THE GREAT FROUDE INTERVIEWED.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 235, 14 March 1885, Page 12

THE GREAT FROUDE INTERVIEWED.

THE STAR REPORTER TO THE FORE.

Fkoude : Well, my little man, and who are W. J. : I am a member of the fourth estate. Froude : A juvenile journalist, I presume ? W.J. : You have hit the mark, sir, as you did in your noble prince, Henry VIII. ■ Froude: What! And do I behold a colonial who, has read my history ? DelightI ful ! my little cD-xy-waxy. W. J. : But, sir, alio-\Y^nie, as a critic, to ! remark that you have scarcely done justice to Ireland. Froude : Indeed, sir ! PossiMy you are from the north of the Green Isle ? W.J. : Eight you are, James Anthony .~\ Froude : Well, sir, since lam so favoureay--1 what hast thou to say touching my "Life of Carlyle"? W.J. : I did not know Carlyle; he was no friend of mine. Froude : Then you never interviewed him V W.J. : Not I, indeed. Froude: What journal did you say you represented ? W.J. : Not any in particular. I'm the "star" of sensation and the terror of the Armed Constabulary — a man to be feared and respected. Froude : You are a Fenian ; I can see it by the cast of your eyes. Get thee behind me, Satan ! W.J. : Sir — sir, you mistake my calling ; I shall yet be recognised as the historian of New Zealand, from chief Te Ta Tito to the fall of King Jacob. Froude : What do you drink, sir ? W.J. : Seldom anything stronger or more operative than Epsom salts.