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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10
GROCERIES.

.CoFrNg-No lair, Ilgl2c; prime l2,E03lSc;
choice, l854lglic; Lngnyra DC; javn aic.
tEAs-lmperial, 45aooc; Young dyson, SO
| SOC; OOlong, iJg6Oc; Japan, 60(1G5C.
SUGARs-Powdered bic: cut loaf, s1Sc;
graduated, 7l4tGsc; standard A l, 734c; Louis.-
ana white clarified, nc; yellow clarified, &c.
MoLAssEs-LUuisiana CHOICE, bUc; prime,
j5ci fart ;, good, iOc; corn syrup, 45ci sugar
'yrup, 6lG63c; rebOiled 4jG&2c,
RAGG'NG-Pure Jute, "a los, lOMc I, yard,
"a lbs, lO4e; ties, LIS " bundle,
Wholesale, Gl$GH5c.
CEACEERs--Soda Y, Tc; xxx, NC; cream
I; singer snaps, Be-
BoAp-Oiiye, 2,75 : box, blue India. y n
oars, 3.3g " box; ,, b bars, 40 a box; %
bars, BE gi box.
CANDIss-Sinr full weight, ,5'tq. ahort
| CuEEsg-yuii cream. roc.
! EoPE-SHdGc basls; cotton rope, l6c.
CLoThIsFiNs-Itound, Csc; spring Lon v
MEAsUREs-Js bushel Iron pound, $50 II
dozen; 2-hoop pails, 200; 6-hoop, 225.
| TUBS nest, 2.21; s nest, 2,26; No. |, 900 n
dozen; MOI, 500; No. 3, 100
NRAPplNO PAPER-Rag and straw, t6'li'ac
P3WHER--i.GO II Ieg of d lbs; 1915 do, 2.1i;
| ~ do, l.25; blasting kegs, SIS. Saot-drop bag
| L.U}g2l0; buck, 2.25M2.35.
| P1CKLEs-Chow- chow, lE-barre, barrel, $50
A-gallon pals, chow-chOw, $50; 8-galion
pals, mixed pickles, 100; glass pits, l.35;
glass quarts, 2.OOi glass ~ gallon, $50; glass
| gallon, 40; glass hex, gallon, 7.75.
! MACREREL-No, / barrels, 1850; No. ] u
barrels, 7.6Oi No. A-barres, 4.50 No. = :
| barrels, 100; No. barrels, 200; No. Ihltsl
'lhi No, KITS, 100; No. Kits, LOO.
| HOLLAND HERRING-Imported. LES = keg.
| GAEDY-Slicll, NC r. 10; fancy, lGg25c.
| RAISINs--L0nlon layer, SO,
! CGpEK-Crab apple, i0c; Missouri cider, zoe
| Sgallpn; vinegar, II gallon, lSG2Oc.
! SrARCa-Peari, SIC; royal glass ~; Bon
/ ION l-ih packages, &c; corn starch, l-i0 pack
| ages, Sci 6-io wood box glass, 7I4c; S-it paper
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December and January, sos; February, $50;
April. $40.
Sugar dull and unchanged.
Molasses firm; New Oriea ans, 409j0.
Rice quiet; steady.
Tallow easier; 6 l-l6,06ls
Rosin quiet; l20Gl 50.
Turpeutinc duh; 3iGSllS.
Pork nominal y unchanged.
Beef quiet.
Lard steady; spot 40; December 1920
IOi; January, 7.O6G7,lO}a; February, LlS97I7.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10
gEUIr, POULTRY. GAME, ETg.

APpLEs--S3.2 jai,5O per barrel.
OEANeES--Slcily, IS case OF go, eco; Valen.
cline, nominal.
MoNs--Louisiana a box, $50.
DATES--ln trails, lUtGl2C.
BANANAs--5.OJtl.O0 q bUnch.
GRAPEs-Ma' 2gn & 0Og6.50 half barrel,
SWEET POI rOrs--0ji
ONIONs--New country, Tic. II pp,
PoTATOHsAA ushel, SIC.
CABHAGr--No 2Sig2.l6 4 crate.
CnICKENa--W, quote NJ o.uVts,.lo y dozen
tlrheYe, nc.
EGGs-25, u do en-.
Blu ~ceg Best Grade northern, 9ic; hest
Dal as county,3 g; other Texas county but
tn zoe TO s5c, according to equality.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Prof Robert Blelbler, an eminent
Swiss teacher, has opened a school at
l2l5 Commerce, near Harwood street.
Ito wishes to give instructions either in
class or privately, either day or night,
to Indies and gentlemen DESTROYS Of
learning German or French lessons.
Parties Wishing to avail themselves OF
this opportunity will please apply to
RoBERr BLEiBLER,
l2l5 Commerce street,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10
Young Menl..Renh rhis

