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Why Bret Harte Lived in England.
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Mr. Bret Harte, interviewed by Miss
Kate Carew,. for an American journal, told
why.he,-a thorough: American,-preferred
to live in England. He said.: '-For a
literary aaan the atmosphere of the Old
World offers advantages that are not to be
found in the N<?w. There is a broad spirit
of culture hew urn !nw. itot-. yet, been developed
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artist, the ma „ >! > .it'- > » , n
enviable position acre. He w no.'i.'WH'i
for what he lias done. -jJierc -.\wmtn'.
.for bim from the highest wj<* uu-ti.
Literature and art and scie- • ,-•.-;. i
• greafrxieal of. enconragemens - ^o auno
frooi the leaders of society here. Tm not
speakiug of the people whose names you
see in the papers all the time—the people
who give these big shooting parties, and
so on"—he wared his hands toward the
•wiudow.-as if to embrace all the country
that lay beyond—" but the ..quiet, charm -
• iug people whose homes can be found all
over England, 'and who really represent
{the best breeding and thought and rehne-
I ment of the country. . There are many
{ members of the aristocracy whose homes
I you can't visit without • finding,at their
J tables men who Jiave won distinction - by
their own eftorts m the arts or sciences; or
have shown conspicuous ability- in some
walk of lite, and have accordingly been at
once appreciated."
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