New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-19
AUTHORS And TITLES.
.4ndreyc Lang on the --latest Literary
Question.

state T.-sour- cement ~ literature We are no.
a literary people no people is iitrroIy a. pres
4 est. except Gaellc-spealruS peasants. ana The
peasau'rY 81 more "r less uH4p"lIra European
4 coultrlaE. They SIN hate their folK tales and
folk souss, and traditions historical or super
.-...-.- ~effrt0f-- "a culture OF their oun- an
excellent culture u is also true as SIR. wat
son SAYS that in Scotland. al least l1 country
places. won meet more men % social rank below
TIE mIecie. VINO take au interest in the past
more than you DO in Enalaud-at least nave
found ID So. The Scot remembers things The
local batteh 'iG is fun ~ interest 10 h'a, ana So
. is ali the history and legend II bis glen hltn-
land gilIiee are the best company possible tAe5
NOT only know about things old and romantic,
but read zucat deal in winter, read philosophy
get. 7 remember gilie COZ Iowa 9 eAiIa''loh'
who did not think very highly OF Ar Hefyei e
Spencer This was HIS criticism:
why do you think loch trout take oelleI
where a burn comes in- AR. Spencer asked me-
They'll be expecting worms and things 10
No SAYS Mr.. Spencer It's the difference OF
The temperature OF the water.
'BuJ De didna take the temperature al,
u has occurred 60 MYSELF that Mr. spencer 1lo
not take the temperature always, ana ihat
many or his theories were based on a rather M
complete knowledge of facts. Moreover. nay , Z
not found that loch trout do take better az t-iS
mouth OF q burn than in many other shadows.
Mr.. Watson had some friends who knew Il
German artisan who was interested id M
Spencer. 1 do not know British artisan who IS
interested in Fichte, but there may pe slch
cases. When miners combine 10 read nj
u
uualded) there may be taese- societies IN Inn -
featuring towns. There iE a Homerlc society Ia
Dundee but TO be sure, Homer Is not Enell5A
literature. on the whole the human race mas a
great natural dislike OF books. Nothing can
cure liz, you might make all our living poets
barouets. and set the pubic would hot I@al
are born 20 De bCokish, or fond Of art or o.
science. Popular education and showers or
birthday honors 30 writing men VIII no more
make The majority Of citizens fond Of literature
than dukedoms bestowed on scientific characters
would make me take an interest In physics or
mathematics. II sou belted w. G." an earl,
and Mn F7r- q visc0unt vou would not Increase
the crowd az the oval; knichthood Tor Gauk-
rodEer would only emlarr4ss that admirable
Cricketer. Take the literary class as BODY.
they do not want 20 be G. BIS or anything Of
that kind They want the public 10 buy their
works I 90 not mind admitting that the order
OF the Garter would please me as much as u
did AthCs. and far more than IL pleased the
great MoDtrCse. but nothing under the Garter
would give me any satisfaction. Nothing can
lower men Of the pen more deeply in general
estimation than the notion that We SO about
eating our own hearts because we are so seldom
whom had never heard this name have for
gotten) come out OF a crowd OF people who were
waiting for luncheon at a certain house He
wore rather EeeQy old RED robe, he kuelt down
ia a corner, he was touched with q sword and
he arose as Sir jeremiah or whatever his name
may have been IL never occurred 20 me 70 envy
him. be mizzled into the general company. and
4 nope ne enjoyed ms luncheon he was not q
man q letters. A feeling % the gross injustice
81 kniehtine this citizen and leaving ne plain
Af ll1 not burn in my breast. and doubt IL
Mr. Watson himself would have felt the pauEs
OF envy. Does he really desire. can he seriously
say that De wants % Dee Sir William Watson
u sounds like "a medical mans name. somehow.
BESIDES the state actually does recognize iu
this way. and Sc has no other way. certain dis
unguished men OF letters. There is none more
distinguishes on ground than Sir Richard
ClaFerhouse JehE- the name. too. sounds note
of chiFalr-, and reminds us of the great Dun
dee. "thc glory OF the Grahams" Sir Francis
.#aala H.-
winners q the spurs. they have won them uobIv
10y giving happy hours 81 mlrth or of excitement
Were 90 possible I should love 30 see sir Sher-
lock Holmes and Sir --- Watson. II. d. do
not remember that good chronicler's Christian
name, but De deserves an honor FOR enduring
the tauAts Of Sherlock So unflnchiug1v in thc
public interest.
40 doubt there are other KNIGHTS Of the tyne
writing machine whose names DO not occur to
me. Nine-aUd-tUclty knights of fame hu0l
their shields in BraCkSona Han. they carved al
~ 'ot --i ei'N'0 OF steel ana were sll iu hard
when knights service had "a meaning and was
rellel on af tae War Otilee of tho period. These
DAYS are past, and Do would never do 20 make
utular houors too common among literary mon
uoFciists. poets and historaus-if one can cali
history literature 10 is strangely anxious 20 De
Just as wen pretend 10 De- lyric poetry. IrIf me-
is another question. u would not 81, q, ai-e
Enighthood too cheap. and literary men have
sel4'M capital tI"DEI to support 1 pepr1ge
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