Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-16

ewdest, the most comical, the most
indy character that an American
umorist has invented in many years.
(r. Dooley is just an old Irish saloon
eeper. who knows all the wards poll
u.s. oil its people, all Its woes,
I'D all it's humor. Mr. Dooley is q
Philosopher. To his friend Mr.. Hen
essey he talks about everything.
To the world that keeps keen eye
the valuable things in newspapers,
Ir. Dooley has long BEEN familiar
CURE. happen to know while Mr..
pooley's articles were making sepsn-
ion in Chicago in the columns Of
ewspaper, New York publishing
hem out in book form, but Messrs.
mall, Maynard & Co. secured the
brize, and ''Mr. Doolcy in Peace and
b War" has become one of the books
{ the season. II has been u long time
ince SO many pages of wholesome
attire has been given to the public. 1
have copy with mo now. am
Ioathod to lay 1t down. 1t makes one
Heel so namely foolish to laugh aloud
Ewhen ono is alone, but 1t would re quire
The muscular control of a professional
Mummy man to suppress ones "risabes"
With Mr.. Dooley in your hand. ! shall
put him on my shelf, close neighbor
10 Mark Twain and the "Bigelow
papers. "
put him down reluctantly and tore
open litrle volume sent me by an edi-
orial associate of Mr.. Dooley. Grace
Dnitie Boylan. 1t is called "If Tam
% 'Shanterf Had o. Wheel and Is ia
collection OF imbecile verse and little
stories with more feeling than reason,
In nd 10 af he ~ LN,lko 90
makes one wonder what hypnotic In
fluence tho author had over the pub
Usher when the latter allowed such
trash to come from his press. 1t Is full
of kisses OF tho Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Style, and the red, red rose Of love-"
that infiames the pages of the dime
bowel.
In my foreign mail this morning
found new English quarterly maya
zine, The Windmill, and note from
he publisher explains that the Wind
blill distinctly disasows any intention
pr supplying unwholesome or oyer-ripe
tories such as have its predecessors
he butterfly. the Savoy and the yell
low Book. The career of the latter
WAS that Of o rocket Tho sudden fame
Of Aubrey Beardsly, Henry James,
Henry Harlan and Kenneth Grahne
made the Yellow Books fame, but the
sudden eclipse of that blot on the
esoutcheon of literary fame, Oscar
Wilde, put a damper upon all the
greenery-yallery types. The policy Of
the Yellow Book was changed, the
people no longer waited for it to 500
what new thing in hideousness and
suggestiveness it would supply. The
taI. ,,s1 Do .,lr -. n. aA. Asx,,
among the young British writers whose
4 virtues are for the most part in the
4 bud. The motives Of this new maya
II zine seem to BIO determination TO keep
q watch for new talent rather than q
+ long purse for great stars. 1t has no
. isms TO foster, it merely pretends that
4 hitherto uuheard of writer's may make
a magazine worth buying.
From my mantle, picked up little
1 volume of Indian stories by Frederick
4 Remington, which he has illustrated
| in his always effective manner. |
recognize several of them as having
been published in Harper's Magazine,
hut Remington is sufficiently readable
for me to prize this volume. The
stories in the book are linked together
by the half-breed Indians, Sun down
Lefare, who tells the stories.
A little pamphlet of unpublished
verse found its way to my table this
evening, and the signature Marshall
Darraoh brings to my mind tho Shake
spearean reader who SO delightfully."- in
terpreted Twelfth Night" in the
New Century Club few nights ago.
The verses show decided merit and ex-
quisite sentiment, 1.-THE Mountain
Tragedy" and 1.-THE Cow Boys Love
Song" are particularly good, those
who heard Mr.. Darrach here and his
fine rendering of "1welfth Night, I"
particularly his clever representations
of Sir Toby, tho prince Of scamps, and
Malvolio, the grave, solemn, self-satis-
fled person who gets himself taken at
his own enormous estimate, will be in
terested to know something of Mr..
Darrach's versatility. As Il reader and
q poet have known him, and now we
are tc hear of him in the ranks of those
serious Thespians, for, on February
9th, he makes his debut IN high-class
comedy at Wallack's Theatre in New
York, in 1.-THE White Horse Tavern"
o play now making sensation in Ber-
lin. l have no doubt of Mr.. Darrach' "a
success. for his wonderful facial ex-
p:essions and marvellous range of feel
ing in his voice, in his reading here,
evidenced the cultured artist. Shake
speare was never afraid TO begin play
with one of his rarest treasures lest II
might not be heard in the hustle as
the audience settled into their seats,
and as Mr.. Darrach gave the opening
words of tho play which has furnished
more effective quotations than any
other plays of Shakespeare's:
III music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess Of It that surfeling
The appetite may sicken and so die"
The audience recognized at once the
cultivated voice Of the actor.
! have here in a portfolio reproduc-
tions from the original drawings made
by Orson Lowell for the new edition Of
James Lano Aliens "Choir Invisible. "
some Of tbs drawings are very good
AZ arc quaint and original. The one
Of. young woman holding up kitten
Is dainty concsit and the enc of the
Young man standing in the doorway is
remarkably good.
However,, hold an illustrative novel
10 abomination. | do not require O
hint from an artist to help me to the
visual realization of character or a
situation. Nothing could be more NIB.
surd Than to attempt to picture ovei
again what the writer has already
pictured in words, and the artists pic
ture is often a fiat contradiction Of the
text Now whom are you to believe,
the author or the artistY The man who