Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-19
DIR, j. q. Holland.

Dr. Holland. rs lac is generally called.
or Joshua Gilbert Holland, to give him
his proper name, has never been in Ia
yOr with the severcr critics, but among
popular writers in the country he stands
easily inst. II the size Of the audience
addressed be- the standarlo Of comparison.
Thus, for instance, It il stated IN "a re-
Gently published sketch oi hiS lie, that
Of the "TitcOmb Letters, aud Bitter
sweet, about 10000 copies each have
been sold, and, OF "Kathrina," nearly
hail "a many more. "liiawatha' il the
only other American poem which las
had anything like such popularity.
These figures aud the incidents oi his
liic-a life full of hope for the strug-
Cling suggest that il nr. Holland has
such thing rs COat-Oi-arms, tue motto
ON ii ought 10 bo "Oi the People
and for the people" lie was born in
Bclchertuwn, Mass, on July 81, 1919.
His mother was Anna CinbeTt, and his
father was Harrison Holland, whose
character il sketchcd in the poem Dan
iel Gray Tie was equally willing aud
unable Ia help his ambitious son to rise
above his own humble lot in lie, aud
consequently young Hollands early
years were very trying ones. iiIs cdu-
cation was necessarily most imperfect, "a
it was acquired in intervals oi hard
work. Alter many struggles, however,
lac graduated with honor from the
Brrks shire Medical College, i'm Piltsiicld,
i'm 1914. but hc seems never To- have had
much heart in his professional work.
lie had tine genuine Itch Tor writing.
tie was always at it, without much re-
gard whether his productions were
printed or not. AMI uniformly against
his friends wishes, Tor at that time his
writing oi course brought him no profit.
la 1917 he founded the Bay STATE Cur
err. which lived Tor not less than SIX
months, and made him, 50 young in
lie. 4ch -inCNpCricuCc. For two years
lac taught school IA Richmond, Va, and
Nicksburg. Miss, and IN 1870 he arrlv
ell in Springfield ON the day after the
death Oi the assistant editor oi the H-
ptLiicrH, whose position he was ut once
engaged Ia ill., From this point fame
and fortune began u pour IN upon HIM.
Although his first year = salary on the
Republican was but $3.50 and the next
wears but 500, the third year saw him
onc-iourth owner oi the establishment,
al "A cost Oi -, 500 Within score ui
wears. aud largely by his efforts, the vat
ue ni his holding was increased nearly
~ times. ID was in the columns ut the
RepublicaR that the "llistory ui IVES
tern Massachusetts first appeared.
The book il now accepted as an authorl-
~. aud besides securing it's writer's ap-
roin,ment as a member OF the Massa-
chusctts Historical Society, It furnished
him with the material for his first novel
EBAY Path" lin 1851 In 1867 Dr.
Holland, from editor. became lecturer,
and i'm 1868 hc went abroad for two
wears. Il was during this trap that
NriLl.r's NoHthig was conceived, ami
Immediately upon his return the idea
Was realized Ia November, 1870, the
first number appeared, amid many
prophecies Oi failure, because there was
NO room Tor such publication. III
made room, however, and Hours ~
Homo P,uuaul's Magazine. and Nd and
Nsir sruccSsiycly swcllcd its list OF read
crs bv rrsigning tO Il their respective
subscription lists. For eight months
i'm the year the Doctor lives IN New
York CITY in such comfort as rarely
falls To- the lot of those who work with
pen AMI paper. and in summer he lives
M "Bpunicastlc." upon that one ol the
Thousand Isles which he calls his own.
Among his later and other works are
The Marble Prophecy tlSI2) Mis-
trr,s al the MauSr, ISL, seven
o,ks" lS76.l Nicholas Muturn,
lS5I,l aud several volumes OF mlscrl'a-
urnus essays.