Telegram-herald., 1889-05-26


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Of American poetry. Ee = a . ord iaxxs-r
~ho sses q Eaousht spl1uinz through be
~iiaern2 Anss. - s1d gst, bishsr s1d
tDltAsr, 4s Z ssekiAz tEe soal u a isey-
rata paxzs. he = n4astsr II wha1 Dr.
Holmes salls ths faEciful fotEas II serss,
aua =. moreover. tyyics4 bastoniAn u
V9-si4y he = sSys on~ - 1is mesJ
prominent fslis~ to-nsmsns maH OF
sxcslieAt qualities. EAEros syn paEElss
asc fss fflsEds
HIS bearing, particularly toward =
stranger or oBs whS - partially -. Z.
ha1gatiasss per &c. A gsntisman ci n1s
literary tasI<s. and fas1lllAF witn ths oest
s0ci-tF. and moreover great @anlfer q
AldrieA's > sTitiux ~Ss visiting Boston On
a certain occasion few years azo sad
being sxe=edinsiy d<siFsus of u4estlDx tie
editor Of the Att0ntte AoRthig, "as In
troducsd 70 him % friend Bat tie re-
eeption accorded aim was so much alter
ths order Of disdainfainsss, that he after
he regretted having met Aldrieh.
II you can write pretty poems
pretty say, rot great poems
and Aldrieh Knows you, aud better stlii'
taxes a fancy 10 you. why. you can con
slider Yourself a regular contributor 60
the Atlantic HOnthly-at least while the
present administration Il IN power.
want 90 tell you OF a ease In point. con
md -
interested With the subject There i a
certain young lady. whose home = ia bos-
ton. 30 bad been writing verses FOR the
Transcript and other papers for some
time. While her poems were pleasant
reading. the editors had never felt 10 con
slider them especially marked in the way
OF thought or style, but one day the young
lady IN question became possessed with
the idea OF writing poem after the style
OF Aldrich and signing his name 10 IL,
sent 10 70 certain Boston paper 10 which
A!drich had contributed IN former years
and see what would come OF The affair
Never doubling the genuineness or the
production, the editor at once printed the
pOeul, and, in consideration OF the high
source from which 10 was supposed 20
smanate, was about 20 forward the author
cheek for the same. when he received a
note from Aldrich informing him IN
pointed language that the poem IN
question was not his A!drich had
read the poem on its first appearance.
and had been struck with its particularly
close resem alliance 10 those he was In the
habit OF producing, bat said TO himself.
Why, 10 reads like one of my poems sure
enough. but | certainly never wrote it.
that | know. I've been imposed on by
somebody and became greatly indignant
over the matter Some days after
ward the real author Of the poem
was discovered, but instead OF the
young lady's act rejecting In the
least upon her. it tended rather TO
bring her quite pleasantly before the
public. However, Aldrich could not be
brought 10 forgive her, and though for a
year and longer she sought 70 gain en-
trance 10 the atlantic Monthly, her con
/ tributions, one and all, were returned 10
/ her. One day, however. DR.. Parsons, who
I had become interested in the young lady
/ in question, took one OF her poems 10
/ Adrich and insisted on his publishing il.
! Aldrich refused point blank. Offering
among other reasons that the young lady
| had treated him very discourteously on a
/ former occasion. But MS lrlenu persisted
and at length Aldrich yielded, and the
poem was published n month or so after
wards. Subsequently the young contribu-
tor and Aldrcn met. and the latter was 50
captivated by her charming personality
that her contributions now find a very
welcome place in the pages OF the Boston
I Magazine. Taking into consideration the
fact that Aldrich is of an imperiOus dispo
sition, it is little surprising that he and
his senior publisher have got along to
gether for Mr.. Houghton and Aldrich are
very much the same type Of men, and did
the public know the reason OF w. ID
Howell's relinquishing the editorial chair
OF the atlantic Monthly a very few years
since, some time. indeed, before the Har
pers invited him TO serve them, it would
perhaps understand that it WAS really
because the modest. genial novelist felt h,
could no longer labor where perfect con
cord did not abound.
why. Aldrich represents in wealth
something like two hundred Thousand
dollars. and ne did not marry fortun,