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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-27
OUR LITERARY BUDGET.
THE ELEMENT OF PEssfMfsM IN
MODERN LITERATURE.
EIizabethan Drama Marked by Relish
of Life rs Keen a. Chtidrcu's-Litera-
ture Now without Animal Spirits.

The EIlzabethan literature Is some
times described as more than cheerful.
even Joyous. And so under one aspect IT
is. II discovers in. its makers relish OF
life as keen as children's. But so far is
II from stunning the dark and sorrowful
that Il fairly gorges on blood and woeful
wall. Nor is II in the least soiieiteus for
happy endlngs; rather oftener than not
the close Of the tale leaves the scene piled
high with hapless slain. Indeed, little
consideration OF the Elzabethan would
help very greatly TO an apprehension of
the shalIowness of many of the objections
raised against the literature OF to-day.
No one thinks now Of accounting 1t
ANYTHING but great; yet it cared as little
TO leave the reader with pleasant emo
lions, or 10 openly put in the hearers
hand at the end Of the play, for souvenir
OF the performance a dainty packet or
hope as any literature could. Inc truth
Is that much the larger number OF the
great productions In literature or what
ever period, exhibit life In lts darker
phases. They are permeated by a pro-
found sadness. Even the 'lliad. which
we commend for its swift, lusty, whole
some sweep and movement, its freedom
from morbid introspectiOn, leaves as the
deepest Of it's impressions melancholy
sense Of the pitifulness of man. NO mod
ern novel searches out lies nethermost
blackness as Measure for Measure,
king Lear" and Hamlet do. we class
Moliere among the comic writer's; yet he
brings the reflective reader nearer TO tears
than to laughter. One Of the intensest
lovers Of spiritual beauty was hawthorne.
And vet what newer writer puts SUIT OF
deeper sables on our spirits? rate no.
where shows sterner and more implacable
than with him.
In the matter OF mere cheerfulness' tnen'
there is. on the whole, not much diherence
between the literature Of our day ana that
OF other DAYS. In the matter Of animation.
though. we shall have to allow ourselves
IN have suffered loss. UnquestlonabIy,
literature commands now no such copious
flow Of animal spirits as 1t commanded
formerly. Still, many a reader VINO ac-
counts himself entirely innocent or
pessimistic disposition, but who mas never
had his reflections sobered by excursions
into the confessedy sportive passages in
the older literature, will be quite recon-
ciled TO have the vacancy go untitled. 1t
would be well for the people who are so
sensitive TO all excuses or gravity TO
remember that no other part Of literature
has proved so perishable as the fun
Scribners Magazine for November.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-27
Publishers az Literary Advisers.

Gunner Park IS going 80 be sold. II
romantic associations have a market
value there should be brisk bidding for
the scene Of Amy RObsarts tragedy Sir
Walter. had he had his way. would have
called his novel CumnOr Hail, after the
old ballad which was a faVOrite OF his
"Kenilworth" was Constabie's suggestion.
and Scott humOred him. COnstable's
vanity-his partner Cadet said-boiled
over so much on getting his way this
time that in his high moods he stllked
up and down his room eXclaiming, by
- / am all but the author Of the WAY
erley Novels" 1t might be interesting TO
make a list of cases where, in SCOTS
phrase. Mr.. Accoucheur has set up for
MIR. Sponsor too. and the author has let
the publisher stand godfather to his
book. Besides "kenilwCrth," Constable
christened Rob Roy" and got "Herries"
changed 10 "Redgauntlet." He tried hard
10 turn 1.-The Abbot" into THE Nunnery."
but that Scott would not have. Another
eminent and well-known instance is The
Mil on the Floss" so named by Mr..
Backwood "Sister Maggie" was George
Eliots own title. THE Mil on the Floss"
is the better name although the TulIi-
vers' mill was, In fact, not actually upon
the Floss. but on the tributary Ripple.
as is stated in the very first paragraph
OF the book. Every worldly-wise novelist
should consult his publisher about his
title.-Fhe St. James Gazette.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-27

