The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-16
GEORGE ". CABLE.
Philadelphia Press. l

readers through the columns ot the Rf- s'ss .fss Dx<r Lesles, and who has re gently been devoting his attention to American literature. gives in the number of the Resse for anuary 5 an article oi ,hlrsy-seven pages. from which the Pyess translates the following extracts
 If there Is one quality above all oth- CTS of those nov demanded nom a liter ATy Artis, which is becoming rarer. env,ed above all others. sough, after with unlus- tihable boldness and with every concep- ton which disordered inauguration Is capable of, II IS Assuredly novelty. Ger tain ot our romancers have sough, for II. by ,nfraetion of good taste. tar rom the source whence genuine creators of char ac,er have drawn and always ~ill draw their inspiration from the study of na- ture and of man in their noble and grand aspects, and from faithful portrayal of the passions and feelings of the heart. acute observation of the world and ot the manifold characters winch il produces. These writers do not concern IS. ln ty Ing te make an easy escape from the peril of imitation they have encountered another ias more dangerous obstacle m Inc tendency et their paerile and es,;as- asant research. But without proposing the ~retehed ann of astonishing d all hazards, some writers few, Il Is true
 owe Ia the sole lac, of having been born on d s,igi virgin soil. whose manners and customs had never had painter. the good fortune of belng able ,o offer 10 our laded appeutes literally new tfnit. Such Tn Europe are TurgaenIef and Saehef Mssooh, ana in America. Rse, Harte and George Gable. The latter is assuredly the leas, known on this side oi the At lanae oithe novel.s,s whom the United States have produced: yet. in point of originality. he IS the superior of all hls rivals. with the exception of the author oi the Californian tales.
 In truth. the correct and reiined tai. ant ci an Aldtieh or James belong strictly To putcly English literature ho~ells. although he begins with provin- oialism in language. ~ith the local GUS toms of Canada and New England, ends by taking hts travelling hero ,o some grand centre of c,vilization. which more ef less resembles London or Iaris These three iasoTte aovelsis take ;.ieif ifisps;a- ton enly from contemporary hie. Cable. Al the contrary. IS devoted to rendering no, only the eariosities of d glbberish and the deeply marked physiognomy of un- known people, but also the DC, ular trai,s of certain period so httic Iemos cd from Us that !: Is almost m existence. bu, Mhieh h has the in,eres, of an almost legendary epoch Tn A country where ever, thing goes by steam.
 The northern Hawthorne summoned ep the spirits oi his ancient Puritan an eeStefs, who burnt people al the stake and cracked the whip ot persecution on Inc soh where the mos; lbefd demo, races was destined to flourish tabie $ oreoles are ,hr aniitheses of these s4Narc s..ints. With the reno they have 4 Sc crei affinity winch places us m sympathy wIth them at once. We teeI. when we come m contact with our eSlled brothers that they arc liitle spoiled by colonial manners. stffened ~lth spanish pride, and hardened with prejudice and igno- rance but al@ avs ready for deeds of he roism passienstely loving the mother country, however cruel and ungra.eiul she had shown herself ,o them S apo leon sold his transatlantic par adisc 10 the | nlted States ~iih no thought of the otfense he committed upon the sons of the old ench eolonisis who formed the greater part oi the population winch thus irnpia able politician sold like d part e ot slaves. II $ the despair ofthis so brave and proud e.ciy. devoted n spite of everything. to the country winch abjurcd H. and winch one sees. after ninety years, s,il guarding the same spin, of tdelt,y to IS source !, IS th!s winch has lfspned Inc novelist @lth the hnesi pages of"Ihe Graudlssimcs. book winch ,s too long ard loo ditiaSe. and too bristlins with diaiec, and i.rson for complete uansla- ton.
 Emotion. poetry. humof and int idea, ranging from ,ragic To comit. &fe not lac slng m Cable most considerable. or al leas, mos, perfect, work nolhiag is lacking eNt ept certain clearness IF cofa- position, and a ceraiu knack m perspe, : tive. for want of which the story ls some times confused. It's progress IS Ike an advance through the In,crlaced boughs of virgln forest where one Is always on the point or losing his way. There arc so many personages and such eornp,. caicd eveaisssuch 4 2Tea; number of an eedo,es. such changes Tn the pot. with appearances, dlsappcarances and entan- glement oi characters, such abfup, re- turning 10 pas; events. the alliances and enmi,ies of iAmiiies the namberiess gen eaiogical dlgresslons all thls added ,o the sustained oddities of the reole dss- lee, and IS pronunciation render the reading of The GfandissInes pecu- llarly ditfcui; matter. bu, when one ar rlYes ai ihe mouth Of ,he labyrinih a ne~ world opens 70 h.s v,ew.
 In speaking of Cables mos, ton tin z crea'lon. Mm-. DeIphine. Ii ben,zon say :; difficult ,o Sarry emotion farther thar IT thls rapid and cofnp,. seq iaie Cables sketches arc cef;aihly su- perloE io ms more sustained efforts. which ike T he Graadissimes only form n ,heir taseaess. seFIes oi nosaIcs of neatly n;,ee biis. One oi The rcsern- ba6ees ef the author of Madame iIel- phlne and .he author of Miggi-s lz ;ha, he does Es' snos or dlscaF.s the -- rf z -,f y1.Hscf and onlx <s.rreedx ty