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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1902
Page
6
A reader laments deteriorating handwriting and spelling due to typewriters and the word method, urging stronger classical basics. He argues for solid phonics, handwriting, and simple English before broader arts, praising reading progress while critiquing modern curricula and praising Public Schools.
The piece satirically argues gardening and writing threaten marriage. It notes women authors praising flowers, compares husbands to flowers, and recounts a couple Percival and narrator sealing their garden with cement iron fences. A wild mustard plant grows amid the cement.
Gelett Burgess explains how the opening line in dime novels changed the craft and cites examples from Ramon Aranda and The Dead Man's Hand. A literary bulletin notes readers satire an English hostess letter praising lavish hospitality and its critique of modern excess.
London Times letters discuss Russian copyright neglect and unauthorized translations of British authors. The author pleads for legal protection for translators and argues Russia should uphold international rights to honor authors and promote literature amid pirated works.
A retrospective by Henry M. Alan discusses editor contributor harmony, noting editors seek economy in overlong stories and that even best writers accept rejection or revision. He cites authors like Miss Wilkins and Frances Hodgson Burnett, plus San Marino consul Le Quex, and mentions Emerson and G W Cooke pieces, with reflections on audience taste and publishing trends.
The author recalls uprooting a plant and replacing a decorated urn, discovering poems and figures in a century plant frieze. He muses on how a garden prompts literature and asks whether a garden built of cement a century plant and a man can truly be called literature.
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