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    DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY.*

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    THE QUEEN'S HIGHWAY.* For some time past...

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    Dictionary Of National Biography.*

    DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY . *

    The present volume of Mr . Leslie Stephen ' s work only extends from * Olater * to *

    Con-| dell' ( neither names of the utmost importance , it must be admitted ) and in these limits there

    are not to be found the , names of very many men of the first' rank . Probably the reader will

    first i Cobden turn . ' to Mr Mr . . Morley John Morley has latel ' s y article told on us

    that he has deserted literature for politics , and he has expressed regret for tlie hard

    necessity forcing him to do so . Here we have a return fcB to ™«» his w first » love ~ a — return ™ ™ " ^ " - ™ - " ~ " - ¦ that — — is — — all ~ ^^^^^ ^^ p ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ . ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^* ^^^^^^^^ " ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ ™ ,

    the more interesting since it is a literary article on a political subject . The great

    authority for the article is the author ' s 'Life of Cobden . ' Nothing perhaps is ever better

    done than a very brief biographical sketch ¦ written V ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^*^ mm ^^ r by »~^ " ~ a the ¦ ™ — man ^— — — ^~ ^^ who ~ — — has — - - — - — - - — alread — — — — _ - y ^^ j com — — -

    posed a long life on his subject . This is no exception , but an illustration of the rule laid

    down . We have never seen the narrative of the Anti-Corn Law struggle told in fewer or happier words . Here is the pithy

    characterisation with which the biography concludes : * Cobden was as eminent for the amiability of his private character as for his public virtue .

    Though incessantly engaged in the keenest controversy , he never made an enemy . The sincerity of his interest in great causes raised

    him above personalities , as it enabled him to bear with a singular constancy the embarrassments and trials of a life which in some

    respects had less than its share of happy fortune / Mr . Stephen , as usual , and , no doubt , as is

    proper , takes a fair share of the most important articles to himself . It ought also to be added that he does not disdain to do a

    large number of the smaller biographies . In these — - , indeed - ____ j , as has _ been __ often _ _ pointed A — out — ,

    the real value of the dictionary consists . The chief contribution to this number is the life of Coleridge . As to thiscriticism

    would be superfluous and impertinent , . The author of ' Hours in a Library' is probabl

    the most competent hand that could be pro y - cured to write the life of a great master of

    English thought . As usual in Mr . Stephen ' s articles — — — — , — the — bibliogra — ¦ — - — — ^^^ b ^— ¦ p u h — ^— y M is — ^^ speciall — ^^ ^^ — ^^ — — y ^ full ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ and ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^

    good . There are some important law articles in

    thi this s * volume volume , and and they thev are are or of somewhat somfiwhai un nn--equal merit . c Coke ' is excellently well done by Mr ¦ h ¦ . ¦ G . P i . Macdonell ¦ vv v ¦ h whose v hff summary ( p . th of

    ^~ H ™ ^ ^ ^^^ w ^ m ^^^ p ^ ^ ' ^^^^^^^ v ^^ v ^ ^^ v ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ . ^ ^^« , - ^ m ^ v ^^^ - ^^^ ^^ - ^^^ p ^^ r ^ . ^ . ^ ^^ B ^^ . r ^ ^^ ^ m ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ b ^ ' ^^^ that great jurist ' s contributions to English law is admirable . On the other handMr

    J . A . Hamilton ' s ' Lord Oockburn' is bald , and . meagre . It might have been enlivened by H the

    M % ^ ^^^ ^» ~ " ™ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ' ' ^ P . Hp ^ W ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ p ^^ ' ^ i ^ W »^* ^^^ F excellent and authentic anecdote that Cockburn — was so ^^ fond ^~^ ¦ — — ^^ —~ of - ~ - telling ^—^ ^^ F- ^^ ¦ — — . — — — » ^^ V ^^ K of ^^^ ^ i ¦ ^ ^ Palmer ^^^^ ^ P ^^ W ^^ . . B ^ . V ^^ T ^ . ^^ ' s ^ . ~ ^ re ^ B . " ^^^

    -mark after his conviction . Oockburn conimmediatel finding ducted the him y prosecution guilty after the tossed ¦ ¦ , verdict and to his the of solicitor the prisoner jury a ,

    ~ — - —~ — ' —— — " — W ^^ m — m ^ M —— - — ' — ' ^ m , * m ^— - ^ ^ ^ - ^^ ~^^ m ^^ - ^^ ^ B ^ w ^ m w *^ w ^ m ^^^ ^^ # ^ ^ i ^ ^ K ^ mr ^^^ w ^ ^* U note : * It ' s the riding that did it . ' Perhaps there never was a stronger or an odder

    compliment paid to a lawyer than that wrapped up Smith « , Dictiona Elder & ry Co of . ) National Biography , ' Vol . XE . ( London :

    ^ ^ in this curious' sporting metaphor , f *&/ Generation of Judgesby their Reporter' ought also

    to perhaps , have be en g iveu , publi in the shed ! bibH when ograp , , the hgir article ; ,. ] but

    was written or corrected . We are glad to note fhat , Mr . J . K . La i ughton is 1 writing h h ' somewhat ¦ less verbosely

    ^^^ p ^^^^^ ^^ V ^ F ^^ " ^^^ ^ " ^ B ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^ ^ r ^—^— ^—^— ~— >^^^^^_^^™ ^ ^ - ^ ™ w — ^ — — — ^ - ^ ^^ " ^ — ~ - ~~ ~~ - ^^ ^^^ ^~^ m" ^^^ r v ^^ V ^>^ ^^^ V than , usual . His fellow-sinner , Professor War 4 , does not contribute to this volume .

