The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1882. ANTHONY TROLLOPE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1252, 13 December 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1882. ANTHONY TROLLOPE.

Some ten days ago word was flashed round the world to each English speaking community that the Archbishop of Canterbury and Anthony Trollope were seriously ill. The former wus well known to be in rank the first subject of Queen Victoria, and by his virtues and attainments well fitted for the high place lie occupied, the latter was ut mere private gentleman, arid an office clerk, Yet we believe that Mr Trollope exercised a wider influence over the minds of the dwellers in Great Britain, than even the high and illustrious personage who passed away almost simultaneously with him. Wherever the English tongue is spoken and read AnthonyTrollope, the.novelist, is better known and loved than almost any. living Englishman. He was hot a man of high' genius' or of any position. He was' simply the "best delineator we. have had, since Thackeray died, of social life in England. In every country and colony there are thousands of ; men and women to whom Trollofe's heroes and heroines are living breathing beings to whom the late Arcliibishop. was a stranger and a myth. In a colony like New Zealand we specially depended on a writer of this character for- faithful and honest photographs of life as it now is in England. With Anthony Trollope, as a guide, we are at Home in St, Stephens, in the City Clubs, and drawing, rooms, as well as in the country homes of .England, No iPnrer or fresher pictures of English :home life can be found tlian'those painted bythisnovelist. Ifis"amistake too'to suppose they carry no. lesson with them. On the contrary they are more powerful than the voice of the most eloquent preacher; or the finest orator in knowledge of and a sympathy with manly and womanly traits. In holding a mirror up tonature the lesson learnt by the spectator may be an unconscious one, but it is none the less an, instruction. No memorial .is needed of Anthony Trollope, other than the long series of healthy, vigorous works which : he has left .behind him,—works which. will outlive the present, century, and keep his name fresh and green in- a: future generation,which'few perhapsamongst us will live to see!.'' ■ ■ •;,'" r : ' '■