The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-12
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= art. N-v~rth.lc-s the dldart.r ID. a,
h"tiru - b~tng overslrns MANY sfIrrr,
bon.- were written in the las' century i,
uIy-usts ind asnant over I-,htiraI .s..,,l
and other abuses Tho nafns-s - Iitrk-n.
charlie, Es.t,i-. Charles Kingsley. G..Brr.
Elut arr willing ~itn'sssz b. Una. -,ats-
n"u' Ey"n ~. suntls Th,ck~rny ad
on 90" Lash With artisa, taste ami pr.-
clsion Charles lamb. With b. can.
lyatIug stutt"r. told Wordsworth th,,
Do" had pr~aoh.-I all his life hong WA,
would h. have sail % Zola. ZolA Who's.
famous SERIES. With a few sscepti1ns va
sermon on some social evil or u,hs,i
tsurg" sand. the first - feminist.. ~ no n
k.r sp~eCh. attire and writings push~d n
their logical conclusions the ideas she had
iWbih"d from her literary sire. Rouss~Au
George. Who could swear like a dragon.
and always smoked bag black cigar.
preached from many texts but in a smooth.
How Sg style that gracefully mass ~ the
ISSUES Flluh"rt. master 81 objertiviiy
and 80" most subjective Of writers. airnei
las sltiric shafts. ~ did swift. a, the
eternal s'upiiItie- ~ mankind. but he had
his pulpit
IL l. not 80 much the subject mattss
e oar younger writer's Of fiction Jal
Spur~" ~" refer 20 the serious minded
not - the vAruishel brttertiie-l a. /,
l. tn,,- method - setting forth before
is their thesis STORY. like the KNIFE
grinder. they have none to tell Good
Why then write f,tionf WHY not join
90" brave brigade ~ phamphlet~ers'
ON" = william q. MorRan's claims upon
"a" admirers u obi fashioned fiction
his return g Ia" much scorned antique
ways HIsWay is a lcisurely one. a labor.
oils one. vet hc Inevitably splits his story
our W .nSton Churchill is serious writer
II fiction. h" - not afraid 10 to dull BIT
b" Tr"lca"s - does the scintillat. NJ
C1r'ih. 80 tie grandilolu"nt Hall Cains
Without O. pulpit AMI a burning wrong
t. b' uEnt~i with al his wit Bernard
haw would b" "A jester out Of job
His novels are vivid tracts. his plays
trackl.ss tracts. Tho other two hy
preachers in Great Britain to-day are
Mr. Chc-t.rtpn and MIR Wells Roth
are entertaining But 81 personal charm
alas IL Is missing George Moore hls
much. but the lay preachers have pro-
claimed him dangerous 10 morals. Which
u..cf. emRnating from the source il does.
borders on the comical.
Ihauscray gives rs the quality. His
proc" makes for charm. and the kindly
ua,'Ir" - the man peeps from behind his
most cynical paragraphs. Turgcnev has
uuvaryiug charm. Tolstoy seldom has
& uupar" the so-Called realistic novels
( Mr. How ellis. The Rise and Fall ~
= las I.ipham.- for example. with the
fiction = the moment What a fa.ir.
II. that ~ not alon" IN literary power. h.'
lu personal charm 81 our six best sellers
t. the Jack Londons who are carving
~ the sweepstakes II fiction Mr. HoWe.s
- no doubt supcrannuated writer
Would that there we're moro like Mr. How
ellis IN the cont tnanca q his speech IN ths
nobility II his IDEALS. wholesomeness - ~
Judgment, and dehcacy 81 perception =
character. our robust lay preachers
sr" 80 busy max ing converts IN what th@y
rcliev" - he socialism that they forget
that fiction too IL a fine art that life itself
may p" mad" an art
Thc-" juvenile Paul Prys follow ing TIE
brutal methods ~ Zola are rndeavorinE
- aruUS" ua-- against class. II IL an Old
trick of tho enemy When all fruits fi'l
welcome Haws When you have nothing
- wr.'" about attack your neighb'r.
especially II he hath a much coveted
vineyard "" wish that soCialistic pen-
men would adopt the favorite rorto 0''he
greatest . auarchs. Max Stiruer Mini
your business
Who viii write a second 'Chevaher
Z ruu-tcrl Nani-2 Not Mr. Fuller himself
can repeat that happy excursion into
Arcadia The attraction - tho hook lea
N ~" fact that the author tried =" prove
nothing. r"preh"nsible omission in me
ov"- - the earnest bores who ~ pres
mt .uf.s' the shelves ~ publishers WIN
books that are not books With SCOTTISH
md preaching blood in his veins Rotor
| louis Stevenson Contriv"d ~ Law ~" 49,
Ihp-is on his personal and literary charm
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