New-York tribune., 1886-07-22
LITERARY NOTES.


Ar,,u, shsi,or.e Hsrdy. the author II But Yet
V,a.." src Tie Wind oi vsstipy.' ia soa OF
Anxious II. rdv Of posion is rich man, keen sports
man AID o l,us'rkstly successful mathematical pro
t.s. ~ alta.ouh Eis Willingness 10 1--we and work
or.rI; e. lte Hanover speaks volumes ior the value
al ls laiy.s Lo.L.. lie bnsy and .siurbed
lt. 81 Aas,icsG critics has 10 II lew possibilities of
t.h ssa slow 81 ssloane ior ~ri.ts thosgt lew OF
tL,r, ,ccm to alocrstai tba tc.. Professor Hardy
IL ousia a., 4" be iolsoiScu. j. graduate OF West
i.., sta ~ iOr tcmr tTae lieutenant ci artillery.
~ ~ L,,r,r,cc oiphant's book. Mssoliam."
sIhc Ss;r.dsy Ieycw says " The eternal struggle
o. the g,ost e,rlte Cood iv,i the keynote OF
The oak sid Na-Olai himself he master vorsiipped
Nv ih.nssds God- gIi1cd beng. is carried away
nm b..@ hy personal love ci the gold winch nj hrs
he only he'd Gain o,der TO benefit humanity a.,
atge The wcb q intrigue vi ich he spins round hs
Intended victims 81 iast lnc.oscs bm also. and hs ial
dsioai is eonplcie."
Nj Golmsn Hunt. writing in " The Contemporary
Review about his youthful Pre-GaPhaeite days
tel. interesting lntic story The works 81 the T.
a. brotherhood covered with public nd'cnie pub
.i.h.gs declined his drawings nobody woud order
portrait from am. At last cane a day when be h''
Tot penny. 81 was 80 rcdnc,d in means he says
that once when ! bad a letter written. lying before
n,. | could hot tel where 10 find penny fof the
,tar, leaning back iu the old cushioned chair.
thrust MY hand down behind the scat and my hncers
ean. ia cont c with n coin which proved 10 bc ball
e-,,,rn and I fclt quite rich for the time"
r.. crrrc,t number Of Harpcrs Weekly" contains
, .hort stolv b, Mr. Il. NJ Johnston. which ought 10
take high place in the true American literature \
,ri,.caI Accident to Mr. Absolom Bilhugslea is
stud, Of southern character almost perfect in its av
40 much the more perfect that its hero II Of tie
ouisoic type that human nature knows and loves
iii .foul ls.ff ,etta astnr nf
NJ, Billing slca's oourtng' ought to be preserved in
4 more perinAuent form than that provided by
r,fiodical Nor should Mr.. A. 49, frcsts skilirl and
humorous illustrations be forgOttenthey are rs good
The text
Nj Johnston is a Southern writer who. If he has
retcr vet received his due rom the public is OF
future and permanent appreciation. His work is
urouc dealing with phases Of Southern life and char
a.t.r 81 hich have been touched 10y else and the
memory oi which il would be gricvous TO lose When
lie .Gnrts Of more pr,tenous writers forgotten
tie student of Southern life and manners In the nnc-
tceuth century will be finding precious "ine in Slt
lohnso,s vivid sketches. II is pity that the truth
he ggor and the hunor of his representations are not
more widely recognized now.
The London Times declares that for writer's in
English tic American public and ;he British public
have become virtually one in their intellectual rela
tons. The author abors to render himself incllis
bic 10 both and readers in both bemisphcr are proud
g. place themselves in equal sympathy with him In
time they will object pirate mental gifts as keenly IS
fl econerccaiion would feel the disgrace of hanging
the ps Of popular preacher and putting nothing into
tLen.'