The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-05
Some Viequs ~ ~
~ ~ and Revieqvs.

mas publicly made guess at the autho
snip OF the English wcman's love Letters
Hope therefore revivcs in the breasts q
these people WHO do not care a straw VIII
wrote the letters, so long as they hav
the proud consciousness that they did nc
write them themselves"
beg to subscribe most cordially TO IN
above sentiments. for verify. the worl
of readers seems to have stampeded In
mad race after fictitious love letters eacl
fresh version OF which is worse than tn
last. No matter how prcposterous an,
extrayagant II may be, no parody can sur
pass the originals In absurdity. Yet thu
demand for the latter continues and new
editions are constantly issued And thl
In spite OF the fact that many whose names
! stand high upon the worlds honor roll
have enriched our literature with letter.
which might serve as epistolary models o
all that Is brightest and best The mad
! ding crowd. however extends 10 these hu
I cold and Indifferent welcome, while Il
/ grcets with enthusiasm each now literary
/ sham. The axiom that a man is knowr
/ ny his letters Is very ancient lore aud sub
\ )ect to impartial Investigation, docs moi
always prove incontrovertihle, for verify
much depends upon the man TO some
natures a letter is simply means to an
end camera to hold the pose for the
occasion. reelection OF ones outer self,
! uewlng and smiling across the footlirhts
'pners there are whose temperaments
Quicken into warmth and tenderness in
ne communion OF correspondence. and for
these' letter writing is a happy mental
relaxation, and trustworthy exposition
Of the writer's heart as well
~
some twelve years since a volume of let.
''rs was published which took first rank
III enc requisites of grace and charm and
interest Amy ono so Fortunate as to own
m'u"u Noinmes OF LitelFs magazines OF
V''t tme may enjoy a choice collection or
'"'Sc uedghuni letters, including much
td"t ~ interesting regarding thcir charm
'"S "i'''r' MiStfoSs Dorothy Osborne, who
""S 'nc irlehd or queen Mary, and whose
PORTRAIT by Sir Peter Icly Is stn pre-.
WV" 'lere ~ inuccd an English woman
"""S' rove '''t'rS are worthy OF perusal.
~ "pu sr'V'ous iauE' ior whose sake
ni'S", wen iHcc paitlc ana murder
''','n "'"'u' ana or Whllam rem
, 49, ","'r u"'nSS as Wel'' serving as
,,I,r, ~ many weary year
~ "'r' "oi'lr'u 'r'eu the hcarts OF
WY 49," p"'''
1917" ,"t"'r was staunrh ola royal
~ VINO held out TO ihc last for the king
head member Of the Rump parliament II
was seventeenth century edition Of
romeo and juliet and Dorothy might well
nave echoed her proolvpes refrain re-
gafding the perverse course of true love
hham iempic spent much of the long
Perloa covered pS these letters abroad
p''hE constantly urged the while to marry
u rlch brlde OF MS thrifty fathers choos
ing inStean OF one of MS own. And Doro-
N.Y. VINO had suitors galore found 1t hard
TO resist the parental insistence cXertcd
upon herself not because she ever wavered
III ioSaily TO Nor absent lover hut because
l"'h'iF discipline in The first half Of the
century was conducted OH very
inherent lines from those in vogue to-
day.
me story OF thcse true lovers, from
'nelr nrSt romantic meeting 10 the happy
OF thetr helaled hopes, IN
'luu'S n'uch mat Is 'xtrancous but very
Interesting u IS really panorama of
."'S =" ""si"h" curing one OF those
Surfing epoehS when revolution was abroad
~ ''' "''' 'i''er
" 'iS o"n puseholu' me record Is one
~ r'"u WIN pleasure ana remembered
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