The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-23

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lows:
June 9. 1876.
Gentlemen: have read rfle stories SUD
United TO me in typewriter manuscript
with special regard 70 dranatic ihtsres.;
inventiyeneSs. novelty ard firnpiicf'E atu
directDess u style. In my Judgment the
story which combines these quaiI1ies IA
the highest degree is that entitled me
Long Arm" Next in order Of excenence
I should place that entitled The Twink
ling OF an Eye" Yours, very truly,
HAMILTON ". MABIE-
Nessrs Bachelor, Johnson & Bacheher:
When the sealed envelopes were opened
& was found that the author o. Inc
Long Arm" was Miss Mary F. wilkins.
ire IVaJI-;rrr,vt-n writer of stories of New
England Nfe and character. Miss VIII
kins had in this instance worked IN COZ
Liberation with Joseph Edgar Chamber
In. Of the editorial staff OF the holfln .
Cou~ranion. Mr.. Chau1beTiin - wiaeaS
known also a. the Listener OF the feSs-
ton Transcript.
Eye was discovered TO be Prof. Brander
Matthews Of Columbia college
Mss Mary e wilkins. who has mus
boldly entered a field hitherto eTlureIy
foreign 70 her. and has taken nrst RANK
IN II at the first attempt; was nol. .,,, -.
Randolph, Mass. She lived for some siiiis
fn Brattiaooro. VT, but on the death w
her parents returned TO Randolph, winch
has since been her home. MISS "lhi,ss
wrote verses almost as early as she couid
talk Her first serious literary eHoa -
were IN the direction OF children s'orles.
Afterward she Became a CONTRIBUTOR 10
the Harpery publication Probably ner
strongest work IS pembroke" Next tns.s
she herself ranks "a New England Nun
ana Lane Field" The Rev. DIR. Philips
Brooks pronounced "a Humble Romance
the best short story ever written TIT
understanding OF New England Ere anu
grasp of New England character nave
given her a worldwide reputation.
Prof Brander Matthews, the winner OK
the second prize. who is professor Oh En-
ylish literature at Columbia coiiege' was
born In New Orleans in lSz ne MaS
graduated from Columbia college In to'i'
and from the law school or that ihs,i.u
ton two years later. lie mas "rit, ,'...
copiously for the magazines unoer ms
own name and that OF Arthur fei'h.
He is the author of THE Theaters OF
Paris" French Dramatists, "Nlgnettes
of Manhattan" I'm a VestibuIe Limited,
"a Tale of Treasure Trove in the streets
of New York ''The Royal Marine
This Picture and That" and other VOL
urnes. Prof. Matthews is also the author
OF several plays. A COLO VIM s.
played by Mr.. Nat Goodwin with success,
for Mr.. W. II. Crane.
Mr. John ii. Boner. who brought the
fifty manuscripts down to thirteen ID
a North Carolinian BY birth He was
formerly a member of the staff or me
Century Dictionary. Afterward he be-
came literary editor of the New YORK
World. and is now editor OF the Literary
Digest He is constant contributor OF
verse to the magazines. and has PUBLISH
cd a volume OF poems, whispering
Pines"
Hamilton w. Mabie, LII. D.. who made
the final decision, was born at Cold
Spring, y. Y, in 1916. He graduated at
williams college and entered Journalism
He Joined the staff OF the Outlook tthen
Christian Union). in 1879, and became its
associate editor tive years later. Mr..
Mabie is without question one or the
three or four leading critics of the coun-
try. Among his volumes of literary crit
icism are: My Study Fire" Essays In
Literary Interpretation" and snort
Studies in Literature" He is frequent
contributor to the magazines and re-
views and also a constant deliverer OF
literary addresses before the colleges and
other literary bodies. His permanent
home is at Summit, y. j.. where he lives
about half the year. Besides his critical
and editorial work, he has written much
concerning nature and outdoor life.
Among the weil-known writers who
submitted stories in competition for the
prize were Anna Katherine Green, au-
thor of THE Leavenworth Case" Flor
ence Marryat. Duffield Osborne. Robert
w Chambers. author of THE King in
Yellow" Howard Fielding and others.
Stories worthy of honorable mention