The Washington herald., 1922-11-19
Exploits as Bird Hunter Pre-
ssnted IN Vivid Manner, Cap
turing Readers Sympathy
Almost Automatically.

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difficult. at times. to obtain
money to purchase baseballs. But.
euriously enough. ! was never
cut of . supply Of balls. thanks
TO Rover. He was . magnificent
st. Bernard. and nothing pleased
him better than to suddenly ap-
pear on . diamond. grip a ball
firmly In his teeth and run home.
where he was promptly relieved
I like Dumb-Bell. too. But In q
different way. For he was a good
dog. I do not believe he would
steal baseballs. His exploits as
a hunter of birds are presented
in such q vivid manner that the
readers sympathy goes out to
him In an almost automatic man.
ner. He Is q miracle worker.
And the many really nice people
that appear to aid little Dumb
Bell In winning National cham
pionships makes one wish that
one could meet them. They are
real, living characters.
Rex Beach, In q mastery intro
duction. proclaims his love for
animals in general and dogs In
particular.
Certainly II list of the great
the story Of Dumb-Bell of Brook
est dog stories were compiled.
field could hardly be omitted
NJ. s. H
IN her "Glimpses of Authors"
Houghton. Mifflin). Miss Caro-
line Ticknor gives the inside story
of some old literary difficulties.
November 10, 1885, and "Hia-
watha," selling madly all over the
country, but one Boston paper
dared to so far depart from popu-
lar opinion as to-express itself In
this rude fashion: I'VE cannot
but express our regret that our
own pet national poet should not
have selected as the theme Of his
muse something higher and better
than the silly legends of the saw
age aborigines. His poem does
not awaken one sympathetic throb;
1t does not teach q single truth,
etc. etc"
The publishers resented this In
suit and threatened to withdraw
their advertising patronage from
the paper. and the paper return
ed with the charge that they were
trying to influence the press. The
stir all over the country was tre-
mendous and soon criticisms con-
cerning the source OF "Hiawatha"
and accusations Of imitation were
made from newspapers from coast
to coast. Longfellow's
publisher was much annoyed.
One day. bursting into the poets
study. he exclaimed: These
atrocious libels must be stoppedr'
But Longfellow said quietly: by
the way. Fields, how is "Hia-
watha' selling?" wonderfully"
replied the excited publisher:
none Of your books has ever had
such a saler' Then" said the
poet. calmly, "I think we had bet
ter let these people go on adver-
tising it."
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