LITERARY GOSSIP.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18569, 19 December 1925, Page 15

LITERARY GOSSIP.

An unusually «*■*•• pondent writes a- -!!ow» to the "Set* urday Review ol' ; .urature":— With the passing of Bohemia, the literary profession in Latin Anwwic* lias become as respectable as. »*y» that of stamp-collector or astronomer —a trifle quew, perhaps, bat nevertheless tolerated and by no means standing in the way of a diplomatao }K>st or even a judicial career. Judge Arttiro Capdovtla, the subtle poet ol Argentina, or his Excellency Akide* Argucdns, Minister of Bolivia in Franco, axe examples of tbo literary man who has not lot worldly considrorations influence his art, bat oft the oonlrcrv consecrates himself to it despite .ill kinds of prejudice. Topethor with them there is a lone l»t « novelists, critic*, and poet* of Latin America who Ivavo become repres«ttAtives of their countries not only m ;i literary but in ati official sense as well. 'Hint they should ha** ai-t-tuned so hitch a position among their fellow-citizens, is, to ray inindj proof . of tho effectiveness with their generation, for. ;is i« the practice in politics, official recojrnisanrw comes only for those who represent a real influence in Ute community. The Jotter proceeds: - In countries of a high avorogp <w Kteracy. national literature w finding; wide response. After eetabfwhinj; tJtae creojo skifio upon a paying beats, Jh»«;entina is giving ixs writer* the right stimulus by reading their hookas. !%• Municipal Council of Bueno* AJam awards several thousand doßara «eth year as prizes for tbo best wndts on pure literature, science, and hiawnry. The sjune can ho said of several universities and newspapers that bold uatiodv cal literary contests m Chile, TJrVfMfV Argentina. . JUraail. and efpttsslfcr Mexico, whoso Apartment of ]&3acav tion has gono so far m to iwe pop*" lor editions of Latin and Greek <tenacs. National literature that beea* w**k *,he treatment of folklore ia aosr eobiea*ing in these lands the niietie tram*moht of life in its widest yarietjr-The tendency to .sociological diawytwn is yet' strong among many novelist*, bat more and more we can detect an iactitotion towards interpreting their enhjeat in an HMthetic sense only. We ana* admit that,tbo chance for poMltTUrj is not largo for the best noveusta or poets of Latin Ameriea outline off Rome literary circles in the United States. The. Latin temporsinentrs very oonoeption of literature is opposed to it, for while tbo average amnririw reader looks in a book almost enlaarrely for entertainment, no aritetel spine in the author and a pieawmt plot, the J>atrn American novelist scans "*** desirous of being paid in tears the* with smiles. His peasant huniaM never, never marry » nrißkawro-J d* not know -whether beone* we few* titers • too many poor iprls or •» few weal%r youths.

*"Aftor all, if a an ha* wt*ft«jr, hett a dozen brilliant novels and tht fnM» cannot find ont from ttw newels wrhejft the noTeHet*B Teßgfan fc\ 407 w* Jan* say-that the pnbfis Jan* «■*"* eat* Wn* eipal L, P. Jaeks m ttaV"<*■■ ■■* "After reading Mr ItyrtJh 'Cathedral,' for example, waa>mUi wf be told that Mr Hugh wahjaea ii «fS somewhat mystical tond-eaty, and AMI shovel hats and gattars n» hwnfajr am* press bin as they ones dMT Or wshT* that has admired Mr A»4d Banna**"**} I admirable delineations of Ofaantla swat Chapel people in the Potteries wean* % so foolish as to think that Mr Jkmts Bennett is a regular ■rlonn'sat eJßprjgl ohiutth or a$ eJMpej*f ~/{" Pp who that kwnra tanr ' dHsafftK. writings 'of Miss Bebeoea,Was*lawl*a» anything new when she hesnejp: to be equally at hows in a Baweee. <Qppf ■' olic cathedral and in a BesMSBSMMis) bat net in Am Übntejf ing either exeept when eh» neks n*- .: clinedf I haws head ageasj-jrej"jfc \W*'story of a great surgeon wheV*a%emla*i ■• was pressed to define Ids'. tm&B&m- " mend: 'lf yon want tonnd my religion hi, eome andseenw«fncsia>f I can imagine oar norethdn to the British public: 'Art Uymdmm not find ont, what ray rettgh* » fane* my novels .(or other poblie _pdr£|ej# anew), it isnt worth it ont from sjrything. ehm.* " " i' _ . : ''"; ".''.' .-, './tiy, : "--", A. pajanoßste ia fl^jtij*'^ leak "Bm&TaßauFz ' ". -T.flp£ feetac** ' „ -„ .■■■.;*■/?" Tteioa jrcn. wot mi the fad * I'vSsSh^wT^^ And wfaJstUar winter. * ■ ; , '■ i, No other' dneaw : ; , :; Before yon, not even Ike wM eneaS* Wherein the pnnfl of the eeaW eft - . Is widened, and the hosts «? awet sad ■ Ponied in tamaHnoat pset—jiwil. r*hesaY linVthe oold aafalanr aOne* ef the ad*. No other loves . Before yon, net even <he tpad* nana - lor dartres*!asg- aaft daae*. Most Vwefcr end hdomd. i Once yo* U *>*** d »• I«*2S Myself JoteWir raaL and real »».«|fe XfitWfod «4 te-e. w-« I vetch you fittfer njjh seen tee Mrcacoka* <wra*aa> «C hen*.

In 1910 Xorf TJBswawar LiffiMii to be sitting next to Btfi Hi%» w dinner: {.enquired whether H» mmlm of the war had erer kept Iran ■»" i daring a whole night. His I*9*7 wasHSai it had only beaa *° "■ *** occasion, at the moment of tSe «•* tremest adranca of 5»« er s""*U in the spring g*j» had spent it in UtafUna »• is»» clamafion to t&> awsy *&BSJ"»*» them to stand with their OMCt m the wall, and, if nscwwTy. *» their porta—a pralam«lai»«»»B* became famous. He also *»««■• that the time when he fto >■"•* ?£ prehensxre was when, French made an iuaffeOiPe JW* at the Gbenrin des Isaac* son ▼«• rooted. Poetry to a poet— Ij&A lßttesswy«i the American: Poetry, to most me% a palpitating, rbyttadeal oppwUuuty ta beeome warmly sad psMsowatssjf stupid, to roploaJah the tern dreams of their yowth, sad to snaggle awaas*faeedly with tke ffiavjos* and fftstssi whieh they hare aeon life spit ya, and to desert fee ka—wa— of tsmr thoughts for a fling with pmssisisc, fair-faced emotions. Tkese men. w4ft always detest or hsaely tolerate the intellectual, costsnned, Best* chalantly emotional poet, who frias) at the lacerations aad appeals witais his heart, and will always essteai that he is desecrating taw Wtimg wHehenes of poetry. Yet without this intellestnal bard the art of poetry would remain stationary; worn, war critical of itself, and chained to a> "mttshr" wtoefc is swamtwOF i» tk»