The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-15

] view 1OTh maggie IS q WOuQerIut OOOk-
/ Inere Is so much realism of a certain
I kind in ii that we might not like to have
II lying on our parlOr tables, but l hope
/ that the time will come when any book
can safely tell the truth as completely as
| Maggie does.
stephen Crane, :he young writer whom
/ Mr. Howells praise in such an unusual
manner, Is still in the very early swenties,
ana wrote Maggie several years ago.
/ Inc httle book, which IS sold by the
| Arena Company of Boston, is the story. Of
the life and death of girl of the tene-
ments. 1t aims at exact truth in paint
/ ing an unpleasant side of life, and APP
| proaches near TO realizing it than any
other BOOK written by an American ever
has.
Mr.: Howell's next novel will run as
serial in Scriber's Magazine. 1t is said
tnat 1t Will deal with the struggles of
| young playwright, and Of his experiences
! with New York managers
his DOCKS have of late gained much
vogue ABROAD. Almost every European
nation has had an opportunity to read
! one or more of them in its native langu-
age. Mr.. Howells was much astonished
not long ago to find that one of his stories
had been translated into the Hebrew
Jargon Of the East Side here,
and was running as a serial in Pol
ISL paper. Mr. Howells' works have APP
fCttACd III LiI4S OFUeI, ptHluuluE III lOOOs
" enetlau Life" italian Journeys"
No Love Lost; A Romance Of Travel"
poem, Suburban Sketches" Their
! Wedding Journey a volume of poems.
"A Chance Acquaintance" this first fic-
tom, "a Foregone Conclusion Life of
rutherford B. Hayes, "A Counterfeit
Pressntment," Out of the Question"
(these TWO last being comedies), a series
OF biographies, The Lady of the
Aroostook, " AN Undiscovered Country"
Dr. Breen's Practice "A Fearful Re-
sponsibiHty," "a Modern Instance"
"A WOnans Reason. 80 The Rise of ST.
las Laphcm, "Indian summer" THE
Minister'S Charge, ""April Hopes. " "An-
ME Kilburn," "A Hazard OF New For
tunes" The Quality of Mercy" "a
Boys Town. IAN Imperative Duty"
The Shadow of Dream" The World
OF Chance, +" THE Coast Of Bohemia and
"A Traveller from Altruria"
OF all these, The Rise of Silas Lap
ham probably the most American story
ever written-has been by far the most
popular. OF it Taine said in a private
letter: cit is the greatest novel America
has produced"
1t is always interesting, though emil
nently unfair, to run through the pas
sages one marks in a favorite authors
books. Here are a few Howellsisms.
Oh, what does it matter, at their
age?" she answered.
But they're Just at the age when it
does happen to matter suggested Mrs.
SJamwell.
Yes, " said Mrs. Brinlley, "and that's
just what makes the whole thing so ride
ulous. Just think of two children, one of
20 and the other of 90 preparing to de-
eide their lifelong destiny in such a vital
matter! Should we trust their judgment
IN the smallest business AFFAIR." OF course
not. They're babes in arms, morally and
mentally speaking. People haven't the
data for being wisely in love until they've
reached the age when they haven't the
least wish to be so. l suppose l thought
| was grown woman, too, when l was 20.
can look back and see that l did; and
what's more preposterous still, 1 thought
Mr.. Brlnkley was man at "A. But we
were no more fit to accept or reject each
other at that infantile period"
Marriage is perpetual pardon, con-
cession, surrender; its an everlasting
giving up; that's the divine thing about
- ~ t1d+ ilr or
"He was not one of those men who rush,
like air, into every empty place; he had
the gift OF reticence, and the lady who
had planned the vacuum beheld his self
! control with admiration"
"There is no happy life for a woman,
except as she is happy in suffering for
those she loves, and in sacrificing herself
to their pleasure, their pride and ambi-
ton The advantage that the world
offers here-and it does not always offer
that's her choice in self sacrifice; the
Shakers prescribe it for her"
you see, it's not only difficult for a
rich man to enter into the kingdom of
heaven, but he makes it hard for other
people.
From a syringa bush, as they moved
by, dense perfume stole out with the
wild song OF a catbird hidden in II; the
music and the Odor seemed braided to-
gether. The shadows of the trees cast by
the electrics on the walks were so thick
and black that they seemed palpab!e; it
seemed as if she could stoop down and
lift them from the ground. a broad bath
OF moonlight washed one of the house
fronts, and the white painted clapboards
looked wet with it.
The Publisher-''Well, then, wen
make the plates ourselves, and we'll pay
you 10 per cent. on the retail price of the
book. That is the classic arrangement
with authors, and l think it's fair"
When he said this he swallowed as if
there were something in his throat and
added: up TO a certain point. And as
we take all the risk, think we ought to
| have-1 on see, on one side its perfect
lottery, and on the other side it's a dead
| certainty. You can't count on the public
| you can count on the landlord, the sales
man, the tookkeeper, the printer and the
paper maker. We're all the exrense-
rent, clerk hire, plates, printing, binding,
advertising, and the author takes no risk
/ whatever
1t occurred TO Ray afterward that an
author took the risk of losing his
labor if his book failed; but the public
estimates the artists time at the same
/ value as the sitting hens, and the artist
insensibly accepts the estimate.
ut is from this heaven born ignorance
4 in women of the insuperable difficulties
in doing right that men take fire and ac-
complish the sublime impossibilities.
There is nothing has really so strong
q digestion as love, and that is very
/ lucky, seeing what manifold experiences
love has to swallow and assimilate."
zone of the advantages Of the negative
part assigned to women in life is that
they are seldom forced to commit them
selves, They can, if they choose, remain
perfectly passive while a great many
things take place in regard to them; they
need not account for what they do not do.
From time to time man must show his
hand, but save for one supreme exigency
a woman need never show hers. She
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