Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-01
WRITERS AND BOOKS.
FRESH NEWS AND GOSSIP or
THE LITERARY WORLD.
Hopklnsoa Smiths Answer 10 lhc Accusation
Of Plagiarism aobef. Grants Literary
careor.-Io nmsona Splrilua,isL

New York, Doc ga paragraph
that does great injustice tO tho popular
writcr aud artist Mr. H. Hopkiuson
Smith, has lately boon going the rounds
OF the pross. III states that Stophon
Bousal, the New York Herald CORES
pondont has accused Mr. Smith of
using ass hia own adventures, certain
stories told him hy Mr.. Bonsal whom
the two together sat up ono night on
tho Bulgnriun frontier. These stories
are embodied ia "a Bulgarian Opera
B0uHeN in Mr.. Smiths recent book, "a
Day 40 LnEuowoBn Mr.. Smiths un-
sw0r dispusos oi the charge oiiectually.
III anyone viii road "a Bulgarian
Opera BuuNc, he SAWS, she VIII OBJ
sorye that have bccn careful to make
the story really the story Of tho cores
poudont whom frequently naino as
Burton, the correspondent " the Her
aid, our correspondent, and b..
llC viii also note that nearly al tho
story rs told by Burton, and that Bur-
ton figures far moro prominently than
the author docs"
NOW, as q matter of f0ct, p Mr. Smith
continues, mir. BOnaal, who no worry
good friend of NINE know Of the uianu-
script before &C wns sent 10 tho Century
whore II appeared originally for, ono
night In my studio, ho wont carefully
over my manuscripts correcting tho
spelling OF some toothachc provoking
Bulgarian words and certain historical
data Afterwards, whom Mr. Bonsal
wrot' his article on BulgBril for Harp.
or's Weekly hO spoke of 10 90 me and
/ gave him ull the sketches that j had
made IN Bulgaria, with many unused
notes and commontsn
From this 10 Is quito evident that
thoro was a perfect understanding boz
tween Mr.. Smith and Mr.. BOnsal as 10
the rightin euch case
"I am confident says Mr. Smith,
shat this false charge Of plagiarism
did not emanalo from my friend Mr..
BOnsal, but rathorir from some lOqunciOus
aud mistaken lricnd OF his, who know
bat half tho facts,
MR., SMITHS VARIED TALENTS
AND INDUSTRY
Tho above only suggests a fact well
known by the circle of Mr. Smiths
iriondB.-ihat lac has few equals as n
telleroi good stories. He rs tho best
company any ono could desire, and as
an entertainer, mood yield the palm TO
none. 10 Irish, German and negro
dialect he rs equally accomplished, and
any ono who has had tho pleasure Of
sitting 40 dinner with himand enjoying
tho Entertainment which his varied
talents afford, win not soon forget the
event. As aH artist aud author he %
cQunily Industrious, and he writes and
paints with equal facility Everything
Us done with .he same youthful en-
thusiasm and genuine sense Of enjoy-
ment TINT makes his company 80 pleas
amt 20 those NhO AFRO fortunate enough
10 meet him. iia is always full OF
work, iull ol plans COR the future. he
tolls me thnt ho win soon publish now
novel iu Che Century, entitled. Alias
Tom GrOgau,N study OF the labor
question, treated from dramatic
standpoint, and lator on bis greatest
art book, IFS magnumbpus, "VCnice and
the lsiand6 of the Sea- For this work
Mr.. smith has made over iiity water
color paintings, which viii be repro
ducol ia exact FAC siinile, by anew pro-
coss, which has proven strikingly epc-
cessinl Ia tho reproduction Of color.
TIE AUTHOR or CONFESSIONS
or a MARRIED MAN
The instan.anoousan and unqualified sue
cess ~ Mr.. Robert Grants bright and
amusing HCOniossiOns of q Married
Mani recalls tho brief literary career
OF this talented author. Mr.. Grant isa
Boston man, and "a now ia his doth
year lie was born and educated Ia
Boston, graduating a. Harvard uniycr-
sitg in 1879 ln 1879 be obtained the
degree OF ph. d., and graduated from
Harvard laW school ia 1870 IL was III
this latter year that ho nado his lrst
venture ia literaturc. Thishrst pro-
dpcdOn WIS q short sasirical poem outi-
tied "Iittle Tin Gods ou Wheels. NJ
was Illustrated by Tho artist, Atwood,
c0iioQeinnte of the author, and n
amused aud entertained Boston social
and literary circles iorsome time The
next yeur Mr. Grant wrote Ni'ho Con-
iesslona 81 a frivolous Girl which won
immediate enccess. aud brought the au-
thors name prominently before the
reading public Then followed Tho
Iambs' lles2l 'Yenlyee Doodle, y.
X. poem delivered ~ Harvard is83h
aud An Average hiann llSS3). The
last named work Was the authors first
scrial story. and was publbhed NJ The
Century Magazine Mr.. Grants other