Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-08

TALES OF INK CsEsArEaKE The absvs
tfie has become almost national s,ncs, Ge,rv,
asreo Townsends queer pieces OF pathos ana
iimag1nauon have slowly worked their way into
OF fancy and invention. except Iudge I,onr,,es,s
POOLS Errand" has made A betisr mr. ssncs,
,se VA; Ine eEonSeious simplicity and
covered. so 10 speak. the authors reaIity MS
trends knew. years ago, that every day he gavs
inc frs,. pew sS Pc was triing with his
please. ana the applause his letters reoeived
fettered him 10 thenewspapers ana N is a rars
lump sa,nmpn OF mind over matter thai his fresh.
ofiset traits OF composition and contrast ap,
pear as strong as ever. lt would be a good ia
Nestn ent Tor some publisher 10 catch and hold
,nIs WHEY force ana make great author OF
ann. MI TOWNSEND was born az Georgetown
= beiawafe, w ls4i. where his father, a clergy
man OF the Methodist church was stationed HtS
h ia. were frof1 worcester county. Maryland.
ne. "Sh. 10 scnooi at CharleStown, Nd.
anu newark, Del, TN his twelfth year
when his father Was annointed I'm
, phisaa,eiphia, wae-e the parent graduated In
The Central HigA School OF which he ia ts,,,
most distinguishes alumnus While at school
ne, ne was Sss me same greyeyed observer he has
quaintance, peeket-lens. he can generally ne
relied on 10 GET new sights out OF eyeryth',V.
After conqlserihg newspaper experience. ne
arrived In Warrington city IN 1885, az the age OF
20 Almost Immediately he antAgoniZci every
lning, Illuminated even : BODY made deadly
enemies and Fefoiced the great outer public
feopie expecting 10 ind a scowling Achilles
iound quiet, almost womanly young man hard
~ clssSlllaose, OF odd perceptions very tractahle
ie' nienIauy reoenlous, and sim conse, yative
~ aiheSt aa bis views. lie left Washington
ABOUT ls.t ser New York but has carried a parr
OF tne caplsal with him ard nv ING alone IA SIM
conIsss ne mas l1renty come TO literary
coHposluon Dy slo,. parallels and the racen
ton OF his tales OF the Chesapeake IL a snbtap,
or congfaSulation with all his friends They
are tales OF pure mind aud an aristic hand,
the Vesloule TO more continuous creative
work. Five or six OF these vivid tales are
Page sThe Fall nf -; cg bo as o SrT.ca the
ana "9ld Washington AlmshOuser Two or
tnree are In Delaware state, as ''1'in3 Ticking
Stone. Herman OF Bohemia Manor aud ''The
big IIfot' Others aTe on the Eastern Shore
and Western Shore of Maryland. The quality
or tae tales is close fidelity 10 nature aud the
sceae, delicate sentiment and patiIoS. startling
conception and situation. sud feeling or great
realty. He has taken up q story view some
where between Irving and Poe and divided the
tales by poetry ca the same kind OF themes. The
FIST effect OF thase tales was surprise followed
oy delight The Boston school OF Parton Long,
fellow, Whittier, Howell and Holmes note their
admiration, al referring 10 the novel fresh
material mater the tIok viii Particularly please
people who 50 to the seaside this summer "a
The ocean Is = large feature ia the fiction.
Life. its True Genesis" by X. W. Wright.
published by the Putnans. comes 20 us from
James j. Chapman. This is a scholarly but de-
c1dedly VI s0rouS crusade against modern mate
rial1sm and the inverted theories OF evolution
natural selection, selection or the fittest rejec-
ton OF the uniit-forCe correlationS, molecular
machinery. uansmutation OF physical forces
olflereatiation, dynamical aggregates poten-
ualed sky-nlst, un,Eiferentiated :" lie stun Z"
and al the hypothetical FOL mulsa with which
tue average mind las been we'll nigh crazed for
tne .aSt fifteen or twenty years. The book takes
The sobuSt aggreS dVe and Will be read.
The Nerdend0rfs' is the title or a novel by
an ANONYMOUS author, published by C. NJ Her
tig, Chicago.
The last vofrpe OF Por s Leisure Hour
SeIies" is navel entitled aChl;sty Carow.- by
May Laf1an. II comes from Chapman.
James Beliew sends The Iiish Lourdes." by
the Nun OF Kemmare"