The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28
Literary Notes.

Somewhere appeared. the other day . para
graph crediting certain thrge among New
England women with describing more accur-
afely and cleverlv than all others the lie and
the region about them With this judgment
as regards at least two OF the three, we nave
no fault 10 ind. but 10 the number ougnt 10
he added Mrs Rose Terry Cooke AMI hisS
Maria Louise Pool, The bographerO OK EoWehy
in Boston Mrs. Cookies laurels were Won
long ag0-hOw Justly the exquisite piece or
New England pOrtraIture In the current AZ
lartic" may witness. Concerning MISS iooi
powers wa win quote one OF the masters III
American literature she has applied q
staccato method akin 20 French, but mutaiN
mutandisl % our Down-tast life. and TINS
with great dramatic effect and condemnation.
Every stroke tells. If her work were some
thing foreign we should see how full u u on
tears and laughter. She certainly knows
maiden, heart Yet ! think her very best
characters are drawn with few toucnes
such n that thoroughbred city woman VINO
comes and goes I'm the Carliny story
A biography Of Jasmin, the Gascon barber,
the greatest Of trOubadOur5 past. present
and 90 come. is under process OK CONSTRUCTION
by Dr. Smiles.
Walter Besant tells an odd story Of English
journalistic methods A certain writer sent
am article signed and with an attractive title
first % one journal, and when Declined 90
another Both times it. came back after a
lOngish interval marked by the inky thumO
Of the compo,itor.n The author put away
his Ms. Then he meditated. Then he began
10 take the two journals In a fortnight No
found his article nm each of the pnpers, un-
signed and under another title.
DR.. Holmes bless his kind heart'-has a
good word even for the writers of very poor
poetry Scarcely n month ago. writes Mss
+. A. Thackray 70 Tho Epoch zone hum
L coll frIa he
Harvard Annex gave the aged poet recep-
ton. with infinite pathos and feeling the poet
read Dorothy q and The Chambered
Nautilus Chatting pleasantly with one OF
the seniors afterward he asked. Miss b
do You ever write poetry"
With a smile and q blush. tho bright
young woman replied. 20 no, sir, never IN
"'The aged poet smiled at the eager dis
claimer. then thOughtfully shook his gray
head aud said: Perhaps It IS best perhaps
il is best. real poetry Is so hard % write,
many are called but few are chosen" Yet
II one wrote a thousand lines of doggerel and
In II were found hidden two or three lines Of
real poetry, wouldn't the game be worth the
Candle:'
One Of the most successful books ever writ
ten is Mrs. Henry Woods East Lynne" 1t
ID now in its 225th' edition and each edition
means a thousand copies.
In Dorsotshre. it is said they call Mr.
Thomas Hardy. the novelist him what puts
wa into books. And 30 he does, indeed TO
the very life One especially Of Mr.. Hardy )
books. " nder the Greenwood Tree, is .
rustic classic which deserves 10 he reread
many times. one Of tho drawbacks Of the
modern multiplication Of novels Is the grow
.ug habit Il readers 10 throw aside brilliant
book when once read as a thing to be forgot
ten. If "Cuder the Greenwood Tree were
aa eighteenth-century idyl. it would hold a
place Of honor beside the Vicar OF Wake
heidi But the next century Will right al
this, no doubt.