TheNoltaic Belt company, of March
chall, Mich, oflore to send their cele
brated lectro-Noltaic Belt and other
Electric appliances on trial for thirty
days TO mon young or old afflicted
with nervous debility, loss of vitality
ana manhood and all kindred troubles.
Also Tor rheumatism, neulalgir, parnl.
ysis and many other diseases. Com.
plete restoration to health, vigor and
manhood guaranteed. No risk is i'm.
CURED, as thirty days trial is allowed
Write them at once for illustrated pam.
pheJ free.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Miss Birdie Wilson, Austin, says: 81
suffered with violent headache and
tried many remedies without being re-
lieyed. l took Browns Iron Btters,
and ain happy to say my headache is no
more. My mother values it above all
other medicines"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Mr.. John G. West, attorney-at-law,
Waco, says: 81 have used Browns Iron
Bitters in my family. 1t is tho best
tonic in use for male or female, old or
Young, and is gaining ground here eve
nv daVn
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10
BUSINESS WORLD.
COMMERCIAL.

A De. 0.-rhe great caution which
NJ This line reduces the vol
IN Not more IN hal a much
Mas done In this citv the p st week
NJ ease he first week OF December,
1aps al the prudence exercised is
"A hu gh ordinary observer can not
&iing that part of il is simpl tim-
#fruc that dealers have been caught
Ghe unhermen complain oi bad
a part Of persons who purchase
&merial, rs contractors, In some
a some. loss must alW SIS esuit in
XOfthc millions of e. Z of lumbey-
8re. 95 pee cent. OF the bills con-
Ire duly paid and the isolated cases
I'M not 10 tsUtg In lite comments.
oiOlc was so much lumber needed as
|put daily from the half doZcl Dal-
.to supply q demand that Is ever n
n In dry goods bushes Is moderate
. This division of trade the striu-
the times has especial Opportu 10y
u The direct check on sales of fiau-
|nnkcts thick wooden wear and
4 goods generally, has been
pder0tc weather, People are
n os in sliue 3. spects and as long MS
.,,., .1,,tl,f.,- Vt ~ -.
trs H't,.'i 49,, ii'' H. i.t ,uC uAiia
~ 800 ~ 800 va w.. ll'',uS III
80, ,, ,,'a' ''1,,i.V W Si' B
IN i'o',' ,StD' t I" 'U" ,,9 os w. ~.
4", ~ ~ NNiUfti''' ~ Nu9 l.'I
Ia dimiuutlOu OF distribution
Y q ,'.'l' ~ 2 ,!,' ,iet9 , Ia g
a" '9"S m ii,vN CtiiJ,., IN s'>ies ~.
- H. lile ,'''e vi ulVsS h"VuS ne
4 s,iJ3 , ig'n y 10 ~ "C 9usiHgh.eu ~
,'tV'ii.V '.,iu h,s plauvu ~ 'oltt"
X Y"i' ll'.'a ,. "e ~ Nv. III ~.
~ ulClli.N "i 5.st eeN "S,c ~ IA,
- ~, 'i.,i'.1 ,p''iU sii'.C lnqVtfS at
~" nr,, ,n ',i,,- ,,ittl"sI' ~ 80
~ ~ "a - u,,,', ,.i. ~, ~ sqiS
TN i - ~, l''i'" " ,v.i .,,,.i I'M
III ~ ~, d LII, ' NO., i2 W. w. cent
In, ,'V ,0''o a,,, viol Va UY ~ r1dnced
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Mrs. d. w. Bell, Avenue n, =, Cal
weston, says: al felt weary in the morn
ing; could not rise without an effort. |
tried various tones without help.
Browns Iron Bitters gave me health
and viporu
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Mr.. VIM. Colby, 2l0 Washington street,
Houston, says: "My family have been
greatly benefited by using Browns Iron
Bilters. II saved the Lie OF my grand
child, who suffered from lingering lp-
yer. | conScientiously recommend IT,"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

In the absence Of suitable materials or
the time to prepare IL, people often go
without dressing for salads. Buy
Dnrkeo's Dressing, aud you will never
trouble yourself to make another.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys and
any kind Of poultry, dressed to order, at
any and all times; also game of every
variety, by II. Harris, Union Stall, Elm
street, and Live Oak market.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Mr.. j. A. Hosack, of Hosack& New
ton, San Antonio, says: al have used
tho justly celebrated Browns Iron Bit
trs in my family with favorable re
suits. My wife aud daughters have
been benefited by il and esteem 1t very
highly"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10
aRAlN ANp RREApsrrFrs.

