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    of the Exchequer , Douglas Jerrold wrote : c He has ink in his veins . The goose-q iTiIl— I I let confident gold and that silver the sticks twinkle instincts as they of may the —leads riht the honourable House of Commons will . Thus I f ee ] I

    animation , to'the coldnes literary s of statesmanship , apt g to be numbed b gentleman y tightness of red give -tape new ' I I How XJLLivv comp uuiu . pitJCtJJ letel . y j these tiit ;» e word wuriy ^ written waalucijl in aia 1852 io ^ Aj , w wci ere c fulfill au-uaaacvi ed , , j it . u needs uccub not uut to tu point puiuo out OUt and and

    by a curious coincidence , as it , was amidst the choice tomes of his father ' s shelves that he from first ¦ - — ' ¦ saw the ¦ - » the Sunday > ^— - — li g ht ¦ , when -- so - — - — it he — was — - was -- — — in . ____ for the . the _ library — last tim at e Hug carried henden into that his own his . __ home lifeless — until bod ^— ^ ¦ i y ^ was ^ left ^ p l ^ i la it ¦¦ ¦ c e fop ¦ « d

    ^^ «— ~ - ^ -v . , _ ... »» gr ^^ ^^ » ^ the grave—more fitting resting-place for one whose pen was seldom idle , than even the moat gorgeous chamber in which as a rule a Garter-Knight reposes .

    Viewing him as an author , it is emphatically true , as was remarked by the writer of the interesting biography in the Timespublished on the morrow of his deaththat ' had he

    but never his turned capacit KJ to y politics . in thi , s Lord respect Beaconsfield was , in reality must , like have every made thing himself else , a merged brilliant , in reputation — and »*«« made , U ! G ' 1 1 i iT •¦ 1 i 1 aim * of *• his "I lif "I i * wh 1 i ch t h 1 i far O this I T * world XI

    subsidiary to the * political e , o m , as as was concerned was the only worthy ambition for a man of education . This natural bent gave to all his

    literary 1 i creations • that i-li special " 1 colour 1 which ^ * 1 distinguished 1 1 • "I 1 them i 1 , and made " 1 them iT almost I ¦ in them . . - selves — - — a distinct — school - - — - - of - fiction - — differing as widely from the average <^ 1 novel as ___ does — . ^ ,, the ^^^ - ^

    his-, y t J ^ y _ + * M , KJ torical novel or the religious novel . But while the books of Mr . Disraeli—and only one out of the — — , long — m l .- ist -- cam ^ ,. _ — e — . from __ his _ .. — hand _ _ after _ he _ had _ donned _ the _ coronet . __ —were „ , _ _ thus — ** m ^¦ ^ arked «»^ out 1

    _ -, _ - _ - — _ V ^ ^^ ^^^ ^ world as - - — the — - — 's - — literary stage - — — ^ -- ^ ^ — and - expression — the - — many of ^ m the parts j — thoug p j layed hts ^ w and by m the imag great { inings y ~ actor of a , M mind man , j ever there — ¦ — engrossed was - - ¦ — — - — — in - — - —— his ^~^ m i ip b work y ^^ t ^ h ^^^ e

    manship much of that high art which conceals art , and he contrived to invest his characters with a personality as intenseand an attractiveness as powerfulas those of the modern

    sensational writerswhile his back , grounds were always painted with , the same care and finish which B ¦ he i bestowed , on what may be termed his character sketches _ ___ __ . One __— of _ the _ _ _ charms of his

    — - — — - ^— — — — — — - — — — — — — — - — - m - — - — — ^^ — —_ _ ^_ v ^—m v ^^^ ~ m ^ ^^ b ^ ^ p ^^ p novels , apart from their political interest , was supplied by that lifting of the veil from the inner life and movements __ . ___ _ of _ the great _ figures of societ _ ywhich . _ enabled _ _ __ , persons — _ . , __ ,. who had

    never ™^ — - ^ - - entered - ^ - — the — charmed circle to live a within v it , and , to appreciate to some ^— extent — v ^_ - ^ ^— the ^ v ^^ -v ' ^ r ^ influences not only of the men but of the women who in times past more than at the present

    aspired to be not simply leaders of fashion but something more . And then , apart from the thread of fiction , the great author contrived to introduce not a little distinctive teaching on

    those problems of the day , many of which have since been solved , though some remain to he dealt ^ v ^ v ^^^ ^ m" ^ v ^^^ ^^ with * * ™ ™ ^^^ v ^ b ^^^ b * ^^^ y m ^ his ^~^ ^^ ^^^^>^^^ p * successors ^ k ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ r ^^^^ *^^ r *^^*^ ^ t ^ ^^^ ^^*^ V .

