New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-18

WHAT LITERARY MEN ~ THIS CITY SAY OF THE
AUTIoKs DEATH


The new. o, the death % Robert Louis Stevenson
has caused genuine regret among literary mon IN
this city Many OF them had known him personally
and all or most 81 them. agre" 10 assigning him d"
high place among contemporary workers 10 ''''-
Edward l.. Burlingamc Eltor oi "Srri. b
Magazine" hcsltat'l TO say all De felt on inc t'"-
feet, inasmuch as the Scrbucrs are the publishers
for stevenson in this country. ana ms death touches
them with peculiar coseness.
But think" sad Mr. Burlingame. "ihAi ""
knew when We first began 10 take up his ""fk
that We had a good thing 1t seems - mo That ne
was alone among living writer's not get past n''''
agc in his claims TO De considered classic. 10 not
know vet whether there viii Doe any radical 'AhhF'-
in the collected edition ~ his works which has
lately bcoa announced. -. Ives, believe. Is I'm
i.hod but there may be other stories That D" was
at work on Personally be was one oi the pleasant
est Of men TO have dealings with.
Richard Watson Glider. Editor Of 'Th" century
said; - knew him and have spent dcllghiiul ana
memorable hours with h,m in this ely; hui others
know him much more Intimately. His death u an
,rrcrarable loss to literature. lie VAS on" OF IN"
worry few living great masters OF literary express
sion and he had Imagination OF unique
and powerful sort. His style was SO poignant ana
admirable that there is no telling now long us 81
fccts may last
william Dean Iowells said. My first acduAnt-
anc. with Stevenson began some years ago "h'h
,,.s Editor of The Atlantic Monthly lie sent
some poems which liked ana accepted on the spot
have always admired Stevensons verse ana ms
ESSAYS | have read with great pleasure Ills S''''''
are not my idea. Is PERHAPS you h"' ~ ",
lion ought to be. But. oi couIse t'''b''"' '''
he vas one Of the great writers oi ,h' Gay. A., 81
III 1t Is not too personal aIutn MI iio~''i',
snHn! ZONE pretty al SIDES s;evenson
ee,,n. en-, and spoke a good word for me. apr
cnir1 II the more since knew how many worlds
apart We were. 1t Characteristic OF the man
l~eyy one aho cares for literature VIII fec. Mr.
Stcvcnsons death as personal IvsS - " ,b,t his
rL ,,,s turv.n but think the consensus "l opih-
ion would give Stevenson ana n'Pns ~ rrn,sr" ISL
,, - ,,.rfn,t in its way. and the author rang" IS
different feeds rs those llu , Vorage hs
travels with n Donkey, IN lllann 'ii,.,,s
non nii Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HYDE and kidnapPcd
WHEN some OF his readers Will consider th1 D'st
one is familiar with his originality Of Of, clnr'p On
and distinction OF style There may pe & oa i
rrga,hinS d news is 50 resh that there IL nothing
10 be said save that writer has gone VINO
what deserved to be called genius and the "orid
4 can't think Of u deporablc loss to Eng;
fish imaginative literature just nov sad is'u"r n
seems TO me 10 be written In purer Entlish ma,
| that Of any other modern novrhst IN, iipo,,
~ ,s brnezy with romantic invention ana me PER
soc,ion az siylc IL style Is that which Is absolutely
suited to the authors purpose stevenson @ ~
| Shows real Imagination. ana In fancy no one W
,a,o has cuuallsd his minor
lh.r caro- loss for his Jckjll and Hyde Nci.
n;ho,,,,h II has taken remarkably with the pup,
10, .Irn~surc Island confess that I've r'
| nnn,ca wear since II published win an thc
s, ~ n hoy stevenson made his irst mt IN ION
yes, " " No Travels with n Donkey in the te-
can onnes; met him in England at that iime- ~
tr,o,o and was charmed with him. We h;ih
~, ~, ,h coffee room Of club lasting the greater
,a a, ~ If an afternoon. But IT was not un'l ms
| !,aII :" ,r"han Nights appeared that discovered
| New -, ,nunq scotsman WIS the author Of the
int' NJ ny and most poetic short tales OF maj
Two - mean "A Night with Nlllon' and NJ the
noet a. wen within the limits he adopted Uny
re" 80 telling me that he should ask sidney
~ 90, S -" send me the proof-sheets for IA recent
volume ", Hutton said: stevenson was ire
l.aiauaIv bjg man and his death Is great loss
to letters. As a sco'ci''na" '''' ""' '''''
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