The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-08
HENRY E.. HARMAN
II
The Atlanta Poet and His lone
Mr.. Hartman Formerly a NOrtn
arO}in Editor.

"MildOrella Is a cottage, very -"
know where;
ModeSty is shy and timld, never inlho
how fair
Would YOU like to be among the
fortunate few who know what ana
where "Mildorella' is?
Just a few miles from the heart OF
Atlanta set in a garden, shut in by
"A wall, where every blossom hears
the summer call, and overhead the
willows bending, sway and weep and
dream, zig Mildorella,' the summer
home Of a specimen Of that rarest Of
human blends-a man who has
wrenched from the world Of business
nearly all 1t has to give, but in whose
heart the gift Of melody rises clear
and strong above the strident note of
commercialisn-of a ~well-known
poet, Henry E. Hartman. a southern
er, now a Georgian, and an Albanian.
A South C~arOtinian.
Henry K. Hartman was born in Lex
1nSton, >. C., at the close Of the war.
He was educated in the Lexington
nigh school. afterward going to Penn
syivania college, Gettysburg. He was
unable to complete his senior year,
but the college later conferred the A.
Is. degree on account Of his literary
work. After leaving college he be-
came interested in trade paper pub
IlshinE, spending several years at
WinstOn-Salem, n. c., as publisher of
the Southern Tobacco Journal. At
1anta offered a wider field for his
work, so he came here over fifteen
years ago, n has been engaged in
the trade paper publishing business
ever since. The writing Of poetry is
a diversion, but Mr.. Hartman says he
derives a great deal Of pleasure out
or this work. which he does during
hours of relaxation. He is the happy
but unusual combination Of a success
ful business man and poet.
Up 70 date Mr.. Harman has pub
ilsheC five books Of poems, his last
being Dreams Of Yesterday and at
present a New York publishing house
Is preparing to bring out a complete
edition Of the poems in the fall and
also a new book Of verse.
Three Names in One.
When questioned as TO whether
East Lake, for that is where "Mildo-
rella' is, has been an inspiration, Mr..
Hartman replied:
indeed 1t has been an inspiration
Tor some Of my best work. In Gates
OF Twilight the poem called 'Mildo-
reila is a description Of my home
there' the name being made up of the
nrst three letters in the names Of my
TWO daughters, Mildred and Dorothy
n the name of my wife. ella ,
49,
Some Valuable Books.
There is a splendid library at Mel
dorella. Collecting rare books anC
playing golf are his especial hobbies
There are full sets of all the leadine
authors, and especially dear to hin
are those volumes of Keats, Shelley
Tennyson and, our own beloved Sid
ney Ianier-all of which he ha
studied closely for years. In MI
Harman's opinion. Lanier is the great
est American poet, and he think
Georgia owes a monument to hi
memory. Nothing ever written il
America has ~eQualled Marshes O
Glynn" and Sunrise in his estima
ton. Among the rare books in tn
library at "Mildorella" there is a com
plete set Of the Southern Literar
Messenger, now valued at over $1,000
IT contains every monthly issue of tn
paper for the ~thirty-two years fror
1880 tossfS62-thirty-two superb vo.
umes so%4riceless because Of the as
sociation and contributions of Edga
Allan Poe, who was at one time il
editor.
speaking or ms other hobby, Nj
Harman says: After book collectin,
golf comes next in importance-th;
clean, wholesome, out-of-door spo
which keeps the mind clear and tt
heart young. For years I hay
studied and cultivated the habit
being happy. I try always to be O,
timistic. 1t is the religion Of happ
ness, both for ones self and for tt
good Of others"
Philosophy of Cheer.
That definition strikes the keyno
OF his poetry. Through it all the
flows a ~perceptible u"ndercurrent
cheerful philosophy, love of humani
and nature, a subtle sympathy as Il
stretching out of a strong mans har
to help his unfortunate brother. FIJI
feeling and understanding perva,
every line. He has not been spare
xhe struggles, the temptations, the di
appointments which life offers to a
but has accepted what came, choosi,