The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30
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Instructor Jefferson B. Fletcher of Harvard
university has an able and well dgested article
in the December Success. It is the first OF
series Of papers English literature, addressed
10 those who Cant so TO college" The intro
ductory paragraphs as follows:
There was never before time when people
read as much they do now--or, perhaps, with
little discrimination There is a canine hunger
in the land for knowledge, which causes people
TO bolt whatever is put before them, whole The
right reader is rather a cud-chewing animal
which, before it finally swallows, chews and
broods and broods and ehews again.
Worse than the hasty boiling of books, and
even commoner nowadays, is the examining of
books about books To have names and dates
at ones tongue tip; to apply glibly the current
slang Of the professional critics; to be able TO
sense the Celtic note in poignant minor
through the 'humoresque sincerity OF Mr. Dooley
to characterize the peculiar lyric cry in the
refrain Of Mr.. Kipings Song of the Banjo to
be fluent in 'isms and main currents and 'evolu-
tionsry tendences--.in fine 70 have memoriEed
a handbook or two Of English literature to have
skinned the literary columns OF a daily news
paper, and 70 have taken a critical weekly, BIZ
weekly, monthly or quarterly--sueh has been
tie stock in trade Of how many literary lights Of
admiring social circles ?"
After certain recommendations as 70 what
spirit and purpose and In what order the self
educator should take up the four principal Pc
RODS of English literature, he has this 10 say
Still as you would read over your Baedeker
before setting, out 10 cty-just 10 find out
what are the sights OF it--so. before starting TO
study the Victorian authors, you would wisely
read through a good handbook not, indeed, for
parrot knowledge OF its critical judgments or
phrases. but simply for help in selecting the ad-
mitedly important authors Of the period, and in
proportioning the time to be spent on each"
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The November issue Of Masters IN Art b Do
voted 10 J. NJ. w. Turner the greatest Of Eng
lsh landscape painters. There arc eleven fine
plates Of engravings from some Of the English
Claudes most celebrated paintings. Helen Con-
ants sketch Of the life Of Turner Is given the
first place in the text of this number and Is
tations from the published opinions of the best
art critics Of the day naturally John Ruslin, the
magniloquent and mady enthusiastic admirer- OF
Turner'S art, Is most conspicuous.
Sir Walter Armstrong, who Is held 20 be the
most stimulating and suggestive writer on fine
art topics and the sanest Of English art critics
now living, has lately published a volume bear
ing the title ~ NJ w. Turner R. A." IL has
received the highest commentators from reeog-
nized powers in artistic circles
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Elizabeth L. Banks name VIII Be recalled BY
many magazine readers as that OF the bright
young American who made such a stir in Lon
don newspaper circles, few years back, by ven
turing into domestic service 10 quest OF copy"
and following up her series called 'In Cap and
Apron" with others In the same aprightly style,
describing her espsnsnsss - = Aewsr girl. dFess.
makers apprentice, crossing sweeper and what
neE Ass -Rerk - 1erraAist, IN the South and