The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-06-12

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non ana reverence before the creates
ma&lclan. SIT Walter Scott, ana un-
covers III ms mighty presence such
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SlIld1ief iflbe IMAM it may be lett -
1Heii own thNNlhSS. etlpihsS ana
lfiNolille5- w Ilkle CoIllnS SAID mat h.
believed Scott was the very greatest
81 all AoNeliSts. tie = the purest IS
well as the greatest. The truth -. -
| see II, ana nave 50 written before,
tnal among creative MINDS since
Shakespeare the greatest IS Scott. 1T
proof | would appeal to lis marvel
Gus fon1nceS. and his immortal gal
tI> ~ characters ~ poetry did pros
- Lar IL the ciltic - scout IL Inc
b9okiidll IS toilctiiled. IL must %
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e&tlmate Of scott Ihat writer greatly
dulllftS hdchtfdS. lie THINKS ne VIII
live on. He yet says that there Is
doubt as to both T~hackafy and Tenn3-
son continuing TO love before this cen
tury ends. When current poetry ana
novels take the place Of the two great
geniuses named, cultivated taste Will
indeed run high and the day Of new
things Will have come With the
greatest nineteenth century authors
puk on the back shelves IL will be 4
proper thing to celebrate the death Of
letters. and to have sung the Epita-
pAlum Of the ages.
1t is said that 5000 novel writer's
have found places III public libraries.
The Late Mrs. %Oliphant, = Scotch NO
man Of superior gifts, md a writer Of
several clever novels. III her Literary
History Of the Nineteenth Century
finds really but fifteen novelists worthy
of mention. Ryland, in his "outllne |
Of English literature, mentions fifty
nine noEelists in al as worthy. HaW-
thorle's and Lemmon's American
literature notes SlXtN-nVe. Noble III
his STORY Of American Literature" is
like the others. generous, and gives
the number at fifty-tWo. In all Eng
iista and American literature there
must be less than. one hundred fiction
writer's who are really worthy Of beil1
named. But such Il mass Of writers
can put up more than any reade Will
require, however hungry \ Northern
writer a few years ago discussed tit
character Of fiction to be found III
Libraries, and showed difficulties III the
way. Towards the end Of an elaborate
paper he said:
$50 the library trustees may WI
say: You will, we believe. agree that
in your library YOU should have offered
to YOU only the best. And certainly
you Will not take il kindly from u
if We, cut Of Difference to your iSno-
rance of the best. purchase poor lit
~erature for your use.
But what harm is there one may
say. in these silly noyels?' 1t is not q
question of the harm OF the silly nov
el. 1t is q question of the benefit II
the better novel which ma and should
its place. \ community mlshl
find II advisable y ~estdoilSn ds
.tflputilS centre lol tie Siites' u ~
Such q 1fee diSlflpulioil - SIN
loFelS llllSnJ even prove ellllitlS !