    Mr Mr . . JLee Lee , . mr Mr . . Archer Archer . , JM Mrr . . Knierht ± uiignt , , Mr Mr . . jbfcun JHu ^ ti ., Mr . Henderson , and Mr . Cooper , and the other members of the faithful staff of

    subordinates , continue to do their Work with their wonted accuracy and neatness .

    The Queen's Highway.* For Some Time Past...

    THE QUEEN'S HIGHWAY . For some time past the great line

    X C 3 of Tail way stretching across Canada ancl connecting the Atlantic with the ^ Pacific , has attracted attentionThe

    widespread . grand route from ocean to ocean brings Australasia and British Columbia nearer to us hy many

    days . It is this route , its progress and its prospects , which Mr . Stuart Cumberland vividly describes in his new volume . As a

    matter of fact this author ' s book is the only work in existenceso far as we remember

    that describes with , any degree of completeness , the wonderful country through which the

    Canadian Pacific Railway passes . As commerce and general colonial intercourse will be vastly benefited by the enterpriseit is natural

    to assume that there-will be a tolerabl , y keen desire for information concerning the country

    of the new ' Queen's Highway . ' That information is given with fulness and force in Mr .

    Cumberland ' s book . The opening chapters concern the *

    Province of the Midnight Sun '—British Columbia . This splendid countryits mainlandits islands

    its cities and towns , its climate and , resources , is freshly described . , Port Moodythe present ,

    terminus of the railway , is yet in , a curiously primitive _ — — — , , condition — __ _ ^ —w . ~_~ . - ^ * " When - ^^^^ ~^^ r ^ M peop ^^^ ^^^ ~ m ^ ^ m ^ m le ^ ^^^ v wants ^ » h h —

    their boots cleaned , ' remarked the landlord of the hotel * they - ¦¦ generall k in f these parts

    — — - — — —— — , -j ^ ^— ' ^— - ^^ - m ^ H ^^^ ' ^^ ^ " » ^^^^^»^™ y m , w ^^^^^ m ^^^^^^ ^^ w *^ ^^ 9 ^^ — , cleans ' em themselves , but most on ' em don't want ' em cleaned at all . " This same worthy

    does not omit to recommend his hotel : V' * Mine ' s a A 1 hoteland don't yer forget

    it , " he ™ ¦¦¦ - said ¦ ~— - ^~ *~~ ¦ one ~^ - ~ ¦ day «^^ " ^ " ^ ^^ , " ^ -r ^ pointing r - ^^ ^^ ¦ , « ii ^^ ^^ ' ^^^ w ^ r ^ with ^^ mm mm ^ r w pride ^ r ¦ * . " ^ *^ ^^ ^^ . ^ to ^^ the " amphibious structure *~ r ~> v ¦ i which bore i his name ¦¦ .

    — — — — — _ — — - — v ^ r ^_^__ ~_^ - ^ - ^^—^^» - ^— w » ^^~ ^^^^^» - ^^ ^^^ mm ^^^^ ' . ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ pv . ^ . v ^*^ ^^»^^ ^^ ' ^^ — ^ 4 tone I'll J own V but as what my ' s customers that h to ain or 't to quite man the — — ; - — — » » — ^^ — — ¦ ^ v -w ^— ^— m ^^ ^ m- - ^^ you m - ^^ ^^ r ^ - ^^ ^^ ^ gr ^ B ^ any ^ vnr « l W ^ " ™

    s'long as they pays their reck'ning ? Just yer mind that I don't cater ¦— for no —¦¦ city gentswith

    bran-ne — — — — w — — store — — ' - ^ clothes - ^ - ' ^ —— —— — ^^— ~^^ on ^^^ — ' ¦ ^ their ' ^^ . . . ^^ 1 ^ m ^^ Bfc backs ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ , ^ B * and shiny toothpick boots on their feet . No ,

    siree , them as wants extry attendance won't get it here , and there ain't no place , fur the "'item on the bill .

    Lively writing of this description is sobered b — y ^^ sensibl - — — ^ - » - * - ™— e —~ reflections r - _ - - ^^^ n - ^ ¦ I ' ^^ ¦ ~^ ^^ »^ ^^ such — - ^ ^^^ ' ^^ ^^ ^^ as ^^^ V ^^^ those ^ T . ^ ^^ ^^ T ^^ ^^^^ recorded ^ . V ^ 0 ^^ ¦ ^ ^ ™

    in the chapter relating to the harbour of Esquimau It as a naval centreand its bearing upon

    Russia ' s position in the Pacific , . This is Worthy of concentrated attention . Turaing from this

    Cumberla * The ua Q , ueen P , R . ' G s . Hlgliway ^ ., & p . London from Ocean : Sampaoa to Ocelli ! L

    KXtXRlV OC XVIVJLU ^ LUU . 4 _ __ ... ^ t , - — £ «

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1887, page 712, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071887/page/6/