St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-27
In the Field of Literature.
Some st. JOhnSbury Academy Graduates
Who Have Achieved Success.


The two sons of ex-Presdent Huber
t. of Middlebury College and the pastor {
the Congregational church at Lyndon
5 vile some % years ago, are well remem
bered both here and at Lyndonville. TIL
oldest son, Homer B. Hubert, was grad
uated from the Academy in the class O
) 1880 and has lived for many years il
: Seoul, the capital of Korea. Here he ha
published the Korean Review a highly
credtable monthly printed in the English
tongue, and during the Russian japanese
war contributed some interesting letters
to the American journals. He has been
an occasional contributor to the Amer
lean magazines and has Just published a
book entitled, "The Passing of Korea, "
which is full of the latest information
about the hermit kingdom and profusely
illustrated This book appears from the
well-known publishing house Of Double
day, Page & Co., New York, and is one
of the new books at the Atheneum
His younger brother, Archer B. HUI
bert was a member of the class of 1891
and his first literary venture was short
story contributed to the columns of the
CALIFORNIAN in his Academy days. He is
now associate professor of American
history at Marietta College and recog-
nized authority on historical subjects
He conceived the idea of publishing a
series of books entitled, Historic High
ways, which have been well,receved by
the critics OF his recent work, 1.-THE
Ohio River the reviewer in the New
York Times says The author has pro-
duced volume of great historic value
and interest" His latest book is a ro-
nance of the middle west entitled pilots
of the Republic" and the New Orleans
Picayune says it is not formal history,
nor formal biography, but a happy
medium of BOTH Prof. Hubert has
also achieved success in fiction, his
Queen of Quelparte being a Korean
story of intense interest and Astounding
with the charm of oriental setting
The Boston correspondent of the New
York Times says he has made the dis
covery that Charles E. Russell is poet,
and in the JOY OF his discovery says, Il
don't believe many people know it"
But this is no news to the friends of this
brilliant graduate of the class of 81
who have watched his literary career
with deep interest and delight, He was
attracted to journalism soon after leav-
ing the Academy and has had long
and successful career on the metropoli-
tan journals of New York and Chicago.
Today he is regular contributor to the
leading magazines. though he is best
known as the writer of that remarkable
series of articles in Everybody's Maya
zine called Soldiers of the Common
Good" Our readers will be interested
to know how he happened to contribute
these articles which have so wildly
described the social conditions of three
continents. The publishers of Every
body's offered to send him around the
world if he would study conditions in
different countries and write about
them. He accepted the offer, and he and
his son made the trip around the globe.
No country did he find more attractive
than New Zealand, which he says is
wonderful for the progress it has made
in the last few years. 1t has now nearly
a million inhabitants. The Maori, the
aborigines of New Zealand, are still
there in large numbers. Mr. Russell
says that there are 10000 and that
many of them are civilized and educated;
that the son of a tattooed cannibal-
eating chief is in the Cabinet, and also a
halfblooded aborigine. Mr.. Russell said
he met two intelligent, sharp-witted
young women who had had a college
education, and whose uncle was a
tattooed cannibal He had innumerable
interesting experiences on his trip, that
varied from friendships with the Maori
to getting caught in the tail end of a
typhoon off the Philippines.
The many readers of this popular
magazine will recall that his first series
OF articles were on the beef trust and
were afterwards published in book form
and entitled THE Greatest Trust in the
World" This was tragic romance of
modern business life in which the
creators of the great trust were handled
without gloves and severely censured for
their business transactions. Mr.. Rus
sell called the trust greater than the
courts or judges, greater than legisla-
lures, superior and independent of all
authority of state or nation" and then
demonstrated this in the progress of the
work. The articles made a profound
sensation in the business world and were
followed by Commissioner Garheld's
report on the methods of the trust and
later by Upton Sinclair's powerful book
"The Jungle" The book was published
by The Ridgway-Thaver Company of
New York at $3.50
That man of such socialistic tenden-
cies could write beautiful poetry did not
surprise his St. Johnsbury friends who
recall his vivid imagination and cora
tions" on the Academy stage upon free
trade and kindred themes. His COM
= mencement address advocated humanity
and its truest teachings as the highest
ambition man can cherish. and was a
plea tor universal freedom in thought
and action
His first book ofpoems appeared six
years ago and was briefly reviewed at
the time in these columns. 1t had the
rather strange title Such Stuff as
Dreams and was published by the
Bowen Merrill Company of Indiana
polls The seven sonnets to lula Mar
/, lowe were widely copied at the time
though there are other poems equally
strong and appreciative. Mr.. Russell
married his friends will recall, the late
Abby q. Rust, one of the most brilliant
lady graduates of the Aoo1o.,. -