his peer I'm her appreciation. and II must
be remembered that Balzac claimed that
appreciation IN complete equality.
woman worldly enough TO protect thinker
from the world. and unworldly enough
10 live with him, the world OF his thought
and Imagination, ~ the ideal wife FOR
the man of high aims; and with such a
woman a man can live serenely In the
most desirable society. Emerson aptly
nuts n thus: when a man meets his
accurate mate society begins and lie IL
delicious" In an atmosphere or love
and sympathy one lives more vivid
Iy: there is a spur in every meet
ing. an inspiration in every
absence. Life itself begins with such
union; the old adage that "he lives twice
who lives WE'LL" has more meaning when
IL Is twisted to read, he lives twice who
loves well, and wisely. The man who Is
rich in himself, his sympathies, his vari-
Gus magnetisms, and reciprocations. Is
the truly rich man. his store does not
tempt the vulgar to robbery or excite
the envy OF his nelghbors, for TO them this
world of the imagination is nothing; and
granting all possible human separations
and Affections. such a state does not
last a lifetime. These are the riches
accumulate. Ones own society is the So
ciety to cultivate; and to make 1t attrac-
tive to ones self and TO others. one must
cultivate ones self. This Is the secret
of true greatness, true gentleness, true
manners and true morality.-At Dods-
leys. In the New England Magazine.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-27
American Literature.

The public is the final arbiter with re-
gard to any literature or any art. Ihat
is TO say. by the taste Of the public all
art and literature is finally judged. Taste
is. moreover not stationary. Demand
changes and as it changes 1t VIII mex
orably subtend correlative changes IN
writing and in painting; and yet lnexora-
BILE as are the laws Of taste, something
NAV be done by dispassionate discussion
in arriving at an understanding OF the
pojnts at issue. The history of American
literature is the history of provincialism
slowly becoming all less perversive-the
history of the slow development Of dis
tinctive utterance. BY provincialism L
mean dependence upon the mother coun-
try for models Of art production. This Is
the sense in which Taine or Veron would
use the word. The 'provincialism' when
is slightingly applied to work like Cables
novels or Riiey's poems IS not provincial
ism, but the beginning of an indigenous
literature. THE true makers OF national
literature" writes Posnet in his Com
parative Literature" are the actions and
thoughts Of the nation itself. The place
OF these can never be taken by the sym
pathies of a cultured class too wide TO be
national, or those of central academy
too refined to be provincial. Provincial
ism is no ban in truly national htera-
ture. Using the WOTu pIONlHCldlloNi,
therefore, from the point of view OF the
central academy, we have had too little
of il. Using 1t in its broader sense OF
dependence upon mother country, we
have had tOO much Of II. The question
OF whether we are to have a distinctive
literature or not, resolves itself, in my
mind, after some years of special study,
to this conclusion: We will have dis
tinctive literature, or none Of any sort
worth mentioning.
The open sea fronts only in one direc-
ton. We must utter something new,
something distinctly modern and Ameri
can, or there will be no excuse for utter
ance at all. There has been too much
truth i'm the English sneer that American
poets and artists have been mere shadows
or doubles successfully Of Pope, of Scott,
Of Byron, of Wordsworth, and of Tenny-
son. Our leading poets have reflected
the American spirit fairly well, but that
spirit has been provincial. II has grown
each generation less timld. and since the
war the national feeling has had immense
widening as well as deepening. Intellect
ual independence has been slowly won
The whole point can be specifically illus
trated in the West. That is TO say. the
general terms which could be applied to
the whole country up 10 the time Of the
civil war can be applied specifically to
the middle West to-day. AS a Western
man, / think | can speak freely, without
being charged with undue prejudice. Ii is
the great intelligent middle class i'm Ameri-
ca, curiously enough, who are most dis
tinctly provincial.-Hamlin Garland, in
Arena.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-27

mn 20 .he dressipg-room. Not a cIoak'
No, a wrap of any sort. only wen
trained person, who took on our country
o,,,'s wrappings. and then disappeared:
"oh I dare not 20 down. the poor niue
thing said pitifully II can't; am u's
,,s,,, very first" But instantly appeared
a radiant vision-the daughter OF 'he
house. ~. .ho
"christine said you had come sne
cried fiuttering in. as II u we're the very
nleasantest and most charming surprise
in tho world. II am so glad. Mamma ana
I were wishing we had some one TO heip
,s receive. And you didn't see papa tne
other day. You must come right oo"h
and see him, and be one II u.s.
There were tears In the country girl 5
evss when she told me this story.
"Don't you think II was the very love
Hest thing?" she said. There / was, hair
an nour before every one else; and they
made IL seem as If l was their special
friend and belonged TO them; and every
BODY was introduced 10 me; and 1t was SO
lovely"
Does Il seem little thingl believe
many shining deeds recorded in the bio
graphies OF good women have had less
real sweetness in them than this fashion
able Boston beauty showed to the girl
whose evening she turned from mortif-
cation TO triumph
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-27
Literary Notes.

