The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-11

entertained by leading bfitiSH
icals concerning certain Americans
49, attention is arrested. / have been
Familiar with both American an"
British montlllies and quartcriieS 10!
upita sixty years or more. ihE OH
American ulonthlies and reviews CON
tanned better reading than those OF i
later time. The old publications. IN
terestcd me more tnan Gath@r N iat'
wears from the best periodicals L mcet
with. The e~ngraVirgs, printing ana
paper are better than formerly. but
the reading matter has nGt lIapFoFSo
IN nay opinion. ! believe that tit' pest
Of the English perlCd1Cais coltt'fiue
their excellence. When. nufihS thS
last nt14rtcr Of 4 century | have Had
access 10 them / nave found pro1ound
interest and instruction. The L0nton
Quarterly, the Edinburgh Review ana
GlackWOod retained their distinct 'a1
stpcrior excellence as [ saw It. l
found them still full OF entertainments
and penetration, and q thorough tn-.
aerstanding Of authors cfttlcize1. !
recall that some years ago. h1teeh Il
more. ~BlackWood and London quar-
terlv that retained their c~apt,hlll'y
anu intellectual power as able cNpoii-
ents Of British thought and culture,
were after two American authofs'
Henry james and HoWells. 1t appear
ed that Howells had written a criti-
cal paper for the Century Magazine o.
New York. in which he set up claims
for James that struck tne two aoie
British publications as hiShlE absurd,
As they must strike men OF taste, Gul~
tire and intelligence as beng OF the
quintesence OF ~absurdity. 1t was 20
~ afc,rt fiat of ain oaversts who had
v-r;ttan IN trno}ieh MI Iarnas had
No ..hast etv]e"-hettcr. OF course,
1hackeraN. George elliot, Charles
Reade. Miss elephant, Thomas Hardy
~ n4n,nn ~ to Rritish critics ana
IA = ava ins;t,b+ AIR
u,a1t- ctoin,e1 that Tho, an
.i,tt~n, nnvn1|Ea noy.1 in fact Win
r.s y stnr1. and that had no epding
out q %l'rH' lux nc ilau ~ ~,
~ u1' .,,tho an+ n = ~ r.
sa" sllH u e,a o. " -
tloh h29 o~eGohc " 'nc u - 90.
thlS' Gay thah II "aS ~, -sn
ana Ah"IhIidyr ii"ae So
me-. ar" u tnt pas. l hGS - 80
methods ana interests MT jaoaes
is The chief exponent ana cxHoahucf
ri the timer art If We may trust MT.
HoWelts rule Is himself an excellent
writer, and has produced some 1e"
novels OF the modern touch ana as
pe~t Of Janles-With not much or
stories to interest the reader
p,t es-;o,el,, What c,ne~h c,o1ness
$780, -. - 49,. ,-nrth oy.atar ,-ri+er in
Iro,.,. a.,rt,o NC r.aacTe nat
y:,o. .,, ,rhaov1or,- r stof tho
80 :. ~ 49, =. 49,. - 600 ,vhen
o@sl. ZIG - - 49,.
tt""et's "[ote h-s opihieil - ~
pao.dply 10y 80 "a eithe- How-
a. 90 49,, 90 pofh h t Standardization
els or James both nav ueteii
n popularity since that ',hle' oe
IieFo n their inner ar mas alihoSt
become q lost art. James mas oe-
cliiico octh II ppNiaNS hna 80
as " "Ii.'i. ~ no. 80
Inuch Of ms hoiu ne ouo. "a ~ -
the feadlhs puoIlc. uu. ~
"a@ t'hSlalt.E CiltiI'~eo d"
publications. OF ms lhE"..eu
nbsclir" manner OF presenting ms Eng
liSh. Io4cil5 Is nor SO mucr
read in his Hctlons as III
the earlier years OF his productive
ness. II / aIn not mistaken. But IN:
style continues fine and very cnjoya'
bic. Probably like what is said Of tbs
fasci1 ating may be applied to thc
great Thackeray- AS to poor, negnlect-
ed, forgotten Walter Scott. who dice
mara han ajohfv rra "a ago he 1