AMBERLEY PAPERS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22777, 10 July 1937, Page 4 (Supplement)

AMBERLEY PAPERS

YOUTH IN A PAST AGE Lord Ambcrley may be described either as the son of Lord .John Russell or as the father of Bertram! Bussell (the present earl). The reason why so little is heard of Arnberlcy and his wife, Kate Stanley, is that both died in their earlv thirties. They were, however, in tlio "late 'sixties of last century leading lights among the English Radicals. Their diaries and papers have been edited by Bertraiul and Patricia Bussell and aro published in two volumes, each over 500 pages. The selection is a judicious one. and the editors have been content to let the papers tell, as far as possible, thpir own story. These two volumes give an insight iiito a period of intellectual confusion as seen through the eyes of its contemporaries. The fact that ho was Lord John's son was sufficient to cause Amherley to be constantly in tho limelight of criticism. He and his wife, however, were so much absorbed in their work and their happiness that they hardly noticed that tho world was shocked. What the World thought or, rather, did, about tho matter is seen in the account of tho South Devon election of 1868. Intimate portraits of many of the leading personalities of the day are to be found in the diaries and letters. Tho whole forms a human document of no little value. "Tho Arnberlcy Papors: Tho Letters and Diaries of Lord and Lady Amherley,' edited by Eortrand and Patricia ltussell. In two volumes. (Hogarth Press.)