The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-03

history ID ner marriage VIII Wlllldm tOu-
win, who, 60 years ago, was the best nov
elst in London. His "Caleb Williams and
Falkland" are still read by those who
are fond of old books. Her daughter,
Mary Goodwin, at the age of 49, eloped
with the poet Shelley, who then was mar
ried man. Two years afterward his wife
committed suicide, and the guilty pair
went through the form of wedlock, more
for their children's sake than for any re-
spect for the institution. Here we have a
combination of genius fatty and crime,
winch equals some sensation novels, AMI
would give spice to a lecture.
FRANKENsTEIS.
This allusion to Mary walstonecraft's
daughter leads to the remark that the latter
inherited portion of her parents talent,
and wrote novel, which for strange and
repulsive originality has seldom been
equaled. This is Frankenslein. 1t did net
take with the public, but it gave lis author
name among the litersti of he day.
though now but 81 lom m ntiole The
lie. d NJ feature va the eaton f - hu-
man lel1g by mans Of occult sCi' nee.
The e. & hu Great 10 dtsti ute OF SOU,
and purs c, Is creator v tn Tetiibu w.
vedge G. Such an idea ctn never be-
cone pppular but It nav help lectuier
TN erIau n audience Mar, Goiwin go
gtter"a lJ-t her h i>bund One ROD Y
shipwie k, he hei' G Ia is thirIe'h va.
She afttr~Td be ane La SHELLEY, and
died IN Il gland 1t the ancestral mansion
few years ago. or The SIX childien Of the
poet hut ons survives, aud this is the only
grandchild of the once noted Mary Wal
GtOnecraft.
LITERARY MATTERS.
Many new books of interesting character
are announced this season. One of these
will be a life Of Poe, who, next to Haw-
thorne, was the most mysterious of all the
American literat 1t is evident that We
of insanity runs through his wiitir gs-just
enough to give them Their strange ndividu-
alty-snd there was evidently Just such IN
element in his character. When the writer
of this was boy, Poe was a half-starved
Bohemian in this city. Never has Ameri-
can genius been so poorly p,id as in his
case. His works now sell at a rate which
would give a handsome income from tie
copy right, but be had all he could do to
make from $500 TO $500 per year. At
present, to get a sight of Poe, thoufands
would rush to a lecture room, but l can re-
member when he, being then wretchedly
poor. advertised lecture in this city Cad
nit ance 2j csnts) and did not have 80
hearers. Before his death public appeals
were made in print in his behalf. To a
man of sensitive mind this wa5 calling to
the extreme. He died in 1910. aged 80
years, having suffered more than any other
American author
GENIUS CRAzED.
Having spoken of the vein of insanity
which permeates Poe's works, l need hard
ly add that this is only verifying the words
Of keen observer. Two centuries ago
Dryden wrote
"Great wit to madness sure is near allied.
And thin partitions do their bounds divide"
1t may be added that Percival, who as
poet takes very high rank, was considered
slightly insane for many years. Chatter
ton, who committed suicde at the age Of
rangement which often accompanies the
finest flights of genius Dean Swift died
in state of lunacy; but those who study
his character, now affirm that he was al
ways a mailman, and that his bad condi-
tiOn In old age was but an aggravation of a
lifelong malady. Drydens idea seems to
be q reproduction of Shake spearian
thought, in a different shape, for in "Mid-
summer Nights Dream" one may read
that
'..The lunatlc, the lover and the poet,
Are OF Imagination all compact"
Other instances aside from those above mer-
toned may be readily referred to. Collins,
the author of the Passions, died in a mad
house CowpeT was insane tor large part
of his life ard New York also had It's
mad poets" one of whom was Fiizbugh
Ludlow, who is now dead the other is
Charles f. II ffman. who is still an inmate
of lunatic asylum.
MR.. COLLAR
Schuyler ColtaX is II W in town. Eight
years have passed since he was so prom
ne t as a candidate, and he has sub,ii, t.
the activities of private instead of publ C
life. TIE mouse 10 vhcl wa Dor it
still TO be seen, AID 10 CUB ht has II
proued his Wit o this city by looSing
NOrth Moure street vie h. pa-.e ed h :
boyish ye r. II" then a., ireo tecuul-
. PRINTER and this amhinun w-sas noble a.
that which ay nave led 10 the vice ples.
den,y He Is lie only vice TIE il-nt %
NJ. rk blr'h We bav TWO pruc, lie
this cry ore iue | / an ana be o'h,i
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tn'ir hIung- t tn man wnr b ri.e
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lion of
THE HERMIT OF NEW YoRK.