Show IS CALLED DUTCH THACKERAY work of maarten maartens Ma artena says say eastern journal will live as a long as Pen pendennis dennis holland lost in the iba death ot of joost marlus marius willem vander schwartz known to the world ot of letters as maarten maartens Ma artena the tha one great novelist of whom it had a right to bo be proud a writer in inthe the brooklyn eagle declares clarea de in some respect he ha was the leader of the world in novel making Ms ills breadth of sympathy his bis keenness aas of observation his bla hatred of sham his bis gentle humor made gods fool the sin of joost ave alingh dorothea the healers and a dozen other works familiar to readers in every land and there was a grave loss to the world ot of letters as well as to his native country in his passing 1 maarten maartens lived much in paris he loved to be in the world and of the world but his bis work was mostly done in the old bustle of zon zen heuvel near doorn doom with maurice alameter linck the belgian ho he kept the literary art of the low countries in the worlds van to americans his skill was a delight losing little in translation he might be called the dutch thackeray without much stretching of the imagination he had bad much in common with the author ot of vanity fair and his works are bound to live as long as Pen deanis or henry esmond |