New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-23

love fot Don Quixote. Mind. ne was NO. ,s living
dave reading anything as literd'". 49,, Nth fine
in what was to him an ideal "or'u' o'' ,s verv
,,,,c. h. chos. n word to live In thar was r.''
49,, /, ire TINA 7, 10 the absolute truth %
vantes 70 the human nature OF MS UNI. ,,s,.oved
surroundings In which that human 49, ,,y mice
rscr that makes him immortal o"o =, ,ha
something OF the satire IN III" o,,,,v NJ
de,uded knight; but he who misses -" ,r hs ia
-, ,rro,lv. nigh, AZ well close the DOOR, io' ' "
ro. q, 70 read t. In another way as inu," 800.
ha said for the realism OF the Nlca Va - .,,.,
and this too was favorite Win M,' NV 49,, ..ros
hs was a boy. though he low wou'u ""'. -. cioss
ervatons AMI anlmadversions e" " sa''0
criticism o. the work. =. hesan
- nsh 70 write His writing took the io,,' y.
limitations lie tried to writo veise I'M bis
and Campbell and Goldsmith but !" -. aoas
ars, ventures are not easy TO cNp'al'' gnu 10.
no, himself vouchsafc a theory MS co, " .,.ls
"a reader was Goldsmith. but his carries. mo-,
,or ,rosc writing were Poe's tales IL wv i
,.noos Of distinguished writer's were w
,,,ol Il might bc a cause OF surprise 10 NV ,,.
many OF them began by DOING ""s' ,,.r
trary to wha. seems tho natura ''", ., %
ronius when Mr. Howclls hah aohe "' .,s
.r,,o ,ns, like Poe even TO parodying one o' "'
,i,cs he thought II n hardship 10 nave ~ -,
49,. ,A -osenblance This initiative hapit '"''''
some years Mr.. Howels tells now MS "'S. ' ,,n.
in The Atlantic Monthly was he'a 'o"s ,,on
he Lowell then the editor uh''' 1,,
nroycd that II was not n translator ~ 80 nm,
81 hav. mayer" says he. greatly Ioved d" a."
49,. .,,hou, wishing TO write Ike him. nave
- m ro,,c,ance TO confess that and 90 'o'
aae why I should not say that II WAS " 80
harore found II best to be as Inc '' -.
could even when did not think so we" y. a
self as OF some others" II was 'o's I'M, De-
ouv,,v inter he gave up the effort 10 initiate - ~
IA, no turned 10 Goldsmith as Tnode'' INC
oh,roe was plainly a mark OF mental CROWN 'o
{, sgninel that the mind was aler' anu WOO
ING ns own by way Of the things OF o'"e' "
other mark OF boyish evolution chafac'e' =.
uowells's carly affection for Don 9""o''
u,s deep IN Godsmith's histories nothing cav
We ,or MEASURE than 10 conhde his Greek
a,d por,an horocs to his companions. lie fe'"e."-
hers how proud he was when cer'a'" "o'' w.,
had always whipped him when they 'o"s". =,
him for the name of Roman emperor "a 49," 49,
a memorable saying was recorded anu ne ""' az
, Give tho name at once. But when IL came ~
corvantcs the little boy-world in when ne "se'
,os not %, into the secret. lie was as n'uch Oh
hoy as the rest about everything e'Se ~
was something which others could not u''e ''a"'
and which he could not explain Wherever "e w.
no carried the book reading 1t over ana OVER as"'
orcs in spite Of his inveterate tendency 10 nome
sickness ne consented to - 10 WORK III u'ue
e.. distant from his bonneville was 10 i've WIN
a. u,,le who was physician. With MIN went
his beloved Cervantes. But on the ddy 'la' -"
reached his new home the world seemed "is'".''
,a.a rro tried - console himself with MS doom
1o comfort him PERHAPS. his aunt asked MN aoou'
., and took II in her hands. looking at him K'hoy
a., ,,rl,uslv with a FAINT smile that seeine' ~
or,.,., tho lad OF his Oddly. When she gave u
h,rk n. Young reader carried II TO MS roo" anu
,,.ra "tho confidential friend Of Cervantrs criei
himself 10 sleep" This love for Cervantes' lo'o"e'
soon by the reading OF Irving. Led 10 inc s'"uy u
/ -, c,,rish language anl 70 unusual wide reading
In Spanish literature. The result OF All "'.S
summed IN in a bit o, advice which may well be
,ar, ~ tho authors experience. Hes not SURE
- ~. value OF Spanish literature 20 the general
, oat,r ms, hc Is convinced that one who intends
70 write American fiction would do well to study
,h c,arish picturesque novels; for In their SIM
,,,,,, -, design he wl, find one Of the best forms
,or an American story.
Mr.. Uowe.lss reading in Spanish attracted MIN
s,ronglv to Longfcllow's Spanish Student ana
,ror, ina, beginning he passed 10 intense admira-
,i,, FOR one whom he names with Tennyson as
one O., The two poets who prominently voiced 'helr
generation Then there a season OF scott
mingled rightly enough with crude but dehghuu
books u pioneer adventure In the United states
Their. WAS long seli-consclous study OF Pope. the
literary aspiraton was beginning 10 assert itself
49,, ler N. beg, and most despsei OF teachers Then
came osslan with ELUSIVE naturalness. or the SEM
blance o, H. and after all these Shakespeare lie
WAS now surely pas, all the unconsclousness OF
hovhool Tho proof H. that he read DICKENS crit
. ctly and IN fact. no longer read any author WI"
tha, s!ngc-heartcI admiration whlch ne gave 10
cervan,es HIS subsequent literary passions were
those Of a man. and later those OF an AUTHOR WIN
deep knowledge OF his craft