The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-28
SUCH IS FAME.
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 1 A tssocietyS woman, at whose table
 Longfellow was dining, asked him {:
 ''Oh, Mir. Longfellow, have you ever
 publlshed a bookls This was after
 two- thirds of his lite-work was done.
 Hawthorne says that In his later years
 he met many people who knew him
 we'll as the ex.surveyor of the port of
 Salem. but who never knew that he
 had written anything, and hsd not
 even heard that there was such book as "The Scarlet Letter.. Even the
 genial autocrat ls not appreciated by every body In his own town. One day an American gentleman went into q
 barber's shop as Dr. Holmes was go-
 Ing out. "no you know who that
 was that just went outp" askcd the barber. Being curious to sec what account of nr. Holmes the barber would givc, the visitor shook his head. "Why," ssid tho barber, "that's old Dr. Holmes," And who is Dr. Holmesss "Oh, he's been doctor herc great many years. believe he ain't prae,icin' aay more, but he's thought great deal of"
 A crushing remark was once madc by would-be fiattcrrrf to ". p. Howells, the American novelist, shortly atter the publication of "Tho Lady of the ArIstook," "A foIrgone Conclusion" and "Venettan Llie," A ia,iy ask1It that EsSss..e:::::sa fer h!s autograph, whereupon he wrote some impromptu verses in her album. Sho read them over, and then gave an en- couraglng smile, "Oh, Mir. Howells," she exclaimed, "l should think you might do something for the papers and magazines ; Two secn much worse than that in print"
 When even Dickens and Thackeray met with experiences somewhat simi. lar to this tho smaller fry can hardly hope to escape. Men we'll known In other walks of life arc scarcely lcss fortunate than tho novelist. Takc, for instance, tho story told by clergy H,an, ss bosnE par: Of . cassersa.ioa held by him with an Englishman to whom he pointed out General Grants residence In New York. The English man asked w hat name2" and secm- ing to obtain no further light, tho clergyman repeated It to him and said "0i course you have heard of General Grant. He was our president for eight years, ending in is77."
 "Ahl" remarked tho Engllahman, still with no evidence of recalling a fact previously known.
 "Then, too," proceeded the clergy. man, "he WAS great general and was In command of . million of men at the close of the war. You remember our late war, of course"
 "Well, no," was tho answer. "5eR pardon, but have Just arrived In this country, aud was so long at sea that i have not heard tho lateat news. was at sea six teen days, really"
 This gentleman was scarcely ahrcast with the times, and his ignorance rec minds ono of Mark TwAln's famous question to railway carriage bore; "Adam2 What's his other name1"
 IL la really surprising how lew cini- uent Americans arc known to the average general reader" la England. In America the names of many of our prominent men must be familiar in  consequence of tho frequency and the familiarity with which their actions are discussed In the columns of most of the great newspapers. One is sur pris''sl, Indeed. to sec English affairs dealt with as if England were only some 200 or 900 miles from New York
 Greatness Is paid homage to by some people in peculiar ways. Every body must remember the story told In connection with Victor Hugo. The great poet WAS startled one morning by the Intrusion of thrcs Englishmen. "Victor Hugo" said one, consulting A pocket book. The poet bowed, think ing that ho should be asked for his next. After tho visitors had stared for q few seconds tho pocket book was again consulted. "Eleven o'clock the IIons!" said ths spokesman. Then the party bowed a g.d xgaf keI f,ftf ff inc ennsu