El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-30

but on the other hand to the concen-
l tration of all the vigour and life OF
! genious into single and strong gov
eminent, the gracess the arts, the let
/ tiers Of a polished court. the freedom,
the energy. the resources Of COM
mercial population destined TO rise
above the tyranny at which It had
cipated Saxons the markets Of the
world Upon the victory Of that day
these contending interests. this vast
alternative in the future swayed and
trembled-"
Despite the stilted language OF an
other day and the Dortly size Of the
volume, The Last Of the Barons is
read today because the characters who
play so large part in. one OF the
great human struggles toward liber-
" are all human beings and ont mere
puppets The story is one Of intrigu
and Of battle, centering nominally in
the Wars of the Roses and the Strug-
giles Of the two great houses OF York
and Lancaster; yet the interest Is iar
larger than e mere dyuastic one. the
the expense Of the baronlal, the
growth Of a national spirit in place
Of mere individual loyalty TO feudal
chieftan, Is the important thing IN this
manifestation Of class-consciousnes s,
the plain people uniting with the
trading toEnsmen against the mobiles
The great earl, who had made Ed
ward the Fourth King. found himself
for very personal reasons trying TO
unseat that prince and to put n his
place another Edward, OF the house
OF Lancaster. heir to Henry the sixth,
whom Edward OF York was holding
a prisoner in the Tower 4er war
Wick's path was not an easy one
while his younger daughter was mar
ried to Edward of Lancaster, his other
daughter Isabel was the wife OF the
Kings younger brother Clarence. VINO
was as vet the male heir to the throne
However things might go. warwick
might some day sit on the throne OF
England-if one did not take thought
of the possibilities that lay hidden
behind the inscrutable smile OF the
Kings Youngest brother, Richard
Duke OF Gloucester. But Warwick was
at heart fighting the battle OF arts
tocracy while the King was with the
current which was converting an ag-
ricultural into q trading population.
With Warwick was his powerful
fighting brother. Montagu; with him
or against him. who could tell
was his other brother. the facile arch
bishop who aspiTed to be Pope, whose
mansion was at once q school for
youth. a court for middle life, an
asylum for age. whittier as to
Nedici fled the letters and the arts
In the end Warwick found himself
OOEn
had placed upon the throne. The I'M
petuous and fiery temperament OF
Edward the Fourth was rendered yet
more fearful by the Indulgence Of ev-
cry intemperance- HIS very virtues
strengthened his vices; his courage
stifled every whisper. It almost
seemed as If he loved to provoke q
danger for the pleasure Il gave his
brain to battle or his hand to crush
It And yet he had q shrewd policy
which perhaps drew him knowingly
into the quarrel with Warwick, which
merely his evil passions seemed 70
provoke 7 wish TO raise fresh no.
bilftv." he said, ~to counteract the
pride OF the old: only upon new mobiles
can a new dynasty rely This was
the Yorkist principle Of humbling the
harOnial and raising the middle class
II was easv of execution at period
when q partial aristocracy was be-
ginning to merge into Foluptuos
warwick was defending freedom
for the barons. Robin Hilyard was
struggling to win freedom for the
people as against King and mobiles
Yet the earl anad Robin found them
selves fighting in the same army.
Neither White Rose nor Red snall
be on nv banner" cried Hflyard. but
our standard shall be the CORY head
Of the first onDressor we can place
t1pon a pole We aare taxed, ground,
pi1laged. p1undered-sheep, main
tanned to be shesTed FOR your peace or
butchered for your war" Through the
cause Of the gentle Henry IN the Tow
er Robin saw greater freedom for the
War is not the only theme OF the
book, however. The intrigues OF the
Queens family, the patient diplomacy
OF the bitter and revengeful Margaret
of Anjou. Queen of ne King IN the
Tower the love Of the gentle Anne
Neville for Margarets son EDWARD
the Influence Of royal marriages OF
the fate Of nations. the struggles OF
the Lollards. predecessors OF the pur-
itans who caused Charles the First 50
much trouble; the fine Italian hand OF
Richard. Duke OF Gloucester: the long
ard patient toll OF Adam Warner.
scholar who dreamed OF harnessing
steam to his machine Eureka TO do the
work of the world long before the
world was ready to have its work
done by any such magical means; the
chicanery Of Friar Bungey, adept IN
all the secret arts OF the time, who
thought to steal poor ADAMS secret
from him; but above all else the
troubled tale Of love OF the beauttIul
daughter Of the scholar. Sibyl, ana
the great and powerful Lord Hastings.
with fate ever playing cruel turns
against the girl as well as against the
father-al1 these are part OF this fas-
author and p. bic. united in calling
one of the best that came from the
prolific pen Of Bulwer Lytton-
warwick lost and Edward won And
with the earl persisted Hilvard, but as
he bravelv met his death Robin cried
ssThe. people are never beaten Cory
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sEVanity Fair" by Thacl<erys as con-
densed by Miss Carolyn Wells. will be
printed tomorrow.