The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-02-03
LITERARY INFORMATION.

LITERARY INFORMATION.
 The department of .lTTsrstf<-tss sssatg.s=s- pondenls has become a prominent feature in American journalism. not the sillA questions from q gal ~he iss sixteen wears old and in love with young man who has suddenly discontinued his v.sl,s c her house. bu, answers 10 sensible q9es- ,ions in winch real information is i3.- parted. The following from thc Ncv, York E3s,e,tef Rsh,4r kaoHu i> worthy of ! place n tbe hbrafy sgap, book.
 Wit yoa he S5nd eaoas se =fai. sas Al-a was the aaihor oi st,sass HuHNe | was many years aea Et -. ..f sz--ss st fz7y - great moral ideas. sas VI | <a.s5af4 talked ct nov, and ! ,aIn> ze5t!aHI. 2; esss. flayed.-sENsN Chm CTS street
 The author of "tieosze BarnweH, Fatal Curiosity" etc. was George llfla. a leweler of London. Bo'h plays men toned are believed to have been founded on real occurrence. talhes rather than subiin,,y, and the eSa.o4;lua@ @oi better feelings vainly struggling against the force of temptations, constitute the merit of Lillo's dramas. Fielding. the author of..Tom Jones. bears strong tes- timony 10 the integrity and excellent -e- cial qualities of Lillo. This respectable author and amlablc man was born r69i. and died I7S9. His plays are no, often seen on the modern stage they used ;o be very popular.
 am anxious to know in Nl.3t nut LIZ shall Ind these words; "A i1atn;-, ,4t-,,.=ta- painted ocean," hes AAVe tren hong n my head. but have no ldv.s Who Nr1tr them. They have li,tle meaning, thIuk.A A"i h4Fc got a circulation in spite os th.tg WAat oi vlc !. E. A New street.
 In celebrated poem by Coleridge. called ''rhe Ancient Mariner. you will ind, if not your words, others quite as expressive and rather more poc,ieal. The poet. describin. calm at sea, uses the following language;
 Day after dav dav after das
 We struck, nor breath nor motion;
 As idle as a painted sh.p
 Upon painted ocean.
 From the same poem we add another well-known sianza:
 Water, water everywhere.
 And ali the boards G.I sI.r3nh
 Water, water eNery@hsre.
 Nor any drop ,o drlnk.
 An acquaintance of mine Aho. hoAeycr. for some cause CT other. dis8kes me m speaking of me at little gathering held a few evenings since. declared hefor. my ar rival that vas as yain a. cock that thinks the sun rise in the morning ta hear | inl crow" Although don't jh!nk aDyeae e..e there held this opiHI5n of n5e reefy oHe seem to think this Was wonderfully M -ift remark. and sh@H probably never bear thr l8>i ef st. What want to sftgN Fa, t 57.s f.ft sS did h. gei il from somebody and sI5i 2, ." on ths company a> ts> OWL. st rr l, Newark. Ono
 The remark was certainly not original with your Newark admrer. You w5ll find the identical words ln ,eorge Elio,'s novel of Adam Bede. where one of inc characters, Mrs. Poyster, q woman accus- toned to saying cutting things, declares that the concei,ed Scotch gardener al the neighboring manor house is "as vain a. a cock who thinks the sun rises in the morning to hear him crow. This knowledge may enable you to turn the tables on your critic, who IS indebted to his memory for the sharp things he says.
 Las, week an animated discussion took place among some friends concerning a re mark of the celebrated John kahdoiph; "i have seen," said he. n ahife crow. and heard of black swans. bH, an IF3>h oppenra; nf American liberty never esther or heard of A gentleman present. inclined to be critical, mainiained l that leaving out ,tc cpl ,het Irish, the remark of Randolph was oaiy a translation O. ad ptstion of ihc Latin aGagc. Tars ssft. Ihc fs@razf wila ohssgc seEeFai readers @ad i4ssa9s t.y q.sti sk:EE ,se ist5~ in fall and the name oi yfic autt4o1 -E- t iN Fourteenth street. cits
 The celebrated Latin proverb or max i'm. so familiar as to be threadbarc. $ found in Juvenal l. is in full. Kara avis in ,errIs. nigroqGe sirnill!ma cygno." Literally. "A rare h,ra in the world and very like a swan. The Roman sat irist is supposed 10 have referred, by men ton of rare bird. to the ph0nix. Of which fowl even fable allowed bp, ore to cxis; in the world a, ;he same time. The black swan seemed to the Romans as fabulous as the phccnix. Randolph says he had only heard of black swans The observation of the unamiable Mir ginian was no doubt suggested by the well-known Latin line, but it's merit was its truth, not its originality
 4 few friends. and yo@- humble servant; among them. wish to kaoN tac a-theF of William Tcils also whether the play $ h five or three ae;s.--F 4ksEsE Thru y-te.Fd street..
 James Sheridan Knowles Is the author of the English play and Schiller of the German play bearing the name of Will liam Teli.- Knowles gave the play to the world originally ia i've acts, and ii so appears in his works. bur il is now