Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-31

Polish novelist. sienklewlcz was born
~ Llthuania In 1916. His student days
We're spent at Warsaw. When he frat
devoted himself to literature he wrote
under a pseudonym. He spent some
years in California, and his descriptive
articles OF our Far West" published
IN Polish paper. won him the first
tangible recognition among his coun-
trymen. He has been n prolific writer.
and his novels and sketches contributed
| TO various journals cannot be enumer-
ated here. Sienkiewicz has Travelled
the world over. He really depicts no
type of life that has not come under
his own observation. We have as vet
had no condolences concerning the man.
Slenklewlcz Is great creative genius
and his individuality IL completely
identified with his work. He has
worked out the problem of the modern
novel. For him facts have souls as
well as bodies. He has combined ro-
nance and realism In his works OF lit
erary art. The most striking qualities
OF his work are originality and imag-
native fire, a style vivid and strong.
large humOr, profound pathos, strong
love OF nature. ana a deep reverence
for the spirit Of religion, cosmopolitan |
sympathies and the deep patriotism OF |
the often conquered Pole.
Slenkiewicz has had the advantage |
Of fully competent translator In his |
Introduction to the American public. |
jeremiah Curtin Is scholar and a
practised and artistic writer, and In |
interpreting Slenklewicz he has had
congenial task.
The author of with Fire and
Sword has been llkened by an Eng
llsh authority, "Blackwood's Maya
zine" to Dumas, Bret Harte, and
Turgenieff; and American critics have
used for their comparisons such names
as Schiller, CerYantes, Shakespeare,
Dumas and Walter Scott There Is,
says one writer, IAN Homeric spirit In
his descriptions; and his heroes stride
across the stage, shining In armor and
stained with blood, with lnrgeness
of step like Agamemnon and Achilles.
At the same time there Is nothing UNI
natural or overstrained.' Work which
such comparisons is unques-
remarkable.
The character OF Zagloba has been
described as "a curious and Fascinating
OF Falstaff and Ulysses
He is unquestionably one OF the raci-
EST and most remarkable creations In
The whole range Of fiction.
with Fire and sword 1.-THE Del
ICE" and Pan Michael" form Polish
They are first and last Pol
sh in sentiment. nationality and pa
.TIDtlNID. IttH1Nh 0ltnkANNANe iltAH q
achieved for his own country what i
Wagner did for Germany In music, ,,
what Dumas did for France and Wal ]
Ter scott for all Engllsh-speaking peo- ,
,Ie Even to those most unfamiliar
with the history OF Poland II grows 1
and real as It speaks TO us \
rom the pages Of these historical ro- 4
nances. Only a very great genius can d
Inearth the dusty chronicles OF past u
4 1 80 me NJ nd
i've and speak to u.s. Under the magic 4
ouch OF Sienkiewlcz these historical a
haranters are not meye puppets, shad- ii
,ws or utilities, but very real men Il
nd women. our own flesh and blood. I,
jis warriors fight. love, hate, with n
iomerlc simplicity. They have their a
yestor. their Agamemnon, their greht Ia
,chilles sulking In his tent Az Timer, II
n spIte Of their Polish names, faces n
"a hn hits they grow very familiar TO ID
q and under all the almost woman hi
N tenderness OF nature seem to nave p,
nod stout Saxon stuff In them
sIa,kteNylcz spreads a vnst moving "
a ,,oraua before us; across II pass OF
lightly armies; the scene Is full OF sur, vi
fs and action. and changes almost VI
efore we can follow the quick sueees- 10
on ~ events. We are transported IN in
,aonent from the din and uproar OF OF
hsisa gnered town TO the awfal soll- IN
az ~ the vast steppes, yet Il Is al ou
avs The Polish commonwealth that he
,e novelist paints for u.s. and i,i pee siav ha
~, other music. rises the via SlaN- Ia
,,,y,,sJc rude. mythical and sad, IT
=, mas been truly said that action IN pr
r. field has never before been de- Of
,ribed in any language so briefly 50 NJ
Wildly and with such marVeiouS "a III
-esslon of energy. an
III
with the splendid success OF Paul
otter's ''rrilbys on the stage. there ar
IN come. not unlikely, a new boom fai
~ ~ bonk Miss Virginia Harmed, an
y s Nv Triiby, said good thing on Br
70 u sub subject the other night; NOW no
two hundred th9uHs and H z9la@gs II ,as
~ ~ these Volumes have been read ha
~ Ave Ts persons. but one million per tro
-, ~ hsye read the book in this SCUM ns
y y" So we must play TO the other 20,
sty-four millions vas