words OF
rhi,b he IS a master and sometimes
,he tvrant. and 20 look for the sub
80 which lies hid beneath them.
,~shn has obliged his readers to at
INT ,he same experience, since not
..Ae~,riso are the utmost merits OF
~. writing and his thinking TO be de-
..cled from the mystery in which they
80 Of late years been enveloped.
His Sponsors.
u.. 5,parture is made with every
..r.,-,s.arce Of distinction banners
.se breeze and ne drums beating
~. s,onsors those who back ms APP
lotion as English guarantors OF ms
80 fs.th are me Prime Minister OF
I-..,DE and sd. LDmuua GQssc. ".
tIl.cNr..b though he acts IN his private
.-eritv. SIS none the less the Govern
e.5~t a.r. Edmund Gosse is-ior me
men 80 GREATER repres, nta..Ne OF
TT@@ va; I..erature. j, he is not m the
la-y fr.t RANK O.. English men of let
tfrs he holds good p.aoe m me sec sec.
80 Under the escort OF these wv
Mr. Jams. makes lr MS ne" c"Pacl,!
an honorable entrance on N'lS "'"
STAGE.
His Reasons
.-.. hi os-, state
m' rs .'S -. f,r tbis ronurcia-
men,. ~ '' ,.~.c,D nationality are
roa Oh me-, ~, tr,arica: and that
lO"- .. ~ enc English p-eSs are
the --l -.'S 80. c~ofe arain, for a
known mos" said:
rea -,.,-,-,re in this coun-
A.. 80 decision of this
ny '- ,gI,ra works are an
w.-sr .- genus " - All English
ABIDING pos7ess'GD"
sie-A.-- f~
His Reception.
obs. rr.aicricn. Ike most other
-s ,...g "a 30 one. In prOphe-
r-...t do not as people
,.'s .. .,..s. nor In the fulflment OF
.S-. ~. since -he DAVIS Of the Old
.-'.-' -rr. F.---r Press. ~ so
las declared its opinions, re-
ia. CIV tb.. r. IS. uart the .pinlon OF
ts-.- .o-.raI. Some of them 50
f@@.l,,. r~utn farther. Nl-iuiglng ad-
r,i~ars with tlue 'Usu.4g complaCeHV4'
rerson SIR james Qlall4eS nv
English than American. DR. ~ N'@9oo'-7,,
ham. for example, in the Natioh'
t.s an insulting sentence:
,i+ te. NOT teen easy 10 think o.
t.., a. I'm American, for his graces OF
---,.ro~ and carriage, Of speech, OF
.-...r.. OF oppression. seemed 70
bevs ro.r5 -he.. favorlte setting IN
oyr climate and atmosphere laIheI
L.r 3D.. +1e American. What stranger
rre.-.rg 1-r g. for the hIst lIHe'
yro.It t.t. him for an American
IN Ike suir.t OF arrogance MI
Wass.rrr.m's Ger. an friends are "oHv
to assert that ShaSesieare oeIoHllgs -
them and not % & Lngi4' ""''i'
srIv makes the English !augn'
Tie best answer 20 such -mPeI II
rerc.. l- 10 say Of tlr. James ."F-
cannot put off his Anne. canlslh az
garment His LIES Work va 80. 80
these fly years past as an Ail.' ~ 81
and because be was ar amer 'E". -.
was one VI Re V-ie' t..T IL and will
-" H.. literature for all time
.t'- 'oi5 H. nlace an an American,
"1 "..- -,f.. tr,or
l'- - a.. -, >.-.i-..I c.,tioont
Lngus" Na''"i'"' =.
But the welcome 90 Mr' @4i'es III