Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1884 — H in American Authorship. [ARTICLE]

H in American Authorship.

H is a letter which expresses a good deal in American authorship, being identified with the names of Halleck, Hawthorne, Holmes, and Howells, and has a double prominence in one of our brightest literary women, who has made the fathiliar signature H. H. a household word. A street which can number two of the above authors as residents must be considered singularly favored. Although Beacon street is generally associated with the abodes of fashion, Prescott, the historian, and Holmes, the poet and essayist, have given to it the higher interest of literature. Our readers will be glad to learn that the “Autograph of the Breakfast Table” is to have a near neighbor in this historic street in the person of the author of -“Our Wedding Jourhey” and “A Woman's Beason.” Henceforth no Cockney should be allowed to drop his h's in a locality thus honored by two of the most fastidious and delicate writers who use the English language, and who have invested the eighth letter of the alphabet with an abiding interest for all who are familiar with the names and works of our noted living authors.— Boston Advertiser. If one only wished to be happy, this could readily be accomplished; but we wish to be happier than our people, and this is almost always. difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.—Montesquieu. Mother Goose hats are appropriately worn by many married ladies this Season, who have all the appearance of being ready to tell tales.