JUSTIN M'CARTHY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1473, 22 June 1912, Page 3

JUSTIN M'CARTHY.

In his "Editor's Reiro-pret. Jft;, Cpopcr, formerly of the ; , something to say of the la!« .lustin M ( ar-t-hv, tho two having 'been:-.; cfib.eas.ues .oil tho stall' of the "Moniing ; Ktai:, - ot Which, paper Viscount Morley w-.i;: eoitor tor a brief period. Mr. ..Cooper - declares tha t what was said of Miieaulay niii;ht with Cfinal truth have :lie'en.:.Sa.id-,,-:b.f i-iMPIf At'Carthy—that ho wa.s'.a bnokViii /breeches;;, but he adds that wh;,r...M:C,irth.v kicked was "a, spice of the: cloyiL 7 - J .;. i?r: otlioiv . ini.(i more conventional ■woriisiV .that.r.he-.jt'eVer got into a passion aboutAnyih'iii'Bj ; ;Spms.limes," it is said, '(K»Wjs - nearlv red hot; if lu> .could.(,'et to wlnte heat lie would be-the furcmbst; lvn'cr of his time.'" -iThere is a work of llr.; MTar.thy. s that seems to. have bpoil- . iii, ; .bis obituary notices —tUat 'of ;fpurteeii, years oeo, \Villiani : V : :TC.liite's;i-;?* 1 iinor of tho House of Coihnioiisj".^ ; Mt¥;Jl-^ai> : thy was of opinion' oi' -trucr study of Cobilen can' bo -I'oinul ahyw;.he,V<i. than is found in-:,; irr.;;>'3Vliite ; 's mentary sketches, |aiid: .that' - : lio "ciiliblcs. yomiKcr readers toi..d6.;'what. tliey---might not otherwise be able to: dp-.-!<> sec the mail in his habit '.'.s lie lived." ..i. The story.of how one publisher rejeded the manuscript of : ;]\FrL ? >) listi n TM-'.Cai'tii.y"'s : "History of Our Own Time's," and h:i-.v another at once acce]plcd<i : success it turned out, hoVofton bron teld. When the manuscript-'Avasitriiten.; tbyj.fessi-5'.... Chattd and Windus, Mr. Chatfo'-turned over the leaves, and within-.fih. Jipi'.r ho dccided that ho would publish the work. Instead of offering 3!r.. M'Carihy, any money down for the copyrig 1 it. Miv. 'Gbr I ,| i 0 suggested that it Aybuld.lio.faii'C-r.to. bpdi;: sides if the on' the royalty system. . And .t'o tiie question "What wis the result?"fprri' makes reply:—"As:';.rcsaii(ls;-M of tho book from a I soon received pnbiisher.riv ; e thousand pounds, failciweu at iiitervdls by: other sums as much." Mr. M'Cacthiwjibes, a tribute to Mr. G.hatlo,-v.'hicii .is not at all surprising. ;■ Readers familiar; with, the Ili.-dcry inayliave noticed the .-o^iti!:c-:lilj>oi;cc--of. i '; and references. .Thee.. Miv .M'(.'':ir! by : omitted, greatly ae'ailistthefadvice . : Jf.ifi-.' Gladstone, who thought siich :-nuitie'r no cessary as a sort of sfii'-viiidic-'ition; .lint Mr. M'Carthy lielieved that. >!'.:< general reader did not want thc-ni, aiiil .the. historical student did ..not value Ihcin, for ho knows his owh>%ay , :.-<9'" tfi^ountAbL-

lif.'itvl. Mr. r MiA" sfcrm-.'k |pripur(ioiH <»f lif-i ojiiwivtw by 'writing r tbo bi„' iliiSius jit'sj, nhi!' iti'liiig in t'ls-S" •jlti-i/rs-Jit- -siuriii lefigHl as rliey. v.. ii- (").i(".i-tli>i{ tw, •Xtn M'Tarfhy i.vi.'ntp fvc.n iiorHs Flu-is. Somftilili's llle .-(-(-.tie WaW- wi'.itteii tii:.--i. il'' iixcl. ii. it ircri', his slr-tijipi.-it eU'eot, /illif Mwfcnd \m lo it.

-Jl r. M'(.' : ;i.rt.liy's li.i.-l: nieotin-i ivHli. Slnl> ■! tlii'iv Arnold, wiis at Ueaii Slsi-iili'.y's. (i.ue |. oyO:'ii n;,' iii i;h.o di'-ayv-iiig-Vi-vni'i, be.l'oro ill ni I'-er. I hi: Dci-p s-iiddcii'iy -sltipped in stmi'etalk he was li«vi':iiß J!i'. M'"Cari!iy.i I- A\-:h.ilo : tli n guests w.oiie asri-ii.il.il iii.'r. a'm'-l, taking tho .liai'id of a iK'-w ar-rival.. Ire-Nii-'i: "Coino .here-, rvlii'lt. aii'd -h-t i-iie bring i you flics .t'f) iii.co is"i-l : i| the li.Kin wlio sflys I yo:u- aro tinfy a lnrniafilro Goethe.'("fro I b™* .'i:i'i'ivol ivai M-alMiew rii.otit. '.vhniii J ilv. .M'Ciiff.hy lias-I lipypiiliod iii 11il.-is-i lory as a. i.it.inia-f-ui'c itineHic. h. c-unso I iioW, ] djdn-'t >n,.v only a niiii-iatni-L' | Cioriiiei" lb. M'tkii'lliy ■s'liMi'iitie'reii out,. "It' iie Cfii/d -only t-oiivintn- nie thvi-t '■! ain a lij'itlialvi'i't- -tiriothc."' sa'ili A.v'ufiM with a ]«j|Uii ; y siitije, "'low p'fo.mi -u't (iij'sulf Ii« Vvo'ii-i'ii liiq'Ko in.-."