The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-07
Some Viequs ~ ~
~ ~ and Revie4vs.


The Autocrat once alluded to the Pilgrims
a. those early settlers "who came TO Amer
lea 70 worship God and their own way,
II that kindly humorist was with us To-
day he would have an opportunity TO Oh
serve how history repeats itself Not So
very long Igo the world OF Christianity Was
thrilled With sympathy for the unhappy
fate OF the noukhohors. Five thousand OF
those victims OF Russian persecution we're
brought to Canada, whore free grants OF
land weye given them aud equally free re
ligion guaranteed. Then everybody breathed
long sigh Of satisfaction, as OF duty well
performed. and the Russian Quakers We're
left TO tune their grateful Tyres. But alas,
there is netting SO unexpected and SO I'M
yielding as the conscience OF truly good
aud virtnous person The rock Of Gibraltar
is as putty compared 10 It, The Russian
Pilgrims. like their English predecessors,
hnd quite as mueh to dlsopprove of In
Canada rs In Russia. They 40 not recog.
nize forms and hence can not accept laNs.
and they wish 60 be relegated to some con
genial locality where these do not exist
They have appealed TO the nations Of the
world 10 convey them thther at once. The
more we see Of the oppressed OF other
lands the more we are inclined to temper
our Judgment OF their oppressors
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II all the tears which were she'd over
''rhc Heir of Rcdclyne' could he gathered
together. they would probably III many II
hottie like unto that Of which the psalmist
wrote The death Of the author Of this
pathetic story at the ripe age Of 10 years
/ has served to recall many personal rccol-
lectlons of one who wrote with a purpose,
stories which were widely read and proba-
bly, the most popular of their kind ever
published. Oddly enough, the best of them
all Is not the one oftcncst associated with
the authors fame. II Is curious that the
writer Of SO charming a historical romance
ms "1'he Dove In the Eagles Nest" should
have attempted nothing further Of a simi
lar nature save the Memoirs of Margaret
Rihaumont" and Unknown 10 STORY" q
story OF the captiviay of Mary Stuart,
| Mrs. Sherwood, in her very discerning
and sympathetic "Reminiscences of Miss
Yongc, speaks OF her as one who ''weu'
on writing religious homilles disguised a!
/ fiction for forty years and was ever popu
/ lar" Possibly. II she had not been on
ablcd 10 build church with the proceeds
/ Of "The Daisy Chain" alone she woulc
/ have turned her faclle per IN other direc
/ tons. Perhaps the atmosphere of per
sonai romance surrounding Miss Yong
gave that touch of real tenderness and sin
cority which was n noticeable quality q
! all she wrote. Otherwise her charncte
presented one of those curious contradc
tions so battling to the student of huma
nature. While her religion and Chart
were Of the broadcast. her theology was as
scntialy narrow. Mrs. Sherwood aptly eS
presses this when she SAYS: Miss Yong
required no focal distance. Her Who'll
horizon was bounded by the church cat,
chlsn."
Charlotte Mary Yonge was born Mt ottel
burn. England In 1888. This old towi
close to the Scottish border, Is famous /
history as having been, in 1855, the seen
Of the battle Of Chevy Chase hut no hlr
90 International conflict nor clash of arm
has broken the noisy hum Of commerce an
Of traffic which ceaselcssly rings out froi
IT'S busy and tireless nelGhbor. New CastI
on,the Tyne, fails to lar upon the SabbGt
stiffness of its quiet
Here the author Of "Heartease" an
many kindred volumes lived and died on
Of those happy mortais who have no hi
tory. whose life moves on, MS within III
confines 81 a cathedral close, and who's
Eours are marked silently and peaceful
Oh tho face Of some ancient sun dial. Pc
soually, she is described as an impressy
alert old lady, with white hair and blat
eyes At IS she had the fire, activity an
? enthusiasm of 90. She dressed always
n sort of habit of dark blue, but wlthol
: eocentricity, her only ornament n silv'
cross given her by that heroic, Chrlsta
soldier, Bishop Selwyn. TO his devote
: work in behalf Of the savages Of the Sout
rrn seas she dedicated the revenues fro
! her books, the church at Auckland, Ne
! zealand. being one of her monuments.
She was essentially writer of Il
: Church OF England, yet in spite OF the III
r itations of creed. her stories had great pc
ularity Could she have eliminated this
ement from her work. her recognized pia
in the history OF the literature Of Englal
would have been much higher than III
usually accorded her. But she was WI
e. with q mission. and from the point
view of letters, missions have their limit
tions.
y
The question Of the books rejected
the committee Of selection for the Bost
library continues to be more than a nj
days wonder. The universal opinion, frr
an editorial standpoint, seems to he tn
= library is not dispensary nor is a
j. brarian in any sense prcscriptionlst- Su
I IL. never before has charge OF Imp
g priety. much less OF immortality, be
q brought sgaiust such writer's as Miss "
I kins. Mrs Barr, Mrs. Ward. Messrs. Ho
c ellis. James, Read. Besant and the rest.
; After ALL the standard Of morality
!, applied to books would seem open 10
= vision and correction, II We may aceC
u the testimony Of very competent witne
o sir George Murray Smith. the great l.
e don publisher. Abiding 10 the fame
J. Victorian writer's he has known, be says
Charlotte Bronte; After Charlotte Br
IS te's nrst visit 10 our house her anonyi
o. ty was dropped, and people naturally II
% to draw her out She shrank from u
r or resented II. and seemed TO place hers
under my mothers care for protection.
n mother accepted the position and was 2
* orally equal TO It; bus sometimes vi