The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-26

Takes ItSelf Seriously and Objects to
Little Fun In The SUN.

Littie run III The sun.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sh-: / had re-
Gently some correspondence with you, as with
other metropolitan editors. on the subject OF
sending notices OF the meetings of the Writers
Club Of Brooklyn. and. in accordance with your
request. l notified you Of the dinner to be held
last Saturday. l also awaited myself of the OPP
portunity to invite yourself and staff to attend
as guests. The underlying obligation was. OF
course. that in accepting hospitality OF the
club you would treat 1t with the respect due
from a guest to his host. and that any reports
published would be fair and courteous.
Ihave not been able to see the report in your
issue Of last Sunday. but l learn that members
Of the club feel aggrieved by it. The special
goes. is your statement that the name Of the
club is q misnomer: that its member are not,
properly speaking. writer's: because most OF
then, are mainly engaged in business other
4 little reflection will show the fallacy of this
have been, written by men and women Of affairs
in intervals snatched from the cares and la6ors
OF a busy life. What priceless value has history
when written by one who has himself made ii.
who can say with Eneas: Quorum pars
Grants, Autobiography. and to-day RooseveIt's
and Hobson's magazine articles. Are not these
ads ssasth nsF 2cbs sGae h %siifis ifsd a I s s5S but nG ysstsr,
from his fathers home by the proceeds Of his
magazine article.
On Ouhulh tbo yam VI VIZ n member
Stowe composed Uncle Toms Cabin" In the
writes It better than stedman. the stock
broker? Milton was q statesman as well as a
kmore profound analysis than TIT of your
article VII discover that the gre9t thinkers,
active labor In some, department Of human en-
terprise best know the springs Of thought and
action. and have a practical acquaintance with
the world and some, sound common-sense
ideas Of the nature Of things. We NAV indeed
have a literature of mysticism, OF ignorance.
inspired by Brahminical introvsrsion or con
templation Of the end Of ones, own nose: but
Al; no, life Is real" and he who lives a
the ranks Of iiterati, Your error Is much IKE
that ofcertain young men who were last spring
appointed a committee to award prizes for es-
subject connected with literature" The Young
men excluded from the competition an essay
opinion' it Was Was not on'e such a S sSb > H their
thor Of the essay, scorning SO narrow a deini-
tlon Of "IiteratSre," sent the essay to that
his opinion. Mr.. Stedman replied: II esteem il
a compliment that you should care to send me
g copy Of your interesting essay on The Age Of
room. / e., 1t is very full in the sense Of Bacon
yyhen he says. Reading maketh a tpll man
nected with literature in the manner which /
bad in mind In my lectures on The Nature OF
Poetry ! there refer TO the fact that the poet
from a letter Of Prot. A. 8. Hardy's poet, novel
list. mathematician TO that effect"
in labor which may have results In literature,
so. also, are household workers and ali the
b busy yt t9i Ter, Of h1Emdrum: everyday life. The
may spring, like Psyche, from the humble
dweller upon common earth. 4.,
0'Ctif sSS. secretary Dfo0A''n "r'''r"'