Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-16
UNKNOWN AT THE PRESENT
one Of the First Works Of this
Kind was Published in 1866.
ABOUT JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS.
prncticed Law. nut Soon Returned
90 His First Love, journalism.
Gossip About Authors.

'CnA1UEltIEs ~ 10 "a fDttlth VI WIN
Ing that was long ago popular but is
no longer engaged in by aspiring au-
thors. In fact. you will End that only
the bookworm knows what Book
Of Characters" Ia like. Even the old
book dealer will more than likely
shake his head II you should ask him
If he has any such thing on his shelf
OF the hundreds of books OF charac-
tiers that have been published. only
Thomas overbury's characters are
easily picked up In the secondhand
book stores these days. since Over
bury's book was republlshed some
years ago. The FIRST work of this
kind was published In England in
1866. and bore the curious title: "a |
Caneat for common corsetors, vul- I
carly called vagabones. set forth by |
Thomas Hartman, ESQ.,. for the will
teand proffyt OF hys NATURAL countrey." |
In the preface to this curious work the /
author takes occasion to pour boiling |
oil upon the heads of the 'rowsey, I
ragged rabblement of rakes" OF the (
dan, Some of the notorious characters
served No are "a Shaker OF angglear."
meaning a shop litter; "A prygger OF
prauncers." being n horse thief; "a
dumb In 1915 there was published
"A Select Second Husband for Sir
Thomas Overburies' Wife" This book
followed the wife, Now the Widow OF
Sir Thomas Overberye," by two years.
In the first-namcd book there is
most amusing character Of "Cour-
tier" Among other things we learn
that the courtier of that day "putteth
away much OF his Judgment about
the scltuation Of his clothes. He knows
no man that is not generally known.
He follows nothing but inoonstancie,
admires nothing but beauty, honors
nothing but fortune" IN the same
year as the work Just quoted dGlO,
there was published book Of char
acters with the following title The
Good and the Badde; or Descriptions
Of the Unworthies Of this Age Where
the Best May See their Graces, and
the Worst Dlseerne Their Baseness,
London: printed by George Purslowc
for John Bulge, and are TO be sold
at the great South-dore OF Pnules, and
at Brittaines Bursee, 1916" The au-
thor OF this interesting and rare tome
was Nicholas Breton.
In this book there Is a lively char
acter. AN Effemlnate Fool" who In
pictured thus: IAN effeminate fool Is
the figure Of baby; he loves nothing
but gcy, to look In n glass. to keep
among wenches. and to play with
ulUtss 10 Iteu on SWeelfneaiSs ana 10
be daunced in laps, to be embraced In
arms and 10 be kissed on the cheeks;
10 talk idly, to look demurely to go
nicely, and to laugh continually; TO be
his mistress servant and his mayd's
master, his fathers love and his
mothers noue child; to play on the nd
die and sing louc songs. to wear sweet
gloues and look on fine things; to make
purposes and write verses, deuise rid
dies, and to tell les to folloy plates,
and study dances, TO honre newes,
and buy trlnes; to sigh for loue and
weene for kndnesse. and mourne for
company, and bee sicke for fashion; 10
ride In a coach, and gallop hackney,
10 watch all night, and sleepe out the
morning; TO lie on a bed and take to-
bacco, and to send his page Of an idle
message to his mistress; to go upon
gigges to houe his ruffes set in print,
TO pickle his teeth, and play with
puppet. In somme. hee is a man-childe,
and woman's man. gaze of folly
and wsdome's grleffe."
In these old days they had way
OF telling things In a picturesque fash
Ion. In little tome published in 1913,
Cures for the Itch Characters,
Eplgrams, Epitaphs." there is a very
hne description of "A Scold." our au-
thor says OF her. that she sis much
more heard Of, than least desired to bee
seene or knowne, she-klndo of SER
sonous tongue, worse than the biting
81 scorpion, proues more infectious
iarre then can be cured. Shees OF all
ether creatures most vntameablest. ana
eovets more the last word In scould-
Ing than doth a combater the last
stroke for victorie.'
There is the character of an actor in
Observation-Disclosures or Essays OF
Persons, Trades and Places, offered to
The City and Country which Is very
curious, The player, our author says,
sometimes hee represents that when
bee In his llfee hee scarce praotises--to
De an honest man, He IL a
perspicuity of vanity in variety, and
iuggets youth perpetrate such vices
IS otherwise they had happy mere
1t viii be seen that those old books
q characters were pleasant and fun
Of delight"
Miss Sarah orne Jewett is TO collect
peg magazine stories and publish them
N book form
There will shortly be published for
Prof. Edwin Dowden a volume OF
essays. New Studies in Literature
Mr. Howells is n very busy man now
Aaeys. II is announced that he has
written a preface for Count Tolstois
-" WIN VI nClipi. shdHRei SAN -Ne''
a 49,.
Han Gaines Markham has reached
US tenth edition in the United States
OF the new writer's of fiction, Mr.
Sfoekett has taken a foremost place
ne 10 now In his seth year and comes Of
race of Galloway farmero whose
naple literature was the Bible und
Salechism, to which young Crockett
seued Shakespeare and Longfellow. He
was educated at Castle Douglas Schoo
snu Edinburg University. and after O
stiei residence at oxford he took Q
rAvelng tutorship. which carried HIN
4 snsef Europe and to Africa and siberia
"a, entered the ministery AID about
~ mok charge Of the church in Peni
,lK where lie has resided until feN
months since, when ne resigned hii
Inaige In order to devote himself Z
tatnre. From 1885 on Mr. Crockett
rtu'e many verses. some Of which. col
seted into E volume called ''Dulce Cor
sS,sle published In 1855. HIS first booi
hction, "'rhe stickit Minister" 40
hAfed In 1893. Much OF his mnterll
~ been gathered from old GGllowa.
rAnidons and incidents.
" stated on authority OF the pub
sasfs that Joseph Jefferson's charm