Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-08-02

GEORGE W. CURTIS.

Sir. IEEls . a younger man tuaH most
people hluE. aud EhluE u =HiJg nj his good
9aEz Ic Is ust t9rJg-5AI9a. and a5ne ONT
st zen people throughout he country have
N .daa lh4t he L over iftv TINS impress
5IuI g u-,TtlT ,Iua -u a certain Iuaulmlty
1I OPINION among the critics concerning 1r.
G CaTtlz ana his writings 80 one speaks
Id eI even lightly 1t dr. Curtis r7orE.
because il is almost invariably vel Ione.
lie IS as lTZn 81 lls pedestal pf s9gI reuute
ls BrvanI, L5uztC-i5w 1r Holmes are Oh
sEelTs is seldom JtlaU writer under
z1tE lc.IlsTe5 rs reputation 50 ulqugsuaaad
1E lpes lHv l-sI,.IuE hlTga=UI -alt-s0ne-Ir.
Jr Curtis + z 11ll and aggressive suUucla-
-gv lt ultra 3Jlu1us. bat nobody sEer
CsUEuE NJ aIu Tz 5sl1BEsU-l0 20 -EiaE s-&Ss a1
writers Tll 90 elusz the current f0g the
tTlT7sgsc 15 entering attention 1p0n them
eres Ono reason 3i tins IS that he is So
HaLuzb.T honest about lt. another Is that be
Thorough q Gentleman Hc gslu say q
severe tiln- d E1u 10 Eglr face without
HyrEIuE Ils 1ez1 OF running 1ut LIs tongue
Gt -gU lie Is aggressive without being
uert and aHa- He Is .he Grant Of ultra
.deajzr, u55 sbe Sherman. His enemies
respect llu and even admire nIu- Eou
leggT catch any zGHe uau struggling us
lgl.aGs Or zUEllUE Q lis ss-ara IS ircg.
TT ET-Is. How very .eW writers escape
zlls 1-- 1I slLssr, 1l east after they have
passed lhgII ti1tIesd OF sIEEIeth year few
people ton 70 g- BsyaIa Taylor does
let escape l-Llel.E1ra Elton does u3t-5u
s4gE- .hgre arc @ very 1w vino Ig.
Curtis Faa born 90 respectable s1mUa-
-eGes. 1ui- li-e many another agv who mas
aa present need, he began TO take care 3f
himself when &c Eas IuI fifteen years old.
His parents removed 10 -l4ls eltr rom Prov
deucc. Hho5le Island when George was at
that z-e- ana lie entered she service Of s trv
--a0ds importer herc. after year Of tins
4a FeHt e Earning. u Massachusetts,. ami
c Vas While T7or-lu1- "a o tarEu near 5nc5Td.
hgt Ic mingled @ tie society where he met
Ea8eEson and hawthorne.
Curtis i graduate VI Brown nlvcTsl-
81 and he -Usa. few months 70 the I'M
rCEsltv Ct Berlin Ills -arc culture vas not
es,1JEIrel u IKE 3rliiuarr rrutlue HIS liter
lr- tastes T-c naturally refined mi He
improved his mind -TCal.r .iy foreign tray
ai. Ec Eas 2uF tHeaEV-zIE whgH he re-
Turned .Tala bis travels ID -g-ns guv SYRIA.
and HIEulis l.al bis &i.= Notes OF HoWad-
LhiS lal5 save hmm -Le sasrl8ust VI
'E1awl.ii uTsis. which las chung p him
ever since
Bat L r7a bis p.iuhar Papers which
gave ann llz ul1s5 distinctive literary rCuu-
-aCiou We -tIuE. Llese were q collection uf
aarsrs ca metropolitan fashionable iite-
very a1UstIe and humorous strongly suC
-sztIng EhlcEcray Thsckcrav 5r the way
Z 1ne Of Alr. Curtis proioUudesE admira-
.i0uz. and lie has aaipai Ialch 20 popuiarlze
that writer u .dis country. P1iiphar
appeared originally "a Putnam NamtklF,
Of which Curtis was the principal editor.
He was also part proprietor u the HlslfbtH-
aud rs unhappy end rUs8l5el ID stripping
sir. Curtis u aH be possessed Is the
phrase Is. for na1pie aik as Il 2 man eluld
na1 -1asssss anything bat hard dollars
Us i Iaiuz. alucati5a and energy vera H9J
property. SIR Curtis has clearly proved
that shey arc
L.atus Eating. ne 1f Curtis pieasaHtest
books. ras mzda ND 81 watering HiSea let
ters chat hewFoie 60 the I57b}me IN 1851.
prue and L, his poorest TolGme. was IN
ike manner made up rom iEe pages 1f
Putnam.
Mr.. Curtis dzs now been connected with
the Harpsra publications foE Ten or dozen