Such writers as Mark Twain and Bret Harte, who did deal with the American scene, were, in Janson???s judgment, faithful reporters but hardly men of great creative talent. {72} On May 23, shortly before he sailed for home, Janson heard Henry Ward Beecher preach in Brooklyn and was agreeably impressed by his informality, much as he had been by that of the Reverend David Swing in Chicago months befor