Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-07
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the city. There was
BRET HARTE,
said to be engaged on several stor;e,
that will rival the "Outoast of Poke,
Flat" (his best work 50 far). "Tht
Luck of Roaring Camp and "Mig
gles." MIR. Harte- is All attractive ant
picturesque ti.lker, -thonglf, pot remark
able in appearanoe,-his face bearing
no evidence of the inner fire of genius
Much is expected from the play upon
which he is reported to be engaged,
and for Which Augustin DAILY, of the
Fifth Avenue Theatre, has contracted
The question with his friends is, When
will the drama be finished7 for Mr.,
Iarte, with all his ability and reputa.
tlOn, is not fanatical in his attachment
to labor.
! CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER,
who, while q hard-working editor ol
the Hartford Courant, blossomed into
reputation suddenly by the publication
OF my Summer in Garden" and
whose unique essays in Scribner's are
highly praised. Mr.. Warner seems
extremely genial, and man, withal.
who loves the world and whatever ii
contains. His hair, thickly strewn with
gray, makes him seem older than t:e
is; but no one can talk with him fifteen
minutes without seeing how full his
heart is of freshness and youth.
EDMUND CLARENCE srEADMAN,
the stock broker poet, who won his
first fame by "The Diamond Wed.
ding" and who, amid all the excite
ment OF Wall street, cleaves to litera-
ture with all the fervor of q true pas
sion. MIR. Steadman's countenance
suggests Broad street more than
Parnassus-having sharp, eager, fer
ret-like look, as if he were determined
to explore the hidden mysteries of tho
present corner in Pacific Mail. This is
only the outward semblance, however.
since he never thinks of the Stock Ex.
change in society, and relishes literary
themes above everything else. He
threatens to devote himself exclusively
to his first love, and to let the bulls
and bears take care of themselves. He
is an untiring student, and many q
midnight finds him roring over the
Greek and Latin classics.
COLONEL JOHN HAY,
generally known as the author of "Lit-
tie Breeches," and "Jim Bludsoe. :"
two hits of dialect verse which he
threw off merely as bagatelle; while
his capital volume of descriptive es.
says, "Castilian Days." comparativelv
few are acquainted with. Pure litera-
ture is a luxury with him nowadays>
tor he is most industrious member of
the Tribune stat, not infreQuentlv
doing his two columns q, day. The
Colonel has seen a good deal of the
world and society, both ut home and
abroad is in active social request in
the metropolis, and one of the most
popular of our diners-out. Over 30.
he has . certain boyish appearance,
though his manners are mat1rely and
agreeably reposeful.
NOAH BROOKS,
also of the Tribune staff; the writer.
while San Franciscan, of many of the
best stories printed in the Overland: ::
and, as New Yorker, a valued con-
tributor to Scribner's. Ajournalist of
wide and varied experience, he is en-
tirely free from the moodiness and
cynicism that often seem inseparable
from contact with printers ink. Easv.
pleasant, atfable, he is at once q de-
llghtful companion and faithful friend
THE REV. EDWARD Eaa1Esron.
editor of Hearth and Home, who dis
proves, by his luxurious locks, the vul-
gar notion that hair and brains do not
flourish on the same soil. An ex-Illi-
noisan, he is, in spite of clerical train
ing, as broad as his state, and as breezy
as his prairies.
RICHARD HENRY sToDDARD,
the poet, who has never been fully ap-
preciated, and his gifted wife, Eliza
beth Stoddard, whose strong novels are
SO strange and original that they are
read by the few and rejected by the
many. Mr.. Stcddard fills q municipal
Office, edits the Aldine, and pursues
literature in the intervals-thus show
ing that, with all his affection for the
Muses., Che is too wise to trust them
wholly for the bestowal of bread.
MRS. LUCIA G1LBERT KUNKLE,
the most brilliant of the editorial writ
ers of the Tribune, and, AS many think,
the most brilliant writer in America.
She is said to be in greater literary de-
mand than any woman in New York.
beingoverrun with offered engagements
that she has no time to fill. With her
countless admirers and friends, and
her manifold, though somewhat slen-
deri> fulfilled obligations to society,
her pen is far idler than it should be.
Notwithstanding the exactions of an ell
egant and boundless hospitality. she is
a frequent contributor to different pe-
riodlcals, though seldom over her own
name.
Mrs. MARY MAPEs DODGE,
the well-known and graceful magazin-
ist, and one of the editors of Hearth
and Home, witty and piquant as q
writer, she has an unlimited amount of
the soundest common sense, is one OF
the brightest takers, and one of the
the best models of domesticity.
MISS KATE FIELD,
recently returned from beyond the
seas, as vivacious, light-hearted and
pleasant as ever. She has not vet de-
termined whether she will re-enter the
lecture field, but her ready and radiant
pen is to lie briskly employed through
the coming winter.
EDNA DEAN PROCTOR,
poet, traveller, and essayist, whose vig-
orous thought and nervous style have
given her large constituency of read
ers. She has lately been wandering
among the Russians, and, us in duty
bound, has put her wanderings betwcci,
covers.
BESIDE THESE,
there were present Thomas Moran, the
excellent and rising artist; Albert
Rhodes, who has spent a number of
years abroad in Consular positions, and
has written for tho magazines such
vivid and picturesque sketches; Clar-
cnce Cook, the scholarly art-critic; {;
Charles Carroll, ono of tho most versa-
tile of writer's, and the Nebulous Person