The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-17
mrs. GASKELL'S CRAWFORD"
I'M rom AM THE PEOPLE
mar IPPElR HER BOOkS.
Her Tarn SURROUNDINGS and Their innu-
rnre pan Her Writings rhe char
n arters In Hrr Novels a. Real ~ the
scene tier h. rnnrss OF ObserN atIon

lr IN" Mrs G1sNell number of tho Lon
don Rnoar.1r Tor Sapt-rher many facts
a." '0lL concerning A"- early surround
trs-Aud 'E"Ir influence on her writings
.tr" IAN never g. 20 uf i""'ing
that the personality uf N,- GasA"il
l.--.li plainly aIu"a-S m N" tales ~
Winch her early hpu" j. most evidently
d....',-l u -av~ Tier cuui"-Slon. I
l.." v''orna'sd b"rNr"n p-Imbl" and
,-aufn~d all M hfr tells mnrr than ~
explicitly SAYS
Though her other -'urIr- gr" graphic
and powerful ,ho Nu~ never gul'" -"
u.Erh a, home "a Drimh'" amt 'i~'w her"
a- 4. rraufnrd With '.,' fr,,~ and 'rutl"-
o. 'r" manufacturers ,'a-~c- she had
ir-u-n sympathy. a. rr" or I'VE u
I., strongest books clearly show. hut
49," we'd 30 dwell "u the simple vet
~ som, -eu-es subtle fulN whom she
Iu-w IN childhood
II only m" Amaz"ns of kup'-ford
had SHOWN Al rne time he keen uhServa-
mon which was being brought To bear
upon them by he pretty. -hy child in
their midst and that one dav she would
ru, them. wl'h all their ldiosyno raslc-
,l,s mon them. into "A book the de-
nltrAiIR ana iFNFE w ~ r'iAiA WIN "
C.ns,!-,i lnd.u,dry would hav" seemed
moro han not quite even Co gen; ;" Miss
Marty herself.
-j,.narallv tho Older one grows the
mora ,n.'- kinille-t memories hugsr
on tho early SCENES Of liz, n - significant
IN his connection that Mrs Gaskelrs
knn'-frrd stories were not her earliest
And that her last written and. alas never
m. had book Was based on recollect ions
And later observations of that place
" hat II was with her as u l. untnr-
ilrafaly with many IN who's" case tho
hari.r experiences of after lie cause
-ham 20 view their earlier days undo
glamour ~ supposed recollection which
il hair ilu-ory Imagination. In point
- hr' Miss Stevenson was not ~ happy
~ Mr. Gaskell was. For the assoCiat ions
n her stories there was 10 need TO turn
tlnt % a happier past Vet her aNoc' ION
plainly chung 10 the little town whore she
hal span' her girlhood
-Whle degrees II susceptibility vary.
sva-v writer imbibes more Ut l.ss- TIA" IN
fI.rce= ~ early surroundings though
o''ar they Ito partly dormant Tor while
WITH Mrs Gaskell the early leaNsn did
nn' work AZ once On her remova 'o Man
chester tDrumolS she calls It and very
,arf'al onomatopoe'ic word u 49, she
v1s brought INTO touch with city iwAller~
'rls and care. She throw harS"lf a. once
INTO her husbands work N connection
nth tho Cross Street chapel and IN var.-
rs rhhanthrupic d'r-~r'ions. and WIS
'nurh.-d and pained hy what sh" say.
and har first important work bore 40
daap impress ~ her observe .rus
But what personal pnthp- ~ ~" g"r"-
RS ~ her first great bnok' ~" had lost
= son end. on her husha nd's recommend
ton. 20 turn her thoughts IA" wrote TN.
hook IN iSst II does not sry much for
the acumen ~ certain publishers road
cts that IN" manuscript was returned To-
hsr moro than once. or thai the eventual
prhlisher should have retained u hefrr"
EcCeptanc" 80 long that. a. - a4rtur..~-
said 81. forgu' au about .
Mary Barton va- % mm"r.t'" 80
'Its success was a'"c'rI,pl on" -au' .'.N
attracted tu IFS Wr.'"- -" rppr"a '....
attention q MANY '"rH * Ut"rIry rn-..
among th. ra-' Carly'.. Thprk"rtv .ri
Dickens III. latter Mr. Boz COL, hI--
JenkynS calls him m Crawford Wa so
much impressed that he throw oya0
Housstold Words FOR anything and every
thing m. Writer ~ Mary Rtrton carol 'p
contrihut". even r".pvl0g 10 her ols" -
persistent nd anv"r" edit ng' - rou'rIuu-
tons
The writer spalkS quite confidently
concerning knufsfori As far as the sort
~ soci.'y and life ska. ched IN Gran
ford FOR instance. go. almost any small
Engl sh town IN the early Victorian uDr.pi
" ghr ~ the description
ON the appearance Of any ropu'a-
book claimants 10 tn local" and char
ac'"rs' ar" never lacking. and IA" ten
darrv 30 jealousy which - usually mani .
'"-'"d "a such circumstance caused other .
2 ac.-s 80 question IA" claim uf Knut--
'nrd e. a. any rate "IclUsiv" identified
m with Crawford and with tn" central
-ra :" Il Ruth and certain Other NJ Mrs
lra-ka,l's tales. To one who knows rs
hs i'-Cord however. and who knows
p I'd, m" tales and who has even a mniera'"
r nd" for reading l"tw""n IN" lines
p .-" - no room for doubt
-Narv Influences went "a tho formation
p establishment 81 Mrs. Gask"li -
70 "a '-- H"- nar'1ttG- on her faih"
b vt~ sem literary and h"7 husband
- SCHOLARLY and literary man Of
b. .. .r'.p mai Cahp-c Literature was ~
... ..r blood and met with every en-
cement.
'. - interesting and constitutes
r. ..t. 10 study to note IN" oItcroppngE
.' "r"iiiv and IN" iufu"nC" of incidents ,
90 ..ru y history a. well a. 'hp~" Of h"r ,
r. ..-lv years IN Mrs CSsk"Ns hooks ,
-. % salt N her veins being az NIkiHR ,
'-."u' - she rIsod SmilIngly 10 saw ,
poe. had Icon Sad family hapD"nIngs
..-...fai with -" goa lhsnC. tho intro :
r 60 80 81 poor Peter &c ,. the early
s- rsr mother. her experiences ~ 2 ,
OIL 'r. home II relatives. her cousin {
'" . .ruylsd
..- ,uOWledR. 81 country doctors
and dries gathered from her
-.. HrDns OF her uncle. DR. Holland. '
.. NIrson ~ Wives and Daughters q
80 80 traits ~" Or Morgan IN ,
. "7r~. sou con 'ez-IOus and the 4
'.." - her other good doctors 4
..-sIuus - the upa MY Ama7onIan Q
'' ~ ~" town ~ 'h"sa things and
.'" ra," 20 H.. taken into account 7
'- Of Nh Gask"ll's youth. 90