Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-06

Bouguereau-
Golfers wcclly formerly once "a
Week. raises a question as to the pre-
curaur OF Edgar Allcn Poe, quoting
mnny poems or Or. ~. II, ChlNcrs OF
Georgia TO HubstHntintc or at least lend
pinu6TbIlIty to It's suggcstion that per
hupa tho author OF "rho Raven" drew
some OF hil inspiration from this other
American and Southern poet, who was
writing weird and musical lyrics before
Poe was known, Tho author OF thlb
interesting article So Mr. joel Benton,
himself "A poet OF considerable merit
who has devoted much study and re-
search 10 tho subject. "rhe most Poe
like and the bcst OF HIS pieces" writes
MT Benton, Ella undoubtedly his (ChiV-
er'D LAZY Affair." II he really wrote
this poem before Poe was known 10
him tho coincidence OF accent, rhythm
and stylc with poo's work suggests n
curious study. Although the date OF
the book containing It was too late TO
show an antecedence TO Poe, the sop
arato pieces In the book must have pre-
cedod that year by n distance not now
TO be determined, II must he remem-
bcred, too, that the two volumes which
were first issucd by Chlvera were Civ
en- to the public, the second six years
ana the hrat fourteen years before
The Eonchs OF Ruby appeared. 80
that II we properly antcdate the poems
Chivers collected in 1887, We find him
writing In the Poe manner over sixty
yoars ago-perhaps over seventy years
ago"
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The North American Review for No
Vemher opens with unique article by
Austin Corbin, entitled quick Transit
Between New York and London" An
atnuHlng paper on "rhe Plague OF Joe
ularity" by tho late Professor II II
boycsen, attacks the seeming Amerl-
can inability 10 treat serious things ser-
iously The Hon, Charles n. Saxton.
lieutenant governor OF New York,
writes ably on the Outlook for re-
publican Success" what becomes Of
College Women" forms the topic OF an
Interesting contribution by Charles n.
Thwlng, LII. ID, president OF the Nest
ern Reserve University and Adelbcrt
college. Another chapter OF absorbing
historical interest IL from MaIor-G
eMl Nelson a. Miles coming book.
From New England to the Golden
Gate Hon. w. c. oates. governor OF
Alabama, discusses tho industrial ps-
velopment OF the South" and "The
cirlhopd OF an Actress" by the world
renowned Mary Anderson De Navarro
In the North American Review for No.
venber' VIII be read with avidlty.
one OF the Interesting literary uues-
lions OF the day IA whether dialogue il
60 be the prevailing form OF fietlon
Sir walter Bcsant predicts that novels
VIII shortly be written IN Dialogue. and
that descriptions win be almost entirely
done away with. He cites Miss Violet
Hunt and Anthony Hope MS two OF Tho
most successful users OF dialogue. and
his argument liz reinforced by the bril-