The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-21

th"tn distributed Ia people tnCtured with
pp-try aud such nonsenss Ia editors 90
magazines or nesspap~rs-and On any
body who will take the trouble to notice
hem Will not Ficlds give them pun
in the Trdvsccips' ~ used To be his organ
IN NV literary days DO AJAX Nhipple tn
take them into his gracious considera-
t'on. There is great merit m some % the
pieCes Cross Examination for an
sttnc- - wonderfully pthy can't
say | have road them all for I dislike
poetry Hut | know tho author and
should he glad Co have him get an Ameri-
can reputation Hawthorne Was gener-
Gus ~ men 81 all sorts NJ callings. 4
made a convert 10 tot Al abstinencs yea
tsrtay.- ba wrote. 1t vas a SEA captain
who had fallen int dissipa,ed habits.
and | preached % him with such good
elect that lie ask ed me 20 draw M pledge.
which he signei ON tho spot and declared
that he felt himself new man. On the
strength - this good deed I thought my
self entitled to drink an extra glass or
two - wine in the evening, and So have
got - little hit " a headache 'Physi-
cian. heal thyselfl'
His expressions regarding to people
and nations were full 81 tear,iness. For
l. stance. . wrote L tRi letter from
a German ~ er hay proposing to me
to pay i'm for making a translation of
my entire works taking q A-os ~
selling I - cnpyriS Z tot eGerman hook
sellers | RAJ 'er ink . Germans are
tNe meare-t devils in { . world. tNousl
e Englis he'~rve a pretty prominent
plaoe in tat particular, After all I .
slaniar against America,s ere IL no
people wort even to take sc second
raoa b~ ind ~ for ibAraliiy Of idea and
prantice Ire more I sea 81 q rest 81
me world t'e better I : ink ~ my own
country mot az I like II very ent ,ni-
astioally cit err and. t'ark God. Eng
lands day il past forever Rave sucl
a cor vict ion Of = decline and fall OF Eng
land Z At arm about - we'll sa,isfe ~
Il u hal already taken place And vet
like 10 n Rrll. too Again ~ wrote
IN Oo,obAr. 1861 -Tnere l. a strange
iiaa on us side ~ t,e water TAT ws are
going to send . hhbustering expedition
against Ireland II We Rave ary design
~ kind GO in for attacking England
a, once. AND erets very little du - way
NJ fortifcatiorsi 10 inder al American
fact from sailing m t'~ Marsey I
pAlHl INV VIII W pN AhTeFN<I"l IN nv
Consular duties NV . arrival Of a Yankee
Commodore or General IRE truth IL
love I'm gland So rnuol tNAf I want to
annex II ard II il nv no mesrs beyond
- scope ~ possibility Z ~ 10 may do
a., tNous hardly in my tim~- A little
later ," wrote. s'ating = strong sentiment
v'ry clev-rly I ; ate England; tNough
| love som" EnRlis men. and like tenn
ger~rsllv in fact
T . LETTERS make mention ~ tN~ great
favor vIn ~-ic Hiaws, a was re-
ceiv-i IN Frglsnt Ssvert' eless some
body sent re Consul AZ liverpool I've
following lirs-
HsWaiha Hlawa'hA'
Swec' TroShaIc mia sal water
Nil and ~a'sr NSsi,sippI
Flowing Ger = hei ~ sugar
Though 'hr-- hundred Ticznor pages
WIN nurmur ara ripple
EoutnE. Sowing ever sowing
Damn the river nAmn thr poet'
Further along in the letters there il still
another observation Cpno~rnins Grac-
Gr~~nwood " rms i observe in one
NJ the late numbers ~ the Little Pilgrim
= description ~ Gracs's baby I wonder
she did not think u necessary 90 have q
COMMITTEES 81 her subscribers present
Snen Hne wa OFOlGHt W Wa raw
thorne was faithful Tn the President who
CAV. him his q hancs at the fees. Frank
Pierrs never did hotter thing than in
recognizing Walkers Government he
wrote. III has brought John B,,ll to his
bearings and with his customary growing
and grImhling he il going Co hack out
There Is no mention ~ the great filibus-
tors hnish
Nrs Hawthorne m letter 70 Ticknor
wrote MIR Hawthorne was asked a.
stanton HArCourt whether he was the
author NJ The Rod Letter A Was no,
that funny Unque-tionably Il was In
October. 1855 Hawthorne did not like the
looks ~ the times There seems 10 he no
stormier prospect anywhere than IN our
own country hs wrote and feel
l~s~ and less inclined tn come back with
every budget 81 news that comes from
thence Sympathizs with no party hut
hate them all free sellers. pro-slavsry
men and whatever else all alike In
fact have no country or only Just enough
OF ono N be ashamed 81. and I can tell
you an American finds II dificult 70 hold
up his head on this side 81 the water in
those days The English expect tn So
he republic cHImble to pieces and are
chuckling over the anticipation This
il all non-en-e. II course but IL grinis me
nevertheless see Whipple has come
out a. a politician on the Fremont side
IL IN a pity
4 sentence in letter ~ November q. |
/ sSs. ran: i want you To help me through
a business which very likely you will
think me a fool for engaging in This |
meant that Hawthorne had made himself I
ps-Iniarily responsible for Della Blooms /,
book about Shakespeare. I am an utter |
in lllss Bacon's theory he /
wrote, but am much impressed With the 4
iepth and acuten~ss ~ her criticism Of \
Later 10 wrote: Miss .
Bacon's book IL printed I believ- with the I
exception - nv preface. which does not !
vet exist but I hope will he written to- ,
morrow To say the truth the book il |
a a h1rd reading hut wonderfully good
matter nevertheless Still later Miss
Bacon and | have come o. deadlock
She thinks nv preface (which IL already