The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-31
Some ViequS ~ ~
~ ~ and Reviequs.

Among the pertinent suggestions that
once appeared in the column of Sharps
and Flats, was the following. "The new
National library viii have space for 1900,
900 books We mention this merely to
encourage Mr.. f. Marion Crawford to keep
right on" This cordial encouragement
has manlfestly borne fruit, since Mr.. Craw
lords thlrty-slxth novel "tn the Palace
Of the King" has passed the 100000 marx,
MIR Field possessed the gft OF prophecy
along With that Of huNor.
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In an article recently published In the
New Orleans ricayune, entitled, might
Brings Out the stars" the writer SAYS.
Al MAS after the loss Of his fortune that
Sir Walter Scott wrote the Incompatible
whvcrly novels. To reimburse himself and
keep the wolf from the door, his genius
was spurred TO do Its utmost and his
poems suffered partial eclipse by the
appearance OF the series 90 Waverly."
The above statement is sustained by the
Encyclopedia Britannica, which virtually
credits the author with having endured an
almost uninterrupted series Of vicisStudcs
and financial rev,acs. But this authority
has SO often been proved untrnstworthy.
as frequently TO leave room for doubt,
desirable. Sir Walter himself. states ex.
plicitly. that he wrote the nrst chapters
OF Waveriy In 1903, the same year In which
he wrote The Lay OF the Last Minstrel"
lie read these chapters. six In number.
TO friend who did not like them, and
resting upon this verdict, the manuscript
was laid aside In the drawer OF an old
desk aud forgotten.
nrtA
warm friend and cordial admlrer he was,
first set him 80 wondering IL he could not
do for his own land. what she had done
for Ireland. One day, while hunting for
some fishing tackle, he stumbled upon the
forgotten chapters Of waverly aud on re
reading them. felt encouraged TO hnish the
story. Its success naturally led him TO fur
thcr effort Twenty of his novels were
written before the failure Of Constable, in
1926. involved him In bankruptcy. During
this period. he lived happily In his beloved
home at Abbotsford. Identifying It and
adding 20 1t M the revenues from his
books permitted. II is true that he was
unaware Of the personal responsibility that
involved him with the publishing house,
and Of the unsatisfactory condition Of its
financial AFFAIRS, otherwise the result would
~ 80 -, =. at, y, ht,, ,,n,
""'' 81 va" s.a,.'S wv - ~ Lno,,
a., ,s sn, Wv. 49, ,or ". h.I many
n, CO.,, - o.so and rrosncr,ty and
his best work was accomplished during this
time. aud not after the hand Of adversely
was laid so heavily upon him.
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| The same writer continues; byron, the
I Grand Nnncisnn If m ~ rhyme
and shelley. the dreamer. composed their
Wohuefin' poems under similar o'na''ion'
oil d"moStir lhI'UoiE ann "N""eu nos
| uliIy 10 re"e'ouE anu s'o'a' oP'.''uN
Is u"uo'"' II ,"e "e""F n"u man n
OF Tue poetry VI byron hpu Hno''S "nu
immortality of these gentlemen. Genius
Is one thing and temperament is nnoth
| or. byron and shelley wrote ns they did,
because they could not help a. the cift
was n hlrthrght Adversely is not usually
the best spur tn intellectual accomplish
mcnt The statement that genius ia work,
meets with general acceptance; tho labor
and care which poshes the gem NJ thought
must not he gnlnsaid, but there Ia no
authority for believing that genius Is
worry.
M'lham D. hampton, 'ne "u'n'F ".
lamps An' MARX wan hr' personal
friends IN the aforesaid volume OF n"'""
N'hu"n"' verse Is 'p'S p'''"'
READY IF NEEDED,
In on tho coasts and hills Of Maine.
where the spruce gum Ia a SOURCE Of gain,
Where the ice crops In the rivers grow,
And the pine woods splcndors hide In
snow;
Every man is rendy'
Down IN The solemn rversinoes.
IN ine orange oiun"ins p'e"'"i, ~
ny inc rivers, N'l anu un'h anu ''e'
"nere tue "i"sA'ors S"'p'
H'erF ma" y fe""''
r,..o l.. ,,,., .,a,,, ,.n,ch coxsr. ana
,,a,ados ,to ror,atodor =, onr geoVranhIcal
INIT 70 tho samn o0oct when Marx
r"'atn road ,hoso on,bmal,stic and sweep
In, asssr,lo,s no nronotlv wrote 10 their
nnthar os follows. "Dear Hampton: WIN
van auow mo N sov that ike those
nao,ns ~ yonrs vcrv much FspeclaIly
,s M, ,.t,,d,y niot,res tho 70.
s Tcre summoned V to strike down an OPP
! rrpgsor his victim free. write n