The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-16
LITERARY ITEMS.

LITERARY ITEMS.
Tile newspaper controversy over the authorship
IT tI,. popular snilr .'Rnck VI. 10 Sleep. Moth +.
has been fUowc;! 10y vnlratini nf the claims "f
Mr. Alex. VI. W. Ball. "i Elizabeth. \: j., made by
tllc lion. q. y. Morse. of .;hcrry Hailc%. \. l..
:I'i M quart" iai .: sin" % and lee Sh":arl have for
ale Il * claimc that Mr.. Il. wr,'tr POEM nf
fifteen sa:.zaS S-I, and that selection ' SIX
II .i,">c sarz irris tn popular so&e. wi,ch
lr-. .lkcr. t,'i"rolr'' icrcvl AYERS :hc wrf" III
iav an forwarded tu Phllalc!phl;l newspaper
-. Is'a am! they arc ilrll"d III tllr ."nr ni !l"r
i..'luS' '.uh-,i".i iy !'lcknor f"!,!s III 1850.
K - alleged lh:; Sir. :all rs.I writ" l!Ir i",n u.
..isp..tr. hr.'.i-c be as writiCa others cTuai!r
.mml :..ri :sui:l'. uf hts unpublished Ms i- given
-. i!r.. readers CONCLUSIONS. Il is alleged
that lac dill write. the t' strength al t'
statements nf s:;ndry persons VII" sav they heard
him l,ad il as his own. two III three Years i"ipr
published her copy. These statements ate III
letters two "f VIII cI nave full names aitar!!, ~
the writer's. and initial. ar, only gwen I" others.
Ii s claimed also t at internal crC':rr shows
ono minds work in the fifteen s'arizl> that ll'r
;unrnls ui Mr. Balls said Ia nave l"" written tnnr
wears hrorr Mrs Akrr's ciailn sir'w para!'eliHni
ri tlin,i.-..t and srr to the psIc:n =! dispute" and
that SIR tails original draft wiz .'.:.: cations
cuull IL, pr"cucr'l. We pr,'>uin N!''. .Gi'is will
feel herself called upon to allSwc. ~. inpic
charge "f literary larceny. 7d"taeNr ""i;nts r'r's-
tLn: !t'n!
Mr. ". arcw Ilazliit who has ,io:!c :;o,'i work
III H. time mostly as an editor of reprints o: nd
English literature. has recently published L c"'inI"
"f Volumes concerning" his famous relative t!:' cS-
-ay,si win, l,y the way WAS hs grant-rr:"r, mn
h, t!,s liic II 'Mrnors oi William lia2lItt, with
i'uripmS ,.f is1 Correspondence. llls w"rk Is
nr.,r ,,lt!rc,l interesting i'll tie main. but one ut
i,:s reviewers SAYS very frankly Il ut IT docs no,
come up Ia the mark, the biographical PORTIONS
beng lar from satisfactory, while those whlc.l III
;,r,.t IT. most arc .nuS. exclusively due IL liaZ-
hit. own correspondence. Strange tu say, hc
adds. the author makes hardly any attempt " hat
ever o convey Ia his readers clra" ANA true ht"!>
II lIaZii;tI intellect. ur his nature Tie -. srcti.
scahng neither critic biOgral l'iri, hut only u
collector of letters aud extracts VII" Intcrwcarc's
sulllr passagr, of technical explanation.
The s;ii;rct Of Amusement a. n Force III Chris
tian Training. is trcat,d i'll four die'ourscs by the
Rev Marvin r. Vincent. Of Troy. In the opinion
nf the au iur. when the church has touched the
subject Of amusement. it has GENERALLY done :" III
a cciisurius spirit. 1t has issued It's drcrrtals
and resolution, aga nSt certain forms Of social re-
creation AID prescribed penalties tor engaging III
lhr,lf while it has left alone the broader relations
of the question. Mr.. Vincent IL IS 4 more liberal
and comprehensive view uf the whole matter. and
contends that the devil is not necessarily ut work
theatrical representation, game of billiards.
or Il festive banquet.
Mr.. Gerald Massey the poet AZ it is the fashion
10 call linn, and NJ. plarcc Chu>lcs, the alazarin
librarian are band ynK letters i'll the late issue. vi
the Nl,cnrlln Oh the rcXed question ol Sik'-
l,carc's sunncts, and who the ima:ln tive ~" IL.
uf the 'Dcdlcal"n really was. The last number
of that Journal contains one Of Mr. Massey MIS-
sivr.. and also letter from Mr. Samuel Wlcl VIII"
signs himself Rector. in Which that gentle
convicts NJ luslcs of borrowing without ackl wl,
cd:cnicnt his lntcrpic rotation of the nU'htneS uHdrh
bcnd the nuus initials. namely, that II was
William Hathaway, brother OF Shakespeare $
wife.
Tic celebrated Yclvcrton case, which nude so
much nois in the Eng lisl cuuls Il few years since.
.urls portion ot the niaicrlals OF Mr.. CYRUS v"
R,tldiu"s $ new novel; ~ WIio and Not Il WIFE,
which was lately published. ami which may be
coslrlercd until furtlir: notice. Us the last w'nk
of this veteran author, who, some forty odd y,ar,
age WAS Ca,npbciss assistant i'll editing the New
month";, MagaZnr. Mr.. kcd,iiEG has at heart.
/, would srcn the EiISl!sh laws uf divorce, cslc-
cally those which obtained i'll the case of Mrs.
irlvcrtu,i the last being tnc objects of iilS scor
aud satire.
"Ihc Lille of Carl Ritter" by ". l.. Gage, pub
iised Dy ca aries ScrIbiicr Co., Ii an 'crcS'lh,
piece o.. biography devoted to the person Il si'-
rv uud scientific career Of ,nr of the most rllli-
arnt grugraphrls I'll the age. Apart ilnni iIis Ia
bur$ IN lls ncla department oi intellectual ne,
t,vit, his life presents an attractive rNhihplc i
the alnl,st childish simplicity and mnlcstt LII
profound -clSc ui religion. and the 'cvutlnil u
.iud.u,. research, which distinguishes, =" n.aiS
| Cc.man scholars 1T the pas. gcMrrat"li. iii'
lin tIat i,lli
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