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LITERARY LINCOLN.
The writers in Lincoln are many. It
could not be otherwise in a city of so
many colleges and universities, There
are few names that stand out prominent
ly as yet beyond the local horizon, but
there are names that rill some day hare
a wide fame. In the university are a
number of writers that show remark
able talent. It the city also are a num
ber who have the writing fever and the
work produced, some of it, is better than
amateurish.
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Perhaps at the head of the list of the
writers of Lincoln the name of Miss
Willa Cather should stand. She -is a
strong writer. She has ideas and she
knows how to express them, and to ex
press them well. As a critic she is fear
less, and has the knack of seeing things
as they really are, and of writing thsm
so that other people may see them. Her'
dramatic work compares most favorably
with work of like nature on tho great
Chicago papers and without a doubt
she has a great future before her. She
states a thing strongly. She is one of
the motjt original writers in the city.
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Among those who write verse is A. L.
Bixby. Who does not know Bixby?
That man of infinite good humor, the
laughing philosopher. His writings are
always read by everybody in the city.
He has the knack of writing that which
will interest everybody and he says what
he has to say in such an inimitably
funny way that the man whom he is
holding up to ridicule must perforce
laugh at himsolf. Ab a poet he writes
things that will make people laugh.
Once in a while he will write the most
tenderly pathetic verses, but usually he
will start out on a pathetic theme, and
then as though he were ashamed to
show any feeling, he will with two or
three sentences of slang or funny ex
pressions take all the pathos out of the
poem. His book "Driftwood" has made
him many friends, and has brought him
into notice among the people of the
state.
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Herbert Bates, of the state university,
is aho a writei of much strength and
originality. His work has not appeared
in this city to any great extent. He
has written some most exquisitely beau
tiful poems. One published in the
Nebraska Literary Magazine some time
ago was very strongly written. He
writes of the sea a great deal, that being
his favorite subject, although he has
caught the spirit of these western
prairies well, and some of his best work
has been in the line of western scene
painting. Mr. Bates is a true poet; he
appreciates poetry wherever he cees it.
He has a high appreciation of the beau
tiful in music and art and he gives ex
pression through his poems to the
appreciation he has for these things.
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Myra. E. Olmstead also writes verse.
She has written many pretty little
poems that have appeared in the Lin
coln papers. She chooses a wide range
of subjects and handles them well.
Miss Katharine Melick of the university
has written some exquisite little 'poems.
She has imagination and true poetic
instinct. Her work in the university
papers is always good. Mies Flora Bul
lock is another writer that does good
work. She writes both verse and prose.
Some of her prose work is especially
strong and invigorating. Miss Anna
Prey, a member of the English club of
the university, does some fine things in
the way of humorous writing. She has
the knack of writing thipgB that are
irresistibly funny. Sometimes she
writes pathetic sketniles that are as
delicately drawn i.' a pastel painting.
Her mother, Mrs. Frances Prey, does
some excellent writing in verse.
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Mis? Louise Pound is a fine writer
alec. Some of her papers that have
been read at the clubs this winter have
been of a very high grade of merit. She
writes on literary subjects and is thor
oughly saturated with her subject.
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Miss Sarah Harris is a clever and
earnest critical writer, her art criti
cisms being an especially high grade of
work. She has had tho advantage of
travel and is a close observer. She is,
perhaps, the best authority on art in the
city.
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M. De Levis who writes over the nom
de plume Edgar Thorne, writes musical
verse and puts things cleverly. His
poems appear frequently in the Lincoln
papers and in the state papers.
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Mrs. John P. Maule has written some
dainty and entertaining children's
stories. She has talent in that direct
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J. W. Johnson has written some
Swedish dialect stories that have been
widely read.
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Frank Parks is another young man
who has entered the domain of litera
ture and he has had considerable success.
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C. Y. Smith, who writes the "On the
Other Side" articlesfor The Courier, is
an entertaining and clever writer. He
draws good pictures of what he sees
and that is the true secret of writing
after all.
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Peter H. Thompson, of the university,
is a young man of much promise. He
has written but little as yet, but what
he has turned out has been polished
and cleanly written. His little sonnet,
"Song and Singer," in the Nebraska
Literary JIagnzine, was a dainty piece
of word painting. He is still very
youthful, but he has the true poetic
instinct. He has a pootic face, fine eyes
and the usual nervous temperament.
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There are many other good writers,
but in this short article but few can be
mentioned. There are a number of
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writers in the faculty of the university,
but their subjects are more on the
scholastic order and so do not come
properly under the head of literature.
Among the papers presented last winter
at the women's clubs were some of a
very high order of merit. Original
literary work is growing both in quan
tity and quality and with tho next year
or two a strong literary organiza
tion may be developed in which the best
work of the city may be heard,
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Already the English club has done
much to unify the literary element of
the city. Although the members are
all connected with the university yet
through its organ the Literary Maga
zine, an interest has been excited
throughout the city. There is much to
write about in this western land, many
messages to be told to the world, and
there is no reason why Lincoln, the
Athens of Nebraska, should not pro
duce those who may tell these mes
sages to the world. I for one believe
that in our midst are writers as good as
the best. All they want is a little more
self confidence. Let them select home
themes and write with heart and soul
and success will crown their efforts.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
First publication May 25.
In county court within and for Lan
caster county, Nebraska. May term 1395
in the matter of the estate of II. J.
Krozenbrink deceased,
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified, that I will
sit at the county court room in Lincoln
in said county, on the .'loth day of
September 1805. and again on the Hist
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