Life — March 7, 1907 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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@fhelireraryfooy R. MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, poct and man of letters, who was recently appointed by President Roosevelt to succeed Mr. Bonaparte on the Board of Indian Commissioners, and with whom m rumor has still more recently taken liber- r ties in connection with the post of am- B bassador to Japan, would unquestionably si adorn the diplomatic service if a wide and hi deep knowledge both of life and letters E counts for anything. Dr. Egan’s ancestry th is both Irish and French, which sufficiently : se accounts for his literary style at its best, P and why his metier, which he has seen fit to th sacrifice to more serious purposes, is that w admixture of learning with esprit and H Hibernian humor which convinces even s2 the modern magazine editor that the essay le is not necessarily an obsolete form of n literary composition. Dr. Egan isa serious man who permits levity to crop out in his f st conversation as well as in his writings. it Hence, he is a frequent source of astonish- Se ment, if not bewilderment, to ponderous Te persons who confound scholarship with re dulness, and dignity of mind with the Pp clephantine attitude san exponent and w critic of poetry, Dr. Egan combines rare pl | qualities of insight and analysis. No one K ° . | knows this better than he does, but it does { fr The Most Refined American Car not prevent him from enjoying a joke at n The man with a mechanical mind looks with admiration and the expense of his camest endeavors to : promote the study of metric forms among a respect upon the Peerless 1¢07 Models, for there he finds unex- the young people of Washington who seek 1 si celled workmanship, perfect design and the best imported materials his advice. In this he is not deterred by nee tos ee ee ee . ial find bounded the unpromising mental latitude of the b pa neening)-socia! engagements, nds, onbounde literary aspirant. On one occasion he u pleasure in the luxurious appointments and the comfortable riding ahttovenlishten. youthful disciplecon oO qualities of the Peerless car, whether in the limousine car for Tee bier of tecmaa ut he fell ‘ winter use or the touring car for summer. the subject of Rennyson, ute, en. nto, ' the grievous error which the modern ex- Its beautiful lines and elegance of finish please the most fas- 55 pounder of literature seldom makes. He tidious. did not talk much about Tennyson; he simply ¢ a volume of the complete poems to the aspirant, with a few brief | u nex illustrated catalogue “Q" fully de- scribes the 1907 models, Write for it to-day. hints, and let it go at that. Disciple and f fe PEERLESS MOTOR CAR CO., 2449 Oakdale Street, Cleveland, Ohio Doctor met some weeks later. Said the | ut are ATA, Doctor to the disciple, “And how do you | ol like Tennyson?” ‘The disciple’s face | ti beamed with intelligence. “Oh, I haven't d finished it yet,” she s fe A hobby with Dr. Egan is comparative » a literature—the influence of an author upon 1 the tribe of authors, across seas and b through generations. It is a big subject, u ~ but a dangerous one for the unwary. The a . Gossip who pens this is painfully aware of a O LIBRARY should be without a complete set of LIFE. Bound the pitfalls. Gace upon aime he attended f P Volumes of LIFE, Four Dollars each for the later volumes bound in red a mecting of a real ladies’ lit——; no, a real qi and gold, green and gold and full black. Prices of the earlier volumes literary; club: for ladies: His alfendance t a ae % P was not purely voluntary, and so his con- and complete’ sets made known on application. The issues of LIFE for six science acquits him of indiscretion when u months constitute a volume. To those who send unbound copies in good con- he records that the Minervas foregathered i dition the price of the bound volume will be Two Dollars. in Boston’, ‘Fenihermore, thatithe theme t was Lincoln, Also, that one lady who : LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY seemed to havea ree Cee the t 5 . . assemblage arose and said with what to 17 West Thirty-first Street, New York City the Gossip seemed unnecessary emphasis: ' a “Lincoln! Let us consider that without 7 376 comicbooks.com