The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-10-28
LITERARY HUSBANDS.
Their SelfishneSs and IrritabIlity-Ad-
vice to Ladies-TrialS and
Pangs of Authorship.

There could he few moro critical tasl,s
than to write a treatise ON the choice of
wives or husbands. but wn mood not no
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9 o,enli"i ino, '1 Ta I;;t,o e aoilio
.rosSin and are cnnsennantIv inS
agreeable comnanions to their w;ves
But the literary man snends the dav at
home in his own den, where his brain
feeds chiefly upon itself with a few
books, by way of condiment, by writers
holdino his own identical opinions. so
that he is unlikely to be very fresh or
amusing when he seeks the society of his
wife.
Like a savape animal that cannot he
approached without DANGER. the literary
husband as we have said, spends his
time in his study. He NAV be cOncoct-
ing Jokes for comic paper or writing a
treatise on Christian gentleness: but for
all that, when sitting at his writinp-table
he will be as ill-tembered and as snap
pish as a bull-terrer on his chain. The
iudiciouS wife will he wary in annroacb-
inc him on such occasions Ifthe kitchen
chimney is on fire or if the mines .re
burstinG ..dear Georoe,, must not no
Disturbed on that account or tho beot of
his wrath and the explosion of his temner
are likely TO exceed the worst that can
hammer from those domestic calamitins
He NAV he writing the most calm and
unimpassioned JUDGMENT on the disputes
between the Guelfs and the Ghibelins
but it would be unwise in his wife To
calculate on bis oivino an ennallv tom
nerate decision on sonahbla hetween
the cook and the butler during the hours
that he snends in his chair Of literary
jurisdiction. # is true tbat there ara
some literary husbands who will n,ato
attemnts 70 he co1rtaous whom invaJod
in thar SanctunoS Tbow viii osS,,na
their y;vos that tbov ..aro pot IN +ho Ioast
in the wsy " wbiIe thair nervoms me , rost
lnssnosS TOO ,,loinl, hol;as tboi. yvo.ds.
tbor nov ova r ns:,,,,o ,hnsti,. III
wh.n a thoromo,h ,onro,o -; sat 80 f - 49,
rooms ;s sngoaStad and thor , nov ho o =
very matt Ct2nnoIo hat,voan No ~
and The I;teraTTSS instincts w v t thoir
yonrnest cbildren aro hronoht W. ;oto tho;,
dens. Int Il ooI,, ror,,,i,.os hoIfan o,,o -
500 tbat tbo,, aro i, rnaIt,- an r,,,oI ~
ont 90 scrrant d;stTrhcd - d pI'
which Wa toi,o tn ha tbo oxtro,,,o -
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