New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-16
LITERARY NOTES.

,s,.. r,orence Warden, the suddenly famous so'n'f
.s,h. House On the Marsh" s Q plain young woman
18th clear ewes and rather strong lace. one say
49, ovn career. After being astub0orn anu n's0'"
~. child under nurses and governesses at home' was
s~r, 18th NV sister, to school at Brighton, where sne
..S hr;,,;ant career as the idlest, witttiest ana
80, rro Girl In the house; while sncaked through
= r,o.r existence AS o steady. industrious gri no'
.,sver Init very conceed At this time used to wr'e
roem. at night three or four lines at time, peor0
sho cas was nut out After this, went 70 schooi
France and founded a great reputation al Pri"''
theatricals. Tits was my first experience as pay
wright and manager. left school just IN 'in,o W
shat through my fathers losses on the s'ock .No"
/ should have to my own hvihg O. =.
eoverness tor a short time, and worked very n"'N
qualify myself not only for teaching ou' io' nv
~,;t;nc At last as could get nobody to read my
MSS and as the lady whose five chhuren ""'
ipr said il was pity should waste my time Oh su'n
- dronncd the trash and the teaching together,
and went on the stage with my sister against every
hodv,s wishes For three years had horrible anu
ayesrv struggle with debt With illhealh. with aii'-
.,,t;es of all kinds Then the verge OF an i'ao'
from which was not expected to recover, wro'e IN
two months. The House on the Marsh, when ran III
The Family Herald without any success pu' wn''.'
bapply for me- hit the taste OF the genera' Puo"0 "
volume FORM when it had been noticed by Mr. hun'u"
Yates In The World. Since thon, have "ri''on
other stories and have made my first serious at'emp'
OF writing for the stage
This bit Of good sense comes from Tue r'''sou,s
Chronicle: There is something positively numerous ~
tho assumption of many persons OF oo'n sexes ~
society that they are highly well informed oecaus.
they read all the novels Of any note that come OUT
course to do this involves certain amount Oh n'"'9
lint IL does not necessarily involve any integcn' anu
critical discrimination, aud 1t requires no great
70 read q given number OF pages OF hcuoh. N i"is
.rt NJ the literary talk in society consists OF reer
ence to novels andmaDv person OF genuine n"1 VIZ
and sound understanding undervalued because ne o.
he "a NOT crammed with this ctons lore and gip OF
sn.ech in relation to it, There is wide field OF readg
besdes novels which does require capacity, ana those
Win are familiar with it not apt to have cartoao
of novels pood bad and indifferent. at their tongues
end Pre- perly considered, acquaintance WIN ho'ci'
indicates nothing way or the other IN the ma'er "
intellectual status, and it is supremeiy siuy 10 MAKE
such acquaintance ground OF self-esteem OF 10 us
paragc those whose tastes run in different d'recton
"Why should angels b. fools T. said Charles kcade
once. when discussing Thackerays Amelia clear
head and warm heart 60 to the making OF perie0'
woman.r His favorite heroine was Ciarlssa
Hawlowe.Y Mrs. Compton Readc says IN Inc
Charleston News that the author was In the naol'
o ascrbng his literary gift lis mother, who though
not nm authoress was still volumnous and able letter
writer in the days when letters were letters moreover
o person of great natural ability and charm Inc
utmost affection prevailed, where once, perhaps some
thing less than perfect unauimy was apparent before
Mrs. Reades DEATH which took place in her ninety
first year. The already celebrated novelist mad no
more earnest admrer than She whose youth had been
passed among the most brilliant and famous men OF her
time that reached back to the golden period when Sir
Joshua would paint you portrait for t4o and rit'
and Fox waged Homeric warfare in the House. Charles
Reade heard of all these now historic dongs al Drs'
baudv