New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-14
THE YANKEE IN LITERATURE.

ANOTHER LECTURE By MISS KATE A. sANBoRS.
1.-THE Yankee in Literature" was the sub
iect of sanborns lecture yesterday morn
Ing in the paror of Dr. CrOsbys church, AT Fourth ave
and Twenty The lecture abounded IN hunof-
GUS illustration and the parlorfu OF ladies appeared to
derive asimuch amusement as instruction from H.
The Yankee is sure be in everything" said the lee
turer and IN literature he has made noble record.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, rs poet, novelist medical
author aud Harvard lecturer, Is good illustration OF
Yankee genius The typical Yankee restless, res0ue,
and migratory found wherever he can turn an honest
penny whether in the land Of the EsquimauS or the
Paagonian He is portrayed whiting on the mountain
crag and leaving the pictured rocks his fresh tobacco
stain Captain Basil Hall declared that people had
no hum0r which merely proved that he had no percep
ton OF humor. Dickens visited us aud jotted down
everything that would crafty the vanity OF the Enslsh
and d sgis The next time the author %" American
Notes and Martin Chuzzlewt" visited us, he came to
fiji his pockets and to exhibit himself at his readings
The English people have been unbc 10 comprehend
either the vasncss Of American territory or the extent
and progressive character of our civilization Ihcir
Ignorance OF American geography and Institutions - "a
ludicrous as bOOrishncss or pronounced manners
The Ergsh novels which attempt 20 portray The Auc i
can are too inaccurate to deserve examination. Ihcy
call all Americans Yankees forgetting tIat Tie word J.,
the result OF the Indians first attempt to say English
uch of the Yankee dialect books is the dialect OF the
English peasantry. Lowell says IL might reasonably DC
asked II could not set W better claim for h+her
popular average OF correctness in the mother tongue
tnan England herself.
"Sonebody has called an American an individual
declaration Of independence. An important individual
presented himself at meeting with tue remark, AN
General 50 and so' 'Vcry wen said theNankee lanlt0r
push your way alOng we'll treat yOu a. vel rs we 90
tne rest Of en- Every YANKEE l. supposed 20 De lhr
embodiment OF Interrogation point. ana 10 nave
passion for asking the price Of everything from jack
knife to Cathedral His love az cXaggcfatiOn II Illus
t.ited in the story IN which Yankee tells an Ensis,
man that no bld shot 900 suipe In single cav Ana
wien The Enellshman asked hiu why ne didn't make "
thousand, tHc Yankee replied: DO you suppose "a ten
n lie Tor one little miserable BipcF Tie Ehglisi:u"l
uot to hr outdunr lated the story OF mau WHO 'W III
from Liverpool TO Boston, and declaIrd that he -" e
swimmer in md-1cean from the deck of u steamship
I'm real glad You saw HIN, Stranger T, piied ttc
Yankee. because you are witness that dd ". IHAt
wa me-" Mrs sanborn read several amusing scicci!Oi
from American writer's the course Of The lecture e"
closed with the remark that NowI England WAS good
place 10 be born IN. 20 ha from, or 10 return o. anu
asked every lazy present Of Yankee descent TO h'G ~ u
hand Nearly every lady present appeared To g'rJ IN q
New Engand ori iH and joined ia the applause. NcXi
"Wednesday Miss ~lnhOrns subject VIII be Iributes %!
Distinguished Men 10 Women"