7TT HNNTW I'D DWENUo z FFE,
HEAl'- Highest GOGi lowest, 30,
M Kansas, POE.
'sN- Bulk iSc; sacked, 5lc.
ms -2ic In bulk, 2Dc sacked.
'trR-Ier Cwt.: Patent, $3.50; fancy, S2.l5,
ce family, $40; &NNA, S20J, low grade,
NM mills, sec; In store, e..
fEMEAL-H!n0 bOlted per lOC pounds,
>HlS AND UDTrs--S6 per barrel.
corn per 100 pounds, u 20;
|Fed corn and oats per 100 pounds, $I.40;
'bian per lUO pounds, I0c.
|AHAN FLOUE--pcr 100 pounds, 81.
sY-Pra'rle, 81 per baie or S6 loose: mil
NJ per b le OF 81 loose.
tLEr SEEu-aac; German mpiel,gUc.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Mr.. n. A, Nowoll, San Antonio, SAYS:
Browns Iron Bitters has u reputation
IN our family which will out-live all
other medicines. | am railroad man,
ana from an accident my system was
almost destroyed. This valuable rem
edy made man again of me.n
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

CATrLE-Good steers, Re to 80 per 10; cows
" g 10 &c per lib; cows ana cRives, Sl5 to $40
HoGs-Corn fed. Ss4c to &c per lb;mast fed,
30 TO SIC per 10.
,snEi:r-dood, eaa4c to SIC; common, 81 to
Sl.5O per hpad.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Mr.. p. y. Holm, Waco, says: "Brown's
Iron Bitters did me good service. | am
old and inilrm, and it relieved mo OF
pains which naturally attend the aged.
| gratefully recommend it,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10
Iho EGoct OF nard rnnr4 Upon RuainesI

Ih' Huect OF HarH NImr5 Upon Business.
We have in stock, about 1900 boys
school AM uEi.dron's suits. We offer
them at cuS;, which will enable every
boy IN Dallg To wear warm winter
suit at q very uw price.
REIEHARDv, the Clothior.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Mr.. W. G. Tucker, Houston, says: az
am much pleased with the effects of
Browns Iron Bittcrs. | took il when
convalescing from an attack of malarial
fever"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

With eaeh number of DEMORESTis
size fashionable Pattern OF any slse or stvle
selected, making twelve patterns during the
year or value OF over 81, b sides the most pop.
MISUNDERSTANDING and useful magazine. Single
onles, Nc.; yearly, q. A ldress W. JENNINGS
! DKMoRrsT, II East lith street, New York,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10
Mofre,t n Lacks Ste .n Dye Works, 7OH
Finn tftstaA

Coloring, cleanin and repairing gen
tlemen's fine suits speciality. Plumes
dyed and curled elual TO new. Suits
secured, and dress = cleaned and dyed.
All colors warranted Hsi.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Mrs. NJ. j. Slater, IN Milan street,
Houston, says: ~ eau cheerfully tes-
tily to tho superiority of Browns Iron
Bitters as a tonic. / have used IL in
my family, aud am never without IT,"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Window Glass at how prices, and
glazing done in any part Of the C ".
HAMILTON & YOUNG,
S26 Elm street,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Why will you oeuga when Shiloh'a
Cure will give Immediate reliet. Price
10. 80 and 81. Sold bv j. NJ. House.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Group, whooplng cough .ud bronchitis
Immediately relieved by Shiloh's Cure.
Sold by j. M. House.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10
uurnctt's Cocoaine.

Burnctt's CuCoaine.
THE BEST AND CHEAPEST HAIR DRESS
ING,
10 kills daI drum, allays TRITON, and
promotes a vigorous growth OF the hair.
Burnett'S Flavoring Extracts arc in.
yariab'y acknowledged the pUrost and
best.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Elegant large Chromos, including
Fruit Pieces, Landscape and Marine
Views, ut 10 C. TO 81 each NJ
HAMILTON IL EoUNG's,
SIG Elm street.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Now sugar.house mol0sses and buck
wheat flour at Loeb ~ treiberg's.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Mrs. r. Mccoy, Waco says; "Brown's
Iron Bltters cured me of dyspepsia from
which suffered for over twelve months.
Physicians tried in vain to help me-"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Fresh Swiss, Limbergor, Brick and
Sapsago cheese ut | Och Y freibsrg's.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Insure your homes with Smith &
Hall, agents Tor Transatlantic.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Mr.. Il. ID. James, San Antonio, says.
have used Browns Iron Bitters, and
found 1t gu excellent tonic.n
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Tho Batavia canned goods are tn
finest ever sealed, at Loeb a. freiberg's
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Tho Batavia canned goods are the
best racked in the United States. Try
len. at L1al a. t'-aihcrr'..
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Mrs. Wilbur Green, Fort Worth. says:
az have Jscd Browns Iron Bitters for
disOrdored blood, and think il medi-
cine which has fairly earned its high
reputa,ion.p
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

