The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-16
SCOTTISH WRITER'S
WORKS CONTRASTED
MRS. ANNA BOURNE OF BETHANY,
ADDRESSES LITERARY
CLUB.
Reviews Lives of Robert LOUIE Steven
son and Sir James Barre-SPeaKs
OF Their influence.

Tho lives Of TWO Scottish writers
,r.rr very beautifully cnntraStcd yes
to-day at thc: November meeting or Inc
Womans Literary club. by Mrs. anna
L. Bourne. OF bethany college. VIM
lectures before this Assembly at thel'
meetings This year.
Tho Old romanticism and the me
utlaiirv Of adventure which teens in Inc
works Of Robert Louis Stevenson san
Mrs. Bourne. are among Inc sources ~"
his pnw"r and holds Inc rcad"r Spc,.
hound Will" h. is made "a feel the most
ryhilnraf ing pl"aSUr" Of riding on IN"
wird from country 10 country. ~ Is
this Quality prominently. sh" ronilnu-
ed. which makes him always tn" favor
ito nr youth. Ills works haT" don" mnch
IL rnyolu;inni2c fiction. in thnlr lnVlg-
Grating tendencies ard ar" unlike any
other writings Of In" kind. His adTo.
Gated now realism of finding IN" JOY OF
life and letting ii out anu living u al
IS host. GniinE II FAR hct'"r 10 ~"
n If. 80 q spcndthrirt than boarding IL
lik" :. miser.
Stevenson. said Mrs. Bourne. until he
was 80 years nf aG" vas permitted an
alrnwanr., or fly" pounds week: from
his father who feared its inIudiclouS
rxr"nHiiur". il was during his efforts
10 live m:tEin This sum. Thar h" met.
about ih.- cheaper tav"rns AMI wharFeS
lh. mon. nf adventure who may have
furnish,, material for his later WORKS
SurIr critics claim his productions. hut
m 1rt"rclnw Of N" preceding romantic
movement in literature. and hlm only an
inriIat"r Of Walter Scott. Most rec"G.
n;", him as AN .yanrrl &c new and
better a:;, and thc host exponent OF the
now EiadGOM"nrSS in writings ana re-
!urn wac. tn III. old spirit OF romantl-
..iSn His t"I"S # outdoor life. ndrcn-
iurr and medieval romance. followed an
IRA of socialism. realism and natural
ism. His now"r 90 demonstrating the
toys Of rhildhood and his glec OF child
i,"ud. remind an" always AZ part /
his constitutions optimism.
H.. li.4 IN :: Su'Hn1r rfountaln. as was
ris: ,csiro anh tr. taithful natives
.;r.w mis- graz" wi'h flowers. Tn" car
t,lrS of tho islam? har" forbidden I'll"
i.s.. ~: firearms IN ilr mountain az II *
th"'r d"Sir" Ia ;tc"i.Ela;c the birds 20
th.- spot.
Sir James Barrie.
S,r James 2nrri" another anih nr SINH
In" in ii way. was "nntraStrd H. the
sr"nkar. H." new lives in London Il:
INK man VIII" i .in";."aknhiy sadd,nal
lv ihc war in whist his Cn'Intry is in :
Tulv"I. He. like ~irvers"n loved the
common Interests IT life. and writes i'll
}a$i century through all lis stories II
III" ir,ili$h V:liHG" life. In all his
works II" ms don" great honor to tho
woEGanh"od nf 500, ;and anG h" snCrct
o. ali hI' j. h"a'lif'il * in Margaret
NglrIlN, or" ~ 'h' pr.tiinSr Swrrtirs;
stories in i;"raIUr" ard also on, Of his
Cr"a;rSi rr'.dWctIuuS. Ills plays; among
which * l'ct"r Fan. ~" iiirl" hoy Tor
whom l. was written and produced hav-
ing boon Killed recently in hattlS. have
NOT been r"marla',i" for success. hUt
have been tender. Sw""f and b"aGtiful.
Tho Kiss ~ Cinderella" which will bc
produced next .m"u'ly with Mauda
Adams was written v'rv recently.
'rh" Tendencies II his books which
max" TO- his universal l""c. have hccn
his depth "f aff"rtinn. profound low" nf
homo. frrv"nt d"votirH and tn. sacred
ness nf m" home circle his rnrn cirt
81 rharhr!cr portrayal and his love Cor
Youth and child!fcn,i whic! j. uutin rs
great ~ that nf Stevenson