The Arkansas banner., 1849-05-08
Literary Men in host.n.

A correspondent of the New Ysrk tribune gifes
 an interesting account of what te literary niea in
 Boston are now doing;
 1 Mir Prescott i' getting together his materials for
 the history of Phillip H., but is lot 50 fas ad-
 vanced in it's progress to warrant the reports
 current of late that hiSncx work is Rarly ready ' i for publication. Ii ihe Harpers issue complete 1 copy in 1855, the author will have lone a great
 work in brief space of time The historian looks in fine health and may De any uorung before breakfast, with his ruddy face male fcsher by else. rapidly walking aroand ths Common on the street toward Roxbury. His library room in Bea con street is saperb apartment, admirably rr-
 ranged, containing many spleRdid rbutes to his genius from abroad.
 MT Longfelow is bringing "KavHagh' through
 the press, and any one who may hae seen bis DOT trait may recognize him on Snnda daymorningS most generally seated al his pubiishee. sin Washington
 street. liis residence Is ia CambTige, where he is said 10 entertain his many friends h hospitality not usaaiy available among poets. No writer has
 more personal popularity, aside fom that which his genius always commands
 Mir. W nipple, the essayisi and reviewer, has, we
 believe, achieved nothing later than his fine article in the North American OH Fielding. an effort al-
 ready recognized in England a hrst- rate eontri hniion ts literatare ia is department. Mr. ". Is himselT capital subject Tor ggaee 0r news- paper ariele-his accomplishments as a speaker
 well as a writer adordsg gooI matter TOT personal description. His lectures turing inc season just ! closed have been more briihnt than those of any
 former years, and his Postions above all cayii or envious carping.
 Mir Emerson. since his rdurn from Europe. is
 rarely seen about town, Prefsrng the airs oi Com cord 10 Those of Boston. Hn presence anywhere
 in the city Is marked one, aid the uRdeTsta ndin9
 5ic rally about his lips like ees, when he opens these musical leaves of thougk and wit
 Mir. Hawthorn seldom lig,s up the haunts of
 Bosieniaas with his fine eyes Bnsily occupied in
 the Salem house, he inds aut little leisure for railway trip over $ sixten miles road. His Twice Told Tales' shoui be increased in the
 number of volumes but t is oubtiul if he intends
 an addition to his fame in that department at present. Mir. Sargent sits in the editorial chair stad
 and steady if he had neyerSritten those stirring
 songs and ballads which, to ear read or snng, al-
 ways send the best biOot Of e1er pulsing about his heart. The poet-ediior rsdes in delightful cottage in Roxbury.
 Whittier Is seen now and ten in town, but he is shy of the city and seldom caves Amesbury, his quiet residence for mauy day Washington street
 got rapid glimpse of bini lai week. bat he fitted again befere il closed. His lat prose work .' Mar garet Smiths Journal,' inceases in popularity and has had already great crcu atou. Mir Everett is looking les pale than astsal, and his intellectual front loses Istsing by time. His last oraiorial effort kiiiaBt any of his far-famed previous ones iu erlier years. hat he lS engaged m tttsfdfN prO0uGiOHs HdS toHS
 lssn ramored, bat what 1t isnobody in the latitude of State street can divine
 MT Choate ismaking sple,did speeches in Court, and has hardly tune 10 alsshis early walks to croaeh his daily labors. His lecture suggested
 hy Mscaulay's Histury of Eglaud perform ance twenty coming ysaFslay not match again ia cold climate
 Mr. Sumner is lying peroh, but he is never Idle. Whenever he cones up, lhe waters are not only sure 10 be troubled. but ciensed also His active intellect does not allow him much rcpose. MF. Hillard is in duty touud to write No. l book of foreign travel. What part of Europe he will choose to describe. knows, and although
 nothing in this way Is yet announced from his pen,
 he is loudly called upon, from all quarters 10 rye,
 Since his European tour, he has grown ruddsr, and somewhat English in lis bulk.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes, the poet, professor and physician, is reapng wide reputation everywhere Tor his great requirements and skill. Late English
 reviews speak of him as of the mos, accurate physiOlogisls of tho present day