The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-27

law courts and attending a.,on,..
manner that could not be spsne sss,s,'s
eray's brief, sharp pictures ~
admirable. but to the careless w
misses ont the word or fwa .ganel
Thgckeray always rederms ri. WI
rism, they are unpardnnohlv .. wv
nltter; George Elioi's Scenes fsnT
lcal LIE come nearer the marl
form a picture Of that class ~ \
society which we will neveys ,a -
they ace little long for Inc pn v.ssa
a. little psychological. arrarrsg,.,irsrs,e
ming OF. beauty aud n joy forevos
an looking Nainly for Dlo, ~ y
ever. II Is rather continued ~.
Il series of sketches. ss1l5
The character sketch or "fo,tp
seems 10 have 1ourished most atd =,
greater perfection In America M
PROBABLY because of our cosnonoHt..
aeter. and the new 'types" ma
enterprlsing authors are conStantfy ~
the New York Dutch, the Nav ~.
modern Puritans. the Ouakers ~
gircans. Cavaliers our own crsesa.
kentuckians, the Indians, the fpon,.,
the mountain dwellers Of Tennsssse'.
Ffench Canadians, have all coma n I,
snare 81 attention. a distinctly now \,
genius. Is a gold mine to tne S en,a,.s
novelist. The English character ~! 4
pretty thoroughly dssected, Il weli 4.
20 Us all. and while English an,hers
hipling, may discover now worlds ~
quer them with the force Of snlesTs
MUS. those authors who star Al M.
most people are forced to Ia. ana 4,
that IS new or startlngly Original (,
GOOD Brltishers who surround them
IN the land OF the brave /, 4 Hs,..
aud by the land Of the brave | MAJ
those domains once so proudly tl0d N
American indian. One has But "a
around to discover new sokt II -.
Inc negroes are q never.faliiny sea,e,
interest. Then there are SO maur ~,
he descended from, and so manr conu
tons to be made that the results ~ n
lively startling in variety.
VI course, no upstart, without rt,r
pretenslons, can attain fame and fars
merely by the discovery Of lew h.
There is no doubt that Mr. Cabe VS.
culArlE p1aVorcd both hy .surFoundlnp y
circumSi anccs when he gave bis sdnaS
tales OF Creole life to A world OH
greedy for them. Yet his exquisite rs
tallinc' style, his humor and PATHS i
delicate genius, are undoubted facts I, z
erary history. 1t Is the old stofY 4
luinbus and the egg. and Of ihsg n
thlng. j, Only genius CAN give then n
thev become eYerybody's property n,
they have once been used By tie MI
Without doubt the best examp. NJ
found IN literature are the Pontir ~
or Gilbert Parker, aud yet We al \
verify their truth. They bear, kpstE
the stamp Of sincerity and the chr
are sufficiently like our own Creo@
natural 80 MS. How short thor b,
little talcs-but how admirable NJ
word could be added to or tikp 81
them without spelling the effect M =
PACKED with passion, pathns Isl 4
qhnntest humor Each tells lnsS
words the story Of a llfe-ar cftip tfff
or perhaps comedy, rrimly q *
Jhe stories are true to life, yet llsiH
IS little doubt in my mind that ihis
VIII form a permanent part II aleF
and n part Of French Canada IS "a
ns Evangcllne herself,
Another good example OF these Si n
MAY he found in the New Fnglihl =
nr Mary r wilkins. In these she tsi n
comp1rahly her best work. But i9 III
a little tipeed with a narrow aal
morbid spirit. and are CONSIDERED H|
least the New England people thtY
10 do Scant justice to the clarafis
depict Yet there is no doubt 49,
country neople' do lead Marrow x;
sordid lives, and that when oae
among thcn OF original mind and " E
view. he receives rs little recognTE n
them. Is received with the SINE 80
contempt. as IN Miss wilkins shsie
while we should try to see N
people tlattcry Is never wdqts
lliara ture as in life. Indeed. enc CIV
vailtnge OF the character stuii
teaches us 10 he wary and clreis,
tice breadth of mind and CHRISTIE
Try; Tor no one ever knows GOV r
VI some budding author may D. =.