The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-10
An Engishqvonaan's
y - Love Letters.

90. = A
''ls 70 De- who wrote IAN Enxiishwomaa's
80 Letters,' that are not love letters at
Why this book should be the literary
= .s"es''on OF the hour It IS hard to realise
are undoubtedly clever. at tlmes even
w..s' out utterly false throughout No dcsh
aue Uiooa woman ever wrote such nastors of
500 ana ceniposi,ion To her lover Even
p'A'ieh' women IN writing billet doux arc
on ordinary mortais Sc DON weighing
words and sentences. or striving after Of
ieo as IS apparent througaou. those letters.
inc preface implies they were written by
zz-yoar-old gir II this were 50. It we're
eacriiege to low the cold d san;erested pub
isc even glance into this holy of ho.ies. but
the hn'shei style, and artistic touch which
d ST nguisaes them Is In dires, contradiction
10 this inumaton. The Quito k claims 10
be in Possession OF the au hors name. hut
s'a'es il does not care to spon a literary
boom, which II would do II It divuiged the
writer's IDENTITY.
some have ascrised them to John oliver
I H. obs. Elena L ,e3. Alcc Meynel as well
I as izabeh Robins, whose Iosen perform
ances IN New York few seasons ago will
be remembered. Certain it is they were
written by one of tie craft. wao studied out
I
to suit he picture. The nrst few letters arc
silly and vapld. such as any romantic girl
might write to an ardent lover. Brighter
perhaps. than the average girls. vet no;hinr
extra rdlnary. Towards the middle OF the
hook. interest becomes heightened and the
las two or three are really beautiful, worthy
Of the tears they bring forth
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The most charming letters are those from
Italy. In these less OF her insane passion
Is shown and more human in crest; interest
in her aunt, Arthur, the places they visit.
and they things they see. Hero enc is re-
minded OF the story OF tho newspaper CORE
sncndent who gathered lis maps and guide
books about him and wrote letters enough
from Europe" to last his paDcr during his
sS months soiourn abroad. But even with
the aid of Badaeker one mus have tn abb itv
to nut things toge.her properly. and this
Engl,shwoman posse sci this ability n the
superiaiive degree. These foreign letters are
really ebToriingy n eresting, Even a Phil
ist ne will and can appreciate her descrip-
tions OF italian art.
Listen 10 this description of the Madonna;
Yesterday your friend. MIR. @ oaile |
and took me over TO Murano in a beautiful
FABRICATED boat that simp flew. There |
saw a wonderful apse filled W tn mosa OF
dull god, wherein is set a blue-back figure
Of the Madonna ten heads high. and ten
centuries old, which almost made me become
Mar. olatris, on the SPOT, she stan Is leau-
ing I'm the bend with two pale hands lifted In
ghostly blessing. Underneath the floor is all
mosaic. mountainous with age, and ear,h-
ouakes the architecture classic In the grin
of Byzantine Christianity, which is like the
spirit of God moving on the face of thl
waters, or Ezekiel prophesying to the dry
Zones"
She doesn't cnthuse quite so much over
iny.sb,e soap. and impercepdhie water
leaves her unmoved 30 tlcelli. she was say
OF because of the craze about him amonE
neople vi know uohing. His Madonna aa1
and Child, she calls ravishnR B5tceli
blending over Ike a wiud-blown tree 10 be
kissed Nv ST. John--a composition that ia'tei
y,u W in It's arms. and TO ks you as yop
lock al it," Andrea del Sarto she ca Is
Ii mediocr ty savonorola's rooms she tount
more interes ing than Michael Angeles The
formers seemed to SPEAK Of HIM an brea he
his personality.
Verona she found dull at first. which /;
odd rs IN her state Of mlrd the ancient hon'
ot the Moptagues and Capuets chou have
appeaiel mos. strongly 70 her. One cpul
quote ad lib UNI rom ibese del Rbtful LEI
ters which must be real % 10 appreciated
Apropos Of he prince Of Waes a cessiol
to the thrcre her comments on what's il
a ne" arr interesting She saws sd
you In agile tue pllnce of Wa es viii be tn
same sort of king II vines b come t
tie throne he calls h'm7elf KING Aber
EIvyrl IL HoIid continental fashun instea'
CT Edward VII WITH 4 right hope TINT a
Edward VIII may follow him to make
neck TO peck race of it with the Heprys;
do not know anything that would do NOR
t, knit up tho English constitution an
whenever | pass tie Albert Memorial
J trembe lest filial piety viii not allow th
! thing 10 be done" This is no longer con
} lecture. The Edwards will probably make
race with the Henrys
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However severely some of the letters ma
} he condemned. there are few that eise N
book claim to distinction. The reade
81 continually finds mseit wondering whl
there was In this Epglishwcnians love :
: inepire so grand passion. Time ou' OF min
women have loved men vsstly their infa
riors, but how this man with his cold sell
ishness could have so knit his soul 10 he.
as TO cause ber to die Of a broken heart II
, d If ult to under tand. Nothing more hear
, less!y cruel 4 sn hi part ng message can
conceived chs OF foun ly gra cful rumen
! brances." Such message as one mi n sen
a casual acaua ntance not woman wnoI
lie hal loved This is where in,eIesi mo.
,timu ated. what could hove par Ell he o
some enc suggested heredi airy taini. b.
tin seems hardly pro5able
TIC m s. plausible hsory o. he separati1
a tina OF flllsi relationship The maa
hcrror and rspugnance u7oa making tbs d.
- ~ ar well e imagined but an avowi
az thi to the ianoeen, sharer OF his oi5sFae
= and n.sr rtune would have been less cru
than TO have a owed Ter to de unreto Ct {
10 his dsEert!on, In le Ter thirty nine tn
is merely limited at. Here she speaks
them both having Southern look whic
a same appearance her father had. and tbs
y the hatred OF the mans mother towards b.
4 may account for this. Knowing this relation
i ship she sought by fair means TO discourse
{ their love. and failing she had but one a
e ternatiye--tn disclose the h.deous secret
Al ~, Lot. ,..n+..fnz many bright touche