In sympathy
With hard times we have reduced
prices on Wall Paper, Window Glass,
Paints and Artist Ma terials, Picture
Frames, etc.
HAMILTON e YOUNG,
SIG Elm street.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Immense stock Of wall paper, tho lat
est designs and colors, are being re-
ceived by Hamilton IL Young.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

DIR. J. II. Gibbs, physician and occu
list, Office, COZ Elm street.
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Sloepless nights made miserable the
that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is by
rcme0v Tor You. Sold by j, Nj. House.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Get seats to-day fof Nagnor's Min.
strels Katzenberg aud ralnage.
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ALit,ls Pauicl,y for Prices.

Heavy wuolon underwear In all grades
and prices At cost at REGNuARDr's.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10

Flows rom the Maximum Minernlr goun.
tain Of Saratoga Springs, and Is in the opin.
ION OF Tue most eminent medical men. Ma.
ture's Sovereign Cure for CONSTITUTION
DYSPEPSIA 4, TORPID LIVER, Inactive
CONDITIONS of the KIDNEYS, and a most
eaiutury alternative in ScrofulOus Affections,
WIN ladies', gentlemen and bon yivnnts ev
efyWhereil has become the standard OF die
tary eXpedients, fortifying the digestive funo-
lions ana enabling free-livers to Indulge with
lmpunity az table. Tho world OF wealth, in
lellgence and refinement testinos 80 ia
sparkling naturally pure and delightful
Qualities NJ the beverage incomparahls, and
accredit II with being the sureFt and spoodiest
source ofclear oomplexions, high health nnd
eShn0ernnt spirits. HATHORN SPRING
WATER Ia sold only In glass bottles; four
dozen plnts are packed In n case. IL may be
obtained at all hotels and OF druggists. Wine
merchants and grocers everywhere, and
BETTERToN, IRVINE q co.,
Sole Agents for DAIlas, Ts van,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-24
o, LET US PART AS FRIENDS!

o, let us not part in anger,
For We may not meet again,
And here at His footstool kneeling,
Let me not plead in vain
By all the holy memories
Of the past, forever fled;-
BY the prayers together offered,
The tears together she'd
., let us not part III anger;
We were friends In years gone by
Friends, in its holiest meaning,
We are not now-O, why!
We are not now, and yet nightly
At His feet, l kneel and pray,
That He may in wisdom strengthen
Thy heart, and guide thy way.
o, let us not part in anger;
As our life-barques drift apart,
Come holy memories, surging
In floods upon my heart;
And tears-that in their deep anguish
Like the scorching Simeon blast,
Fer fall, through the lonely night-watch,
Leaving but ruin, when past
o, let US not part In angerl
Some day one Of US will lie
With a face than marble colder,
Upturned toward the sky
BY the anguish of that moment
When too late to make amends
Take back those bitter, bitter words;
o, let us part as friends
: Lila N. Cushman.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-24
NO. 45.

holds in the eyes of foreigners. He
wrote novels, poems, books of travel,
and dramas. He ranked as an artist
and man of creative power in these
forms below others of his time and ma
ton, yet it will be found that when
Danish literature is named, Andersen
is quite the only figure in it of familiar
repute beyond the boundaries of his
own country, and this not by virtue of
these larger works, but through a few
wonder-stories.
Andersen was by no means man
who preferred to associate with chill
dren. When it was proposed in his
lifetime to erect in the Rosenberg gar
den in Copenhagen, statue in his
honor, various sculptors submitted de-
signs. One of them was pleasing one
which would probably reflect the senti-
ment of most people regarding him; it
represented the great story-teller with
two children by his knee while he told
them stories. Andersen objected posi-
lively to the conception, for he said he
was not in the habit of taking children
thus into his arms. The design which
was chosen, and was presumably ac-
cepted by him, presents him in a curule
chair, a cloak falling off his shoulders,
while he bends forward, holding, with
his finger between the leaves, thin
book, which might contain one of his
stories, and stretching forth the other
hand with an eager gesture. This
earnestness, too, is in his face and his
parted lips; he is reciting one of his
stories. The statue, which is of
bronze, stands upon Il pedestal bearing
in front his name, with dates of his
birth and death, and on the sides pretty
reliefs, the one of the ugly Ducking"
group, the other of the child borne
upon a stork. A simple inscription
states that the statue was erected in
1880 by the Danish people in memory of
the wonder-story poet.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-24