"Seen from the Saddle" is the attrac~
tive title Of a volume Of essays, very
varied as TO it's contents, soon TO be IS
eued bV Harper q Bros. The author
Mrs. lisa Carrineton Cabell. is Nirginian
bv birth and training. who Is now attach
ed to the staff Of the Hartford Courant'
Charles scribners Sons have nearly
ready the Life and Letters OF Washing
ron Allston"; French Art by w. {.
Rrownell; "Rowen: Second Crop Songs, -
by II. c. Bunner, and with Trumpet
and Dram" verses for children. by Eu-
gene Field.
Houghton. Minlln & Co.'S portrait cata-
logue. containing a majority or the most
famous American authors names, ap-
nears this wear with a very artistic cover,
designed by Walter Crane. The Harper
catalogue includes 49, portraits OF writers
whose books bear the imprint OF that
house. together with descriptive list or
several thousand works I'm all Depart
ments OF literature. Charles l.. WEBSTER
e. Co. have issued an illustrated cata-
Iogle. IN which their imposing array
OF war" books is conspicuous.
From the papers OF the late James r.
Osgood. Mr.. A. V. S. Anthony, his lite
rary executor. will prepare a memorial
volume containing many letters OF lite
rary interest.
The first edition Of Longfellow's 'Hype-
rton" Is quoted in London at somewhat
over $50 and the first edition OF his 'Ka-
vanah" at nearly as much. First edi-
lions OF Lowell, Holmes and Hawthorne
are said TO be rated in England at even
higher prices.
NJ. 2ola has been paid $1,000 for the serial
rights OF his new book. "Docteur Pas
cal" which is at the rate OF thee cents
a word. This is said to be the highest
price ever paid in France for serial
rights.
The Association OF American Authors
has been enlarged by the election OF the
following members: Mrs. Olive Thorn
Miller. Mrs Elizabeth Akers Allen, Mrs.
Ellen Harden Walworth. Mrs. Emma
c. Hewitt. Mrs. Martha Perry Lowe.
the Rev, DIR. Enoch i. Burr, the Rev.
Ross G. Houghton and General Charles
W. Darling
The volume OF addresses" by Mr..
Henry Irving. which Mr.. Heinemann has
in press, will have for frontispiece a
portrait by Mr.. Whistler.
The sister OF Lord Houghton. viceroy
of ireland, Is about 10 publish a novel
entitled Fooled" The name is not under
stood to refer to her brothers efforts 70
establish peace In the Emerald Isle.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-27
UNCONSCIOUS SERVICE.

,The bee"-she sighed-"that haunts the
clover
Has natures errand 20 fulfill:
The bird that skins the azure over
Bears living seeds within his bill:
s'without pause. his fight pursuing,
lie drops them on barren strand,
And turns. unconscious Of the doing,
The waste into pasture land.
'T, craving service-willingly choosing
To fling broadcast some golden grain
Can only sit in silent musing.
And weave my litanies OF pain"
], making answer, softly kissed her:
"All natures realm Of bees and BIRDS
What Is such ministry, my sister.
Compared with your enchanted words!
t'The seed your weakened hand Is sowing
May ripen TO a harvest broad.
which yet may help, without>your know
ing,
To fll the granaries OF God!'
Margaret J. Preston. in Lippincott.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-27
Wa. Shakespeare scotchman ?

