The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-30


Whoever knows Cy Warman, whether
In person or by his writings, will wish
well TO the new book, ''The Story of the
Railroad" which he has just published
through the Appletons. 1t is his third
book, two collections of railroad stories
having been published previously by the
Scribners. Though to make the record
strict there is still an earlier book of
Warman's-a curiously chaotic, but vivid
and interesting Life of Creede," Jim
Creole, the Indian hunter, adventurer and
prospector, just the hero to appeal to
Warman. This book was printed Cat the
authors expense), and In some measure
circulated, bat it was never really pub
ished. Two or three of the better chap
tiers afterwards found separate publica-
ton in periodicals. The element of inter-
est in them was the same as in War
man S later work-namely, the manifesto
lion of writer whom even the feeling
OF a pen in the hand could not distract
from being perfectly himself. 1t is often
clear that a pen isn't the easiest of inn
PIGMENTS to Warman, but with all its oc-
caslonal unwieldiness, it can never quite
throw him out from still being Warman;
0ud Warman, whether in his writings or
Out Of them, is always a man you like
Just now he is a little out of the line of
meeting for he is living up at London,
ont. He finds it friendly to work up there,
ana inexpensive, and he is not above eth
er OF these considerations. -Four or five
years ago the second was perhaps less i'm
portant to him than il is now, for he was
then receiving a royalty of $40 a day on
ms song, Sweet Marie" But popular
songs are good only while they last, and
sweet Marie" is now less fruitful to
eilher Warman (who supplied the words
UhIy), or the man who wrote the music
II was at the time when Marie was
most generous, that Warman made a
long tour of Europe and the East. On his
return he settled in Washington, and it
was from there that he removed into the
Like all other men who do a truly origi-
naI thing, Warman has set a fashion.
livery few months there turns up here
~ New York some old locomotive engineer
rom the Rockies who knew Cy War
man Out thar when he was little more n
a MO and who wants to do you some
Poeihs and stories in the Warman man.
ner-wtth, Of course, certain manifesty
ineeued improvements. Most of these fol-
to"ers seem TO think that the secret Of
an lies in the external adventure, or
eApeflence; but any one who knows War
4 nan must realize that it is primarily in
s ne man He gives you as much diver
sloh IN a private talk or a hurried per-
sonai letter as in his published writings
anu ne has had just as diyertng expert
ices IN the more familiar parts of Amer
, .. and Europe-the parts where nothing
tier VI '''e - 0''-
A., ne poet laureate of England, Mr.. Aus
un, is getting called rather smartly to
eocount for having said the other day, in
"a 90 pupllc address, that poets, as a rule,
nave, nave but small erudition" Neverthe-
80 mere Is fair ground for the state
meht' and Mr.. Austin might even have
zone farther and said that authors IN
eSS"era'' except those who write on learn
~ SUBJECTS arc as a rule men of small
iuuluon." OF course, common supersti-
.,oh coniuses writing with learning. ana
ssdrds any one who writes an article or
look as necessarily learned: but no one
no"s better than the writer's themselves
~oW much this ingenious apprehension
~ mem iiatters them. Few writer's have
.ggau more widely and more passionateIy
Ian Ian Mr.. Andrew Lang; he is one OF
Use aiose VINO seem to know something OF
c,e3t every subject; yet even he has dis
."ilhel that he was a scholar He