Hutchinson gazette., 1900-08-23
IYUpY INA MEal0AN LITERATURE
Aro These, According 60 Your Esu-
mate, representative AuIhOrai

Clinton Sc0llnrd, an author and poel
sf excellent repute, lB the editor of II
newly published collection of poems
appropriately called Ballads Of Amer
lean Bravery In the space OF sixty
seven different TITLES nearly the whole
round Of American courage Ii 10 be
Iound commemornted, In a manner
which will bring the thrill OF pride
into the American heart forming u
most desirable addition 20 The school
library for patriotic reading aud reel
tatlon, 10 reach this number fouty-
seven authors have laid under contT-
button, including two ballads from
anonymous sources, the famous Yam
kee Mnn-oi-WadS' and the piece, famLl'
lar In the old readers, OF George MIDI
yer.' OF these forty-seyen authors
five are women, and nll but one OF
these contribute two pieces, 30 that
the total number from their pens IN
nine, In this Nst are Phoebe Cary
Helen Gray Cone, Mary Anna Phinney,
Stansbury, Margaret Junkln Preston
and Kute Brownlee Sherwood,
The mems work includes most of the
best known pieces in American hbern'
ture, taken as u whole, and IL rs sur
prSing to note how few these really
lre and how few OF them were contrib
uted by the best known names In the
national gallery of poets of accepted
fame. Longfellow has two, Paul Re-
yere's Ride and the Cumberland;
Bryant has one, The Song of Marion's
Mem; Whittier has one, barbara
Trietchic;' Richard Henry Stoddard
has one, The Little Drummer Boys
Edmund Clarence Stedman has one,
Kenrney at Seven Pines and Bret
Ilnrte two, John Burns OF Gettysburg
and In the Tunnel and there is John
Hays Jim nludso' to boot
In the list Of names OF Thomas Rni.
ley Aldrch, Edgar Allen Poe, Henry
nlmrod, Sidney Lanler, Edward Raw
land Sill, Richard Watson Glider and
many more, north and south VIII be
missed showing how little intention
has been paid in the past TO the deeds
which are so abunduntly well worth
remembering when the tale OF Ameri.
in's greatness Is % he nude up, ln-
aend of these, the work Of muny men
Of the second Unk Is included, Ben
Iumin Franklin Taylor, long a news
pUEyr man in Chicago Is one of these,
with Mary Buffers Ride Thomas D.
English destined uo be known MS the
lmlhor Gl Sweet Ahlcc, Ben lIolt' in
spite Of 80 much work which is better
BY far, has three poems, Arnold ut
jtlllwuter,' The Charge by the Ford,
md Johnny Bartholomew, win Carl
ION has one THE Ride Of Jenny
)'Neil.' But bctter known poems, II
not poets, contribute such ringing bal.
lads MS 'ShcEdau's Ride, Of ThamNs
;, Read, or the Black Regiment Of g.
Henry Boxer, or "Ihe River Fight and
The Eagle Of Corin,h, by Henry How
ard llrownwcll, or the 'Farragut' Of
William Tuckcy Meredith,
Especially to be remarked are three
poems, one of Henry Ncwboll's cele
brnting The heroic death Of Commo.
lore Craven ait the naval engagement
with the Charleston forts, aud two OF
Charles George Douglas Roberts one
Of DeWcy's deed at Manila, and the
other, In ATiu Bay dealing with the
hurricane at Samoa in March, 1890
when the Americans doomed TO al.
most certain 'nlhchcrrcd the l,nglisl
vessel which was putting out to sea
The significant thing is Hnt Mr., New
bolt is an ilngllShman and Mr., Roberts
\ Canadian,
Another feature which shows the In
iiuenrp OF lhc times Is the inclusion
: ~ Mr. Sc1llurd Of no rpwcr thm clev
en- ballads from southern sources
1ealiug with events in The war Of The
rebellion looked at with the eyes Of
confederate sympathy though in al
most every cnsc with ihankruncs'
Tor rcunlDcd country. Some Of these
are fine IN the fall sense Of the word
Maurice Thompson and his brother
VIII Henry Thompson, each have two;
Paul Hamilton llnync sings THE Bat.
lie Of Charleston llarbor,' which Is Ia
~ taken in cOnncclon with Ncw3olt'f
Craven ON one side and the poem OF
The Charge at Santiago by William
Hamilton lIaynethc san Of the former
poet. Interesting work Is done by
francis 0rrery ricknor and Mrs. Pres.
10. both with two examples,
A number fnewSpapermen,am
ing to nearly half the number of au'
thors, have their work included, prov.
ing anew that II is from the ranks OF
the workers on The daily papers that
o full half Of the literary men OF
America spring, Prof Brnnder Mat.
thews TO the contrary notwltha'and'
representation Of balladllt', with the
ing. Nor is Chicago without fair
jate Francis Brooks Down ihs littlc
Big Horn John Vance Cheney's 'O'd
Braddock,' Barrett EOstmnn's How
We Burned the Philadelphia and three
IRON another source. Mr.. Scoilard
also has contributed three poems In
addition to his duties Of editorship,
taking in the revolutionary war, the
blowing up of the Merrimac and bi
of heroism from the Philippines. He
has also provided copious historical
and biographical notes.
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