member of the Glasgow Celtic So
ciety i'm a little work on OSsian'S poems,
published in 1858 lin Edinburgh and Glas-
gow) after scornfully and angrily de-
nouncing the idea of the Caledonians and
Picts of Ireland being descendants Of the
same forefathers, attacks under the name
Of Normans all Englshmen with like
bitterness and ferceness. and incident
ally touches upon the works Of Shakes
peare. Among other things he says:
"Scotsmen should never forget that the
concocting, the sending and paying OF
that base man Dr. Samuel johnston
was Just what might be expected from the
nation OF liars called English the peo-
ole who have the audacity to claim for a
fictitious character, named by them
Shakespeare. that never had a being, the
work of Archibald Armstrong, who ac~
companied James VI. Games |. Of Eng
Iand) 80 London, and who by his Wit
tormented Bishop Laud and the rest Of
that set at court so much that he was
obliged to leave his royal master and
hide himself in a garnet in the metropolis
of England where he composed great
deal of what English imposters are now
claiming for q man who never lived.
That while in solitary abode Armstrong
employed an English mOuntebank, whose
name perished with himself to recite
through the streets OF London those
pieces then composed. caricaturing the
knaves by whose influence he was eX-
pelled. That, for the most part, the
work of Armstrong (Shakespeare) is
founded on the dying confessions OF
hanged English malefactors; but that
since many additions have been made to
II. and that the most recent Of these
are by the late Henry Dundas Oord Mel
Vile, Hielan Harrie). That all the Eng
fish impostoTs that have hitherto at
tempted to forge examples, signatures,
etc, Of 'Shakespeare's' handwriting were
completely detected by Scotsmen these
two ways: /. by proving that those speci-
mems were not penned by Shakespeare.
nor by anybody else, but were the inn
pressions of types forged for the pur-
nose. .. BY an analysis of the ink used
by the forgers, whereby it proved that
the ingredients used in the manufacture
OF that liquid at the alleged period Oh
Shakespeare, were not those Of the INK
IN use by English scoundrels In their de-
liberate imposition, deifying a nonentity'"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-27
The Right Society for a Writer.

On the principle that a man should
always associate with intellectual and
natural people. who will act upon him as
the steel to the flint, the author should
keep out Of society where naturalness
and brains are alike conspicuous by their
absence. Society is death 10 the artist.
unless he is cynic OF pretty stern stun
as well as poet and thinker. As Rus
kin has we'll said. "A man OF genius is
fit for any society, but he should 20 into
none" The only intimacy that IL not
only not dangerous but distinctly broad
ening and helpful is that of the home,
where all the members. without simill-
tude, are bound together by multitude
OF intelligent interests, and something
approaching uniformity OF capacity, the
reverse OF conformity OF ideas. There II
no greater blessing can bcfall an author
than union with q woman who II at least
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-27
Obedience In All Things.

II is said OF Henry OF Bavaria that at
one time becoming weary of court life
he determined TO enter n monastery
When he presented himself to Prior
Richard, the faithful monk gave him the
strict rules OF the order The king listen
ed eagerly and enthusiastically expressed
pleasure at the prospect Of such COM
plete conservation. Then the prior In
sisted that obedience, implicit and un-
inqusitive was the first requisite Of
santhood. The monarch promised TO fol-
low his will in every detail. "Then go
back to your throne and do your duty
in the station God assigned you," was
the priors words TO him. The king
took up his sceptre again and from
then until he died his people said to
him, "King Henry has learned to govern
by learning TO obey"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-27
The Plain Prose of Acadia.

Fine as all his descriptions Of the AGA
dian scenery are, and correct as most or
them are, LOrgfellow never saw Nova
Scotia. He kept away from 1t, 1t is said,
for fear that having the ideal picture in
his mind, the reality might dissipate 1t.
1t was an excellent idea If he had gone
there he would have found the bikes
that the hands OF the farmers had raised
with labor incessant' no longer dkes.
but so far inland that they were used
for feYces; the fields, OF flax gone, the
matched roofs mostly replaced with
shingles. and no gables projecting over
the basement below" A week spent in
the place might have altered the whole
tone Of the poem. With all the
glamor that the poem has thrown about
the Acadian region there is nothing spe-
ciaily poeticai in IT'S present appearance.
There is large valley that is cultivated
to good purpose, producing great crops
Of hay and grain, and there are wooden
farm-hOuses here are there that look
much older than they are on account OF
the absence Of paint. The dikes are curl
GUS relics of that time and people, and
with a few rails on top they often serve
now for fences. They are made Of rub
bish, brush and river mud, the whole
covered with sod so that in summer time
grass waves all over them. Originally
they were sea-walls, or feet wide at
the base and only about foot wide on
top, but in most places either the water
has receded or the land has been filed
i'm, and the bikes are now fences, narrow
footpaths, or ornaments to the scenery.
as occasion requires. The people who
built these bikes and cultivated the soil
a century and half ago we may imagine
10 have been much like the rural French
Canadians of to-day in distant districts,
who derive most Of their knowledge from
the priests, speak a language that would
hardly be understood in France, and
would go to the polls and vote for Gen
eral Jackson without any hesitation.-
W. D., in the New York Times
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Commonwealth Avenue. Boston.

