The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-20
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any name they bore. And although the
name Samuel does owe much of its
popularity in America to some Of these
men, and some of its worldwide fame
TO them, IT owes even more to grouF
of some half dozen noted men Of let
| ters.
Samuel Richardson, founder of The
English domestic novel; DR.. johnson
famous ea-drinking literary dictator
Of western Europe; Samuel Pepys
clever and picturesque diarist; Samuel
Butler, author of "Hudibras; Sam
uel Coleridge, tho poet, and Samue
Clemens-tbese men stand out boldly in
the history of English letters.
OF the earliest Of these men-one of
the most famous Of the secondary
poets Of England-it was once said
that poverty is the only thing in But
lcr's life that one is certain Of" How.
ever, it is known that he was born in
1912, and received part of his educa-
ton at Worcester grammar school
There is tradition that he went To
one of the universities, supposedly
Cambridge; but this is one of the
things in Buffers life that arc uncer-
tain.
As young man Butler entered the
service of the Countess of Kent and
later served as attendant to number
of country gentlemen, one after the
other, Thus he gained a wide acquain-
tance with the life of the time, which
later served to make his famous poem
popular.
The first pnrt Of "Hudibras, on
which Buffers fame rests, appeared
in 1868, and created almost sensa-
ton in court circles 1t was poeti-
cal satire against puritanism. and Sir
Hudibras. the hero-really one of But
Ter g masters-wjth au attendant, sets
forth like Don QuIXote to reform the
world. Among puritans Butler g poem
was naturally out of favor; hut Charles
IL, and his gay court revelled in it's
biting sarcasm and its witty descrip-
tions, A couplet tells Of the kings
fondness for the work:
i" He never ate, nor drank, nor slept,
But Hudibras' still near him kept"
One of Buffers literary contempor.
of the reign of Charles IL, WAS Sam
uel Pepys, He was born in 1888, the
son Of tailor. He was well educated,
and took his degree at Cambridge, In
his lifetime PepyS was known rs
man of public affairs. He was clerk
of the navy, WINS sent to the Tower of
London when the popish plot was un
earthed, was later again imprisoned,
and was known as a collector of books.
diary, which he wrote almost every day
for some nine years, and which was
decIphered after his death from the
shorthand notes found among his books.
This diary throws an interesting light
on the everyday life of a middle class
English citizen in the days of Charles
H. Pepys tells of public mon and stir.
ring events, Of his wife's clothes and
his neighbor' S puddings. iii the same
fa mIllar and picturesque Style.
Samuel Richardson, the first great
English novelist, vas born in 1859, and
was fourteen years old when Pepys
died. His father was joiner, and al
though he wanted to educate his son
for the church, he could not afford to.
So when he was sixteen Richardson,
with such education as country schools
and wide reading could give, went up
to London, aud became printor S APP
prentice.
He was careful worker. When his
term of apprenticeship was ended, he
became n foreman, and In l7l9 went
into business for himself. Until he was
Gfty wears old, Richardson took au ac-
tive part in the literary life Of the
dav only through his printing press.
Then, happily, some one suggested to
him that be write volume OF letters
nin common style, on such subjects as
might be OF use 10 those country read
ers who were unable to Indite for them
selves, Richardson hit upon the idea
of telling IN letter form an interesting
story he had heard years before; and
the result was tho first great English
novel, "Pnmcla, or Virtue Rewarded, -