Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-28

pointed counsel to Cre.eld, Germany, snt
get out st once for his pest. Some year:
LITER he wrote TO Lewis Rosenthal: az
ShinkI never felt more keenly aad hu-
j Eusnly touched with sense Of gratitude
tlan on the frss day OF my arrival In G ar
many. Twas wandering down thu KONG
seller Of Dusseldorf IN the utter lolel..
| mesa aud fTiendlInegs OF foreigner in It's
| language sn6 people, when l caught eigh.
CT my own name in German tex on Ger
/ tain little quaint looking books With queer
tisles, il book sellers widow. Il was
like the hal o! q friendly voice, and as l
passed On 1t seemed TO me- inst [ wss 70
| longer sErsngar" And indeed, since
Fteiligrstn in 1872 first published transls.
lions OF some Of Hsrte's poems IN the
GesenWsrt ne has not been stranger TO
tbs German people. They welcomed him
ct cree SIS g rew poet OF genius and al
uGrtvalled story seller, one who more
than eli others Was distinctly American.
The first wiIter on educa.ed German
asks yen about is Bre. Hsrte, AuerbaCh,
the fsmous novelist, olce remarked:
"Bret Hsrts has never been American
Minister at Berlin. but he is more
popular there and throughout Ger
many than twenty ministers. FEE.
IigrAth delighted to claim The
honor Of having discovered him aud af-
iectionstelY called him "11y Bret Hsrte."
His storieP, rendered into German BY
various hands, have appeared IN leading
mags zines, as We'll as in book form, and
continue to be published as fast issued In
English. In one case, st least, the
Deutshe Rlndehsu, the grea: German
literary monthly, arranged for the stimuli
tsDeous publication Of story In Its
pages. or "Gsbriel Conroy" fourteen
versions were issued for the press.
Though Freiligrath made the first Ger
ms1 saalstions Of MS poems, to Brach-
vogsl Of che New YORK Belletristlscoes
Journal belongs the homer ofhsving into
duced Bret Harte's prose tales 20 MS teI
low countrymen. The suthor gratefully
acknowledge tots Indebtedness IA The
dedication to Brachvogel CT "Tle Story
Of Nine"
Bret Harts's fame and popularity ex
sspds 20 every country OF Europe. Trans.
lations OF his stories have appeared in the
Rsyue des deux Mondes, peIhsps the
leadIRg literary monthly Of Europe, in the
MoskoW G'zatte, which circulste5
throughout the greei empire OF the Gar,
in the Rivista Emopes CT Rome, So well
as il important )ucnais in Sps,n, P)r;u
gal, Denmark and Sweden. His works
hsve been published ia book form II
every language OF E0fope. Ssclsr-
Msocf, the Saician rom,acer, aud ons OF
the chief writer's Of Austris, VINO enjoys
E wide European reputation, delights to
call himss.fa pupil Of Bre. Rarte.
III. ". Hszsltiue hiss struck the true
exploration OF this universal sff3c.ionsse
esteem In watch the Californian writer Is
held tG Europe, when he says: "Is wss
By virtue Of their sovereign vsracis7 IN the |
broad lines OF human nature, sad oy the !
electric quality Wnlca defiss the barriers |
OF speech and rsce, mat his WORK passed |
tue sea, ald found q domicils in so many |
EurOpesu hous shoids."
In 1880 Bet H,r.e wss transferred to |
the consulsa!p g. Glasgow, ! much more |
impor.sus and lucrative post than Gee |
ield. He Vas heartily received by tie |
literary men OF Eagl7nd snd Scot |
land. Il. WA ot.5n in London as
the guest OF celebrated Eegtishmep,
and hiss always besn n ads . grsa. deal |
OF socially. he has frequently deliv-
cred his lecture on the "Aygonauts of
'49" to large and cultivated audiences
IN various parts Ct England, ana has re-
piled to the tnss. "Americsn Literature"
at notable bauqusts Of public and literary |
men. When chsngs Of administration
occurred in the United States In 1885
Bret Hsrte resigned his consulship Of
GLASGOW, aud has since that time resided