Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08
7THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY o5A PENNSYEVANIAN
BY Samuel 2oH7XOdChor
ReN7Sy/NoMoy Most Jealous
and EaerSeHc Governor
CHAPTER VI (COnfinued)
Copyright, 1917. by the Public Ledger Company

=. CHAPTER VI CCOnfinued)
AMONG the trustees those in my time who have
"A active interest in the have Dr. s. MITCHELL Samuel
Dickson chancellor of the Law Associations Joseph s. Harris pres
dent of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroads Joseph c. Rosen
garten, Samuel +. Houston and J. Ievering Jones.
Dr. s. Weir Mitchell has in medicine in the treat
ment of diseases and in literature in the production of
novels Among American historical novels Hugh Wynne proba
bly, uneSeeed tall gaun and honey man. with thin beard
and mustache he is autocrac aertve and full of egon but
nevertheless companonabe and entertaining lie wrote
long autograph letter. which still a scrawng hand
the construction of Hugh Wynne which he the old
rowmnded Quaker father attempt to deneae the traits
OF Presbyterian he had known Once when he had completed an
address the Academy of Music he brought and the
proof with his manuscript notes has been said that look
what alike Physically he extremely nervous having little control
of his hands, that the did about the frog why
he does himself but queries lead deeper mys
eres No important in
the literary professional and social life of the city than Mitchell
The letter to which nave referred giving the authors explanation
and estimate of iugh Wynne his most successful book follows
November A. 1897.
judge take my large paper because of having
to than can with comfort get into note paper.
81 wish, first to how much pleasure letter
it dispatched from critical standpoint from that of
the newspaper critics that for quite precious and thought
compelling document To take in detail shall like sometime
treasures and talk these or-days Next Mt
Hope penp be amended the second edition have been
many minor Of name, place or date
No, Mr. Wolfe Mr. Webb Mr. Howe in the vginian and
Esnlon w.. on
under major in rank as Mr..
"Ardmorc Bryn Names as to this
brought the within
izing capacities of the duest and trying make
story leap into life againan intended time did
a novel writer
In Quentin Duward the wild Boar of dennes is killed fifteen
before the time of his and of other fashion
Conshohocen and Noitown people who criticize
they be H. w. presumably these authentic
circa the eighteen twentes when Norrtown and
shocken had nominal existence
al w. autobiography with the limitations Of that rarely
used FORM With the personal product
Without lose this charm In Emond Thackeray shrked
and made his hero tell his tale in the third nearly through
there Esnond its being mans tale
of himself. 1t mistake with the third person. Thy ties
himself the limitations of the first mention Emond because
H. w. is frequently compared Thys solemn failure
The Vrgnans All this is point kindly critic why
autobiography could broadly paint those wonderful
Quaker people Ny the old father John w. is the only picture
from the life in book 1t not Quaker that he drawn
The original Presbyterian Quaker
making the book long, but Pemben, Howell and
Weheri think have within done dgnied justice
Frends least who have read it, One in German
told Mr. S. he could fiction but that perhaps H. W.
in allegory.
read last night the toberead of book. What
and interesting the lives In
hther Jn Cadwaader Up twenyeght
had been seveny-seven males of his
with my sautation of repeated thanks,
"iours truly,
"IIon. SAM W. Pennypacker." IS. WEIR MITCHELL"