The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1889-03-08
ECoHtinued from last ~eeh.l

CHAPTER NH
America .;., l!;it yat lthiti.'yt transcend
cnt literary gcn;:s, ,,!t 5.ia h' the right TO
he proud of ID Rational literature which in
cludcs poets historians novelists, cssaytsts
and critics Of a superior order.
In tho domain of romance, we find writers
whose reputation is as firmly established in
Europe US III America. Who has not read i'll
his youth the novels OF Fcnimoro Cooper2
Who has not thrilled over the weird tales If
Poca Among tho most famous names in fc-
tion are also Washington Irving, n. Parker
Willis, Nathaniel Hawthorne Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Marion Crawford, Frank Stockton,
George W Gable, Frances Hod gsou Burnett,
Henry James, ". D. Howcls, Julian llaw-
thornc, Thomas Bailey Adrch, Charles Dud-
ley Warner, Bret Ilarte, vino is also u poet,
Edward Eggcsto:, J. Brander Matthews.
All these names are household words whcr
ever the English tongue is spoken The great
EST success of the century f,as been attained
by an American novel directed against slay-
cry and instrumental in its destruction,
III the philosophical essay, Ralph Waldo
Emerson and Robert Ingersol are u1ap-
proachable in their different styles The first
shines BY his originality and subtle power
Of reasoning, which puts you in mind of Car
lyle; tho second by tho grandeur Of his Ian
euagc, his keen, clear reasoning, power, and
his humor and pathos, -.-4-
History is, perhaps, OF all the branches OF
American literature, that which has found
its highest expression. Washington Try ms
with his History Of Colnuobas. Prescott with
sAIy manager, al the reader viii oser'e, usls
on. OF the rare Aulericaus wlo are rot coioneiS.
the History of Ferdinand and Isabella the
History Of slc Conquest Of Mexico and Peru,
and the History of Philip II, Bancroft with IL
History of the United States, Hildreth,
Sparks and others have produced Il national
history from the discovery of their country
down to our own days,
1t seems curious that the .;l:t and granliose
regions they inhabit should not have inspired
the Americans with taste and talent for de-
scriptions Of nature Houimo:c Cooper is
the only great scene painter produced hy the
imnellsties o! the great western continent
H,norists swarm in the United States.
Artemls Ward and Mari! Twain are two
| psendonyms justly famous at home anl
| abroad. There is third on the road that
leads to similar celebrity, Bill Nye has the
same drolI way rs Mark Twain of dronina
GU: Irresistible colnicallties, with that solemn
sang froil which is NOT met with outside the
| frontiers Of Yankccaud. When he mounts
the platform the audience prepares to be dis
located with laughter.
| Although the names Of Charles A. Dana
Whitclav Reid, Park Gol"in and man!
others are well known to the reading public
of America, it is in the large reviews, nnt
not in the newspapers, lh%t really litorar:
articles are to be found.
Children--if there be any children il
Amcrica-arc not forgotten by literature,
is safe to affirm that there is no countr,
where children are 50 we'll written for, b.
authors who have the secret Of ilstructin;
them while they charm and amuse them