The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-12-15
GROUPS OF WRITER'S.

rorld.f' and IN it.. as IN any o1he, NJ ~
f society, there are different ciiqnes =
# associates. q
Who does not enjoy reading OF the 8
sossip, the kindly banter and the gen sI
line assistance, called forth among :
base al iferent ..sets'' of authors9 !,
-rhe first of these associations is the :
Kit Ka. Club TO it, belong the :
brilliant dramatists of Elizabeth's Age
The men that lead such stirring nses
!. .hetween the theatre, the wine shop
and the prison. men, too, like giited
vouno Manicure, whose death is as
thrilling as any tragedy. The meeting
bonses Of these men. boisterous tayernsi
their talk. of the stage and the pal
IFS their walks through the poorly
l;ghted streets of wicked London. An
at,nosnere of not too cold morality. one
redolent Of good hearted reckiessness
and adventure, is that in when tney
live. Their works bear testimony OF
Bohemianism.
Followiug. the s.Mermaid Tavern
,rr;tars IS the set of Milton. Common
wealers. these are, who deem II un-
oouth and weak to handle grave SUD-
iects Ii lightly, and to them all SUBJECTS
are grave.
fancy. get little of what men call I"''
out of life. Pleasure they havei
deem. sublime contentment, wnicn can
come only from faculties held under
r;a;d control. But funp Who can
n;et,,re Milton laughing? He might
ssomet;mes smile thoughtfuily at the
foIl;es of man; one of his biograPn-
orc renorts a few of his wise, Willy
oonoeits: but as for laughing! Inc
thopoh, of il is incongruous. Inns
,moo with Ills cold. Greek temple-like
intellect; this man with his sober earn
estness and blinded eyes-wno can
n,cture him in an uproar? No! me
literary clique following Elizabeth 5
:. Age. is anything but gay. However,
!. the writers of KING Charles time are
, full of m,rth and wine. Wicked IN
their sentiments, affected in their emo
: mons. stilted in their writing, crayens
!, at heart and sincere in naught but
n their vanity, they are not people, We
: should think one would like to know
o Taine says: "In the Age OF the nes'o'
ration. man uncrowned himself" a
y Moor crowd of authors, indeed, ar,
8, these of which Dryden is the master
j. Even genius, itself, is made secondar.
= to talent, and genius, heart, and man
illness. are all made secondary to
= Young lords light brain and heav.
II purse. The writer's OF the Restoration
d are not, of the type OF scholars. Inc.
"a ore men OF the world, and OF the wori'
=, when it is very far from heaven.
Rnt the law of action and reaction
Ve still holds good in Literature. Ate
Sc DRYDEN. Congreve and Butlar. come
m tho faultily faultless Addison. He, wit
u his associates, jolly Dick Steele, MI
Henry Fielding, sentimental Mr.. hici
ardson, and his rival, young Mr.. Iop
he and his rivals friend, the bitter Des
BIO of St. Patrick. represents the era
II which the two extremes. the iltera'
nriest and the literary spendthrlit a
Nv both prolonged. An interesting. varit
&c oroun indeed is this of Queen Ann
,re Ace. Now in two tayerns, ON dihere
rer streets. meet the rival socities. NC
10 are excited those feelings OF env
" hatred aud malce and ali uncharitao
'no ness, which tend to make things ilVe
es- HAS MIR. Pope. the little deiorm
his gentleman, indeed. issued transIatl
of Homerp'' calmly asks Mr.. Addlst
and his devoted slave, Captain HI
aAe ard Steele, rushes out to find the tr'
veil - the renort. Yes it is correc
VERY well then,n and in little VIII
in surprisingly little while, the OF
x clone issues a translation OF HON
who wrote ftp Not the great Mr..
Co. disonp Oh. 10. It's MI. l,c ,i
AL translation of Homer, and Mr.. iicf
,,,o ;s Mr.. Addison's most intimate irie
'a .No rivalry in that. and you may y
vs. snare your sarcasms Alexander e
Yes there is a reality, vlvldf
ID. ahout all the Queen Anne writ
let. which makes of their lives charm
for reading. You feel sorry for the 2
neerish. slckly poet, whom Mary w
ley called .the little wasp OF lWic'
8 ham, You feel sorry for Pope.
are Glad to find the great hearted ~
,tton eray regards him with tenderi
re ia Yon feel awe-struck and hum pie
fore the mind of that intellectual g
IT, Swift. "who was always alone
and gnashing in the darkness.
rroll, Swift and Addison and Steele
Pone. what a brilliant coterle
form! What wit. what knowie
and what keen comments on life one
r that from their works!
week rhe nineteenth century is usher
It due bv the booming of the cannql
Waterloo, and the genius OF Byron
! last Napoleon. Ii has SO many ht
: or sets that we can scare mention
), 90, sss end in hastily reviewing the ell
= : an. we will only group together
= M authors alike in the broad lines o.
works.
.,o,o.h byron. Tom Moore and Blu
errit;e these belong to the Romantic s.
morn the school which oeo
max. which he alone. keeps pure.
Paint nature as it is. Don't
and cut and distort your characte
flowed the sake Of morality. Give full
we on. to the passions. Throw broad
say in IN the canvas. Genius, the divl
ave re- Promotions stole from the gods
is divine.
I.et IL flare and illuminate the