The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-03
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-: -,tb Authors" and the name that
49, Fields. 1t is an autograph copy
-. .eross the ny-leaf is written. "Forsan
80 AIM menirisea javabit."
- those were yesterdays worthy to be
"..,ssred which Of us would not gladly
LII from the feyerish rush and haste,
~ ,,.,ract-ng aud deteriorating influences
~. asy Of the dollar. to llnger awhile In
q. ,r.poull land Of yesterday. The land
rbsekeray and Hawthorne. OF Words
:. and Dickens and Miss Milford. AS
,slr Mr.. Fields makes us his debto,s
=. 1, Guides across lis frontiers and into
y. MAGICAL country where 1t is always
,,trnoon."
r,,b.ps few men had better opportunity
I. ,-,winr from the literary life of his
~, tbau this distinguished publisher and
~ q letters; for he vas net only the
..;..ss associate but the FREUD OF many
~ foremost writer's of his day. lie has
"a ,nore thau one follower in his own
.,p,e,l domain. We have enjoyed Literary
r.s,raays," and Cheerful Yesterdays" and
i. Indebted 70 Mrs. Fields for delightful
,mIn;scsnces 81 the Tennysons and Brown
10 and other stars of the FIRST magnitude.
tnS a ,w comes Mr.. Howells with charm
!, company Of LITERARY Friends and Ae-
.r,lptances.' to wLcse society he makes Us
.,lsome. Nothing that the first of our nov
LFss has written surpasses this book In
,,,e. simplicity and interest Its literary
tx Is beyond criticism ard the portrait
N destined to hold permanent place in
In National gallery of pen pictures The
srsopai qualities which Mri Howe@s brings
rs work are such as 20 insure broad
I'd impartial treatment of his subjects. H.,
sme In his youth from his home in the
NEST to the Mecca on his hopes. TO meet
h friends aud acquaintance of whom he
rites 50 eharmingS and with convincing
sH,y. for. as NJ. steadmsn apuv re-
Barks, those who nur to realism in imag-
rsiw fiction, mu' confess It's value i'll
pnined BY the toTaas of the humorist ana
Vet in delineating y pm llfe."
One BY one, those is whom be has written
sys passed from tbs stage to return NO
oH but oftentlme has been granted for a
taiure and ripened estimate Of them and
their work. Mr.. lIowells has improved
hsss shining hours and used this opportunity
ssly and we'll His book is one TO be
fia and reread as a model in literature, /;
roshtful and sincere analysis, a study in
Hsicku. The advantages TO be derived
BON survey of men and manners througa
x eyes Of another sre undoubted when
sn other so presents his verdict as to com-
is rot only our svmpathies but our Judy
sft We have indeed enjoyed a rare pleas
be- for while We never lose interest in the
psxct, we are all the while conscious
grace and charm OF its presentation. One
tsmp,ed to quote generously from thi
Dune for on almost every page there
pnehing well worth repeating, but perhaps
chapter on Lowell is of especial persona
crest as well as most representative.
-
NJ Howells saws of him; 1T | droppe6
o him In the afternoon, | was apt I,
% him reading the old French poets OF
plays OF Caldero, or the Divina Com.
enl which he magnanimously supposed
TO be much better acquainted with than
vas because l knew some passages of IL
near. | believe he instantly
eposed walk that day, as If his study
aus with all their vistas into the great
sfa'ure cranped his soul liberated to o
nse Of the ineffable beauty of the verse o
commo poeta, But commonly he pre-
W. 70 nave me sit down with him there
0ls the mute witnesses OF the larger part
as HE As have suggested in my own
y oid not matter much whether you
'usn anything TO the feast or not. /
nted 5on he liked being with you, not fol
~ ne cot but for what he gave. a
0sel chiefly the comnanionship OF book,
men who loved books; but OF wome
1aS ne had an amusing dlffidence;
''~ tnem and honored them, hut h
VIZ Ntner not have them about. Th
''sesaying II, of course. but the trut
Nhat ] saw There was never NOR
Vea husband and he let his devotion t
sea END with that He especially coui.
aoide difference of opinion In women
'sueo their taste, their wit. their humor
- Souid have none of their reason
AS to women of the firtatlous
Z ne did not dislike them: no man doe.
'r' put ne feared them, and he sait
win them there was but one way, an
vas TO run.
ave a notion at this period Lowell
more freely and fully himself than a
~uer The passions and impulses
.Vunser manhood had mellowed. th
VI mat time had softened: no cou,
S'sH hye TO himself in his affection
sopered ideals. His was always I;
ny out he had pretty we'll give
2 N man over in his own image,
=. Nn sometime 10 do, and then
i - Wish 1t. -. II was that hour o
'u'eenses in which public men SCENE,
sut,.nsl oy unselfish aims, and one no
q politician might contsntedy wal
would come OF their doing the
ne was probably most at ODD
VI. 'esafd TO my theories OF fictiOr
h.sn. " nature and tradition thorough
b. ,... guy ne could not or would n,
y 49, ID any but friend.
sa' him all wrong. but Won do ne
tbrss your elders when they com
h, se0re and ten years. aud | wou
s,ss u&o our affection unbroken b
|.sussss sare Of opinion than perfec
leass,. 'afs extracts give but a,
y ap:ss.s s0nceptlon Of this discriminate,
wells ~ portrait. OF Longfellow.a NJ
II ra s,s most Justly in conclusion. .'Tl
t,.s asieliow held out 10 the end wi
o. s,v SsyAy In 1t. and 1t equoled th
n Il N.r poet OF his time. II kne,
+ VIA Ns Nself. and more and more +
Hswh,o withhold itselfr" OF Enerso
hs 49, g. ae saw less than Of other
As tor,ns nv With us pathetic pietur