The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-23
A Tribute - y
y " to Wifehood.

fof making many books there is no end
are words which are OF even more sig |
nihcance now than 10 the days OF long ago 1
when they fell from the lips " man ac- I
counted wise and started on n reverend |
ing journey down through the ages one |
Is led to wonder IL. 10 the mind Of that |
wise man N old, there was not something |
which made plain 20 him the things that !
We're TO come as the centuries rolled over
his tomb aud he ana bis people and N IL
manners and customs became matters o.
more and more ancient history with each
succeeding year Certainly this thing that
he said could Ne no more applicable TO
any time than 10 the present. AT no period
hus there ever been offered SO many books
Of SO many kinds Perhaps IL Is because
the world Is progressing and because the
people at the world are devotinG more
time TO literature as they become more
highly civilized and educated: or, possibly,
II is only because Of tho great strides
which have been made toward shc perfec
tlon Of the printing press. Whatever the
reason, the fact remains or this hond Of
books few are good Very. very many
are had These are the ones which impel
one TO incline toward the printing press
theory The others bring the thought that
art Is really long. that some paths Of glory
lead Gar beyond the grave. OF the mon
and women who write the bad ones there
Is little to be said II they make money
| thoy are satisfied, perhaps and after awhile
some of them may cease 20 write. even
though there may be others, young and
ambitious as they once were, to Ill up
each gap in the ranks Immediately Il Is
made. To those in whose souls there
glows the dLrinc spark, to these who write
the really good books, VIC owe deep
gratitude We come to know them and
| love them aud we are sorry whom they
/ cross the dark river ana go to rest In tho
shadc Of the trees. Even though We wi h
not to remember them. we can not help
ourselves. for we have always with us he
/ imporishablo monuments they left behind.
One such ns these is now claiming At
| tentlon. One might even say that he is
I demanding It. for. even though he be as
modest as his works most strongly indicnte.
[ thcrr is that In these same works that must
not be passed by Tho man is Ernest Me.
| Ga1ey His book "Sonnets to a wife
has just been given to the public by WI
liam Marion Rccdy editor Of the s. Lcut-
Mirror, in tho columns OF which iourna
the seventy sonncts composing the present
volume appeared Mt intervals last ycur
Mr. Rccdy inst recognized the fact thai
the poetry was really fine and he shoulC
no, be forgotten when after rca ling "S'n
ucts 10 wife" we commence TO thaul
Mr. McGarcy Tor tho artistic treat he Ia,
given MS The volume is daintlly mud tast
fully printed and bound.
~
AS Mr.. Recdy SAYS In his Introduction
true poetry needs not TO he explained
This poetry Of NcGaTey's Is true More
lit is sweet and pure and Wholesome an
strong AS sweet as the breath Of the rose
wbicn comes to MS on the brccgcs NJ spring
time. MS sweet as the lo,cight In one
loved ones ewes as pure as tho new bot
babe or the fresh bloomcd flower; a
= Wholesome as mountain air. and us stron
os aV me I'S'''lrSs i''"'''
l dercd Niagara. The language OF tine sol
/ r,,s 4, sin,nla and perhnps. this fcatur
- .n.t. ....n-,,, tto,yc,,or that ma
/ he. the porms are always Understandable
, Thoy are subtle at times. deeply SO: ana y,
there Is an unicdnable something ahot
L them mat makes easy Of comprehensive
This ycry subtlcty The poems are as bea'
tful rs they are simple. ana as onaS'
! rs they are beautiful They defy the io'
: for good woman OF So." n'", ""
IS also a poet. There are no via OURS