Levnsa 2x me Couerey—By the Baroness Guten. Country Lite La, London.
1 Is really quite improper for the vulgar eye to peep into this volume, The reviewer feels very dim dent 1n [attempting to express an opinion on Lady Clifton' literary ability, whea {by no means negligible, [mental equipment, which is obviously Deyond proletarian assessment. the same time it is possible for the Vulgar mind to be highly diverted by the arllesoness of these leters, if milaly surprised st the condescension which has exposed them 10 examina: Uon by an unkind world. For Lady Clifton, London hes only three residential aspects: street of "somewhere "tating "the "St. Jamers Square, Artington
Forth side of the Pare, between the Siarbie "Arch and' thst. small ents where" the old lay of my youth sed to stand with, Dalioons" and paper "windmill" Just "beyond "the Faer-line of "Kensington Gardens ice Park It is hardly necessary to say that her mind is in'much the same. con ition. "So she rises_gallantiy above the "bucolic ineffectiveness "of "he county families and pratiles pleasant-to her presumably aristocratic correspondent on the unselfishness and heroism of her own order, whatever that may be. The student of sociology might be interested to analyse Lady Clifton's qualifications. A moderate Exercise of knowledge of public affairs, plus a little historical research, Would" undoubtedly produce cone: sions terribly shocking to the author's complacency, "But, after all, probably a waste of time to attempt forpenetrate what is evidently a very twellsprotected selfauffetency, and may be enough to quote a passage partial exposition of the diarist's philosoph ial Rat away seamed toe that the varstotacy, "the. per Grenadier "Guards marching small compan monotony"
{owards Blacktrlars. Superb, cxpressionies, magnificent with nce leading' mem past reapecttul atte. Ts tiougnt "of "two Sounins, Barnes the_one charming Gulet," Intelligent, "a" professional ler, the other rushing Theme from nada, which had been po fnd"plenty' and' both hiled inthe This appalling. Sight into ecstatic realms of snobbery' somehow raises the question whether the" families thus exalted to Lady Clitton's esteem would thank her for the attention.
seems that somewhere In the Eas her correspondent lives. If he has [profited by the experience and developed the slightest sense of hus mour he may be congratulated on having in his possession a series of truly comic self-revelations—e1,
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