, 1870-12-11
MARX TWAIN.

WLu!l slnS that fading strain t,on echo-la1d.
MARX TWAIN.
His English Critic.
take the following paragraph from m article
IN the h oton Advertiser
AN ESGl1hn RIIIc ON MARX TwA1s.--Perhaps
he most successful ghta ot she humor OF Marx
Twain hase btcn the descriptions Ut the Eetsons
y ha tlth Dut appreciate his hunur at all We have
lecorne familiar win tie CattfoEutans who we're
thrilled with terror by hts buflesq1e OF q news-
e tos ce1eimau WIS
sally yrtu1prd his !" 1nnEcrnts Absuai" to the
bcok.sRent with The remark that the man who
an IDIOT But MntL rwain NAV now add much
mn1e gior!tua Instance 10 his stsfnR of trnpafe-.
The saturday IitritW, IN tts number OF Uct. ),
iubftsnea in England, and reviews It seriously.
We can tFuag!ue the delight Of the husnoE1st IN
feattpg this tribute 70 h!s poTtr: and indeed It Is
so amusing IN t1<elt that he can hardy DO better
than repECtluce the nrtic'e IN full IN his ne1t |
monthly Mtthofauda.
Publishing the above paragraph thus, |
gises ma sort OF authority for reproducing |
The Saturday. L:epiete's article in full. l
i1eur1s wanted to colt, for cannot write |
anything half 20 delicious myself. II had |
= ca.t-uon dog that could read this EAgtish
crttjcitm and preserve h.e Austeslty. l
would drive him OF the oor-step.-.Nark
Iuain.
From The London Saturday Et.i<lr
.-..... REVIEWS Ur NEW no0Es. p-
THE 1SSOt' hSTS AEKttA1. 4 Hook Of Travels.
1910
Lord MacaulAy died too soon. We never
felt this 60 deeply as when We finished. the
last chapter Of the above named exszafagans
work a&eAulay died too soon-for uone but
he could mcte out competent and compre-
heusise Justice to the inso1eace, the impsrti-
nence. the presumption, ths tnendacity. and,
ADORE Ill, the majestic Ignorance of THIS
author.
To say thAt tho Innocents Abroad'' is
CURIOUS hook, would be to use the faintcst
| larsuage-Would be to speak Of The Matter
horn a. neat elevation, Or OF Siagsrs ~ be-
tame word wherewi.G to deectibe the impos-
| ipg Insanity Of this work. The1c Is no word
| that il large enough cr long enough Let u,
! therefore, photograph 4 passing glimpse OF
| book and author, AID trust tue rest 10 the
reader, Let the cultivated student OF human
nature picture to himself this Max IVAN as
! petson capable Of doing the tollowipE de-
ec1lted tlngs-ana not oily doug tbtm, but
| vi b Incredible innocence printing them calmly
| ard tSanQullIs ia q book Fer instance:
He etasee that he entered ! hair-dreeeer's
/ n rsEs IN get shaved, and the trst - rake
:. hide ard Lifted him tut Of tie chair.
1his il unquest.onably exaggerated. In
| Florence lie Has 70 annoyed ty teggars that
he rseteuds TO have eelzel and eaten oue in =
frantic tp,sit Of revenge. There is Of con1se
no truth in sh.s. lie gives Al full length
hundred years old. WHICH he pro:erses 70 have
found in the Coliseum, among the dl,t and
| mold and rubbish. 1t " eufiicieut. upop this
rtAtemebt, to remark that evcn Cast iron
ptog1Amme would cot have lasted that long
unuer such circumstances. In Greece he
T.: H. -,
one occasion. but with brs2en eflrontery puts
the latter in thy false@y tame form: We
xif1td toward the pFHue." 'Sldled, in
deed. He does Ins hesitate to intimate tlat
at Epheeus, Wien his mule strayed from
the proper eouree. he got down: took
him under his arm, carried him to
the road agsin, poiL.ed him right:
| remounted. and went 10 sleep contensAday till
it vas time to restore the beast 10 the path
once more. He states that growing youth
anaopg the tbIpt passenger Was in the con-
s1snt haiti of apt eas'rg hie hnnEsr vith soap
| and oHknm between meal. In Palestine lie
| tells of ants thst came eleven miles to spend
the summer in the desert, and brought theil
rrovjt.ors With them, yet be ehoas By biz
| ce+crip.ion OF The couutrE thst the feat VA
M imposeibilify. He mentions. ~ il II We're
| the most commonplace OF matters. that be cui
tat.1n, with Godfrey Dc Coui!lon's ssozt. and
: would have shed more hloei it he hid !
. graveyard Of l.i- OWE. Thc-e Atenen's AZ
: tsnIWorths \ moments attention. Mt. T*alr
I TT any other foreigner who did such thint
! III Jerusalem. would be ulobped. and vpult
,r'aihos lave io~t hs ll.e. IN. WY 90 On
r ! reralis r tal-rhcc.lr: Let liz cloee nftiueI
e with this one: he athrns - IN the moeque q
u st. ScpLiA at Cont ah iner|e. got ms feet &
= stnek mp with \ eomptcltlon Of gums. slime:
4 aId general lm"u,'iy: that ! e9fe onI MOI
= ttan NO thousand pair o1 .'oo'1a'ks Ge!un
% iay hoote On that n'Eht: aud eE; n tnea son?
II mDntt.ous. Such ethtehen's are slDplS lite
5 Ihsfe il no other lame fur thec.- Will tt
d | II ader longer marvel At tue brutal iGnorant
-, tthAt pesysdes The American nation wheE '
d. tell him .hst We are informed uron perfect
". good aushunty tha, this e1travasaut compil
d Iiun Of faieehvod.. this e1haursle-s mine
IL etnpepdous lies. this lnrocents Abroad
N has actually been adopted by the schools Al
s, colleges Of seyeral Of the States ~ tel
Ie book! =.
OF But il his falaeEoods are distressing, his
III nccence and his isLorance tEe enough to 1aa
he one burn the book sud dtspise the aushor.
s, ono place Re was 70 appalled, At the sudd
Of spectacle Of tnnrd. red n.n, unveiled b.
to moonlight, that be jumfed out Of windo
Ie, | gong through elsh aod Ill, and then setna1l
OF | with the nIost childAke simplicity, that
"A. twas no, scared. but considerably asitatet
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