A young girl had come here TO visit
from the country, and had brought a let
ter 10 fashionable family, by whom she
was soon after invited 10 party. She
was staying with quite old people, who
did not realize the lateness of the hours
ut which affairs OF that kind now begin
III so at half past eight ii won't be too
late. viii itT' the girl, with her country
habits In her mind. asked the old lady
whom she was visiting.
"oh. TO-" the old lady said, "and I VIII
aend Jane with you"
Jane was madame's maid as venerable
ana respectable and solemn as madame
hersef. 1t was about quarter to nine
when the carriage deposited them at the
door OF a stately house on Commonwealth
avenue.
Tbs house door opened, ana they went
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-27
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
yNTERysTrNG SELECTIONS sUITA-
ME ron SUNDAY READING.

The College and the Homc-A Pretty story
NJ Hoston soclety-obedience I'm All
Things-Rcllgious Notes.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-07-01
uy your Clothing for the Fo

We GRow.-The music of the saw
and hammer is heard ON every side
and we feel safe in asserting that there
are more new buildings i'll contem-
plation and in course of construction
in Corvallis than in any other town in
the valley. In whatever direction one
may look he will see new buildings in
different stages of construction and,
although there is no boom, our growth
and improvements are so rapid as to
almost merit the title of phenomenal.
There are at least twenty residences
now in course of erection and as many
more are being contemplated, all of
them being of kind and style which
will make creditable showing for our
city. Besides these, the business por
ton of the city is undergoing re
novation and remodeling which viii
make ii surprising improvement in the
appearance of the city. The work Oh
the new city hall is being pushed as
rapidly as is possible; it will cost a
large sum to complete and will be the
best in the valley outside of Portland.
The new hotel is now progressing
nicely, the stone foundation is COM
pleted and the building is beginning to
assume a definite form its cost will
amount to between $l5, 900 and $40,
900. Fish & Murphy have fixed up
and renovated the Beason building
and moved their stock of stoves and
tinware into it, while the room vacated
by them will be Immediately occupied
by Peter Zeiroif, who will begin sear
ing down his present quarters next
week to make room for a fine Two
story brick. This building will have
a frontage of 371 feet and depth Of
80 feet. The upper floor will he di-
vided up for Offices, and the lower
floor will contain two store rooms, 20
and IA feet front, respectively, and
hall; cost about $4,000. Jas. Hayes
new residence is now almost completed;
M. V. Avery's house is well along,
the contract for painting having been
let to w. E. Paul; r. E. Gibson is
having put up what will be one of the
handsomest residences in the city
when it is completed, and new resi-
dences are springing up in all parts of
the city. Yes, if anybody asks you
about it, you can truthfully say that
Corvallis is improving, and that at no
slow rate And this is not all. Con-
siderable attention is being given to
our streets, and The prospects are good
for some of them being graded and
otherwise fixed up to correspond with
our position as city. We grow.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-07-01

FINE FRUIT.-Wm. Hull, of Beaver
creek, brought into r. Grants grocery
one day this week some specimens IN
the way of small fruits which surpass
anything of the kind ever exhibited
here before. Those he brought were
the Champion gooseberry, Fay's
Prolific currant and White Grape cur
rant. The lunches were each about
two feet long and the fruit was clustered
so thickly as to almost entirely con-
ceal the foliage, it showing in only
few places. Mr.. Hull said that from
one bush five years old he gathered
seven gallons of berries. Mr.. Hull's
place is about 10 miles southwest of
this city. Can anybody beat this rec
ord2 We don't believe they can.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-07-01

INJURED BY ExPLosIoN.-Judge D.
Carllle, while at work on his place
near the Odd Fellows cemetery yester-
day, met with an accident which nar-
rowly missed being fatal. He Was en-
gagged in blasting stumps with giant
powder and had placed charge in an
old log which for some reason failed to
explode at the proper time. He APP
preached the log for the purpose of
making an examination and had placed
his left hand over the charge, which ex-
ploded just at that instant, tearing the
flesh from the hand i'll frightful man
ner and also cutting his lip and burn
ing his face severely. No bones were
broken in the hand and, although the
injuries are quite severe and painful,
we think it is ID matter for congratula-
ton that they are not worse.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-07-01

A family gathering for Mrs. Hogue,
mother of Mrs. j. NJ. Irving, of this
city, was held Saturday. Besides Mr..
Irving's family AMI the aged Mrs.
Hosue, there were Mr.. and Mrs.
Powers and sons, of Shedd, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey and son, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Hogue and Miss Lena Story,
of Portland, Mr.. and Mrs. c. c.
Hogue and Mrs. Hogue, of Corvallis,
and others.-Albanv Herald.