The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-28
CTR LITERARY BUDGET
.,,rRTCAN LITERdRf Sih"iA''
c,u,e. which Have Reformed inc "'"'''-
can Imaginative Genins-ihe 'o"''''
,ee uayo Cultivated Practical i"'e"''

.-.,r tho appcarance OF an American
u, ,bo first order Of greatness; that
u...or. the Sophocles. the Nirgils, the
the Millions, the shakespeares,
.... only 40 long intervals. TINS Is a correct
81, f,r as The colossi OF the worlds lite
..-.are concerned. but II does not furnish
...,ctorv explanation Of the failure Of
.. On produce "A Horace. a Racine,
schiller. Pope, Goldsmith, a
I.- ~nellcy. Dickens and Ihackeray,
WHO belong distinctly 10 the second
..r.. .IlNcr-on's day,it has been urged that
t.er..au PEOPLE have been SO much en-
.rir leNlug down the forests. IN erect
e.e.,fe-. lu establishing new common
....m short, IN adapting practical
.r. f1 practical onds-that they nave not
.. f.me or even the inclination 10 cult
....aIn native literature. The remarkable
.,e genius which has been exhibited IN
..i bias always been brought forward
Indication of how far practical clrcuih-
.. nave controlled hc disposition Oh me
...n people. The minds OF the AlheiI-
...UIe 30 has been said, have been more
...l Doe inyenting new plow' new
.. 100 building "a new railroad anu III
.- new canal than IN balancing
.- Dr polishing a line OF prose iheie
.....ng IN this. bat 10 does not 90 To the
.....o. tho phenomenon, for during me Idst
mars me old communities OF the Audhuc
.. s.te not been bent upon material ends
..rrosflv or more successfully than me
..nuult.es OF England.
t..n. DO has been urged ihal me American
. ..uon not proOccupled with the business
....ne "a fortune or advancing the INES
ifion ON the frontiers, has been alb
. n the practical illustration OF the
..r.eo. government.
r .rqin. 10 has been urged that America,
. rrN country, Is devoid Of All those
~ ir.pirau0n. either In the form Of
..r.-rue social life, great diVerslnca-
.t individual character or mmemOrial
...r- which have entered so deeply into
L ....rarlr. of England. This explanation
..- moi satisfactory, because the mere
...,I.e.I extent of the United states has
sI..,el.I fne developments thousand diiier-
..... n character and custom which are
...raau Oh fhe population OF country as
Contracted 300 JUS area as England. The works
...nr.n school of American writers OF the
....f -fl.F disclose the Infinite variety IN the
conditions of life i'm America. Examine,
d.. Instance. the stories of Bret Harie, de-
.-..-.aof tle Pacific coast; the stories Of
l.... descriptive of the Creole life OF tue
.....,a.t Tine stories Of Page, descriptive of
. .ntfi0n liie of Virginia; the stories OF
SION. descriptive OF the life Of the
l...r,l West. The stories CT HOwells, descrip-
..... tssfite of New York and Boston. The
I,...fnre of England has dealt with no SUCH
...-.rr i'm individuality and modes OF life
-..-c authors. VINO are only few among
t many " mo ini "' u1 i;ts,,t',re as
I.t ele.'ii' W ,t",,t -, he ottri
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