Life — September 30, 1909 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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LIFE Established 1810 Saintesbury, who is inclined to belittle him, s for the average reader's praise or blame, | neverthel ranks Dickens with Balzac as it may not be of much critical consequence “the greatest fantastic novelist of the world. Yet in the case of Dickens, attacks on his rep One might seck far to find a more impartial — utation serve at least to elicit evidence of his and comprehensive critical appraisement. in a abiding popularity. And it always cheers us single phrase. implying as it does a discern- immensely to discover that any dead au or ment of achievement and limitations. renown is not only written and talke: 1 RYE Nervy Dickens? If you do you must reckon but actually read vith Swinburne, who called him “the greatest nglishman of the generation”; with Edward Fitzgerald, to whom he was “a’ mighty Bene . P tor of Mankind; with Andrew Lang and Better Play Safe is a whiskey of qual- imund Gosse; with Henry, who, curiously Esenatoa: How many times do you make a : : enough, put him far above Thackeray. For all ing man propose to you before you say yes? ity, pleasing to the} jf? ary sins, even Mr. Howells celebrates Gwesootex: If you have to make him propose most epicurean taste) his essential virtues; even Taine could not you'd better say yes the first time.—Chice 3 deny his power. Tribune. ‘ mildly stimulating | and immensely bene-|| i ficial. It is bottled in bond, and therefore. unquestionably pure. A. Overholt & Co. DISTILLERS Pittsburg, Pa. Literary Vivisection (Continued from page 453) sa Of course, we cannot all have the same kind of liver, Another sort was unconscious- ; Ed x Welcome ly indicated in a story recently told by Lord i T>-- } Gift Morley concerning a y arnalistic aspir- { j Have you any The you he had. “And what is. it “Any particular kind of invee- ; general invective.” Love Me LETTER, Love ate Lone Is life worth living? We dare say it de- Is somewhat upon whether one has Mr pling’s or Dr. Peck’s liver. 160 Pictures for 25 Cents | —W. T. Larn Dickens An amateur critic up in Rochester, in a let ter to the Sun, has been moved to ‘unburden his mind of a’ deep-rooted prejudice against Dickens—a “ vulgar caricaturist "; and the en- suing shower of epistolary bricks’ would seem to indicate that Boz is still a“ best seller It is doubtful if any: other novelist has been so adored and so disparaged from the very be- ginning of his popularity up to the present day. The reason, of cour not hard to find; few great writers have been guilty of such grave defects. The sentimentalism of Dickens, his genius for erty of his will continue reade Copyright Ue by Life Pah, Co THE MAN DEMEN THE SWEET MAGI Phetegravure, 1 AS \ Photogravure, 22% 17 Business Book Free On receipt of twenty-five cents we will send you our new pocket edition of Z/FE'S PRINTS — It contains 160 repro ductions, in sizes here st ese most artistic and pleasure large its are PHOTOG RAVURES of the high as been spare btal every best artistic resu ’ LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY comicbooks.com