The morning times., 1896-06-14
Poe'S Cottage to Become a
Mecca for LitterateurS.
PURCHASED BY NEW YORK
Stephen Crane Again in the Public
Eye-JGhn Bach MclTaSter'S
with tie Fathers"


bill, already signed 10y Gov. Nor
ton, providing for the purchase
Of Poe's cottage in Fordham anu its
translation into a literary shrine. Ii
will be restored as nearly as posi-
BILE to u scmbiance OF what it was
leaving the Tiny windows uncurtained, re-
pant cherry trees ana IrIlu tnc vines,
nang bird ca yes in the portico and procure
cat as nearly like the beloved 'Cata-
rina' tuat wanped the ucsOm OF the uying
fHglnlan as possibie-just poNcrty ana
piles OF manuscripts. 1t Will not be d II
tu't tlel, says an enthusiast, TO imag
the playful, witty, aflecu uonate, alter
nateiy dociie ana wayward genius: the
gentle, fragile Wife and the aiorIng mother
-large-ieaturej, capable, benevolent Mrs.
CisLn--that made up that curious house
hold.
Poe said that the happiest days OF he
life We're spent i'll the rordham cottage;
w:thai, bow sad. II is halowcd with the
mcmCry of lis finest poems after the i'm
Mortal Raven Here lie wrote Anna
bel, The Bells and "Eleonora.'' II is
the last remaining roof that sheltered the
melancholy genius. and the Shakespeare
SCc.cty and the legislators have only cone
t3rdy duty. The house III Richmond where
hc went at the age OF two as the adopted
son of tue wealthy John Allen is no longer
standing, though opposite the site of the
oitdcscribed manor at the corner of Main
ana Firth streets stands the house of the
Mckcnzios, who had adopted Edgar's sis
ter, Rosalie
The mouse where he was born in Boston
some obscure lodging house. frequented by
StToiing piayers-is unknown. The house
of his foster parents has been de:a olished
the holse where he lived in PhiladeIphia-
Spring Gardens unidentified TODAY; the
place where lie lived with his Aunt Glenn
,,,., - ,,,,,, "'-'-'"ia in Baltimore-iust
or Essex street, Old .'..,n-;,as disiu.
peIrta' - cottage at lib 1-2 Carmine
and the one in Anlity street, New
York, have also been torn down. There
remains then as our heritage only the schools
which he attended and the Fordham cot
tage. Manuscrips-for he left but little
eise-are Ia be brought together, cherry
trees and vines planted, wild birds Gagged,
portraits of Poe and his wife and girted
mother and devoted aunt. They will all be
put in the care OF custodian, whose sal
ary Will probably exceed the income of
oar greatest American ina ginativc writer.
HE inevitable changes in orthcsraphy
are coming. Perhaps not all the
dreams OF the phoueticspelier are I . be
realized, but concessions are being
Ilduc 10 MS aHtSltCUs. WHICH ne
counts arguments. The useless silent let
tiers and complicated production of ole
primary sound by TWO letters lend pictUr-
esuueucss 10 the written language. The
dreadful. Notwithstanding idea, which is
gaiging ground in every direction. that
we must save time even 10 the writing of a
fraction OF i word is rest. People who
seek happiness in requirement find il off
set with haste. Better deli crate health
M Fnk-n f.h 1SfsA 'hn tyI Twas
fastest viii run the shortest course. More
over are we Iobecome iconoclasIs complete?
Are no preCedcnts to he conserved, no be-
loved Old notions respected? The Ortho-
graphic Union has issued n pronunciamento
and il has William Dean Howeiis, Thomas
Wentworth Higginson, Alexander Melville
Bell Andrew d. White Edward EggiestGn
and Brander Matthews among its mem
bers. II recommends the following changed
forms for immediate use in books journals,
and commeroialandp private correspondence.
Class L Final ed pronounced az I. Alter
short vowel or 0ipthong spell simply t.
and simplify preceding double ConsUna nts,
as blcst, eXprest, past, hackt. iookt, wsbt,
slipt, pacht, toucht. Class 2 Silent final
in words ending in lie, lie, inc. ite,
mine, tie and que, omit the and preceding
silent letters when the change will not
suggest another quality for a preceding
letter. as Chord, fertil. glycerin, deiiiit,
deiinitly. program, quartet, catalog, dialcg.
A VALUE attaches to a book by its time
- llness. ThIsiS the first count Cd which
new volume from the publishing
house of B. F. johnson, Richmond,
appeals TO readers. 1t is called Mic
aragua, the War of tue Filibusters.' The
eyes OI the great republic or the North >
have Tor some tiine bene directed upon this
little strip OF Central American territory
for the solution of the California rapid
water transit. Naturally anything caicu-
lated TO dispel the mist that hangs betw
US and Il kuo wledge OF the Interesting state
is received with avidity. The work is from
the vigorous pen OF Judge Daniel b. Lucas,
q West Virginiau OF distinction. Judge
Lucas has only treated his reader to au eN
cerpt from tie history OF Nicaragua, but
treating, US it does, or the 1ihbusteriDS
expedition of 1866, which explains the
events which led To the iniportantday whose
anniversary is celebrated as national
holiday, and necessarily OF its principal
figure, william Walker, the American.
There are sixteen full-page illustrations
and the Typography Of the book is very
handsome Gov. W. A. MacCorkle OF West
Virginia contributes an interesting chapter
on the Nicaragua Canal and DIR. j Fairfax
Mclaughlin, in another chapter, discusses
tue Monroe doctrine.
A MOTHER volume which comes with the
~ stamp of opportuneness is John Bach
McNias;er's With the Fathers, from
the press of the Appetons. The
country is stirred in these times or
personal consideration by each individual
of the history and political condition OF
The nation Dr. McMaster's essays possess
I'm their diversity a breadth which covers
most of the topics which are current as
well rs historical, ana each Is SO schoariy
in treatment and profoundin judgment tilat
the importance OF their place in the library
of political history cannot be gainSald.
That they are reprints from contributions
to the leading periodicals does not de-
tract from the value. The thirteen papers
treat of the Monroe doctrine, the third
term tradition, the political depravlty or
the fathers, and the learned doctor does
not yurnisb tie record: the riOtous career
of the Know Nothings, the trainers ana the
framing of the Constitution, Wasbingtons
Inauguration, constitutional interpretation,
the history of silver, the question of sound
money, and other chapters on Franklin IN
France, how the British left New York,
the struggle for territory In America by
foreign powers, and four centuries of con-
tinentai progress. Not least pleasing to
tie student is the amplified and inteiii-
gent index which crowns the work.
AR STEPHEN CRANE was in the
NI foreground again last week with
another story The new child is
baptized Nh ggie,' and the eDer-
getic Appletons are thespoDsors,a and
She is a mere Child OF the streets. Mag
gle was not baptized in infancy. Shortly
after she took life at the incarnating pen
OF Mr. Crane she was put in dark place
and possibly told TO be good. Her history