The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-10
ieeIs STEVENSON.

a Next week all Lon
- ~, include whitcchaoel-
o vansrt Louis stevenson
3. r e ua',aI,shtedly exercising one
IN yer ~ !, the hardworked In.
y NJ -. vv 81 the world, or. should
4. ~ !. id world. For 1s,s Or '' them
/ ,s,'s for the last year .,ne to me
y =. han happy pos.l-and ! nave Nv,
sps hem ever since am mot
- 49,, y Of books that . are re'' ~
xrpi., taken me all morning 10
:. !. ar.t volume. I'm, lnae ssarly Al ike
z ', "a think ] should ,, dearly ,so cher s
s's.. ., !, the day with the otae'
v e" ', .or,ss In the inevitable
-.e.. IN every mortal privilege
sssao', r.v,slf free from this mos.
u. ~ !, ,ecen. human beings, 'ea cav
y = I. .' ssou,uanionable fireside' and
y = - Il. very hand on my Shout
y y. ! write about him! HOW l
w ,' Y his white page. this stern
= hnas ,. II that duty which doth
n w.. from wrong"-hatins and
7 v :. ~. - see them for the last hou.'
,,si. letter is TO catch chi. ,0m 40 wors
n M time the pen were az worn -.
~ sNl,e page. Well, it is not
!, having to sit down an. anu w " nas
,,,,ud ave minutes after he mas
ss'' !. ~" .rotber Of the privileges OF
y, ~. perhaps in way that is a
~. mi heart Graves the oppor-
\ express isseltJ
~
,.,, IN an Introduction when rs
= Wv, int such introauc'ions should
y y -, n these letters those VINO
y stevenson in life will come as
y. ..,,,s TO Understandable what a
..,,nsplon, what a ,alfer, the man
"a 'I an we'll believe it. His Va'''ma
!, Mir moro intimate 'ooyish pas
,u., the came charm. put theS
..,,h,t oyershadowcd by response
II, "a somewhat congested with those
...,. which nos even stevenson
r,ts Absorbing ,,
q. ,.,,er, TO his Family and friends
/. us, the man himself-or. should
!, ,luost say the boy, for 1T is just
M, aboylshness, the merry hear'
81 al the day, of them that is
n,ou,rirg charm. No better letters can
NJ. h.en written; and. while there Is,
,ss NO conscious artistry unless
!, little to suspect it in the extreme
4 I'D collcquialism of Manner think
N purpose to which stevenson had
4 "A. art Of expressing himself is no.
St,ef shown. don't think the ar'
Il. anywhere, save where he is frank
M 4 description, but, as / once wrote
n, . much nature was never put into
q Without an equivalent outlay of art
,gfp. Il was that art which nature
s-bu, is there any art which nature
Al make Unless God build the house
i il tie very undress of these letter:
aai art is shown. Thus the best o.
nc those In which he is humorousll
ID, himself, or, as we say, BLACK
t,s' bis friends. Take, for instance
lui1t reply to criticism of Mr.. Hen
upo, one Of his poems: Only Dear Hen
Hssytns have dono the like, 'Clarif!
attn' indeid. Make it like MARVEL,
u III tell you what-you may go t
M; that's what ! think. BE eloquent
stH spt your frequent suggestions.
" utfciently thank you for that one
ut D. pese0n about to be eloquent q
fsuta OF literary friend. You seen
MT SIR that rhyme is rhyme, sir, an,
. Tie devil. I'll try and improve 1t
aAnt be able to-oh, 20 to the devil.'
o. course, is anything but polit'
rfi'ins as Pope polishing his CORE
as'cs Tor publication, or Burns writing
ahncs. understood the art. Indeed,
uh lof American ears it will not seen
@'oIl'e And, of course, 1t is but tn
extreme Of his manner. He loved t
~ friends rogues and rascals. what
aRal! Answer have a pistol at you
y ni way with perhaps his deares
varies Baxter. But how really seri
i'S deeply felt, is that very letter TO
W. ~ early letter telling OF his unhap
~ lavlng been forced at last to woun
Asau with confession of his loss G
y lie OLD creed. Here is a good, heav
"a vengeance, and all rough wit
lans 'na' tear your fingers. only 1t |
'1' nave to carry 1t alone. l hold tn
s'a' but the heavy burden falls o
Two"
M to name offhand-as everythin
p'a more or less offhand in a review
~ which struck one most in rcadin
Fss's, surely it must be the tenderness
20 who wrote them. Some one ha
enderaess is the test of a grcs
Hu the reverse SO much in fashio
uk sood to remember. Steyenso
suno distinguished old ladies' {
~ lAey had known in their glrlhoot
e' must have been one of then
@s evident throughout all thes
lovely thing TO read of, pa,
IS = our day of God for us all and til
- 10 hindmost.
~
Wo or three incidents recorde
.r letters which would have mad
!. !. strange antics for Joy, partic,
I,l. ~ o. stevenson's going down
peAen on rainy October da
Snowed for aims by a poor ere,
S@an' Il heard her steps,"
heavily near behind me. an
An : near enough to see. let ii
"A 'o,o the mud or went off at N
= Aaout ever turning round" +
n. - 70 subject her to any mutu
IN ~ = aims given and taken. cou
lin 49, look In her face $50 terrib
way sacred"
kH,n saef to his old nurse, Aliss
49,, Dear cummy".-'.it is with
,r emotion that T wri,. 80.