tell, she said, i know l ought to be
ashamed, but 1 can't help it. He
seemed to like me so. l hope shall
die of this fever, for life is nothing to
me- AshamedP Why, it is he who
ought to be ashamed. Of all the things,
a minister to be cold, cruel flirt. And
that is what Hugh Mactaggert is"
l listened, but l could not move or
speak. l felt as though my heart also
was breaking, and oh, the time l suf-
fered! The women drank their tea and
left, and then Angelina turnei to me
with cold, sarcastic smile.
Il see by your face that the little
story is true, Mr.. Mactaggert," she
said
Angelina" / faltered, 81 have done
nothing that should give offense to
YOU"
Nothing but love another woman"
she answered. "Love her and let her
see it, meaning to marry me. Don't
think I'm hurt; indeed, / am relievedi
l should have kept my word to you but
for this, but not so gladly as 1 once
should, You are very good-looking
man, but on the whole you don't suit
me. met Mr.. S. at Millport, and he
does. Ihave been thinking what pity
it was l must decline his offer. AS for
this-Mary, is it notP-wouldn't she
make very good minister's wifeP"
1t came to my mind that she would
that she was the only wife for me;
that Angelina, splendid as she was,
would never have made me happy.
But | only said: ''Miss Melville, if
you desire to have you freedom have
no choice"
81 desire it greatly" she answered.
''It is yours, l said with bow.
After that l think we were both hap
pier than we had been for days, and
we shook hands when we parted.
That night went up to the Vale of
Cruix, and l told Mary that my mar
riage was broken off and that she was
the only woman l ever loved. She
tried to summon up her pride and re-
fuse me, but failed in the attempt, and
let me take her to my heart. To-day l
am pastor of the church at the Vale of
Cruix. Mary is my wife, and we are as
plain and quiet a pair as you could
fancy. | even help my wife pick cur
rents, and | have taken turn at the
garden when help was scarce. But
do not envy Mr.. S. his wife, nor pine
for the luxurious possibilities that lost
with Angelina. Mary and my little
home content me.
But one thing is on my conscience:
have never been able to ask myself the
question: "Did f1irt with MaryP" If
not what was itP
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-24
Hans Andersen.
Horace E. Scudder in Harper's Magazine.

Horace E. Scudder in Harper's Magazine.
1t is a curious freak of fortune which
has associated the little country of Den.
mark in most peoples minds with two
names representing the most contrast
ed onalities-Hamlet, the protag-
onist of human speculation, and Hans
Christian Andersen, the first child au-
thor. He was not the first to write for
children, nor the first to introduce the
child into literature; another distinction
| belongs to him; he was the first child
who had contributed to literature. The
work by which he is best known is
nothing more nor less than an artistic
creation of precisely the order which is
common among children.
1t is part of the common experience
of men to endow inanimate things with
more or less life through the operation
of the imagination. Even mere SYM
bols are made to have superfluity of
life. But the power of personifying
that which seems to have no personal
ity is strongest in childhood; it is very
apt to die out or become indistinct in
later years. Andersen never lost this
power; he cultivated it; and that which
with children is vivid bu
became with him even more vivid, but
ordered and disposed as by the laws of
art.
This, think, may be taken as the pc
culiar contribution of Andersen to lit
erature; he was the interpreter to the |
world of that creative power which is |
of childhood; the child spoke
through him. He was himself, as his |
and the unvarying testi-
mony of his friends show, child all his
life. The naivete which is so large an
element in his stories was an expression
Of his own artless nature; his was a con-
lition of almost arrested development.
He was an excessively vain man, but
lis vanity was the innocent egotism of a
,hild who wants everybody to look at
lim when he is doing anything which
,leases himself. He bemoans with
simplicity the Indifference
which people showed to his philosophi-
al writings; he AYERS with an air of in
ured innocence that he studied very
lard, and was often reading difficult
looks at midnight when people sup
,osed he was amusing himself. He
would have discontinued such trivial
matters as writing his little tales, but {
hey forced themselves from him. {
1t is hard for Andersen's contempo- ;
aries to withhold their ridicule of this {
TRANCE figure, and it is still difficult for
James to accept cordially the conspicu- I
us position in their literature which he t