The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06

to write the i,rst OF the novels which
were TO give hin, no mean rank IN our
coterie of authors. He Is now SHY
three and lives at Ionkers. y. y"
where the literary genius IN INC ia"
thornc blood has cropped out IN the
third generation, his daughter, Hide
gardc, having already achieved success
as a contributor OF poems, sketches
and short stories to our most exclusive
magazines. Nathaniel Hawthorne's
Youngest child, Rose, Che aunt Of MISS
Hildegarde has also had published
many poems and short stores. she
married George Parsons LatnroP, tue
author son of Francls Lathrop' sne
artist 8#
James Fenimore coopers daushte:.
susan. also achieved some success III
her fathers calling after serving an.
n prrenticesftp under him as his secre-
tary and amanuensis In her later NE.
however, she devoted herset 70 Tue
care and education Of orphan girls.
The Curtis of to-day is Miss con-
stance. the niece OF George William
Curtis and the daughter of his BROTH
err, Edward. She is a painter and mas
exhibited ut the Paris and 81. Louis
expeditions
Edward Eyerett,s son, william. fol-
lowed his fathera calling of Unitarian
preacher and author. In addition 10
| essays he has written verse and nc
| ton, Including boys stories. and VIII
| liam Henry Furness's genius mas oesii
| divided among three children ana wv" wv.
grandchildren. William Henry sec
| ond, the artist, who at the time VI ms, ?
death held high rank as poItla.l
nainter. is survived by William Henry,
| third. musician. traveller and author.
who has made us acquainted with BOT
neo. Howard Horace Furness, surviS-s
ing son OF the first William Henry, who
has been engaged for the past forty
| wears In editing a special edition OF
\ sbakespeare's plays, has q son, FLOR
| ace Howard. who also has estapllsheo
| a successful career as an edltor Oh
4 historical plays. Another child OF
4 the first William Henry Furness. Mrs.
! Annie Lee Wister. for Quarter OF
| century following the Civil war was
| indus triously engaged In translatlhs
| the works Of the leading German nov
! elLsts.
Another of these American families
1 nroIIfic in literary genius has been the
/ Tuckermans. Among the descendants
OF the head OF the American clan OF
i that name have been Henry Theodore
8 ,ruckerman. essayist and poet: his
# brother, Charles Keating Tuckerman
i noet and author Of books on Greece
1 TO which he was our minister uhdet
i Grant; Frederick Goddard Tuckermah
auttior: Arthur Lyman Tuckerman
/ author. architect and superintendent
4 of the Boston Museum Art Schools
Stephen salisbury Tuckernan, marine
painter: Alfred Tuckerman. biblio.
erapher, and his brother. Bayart
Tuckerman, historian and DlossapneS
!, The Hnles and snrgents.
4 The Hale family was q Just S.s such Sdrn an +
I Massac i1r ste'n back in 1886 hay.
sprung, besides Nathan Hale. the sol
i rlier-martyr. the three noted 1ournast
lists-Natlan. Nathan, Jr and DaVld-
4 Lucretia Peabody Hale. writer Q
i stories; her sister, Susan. painter ans
, author: her brother. Edward Eiveret
: HALE clergyman and noyelist. wh o "a. ale
=, only last year, and his daughter, Ellel
: in Roxbury, Mass
The Sargent family was another 9
J this class, for. besides producing JON
a Singer Sargent, perhaps our creates
; iiiving portrait painter, 1T has give
!. us Henry Sargent. the popular Msssa
;. chusetts artist, born before the Eevo
4 luton: Lucius A1anlius and Winthro
: sargent, active authors Of the earl
9 early editor Of the Boston Transcrip
: poet, novelist and playwright.
= And there are the cases OF S..Wel
Z Mitchell and Richard Harding Dav!'
c the former having followed in tn
i footsteps of physician-author fathe
: and the latter having Inherited genlu
L for writing from both parents.
: ozark Davis, his father. was managin
= editor OF the Philadelphia. Inquire
= and later. the Public Ledger. and wa
also y short-story writer, while Rehe'
! ca Harding Davis, his mother, !. ~
e gained fame as a writer OF BOT
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