    The history of Lord Beaconsfield ' s literary career carries us back over a period of more than half which a century onllived , when for five he contributed months some 1826 he articles to the Vivian Representative , next a dail followed y Tory

    | paper ja . jj ; A , , wuiuu cuiry y iiveu aujl live muiitJi » . . jlu In j . o . 4 l > uv published puuiisiieu ' v lvinn Grey vxiey ; , ' nt 3-s . lununouj , in 1 The 1828 , his D satirical uke' Failing sketch 1 , to The Voyage seat of for Captain Wycombe Popanilla ; lebone y and then he once , during more Aiiv 1831 took — ,

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    poem 1 Henrietta JUJLV ^ JLAJL , * A ^ KJ \ J ( JU Revolutionary Temp J . WXiX | JX le ^/ , , ' published J _/ U . KJXd . E tDlJi , p ic / in XIX which 1836 JLUl / U , j he and ClUU reissued ' Venetia 1 VJIXt UXCU in ' 1864 in 1 XJL 1837 J . < J »_ F The | , , the tXlLi , next year JT V ^ tUO . two of V ^ J . his J . J . years 1 . O return Jivwvi produced * " to --the

    in in House 1844 jujtci of , , c Commons Coningsb wuj . ij . jj . ^ cj iL ^ y ^ as y ; y member or \ jx . the tuo for J New - ^ c v Maidstone > vjiciioi Generation dtJiun . , In / ouj st 1830 yle iou d . , he b M y ^ y published its i iio author < x \ a . ijijlvj i ' Alarcos c a political jy \_ » j . iuxv : a Tragedy ji novel **^ ¦ —on ;

    Young England princii ) les ; ' in 1845 * Sybil ; or the Two Nations ; ' in 1847 , Tancred jor his the New Lo"thair Crusade ' reminded ; ' and the a ' Political public once Biograp , more hy of of the Lord literary George powers Bentinck of the ' in great 1852 . statesman In 1871 ^ 01 » ;

    and o t ~\ r \ then 4- r » (\ -w \ , onl r \ i- > l y last lr »« 4- year TT / -vmr » , came /» f » TV ¦ >/\ 'End It -r \ /^ ymion itivi t / - » v » . ' In ! ¦¦ - » addition o ri /~ l 14-1 / -vt- » to 4- / -v these 4-V »/ - \« r- > li lirv ghter lTfQr > works ~ lT 7 "/ ~ VT * irQ , a series Sftl'lcS " ^ speeches 1867 under mjuvj delivere the f editorshi \\ d in the ii House of \ jjl Lord juvjl of Commons Rowton ( then on Reform MrMontag , from 1848 to ) I 860 and \ i ,, five hi was of published his Lord m -

    shi - « -v- » v ^ p J 3 speeches v ^ i . uxxy- on jA . xu Church jJLOJ . .. p jj Policy were . juui ^»* published » nvix yuiJioai . in 18 _ jl . . G 5 . iji . uui under / ag u u the Corry wijl title j ; y , cujla of the - v time ^ - -lionourcu Tory toast of ' Church and Queen / Several other minor , political essays were also publish ^

    in the earlier years of his career .

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    342 The Publishers' Circular May ^ j f

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    body The rested following from Sunday description until of the the day library of the at funeral Hughenden , will bo Manor read , with in which interest Lord :- — Beacons ' Tho n ^ eU l is chieflrich in historical worksfrom Gaisford ' " Herodotus" through Holinshed / t ^ ^

    1 » UlllUJJLJ . JLU . U JLAJL JUai / VlUJdi WUlX \ . aXI Dill VJTcl / lOlUHJL s » JLJLCA UUUULli 3 IU 1 A . VUli ^ Jll . J-J-v ^ '"' , - » II the The later French y annals Revue , but ( Us also Deux contains Mondes , , a good was collection always carefull of ancient y studied , classical , , , with , and the French current htera tno ilj Ijp ^

    reviews ¦ volumes library librarv KATTiniirn . . and n selected - They Thev r \ r \ newspapers n miro entirely entirelv by n'n \ AT the > B occupy occudv , late b V » TT y Earl the -4- | - the the » r \ from lat I walls walls *\ 4- e statesman o his 4 , and and 4- father n a \ -v \ leave leave r-i T- » ' . s collection Onl § room room 1 ' » -v 1 y a only onlv portion - » of -v / - > vr » tor for 25 4-T r \ , 000 \ two two , of r \ T are sketches sKCtcnc co /^ r \ 11 to a rse * Ptft be , » found or Ok to . hi iep * " in , J ^ are . . t

    11 here ful the drawings pictorial in wealth Indian profusel ink of y tho sx ^ late read , Earl over ' the rest tion of at the the House University . The of sKetc ^ Olasg y io »^

    play which ho was installed Lord Rector in 1873 . They s recep were executed by the wife of one o Jf Professors roiessors , and and contain contain clever clever portraits nortraita ol of Lord Lord JtSeaconsheld "Beanonsfield . . Aaotner Another porti portrait < Ai | ^ or - ^ ^ .

    Earl as a young , manvery similar to Maclise's etching of Disraeli tho Younger , Jiangs ^ ^ ^ , II hall companion just outside at the , and Congress , close to of it Berlin is the . portrait On the of opposite the Marquia wall hangs of Salisbury the portrait , Lord of ^ tli eac e ^ £ ^ ^ £ ^ arl ^ 11 ^ J

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 2, 1881, page 342, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02051881/page/2/