The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-09-30
Mayo w. Hazeltine.
A Few Of Many Expressions of Admira-
lion for His Work.

ton for his work.
The writer of those notices brought to
the writing of them-as to his Sun edito-
| rails on foreign affairs and his contribu-
tions to the reviews and magazines-in-
telligence, taste, critical acumen and
opulent scholarship. Even in his native
Boston he would have commanded the
Difference due to a man possessed of
| couture" and diffusing it. Oxford took
him over from Harvard; he had a first
hand knowledge of Europe's cities and
manners. His talk when with intimates
and in the mood was always vivacious and
often delightful. Much duller volumes
than his "Chats About Books" and
American Woman in Europe" have
long survived their authors.
| He was one of the first New York lit
erary men-perhaps the very first-to
discern the dynamic stuff in the ''Pro-
gress and Poverty of Henry George;
"epoch making" was his word of greet
ing for the book. Unknown or little
known writer's of verse found in him a
generous critic who could see merits in
their work that were not visible to the
publishers or the public. Hartford
Courant
THE HEAD OF HIS PROFESSION.
Mayo w. Hazeltine of The Sun has
been clearly recognized by the profession
as the most accomplished book reviewer
in daily newspaper work Mr.. Hazel
tine concerned himself only with the
most important works, those of perma-
nent value, such as history, biography
and historical criticism.
To read one of his reviews, always
signed I'M. W. H. in The Sun, was to
the average man something better than
to read the book itself, for Hazeltine pre-
sented its salient features in a way to i'm
press them very deeply on the memory.
His place will be hard to fill, and be-
cause of his death many a man will have
to read much more to learn much less.
Harrisburg Patriot.
AMONG HIS FRIENDS.
Among his privileged friends Mr.. Hazel
tine was noted for his urbane charm,
his facile conversation, his prodigious
memory, and the cyclopaedic complete
ness of his knowledge. Philadelphia
Press.
AN ARTIST.
A man of encyclopaedia knowledge,
writer who made of book reviewing an
art.-Boston Record.
CHARLES A. DANA'S OPINION OF HIS WORK
AS A LITERARY REVIEWER.
To The EDITOR OF THE SUN.---Sir:
The death of NJ. w. Hazeltine reminds
me of two interesting interviews that l
was favored with in January, 1895. Mr..
Charles A. Dana dropped into my place
of business one day-then at II Union
Square-and after the business he had in
L toll IL, L.
and men, and l said to him: "Mr Dana,
| have read The Sun ever since you be-
came editor of it, and every Sunday
morning the first thing do at my break
fast table is to glance at the first page,
then at the editorial page, then at the
book notices-and yesterdays book re-.
view by Hazeltine is worth a wears SUBJ
scription.
Mr. Dana turned suddenly, and placing
one hand on my shoulder exclaimed:
That's so, Mr. Johnston, the man who
reads that review doesn't have to read
the book, does he?"
Our talk then turned upon Walt Whit
man, which resulted in his inviting me
to send him extracts from 'tLeaves of
Grass" and in four months The Sun
printed fifteen columns which | sent to
it. A few days later was surprised by
having a gentleman call upon me and
introduce himself as Mr.. Hazeltine. 1t
seems Mr.. Dana had told him of our talk,
and he wanted to know man who
thought his reviews saved the reading
Of the books themse Ives; and l shall
never forget the next hours talk with
this remarkable man, certainly the
greatest book reviewer Of this genera
ton He urged me to visit him in his
Staten Island home, but l never found
time to do it. The memory of that one
interview has never faded The debt
that Sun readers owe Mr. Hazeltine can
never be paid. He has been the educa-
tor of thousands of business men like
myself. J. H. JOHNSTON.
New York, September II.