Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-19

6esias and LAbos.
Aea a ~ nose spnsa.s.,ss 1911.
Ieet ere rsrely sPosaa:sses d their de-
tsneasshisg schirveoesAs. Hard, -
sorbing vosk ns.t gesss.lly b dsas
some tine. eith<r IN psePsrsaioa -
executos. Sseril had he naoe q
. r>iiant and eser-sreAy via; ~ had
bat to open his mouth, u sss thoaght,
and epigrams aoved tbsoos ID Q spask.
ling stream. He 80 very vain al. sAd
carefully cultivAesl, suck r~putAAioa.
But he did not desrrve 10. His astoa.
ishing ~ siiness vAs Q sha0; 10 used
u lock himself in has chamber, md,
under presenss Of recovering from Q
deisaeh, slosly and deliberately Do
wise the 6ne spceches Which he assumed
Ia throw "a by Sudden impulse. Some
1t his vaant~d iDPromptus coss him
hours Il r6-ction. The present text
of The School for Scandal il totally
drffsrent from the FIRST copy; not lines
merely. but passages, scenes. and entire
arts ~ere rec.st and rewritten again
aud again. Almost everything that
emanaiei from him Vas th result of
mnch jeliierAfiou. He Vas . rare
g-uias; bat before lac Vas 80 ranked.
yell A. after. lac Vas hard worker.
TrDnys'ns best poems seem as II
they hal run in all their sympathy and
sweetness from his overlooking brain.
But No poet has ever toilej more over
his verses; Le forms and reforms them
changes, erase-. reproiuces. files, and
poil-l - them. until those that stand
would never SUSPECT their early and re-
mote prog.nitors.
Very few poems or writings OF any
kind that are re read or remembered
but have been wrought with copious
brain sweat. As q rule. the offspring
Of genius. whatever its nature. is born
with exceeding travail, although it is
common t, believe it generated after
the manner Of Pallas.
Hawthorne's works are patterns of
excellence 10 design, detail and finish.
In literary Europe he is known where
scarcely any other American is; his
rich genius has long been recognized
on both sides of the sea. BIT was q
single chapter Of his dashed of as most
of US are inclined to believe the writing
of genins ordinarily is? Hawthorne
has made no literary confessions; he
shrank from the thought Of exposing
his intellectual laboratory. But it IL
altogether probable that his produc.
tions grew-grew with him. out Of him,
and into him again; that they were
woven fibre by fibre; that they we're the
indelible photographs upon his mind Of
severe studies OF nature and humanity.
His matchless, dawless sentences show
the most solicitous attrition, the cease
less exercise OF enthusiasm for perfec-
ton. They appear SO natura! that they
must be begotten of the deepest art.
They are the mingled product of great
genius and great work, one always COM
ing to the aid Of the other. and pressrv-
ing q just and beautiful proportion.
Poe is originality itself. Some OF
his poems and most OF his tales have no
parallels in any literature. To ressm-
bic them is to initiate them; they are
strictly unique. They are unhealthy,
narrow, limited; but wonderful never.
theless. Everybody speaks Of Poe Is
pure genius, as an exceptional intel.
lect, as . thoroughly peculiar organi.
cation, as he was individually; but no
author has labored harder. more calmly.
more vigorously, at his self-sppointed
tasks. His philosophy Of composition
is no doubt true, an accurate reflex Of
his method. His creative processes
we're like the processes Of mathematics.
Despite his fckleness, his love o: con-
trast, his infirmity Of purpose. he was
a marvel of work while he did work,
having spasms Of diligence that were
well-nigh superhuman. y. II. Broae".