The sun., 1916-12-03
SOME NEW BOOKS.
n. Iii. Of Eeh.ra!W.t.o4 cider q.
{IeaeeteA In, Hiai ONn Letters. b

y notaDI0 Contribution 10 american
uesrary biography is Letters Of Rich
se1 Watson Ogdcf, edited by his
laughter. RosAMoND GLIDER though
IN Mihiin). . skilful and real recon-
atruction Of an appreciated PERSONAL
~" Mr.. elders nam may be longest
YrIServed IN his books Of poems; but
row II ID his editorsnlp OIL the Cc'tury
nat keeps his memory green. In q
letfer OF 1886 he says: What makes
Q magazine go In a business and
0oaeyed point Of view IL not the In
1ev1dual writer's; II Is the combination
which u made by the editors backed
~ the publishing enterprise" In
Mating that combination he showed
- art not less fine than that Of his
Doetry; In his own words. an emotion
moulded to q life" 1ndefatigable in his
pufUuit Of the Best material, he had
tAs vision of.A ,p~ublicati9p that should
spqas himself Of the soul" Of his
0ak asine--and-the power to make the
v1DJfn real. As an eAitar he showed
Inequalities ,asSA nah: kin6. sympa.
ehs8e. possessed, q ShrfrorsA and good
bud Or" but severe In bis Judgments
aadsunw averingstn their execution.
eleaking With WhitmansA poetry -
. TIT. he sales.--future is no art with
eutAhe Obstacle az form." and he made
g " editing en- art subtect 70 guild
10. Ind restraining rules. Mr.. Csble
oatdt He was peculiarly an authors
oAtter, not meraay aSputnbhAe's" and
b de letters Mere printed NTH deli
eAtSJy proportioned editorial connec-
I've and circumstantiai illumination We
- moro clearly than would be possi-
he p any other way how strong and
Asltfu an influence, within It's neces-
0r1SS limitations, his work exerted
uod& the character 81 our literature Of
- line. He vas a rigid censor He
Wr6e: IF you. SHOULD yer carefully
couAnar the chapters Of 'Huckleberry
y1nA.' a. we printed them. with the
same rs they appear In the book. you
NIL zee the most decided difference"
: The Glider OF, these Interesting let
ters~i 10 q man Of large oncern and
mueh activity in public affairs. He
AAd6the %crusading spirit; he enjoyed
nothing better than a tilt with the
forcfs Of civic evil. He breaks a lance
h W cause Of civil service or copy
r1gA. he works for the Introduction
q the kindergarten in the city public
school system and for tenement house
reform. He writes inscriptions for the
Buffalo Exposition and Yields his pen
b hehalf OF correct management in the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art He is
AAfA rofCvnnar fnr rafArOns oaLa ma,
morn than he is a politician or Office
eseker; nor Is he a platform knight in
gooH causes Ho Is as, modest as he
10 ttrnest. lending his name and his
Influence to every commendable civic
enttfprise; a good New Yorker.
HI friendship with Grover Cleve-
land runs beautifully through the let
tsrAx Interesting names p%unctuate the
texts Carnegie. Beecher., Whitman.
LotSll. Nine. Modjeska, Matthew
Arn6id. Nicolay and Hay. Waiter
son., Professor Woodbury. Stevenson.
Browning. Seth Low. John Morley--a
long list. Charles Godfrey LELAND. in
Gettysburg days. ga splendid exprcsser
1t or miseries," possessing "a vocabu-
larry wherewfth he could eloquently
and precisely describe general con
diti6n Of starvation. mud. Ill equipped
ness and ioverwork." 1--WE seen
BroRning twice; he reminds me Of an
indiN rubber ball, he has so much
6outce--and is round and sudden;
very Jolly and kindly. though"
Edison Is the most modern thing
! know. scouting art and crying up
utility and invention. and yet a poet in
his way" lie said Mr.. elders maya
zine was the best IN the world-he
didn't know "what they might have
In Mars" All the magazines, he said,
with approval. were taking up live
topics-even that old North Anseri-
cen. that used to have articles on c.
ID Frithiof Sagas and Sanskrit
novels-and now they're taking up
modern things!"
Jefferson spends an evening at the
Glider home--the, studio, they called it.
He talked OF Salyini. the greatest
ira gic. actor he hadSever seen" But he
did not like the death scene in
'OtheEo," whalS aalvsni s'curied up like
q beast" An, he a~aldis not imita-
nature" ThssA shAybd be nothing
offensive in ths raftfSf OthelIo; "he
could teach any. ispofint fellow how to
do that. but the srest artist should
know batter ~ -
Saint-Gaudens Is modelling his head
OF Lincoln. The volk life mask is In
use: HE sent for me to look at the
small model OF the FIRST Chicago statue,
In his studio, and asked me what
thought Of It.. r said: What do you
think OF Lincoln" He replied, I take
him TO be a good man. IA benevolent,
kind man, called upon to take a great
executive Office But I said. how
about a prophet, a poet, a dreamer,
called upon to take n great executive
oflce?" Saint-Gaudens asked. What
else Nhan l read Of his?" and Glider
'loaded him up with more Of Lincoln's
writings" Later the sculptor sent for
the &ditor once more. "A change had
como over the statuette. The only
thinq I was sure or was that he had
thrown the head down a ntt1e. giving
thatLcontemplative hook. which isso fine
and 30 characteristic OF Lincoln."
For those who knew Mr.. Glider his
daughters book will refresh and pre-
serve a cherished memory. and for
those who did not know him It win be
the best possible substitute for per-
son1 contact with so Wise. so. genial
. u!eful a man.
: Sixty Years in Los Angles.
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