, 1880-05-08
"OUIDA." !"
The Noted English Novelist and
Her Critics.
How They Abuse Her, and How
She Fights Back.
Her Tilt with tho London "Times"-.-A
gavago Assanlt by the Standard

Her Tilt with tho London "Times"-:7A
Savage Assault by the Standard
Bpseial Correspondents o5 IA ohteaoo TribtlNA
IoNpoN, April 1o.-Tho lady who writes |
iusttul novels md calls l,eiscls "Onida" Is |
kicking agalfst tho critics most prodfglous1y. |
1lur Inst reply to the reviewers ectipses every
thing Of the kind ever came Hcross. It fs
" "Oultta all over because 1t Is clever, it,stt- |
uniting, and nasty shy ler last replyh so
as not To bo misunderstood, for lntoly the
lady has apur1t 4 good pnrt OF her time In |
wa9luK war ngainst tho critics. 13oforo |
speaking Of VI Ouida's" prcsol,t grievance,
mny ba suffered to ref0r 10 the ono which
preceded It:
Notimnny weeks ago, the author Of "Chan-
dos" "Follu Farine," and "Moths" wcpt
grent, bitter tours of regret that anonymity
had become so general III writer's for the
press,-thongll, ns far Ia know, there never
was timo when British Journalists slgned
their work. She said 1t wns Que Of the Vices
of MI epoch that hAu cruatotl the Jersey bodice
and tile professional beauty, and ndded TINT
no brave man surely would ever crlttclso ANY,
thing without putting Ills name to his opln-
ions. Then, with true feminine consistency
she rashly signed her phrases With nonl-
dc-plume. This, however, Is minor matter.
Scarcely was the ink dry on her folio when
there appeared In one Of the London week.
lies
A scArn1Nd RRPLY, .....,.
called "Unslgned Criticisms" Rlliculo
kills, says tho French provorb; and proDa-
bly, "Outda" never had 1t brought home to
her mora unp!easantly than ut the moment
OF reading this article. YES" said the
critic, meckly,-" tic epoch, Is wicked, and
the world is full OF sin. 'Ouidn' herself
has dono her best to stay It's progress. She
Inns shown tho proiligacy Of our time in n
very picturesque way. 1lcr Majors are put
terns of dangerous wiekedness; her kitchen
mnlds blossom with case into gorgeous nrd
rcpellant courtesans her protlgnte young
men ara led to consume fleus from tho bod
les Of their Hlistresscs With o passion nl'd
daring uuparaleletlin history. But NIL these
prosentments Of the lonthtlness Of vice arc
OF no nynil, and tho Jersey bodice aud tho
anonymous Journalist continue to dcsolata
the community" Speaking with her usual
line freedom from vulgarlty, slo observed III
l,er attack that tho public "would not be
impressed wero the articlo signed by m OBJ
scuro A 3 writing in parsonage to exc out
his slender Income, or needy x u writing
In Ills chambers to gnin tho guincas that no
pticls prlhg 10 NM. 1E's st"Ieue"t .,
course involves vast anu VulB''f effof' 'o'o
tue censor
TORE IT pITrIEs1Y TO PIECES.
nfTcct ia onolItv NJ his i,tororr Judgment il
40 a, .hat oa+ -. s ~, r.do.a viii ali
sonus"us sas nos. n.,l " ny 10y tIue,n m TO-
A. young anonym named Macaulay made his
fame before he ever Ind brief. FonblanQus
reyolutlonzcd Engtish Journalism, though
j,e was hit n Drlelless wight. Emanuel
Wien i,e Eafned Eurof,can reputation BY
one criticism. Dickens WIS reporter when
ha stnnned to the head Of English letters
Ono Tiiolaas Carlyle was a poor mathelnntic-
Inc. Young str. DisraeIi n..do very acute
erhfticis,nS 9 IN yery grcat ,nrsonages before
! 1e Wgs VI, And "Oilida" Was-I will not
say what..
"to seo articles tniways arluny1nous} on her
snif Whfci, Mnr, tim mo EnEifsh OueeIl's
| Cn,lnsei Ind aslyiscti ],ur to pilrsuo o. sheer
Sne'tfstsq 1sS t"t W! qSs qTs1srs as
"n thev So tqke 1sa % 1s so{alaanse
oifers M food Tor sustaincd reflection. As ia
HIP nhiss fov!aws = of ~ Wsonidas' 6ot,ks haye been
onsnenrri oisu II IN In tia Eo1te,nnofuTW Rcvicp,
Ing -, "'o ,n,an Wv" Wv "s w ~ VIZ, ~ wow.w
AZ 1oNonANI ASn. yuLuAh '',e MoNAN; IL,
and the writer said other pretty things which i
% mi &c S0pfi Sor eaa
VIC may atld, so little humorous. WI there cry
was in plenty, Bayuge pllruses In plenty, but
of EGod-hulnorcd bnhtar not line. The
article was signed. 80 IT appears tl1e most
vlr,tlunt attack when ny nGtuor Oi
Chnndos' eysr provoked wHS T hoaty M ayoWSea tS,at
| Dy Lllo ulNll WIN HaAb ~ AHo 4aSt 10 HauaA