Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-11

| bsen n contributor 70 magazines enu
newspapcrs. The creator part o; Ms ZIG
has boon spent In Philadelphia. Mr: n .hs
nett came into vogue rs romanclss ~ 'ho
period which gave us e. +. n. osSsn mINI
Hnnti,ne. Sylvanus Cobb, Dr., ana Mrs;
Sorthworth. What o prolific set OF
wr,ters there wore! Il fused to seem 10 me
that they turned out about story =
month each. We have no such writers
now Tho line between civilization ana
barbarism has been pretty well oblitorated
and the field of American romance mas
been narrowed. In few years the
stories hinged on our civil war WIN .a ~
the place OF the romances in which the
noble old man ard the white frontiersinan
with the queer vernacular figured SO CON
snicuIousIy. / am told that lOO.OO0
COMES of Mr.. Benefits Prairie Flower"
were sold by the publisher. which was
something wonderful! in that day. some
of his most popular stories were Viola,
"Waldo Warren" Clara Moreland' ana
"Ihe Phantom of the Forest" MIR. Ben
nett still writes sketches for the press. IN
which he mingles romance and history III
the old style.
BILL NYE AND HIS PLAY.
Bill Nye has been hero for a fortnight,
looking after his new play, the Cadi"
Trather think he IL not pleased with his
erner,ence as n PLAYWRIGHT. Bill has ere.
ated n marvellous character in The Caii.
For dry humor. cyniclsm, quaintness OF
manner and dress that frontier foo-pan
will live. The play has lacked dramatic
action and Nye has been hard az WORK TOT
week trying to supply II. am toiu
that the new version IS quiz
Improvement. aud 1t IL predicted
that in IFS new form tho play WIZ
he q money-maker. Bill Nye. IS the most
genuine humor.st have ever known; ne
wears well. His hImJr Ia purely or the
American type. lie has already done more
con,ecutlyo work than John PhGnx. Arte-
mus Wa7de. and Marx Twain combines.
Between his writings, his books, ana Ms
lectures he now has an income OK aDou,
$40 600 q wear. and now that tho Century
Magdzne has made contract WIN nun
tor series OF sketches his literary
fame may be said to DO rounding
ont. lle has snug little estate Oh
Staten Island. winter rome ~ Asne-
Vile. \. g.. and lie has team Oh Neil
tuc,y horses and "A scandinavian coaci-
man. No man ever achieved succc,S ~
harder work or more honorable hetnou'.
remember Williams reluctance 10 com.
to New York city. / ha1 10 use 2 80,
deal of persuasion to get him TO take up
his abode here and become regular mem,
her 81 the Word stad. He was afraid
of ths big city. lie thought that his
homely humor would not be appre-
ciatci here. and that he would lose
his touch with things rural. cohV,uceu
hun that TINS metropolis was made up
of country born men and that our active,
potential citizens loved tho smell OF DO.
fennel. the hum Of the bee. and the sweet
incense Of the hay-mow on WEI Gays. ~
.,,I -b.4r
grsat deal of human nature right here, on
Manhattan Island that he consented to
come. and even with that hs pitched his
tent ct Iompkinsville. where he can romp
with his babies. keep cow. and cultivate
hls own sunhowers and hollyhocks., A
sweeter-natured. more upright, klndIieI
intoned man than Edgar ". Nye does not
live. and [ rejoice over thc recognition
which all the world now gives INN.