New-York tribune., 1902-05-07

mater and afsp told pf Mf p' Roman that The
able MAS no sosd nsr and editor
Tor ,.s his magazine | said that the chief value OF
and IL his view the true one my judgment
decision had been left to San Francisco the series ies
OF mining pictures that followed the first would
But the editor remained, and the story appeared
wers TTTerVeo harsny Inc "a Tes1pas papers &
would have none of it,
But this judgment was reversed when favorable
comment and criticism from the East, and
the author asked by The Atlantic Monthly -
TO write for it, Mr., Harte had written one day
a poem on the "Heathen Chnee" entitled plain
Talk from Truthful James" which was lying on
his desk when the printer called for copy. and
II was hunted up and appeared in The Over
land Monthly" to be copied all the country.
in swinbrTnes "Atalanta in caydon !St % number
of California sketches and several poems appeared
edited il In 1870 he was made professor Of recent
nteratuTe IN the University of California, but he
city to devote himself to literary work An effort
to found magazine in Chicago under his editorial
Ateohauts or 49, and wrote many stories, and
to The Atlantic Monthiy'' and several volumes
@ 81 hs wbsn he wa and pghsshed
& Cpeted posto e He was as transferred to
the Cleveland administration came in power, in
1855, After that time he made his home in London,
titles of his published volumes numbering nearly
twoseore and the number of stories rising into
Californian scene, with certain stock characters,
there is much individuality in them and few repe-
9tions He made various excursions in other
fields, Thankful Blossom being a Revolutionary
story, and several taking up incidents of the Civil
war. like Sally Dows," and he wrote a number
OF poems on war themes but II was California
TO which he returned again and again as to an
inexhausuble theme; His only attempt at
peared in the early DAYS of serb2ers Month1 p
before il became The Century" but it failed to
arouse interest and was practically only long
snort story OF his other stories. Two Men of
Sandy Bar" which dramatized, and "Car-
ence" are the longest.
PRAISE OF BRITISH PRESS
THE Spectator" of London said of Mr. Harte,
mo living writer has struck so powerful and
original note as he has sounded throughout the
SIX tales which made his reputation In these
ne forgets all other literature, and sees and is
possessed solely by the life which he portrays
SO vigorous and veracious is the conception that
all extraneous and reflected matter is left behind
as me impurities of solution are rejected when
In 1897 Mr.; Harte's publishers issued collected
eGlton or his works in fourteen volumes for
which he wrote the preface Among his books
not mentioned above are Tales of the Argonauts
and Other Sketches" Drift from Two Shores
The Twins Of Table Mountain" Flip and Found
Maraja on the Frontier mt arasmST snoWboH6G M0Gds at
HEagles." "A Millionaire OF Rough and Ready
North Pbhys bsrtS Of the ns ssTTq The Arg0naps
Ggsen SPRINGS sUsy' Tales Of 1a5Pn0 Tra and ID
ings in the Old Trail" the last named haYing
l4st l!4sb appeared His volumes of poems include
Poems" and by Shore aud Ledge" His The
queen OF the Pirate Isle is a children's story.