The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-16

the divine GODDESS, love of nature and of
home and country are welcomed and ap-
proved.n
Robert Browning never wrote a sonnet.
Sir Edwin Arnold thinks that Edgar A.
Poe and Joaquin Miller are the two Amer
lean poets who will have enduring fame.
The precocity of Dante Gabriel Rossetti,
is shown by the fact that the BLESSED Dam
ozel" was written at nineteen for a paper
called the Hodge P0dge, made up in the fam
lily and not intended for publication.
Edward Bellamy is dramatizing his
ssLooking Backward" He is described as
being of medium height with grayish blue
eyes, keen and penetrating, and of modest
and unassuming manners. His book has
fallen fiat in England.
The statistics of the British museum for
1883 give the number of readers ISIS, 1872 an
average of 600 per day, and the number of
books supplied to them ], $50 060.
The original of an application by Charles
Dickens for insurance by the Sun Life As
| surance society of London, is in possession
Of that company. 1t is as follows: II,
Charles Dickens, born in the parish of
Portsea, in the county of Hants, on the 9TH
day of February, 1912, and now residing at
As Doughty street, in the county of Mid
dlesex, being DESTROYS of assuring with the
Sun Life Assurance society, the sum of
g, 900 on my own life, do hereby declare
that my age does not exceed twenty six
years; that have had the COW peck; that
| have never had the govt nor asthma, nor
rupture, nor any fit or fits, and that l am
not afflicted with any disorder which tends
to the shortening of life; and this declara-
tion Is to be the basis of the contract be-
tween me and the said society; and if any
untrue ayerment is contained in this de-
claration in setting forth my age, state OF
health, profession, occupation, or other
circumstances, then all monies which shall
have been paid to the said society, upon
account of the assurance made in conse-
quence thereof, shall be forfeited. Dated
this 9th day of February, 1898. Charles
Dickens.
Olive Schreiner, author of s'The Story OF
an African Farm" which caused such dis
cussion few years ago, has sent to Lon
don from Cape Town the manuscript of 6
small volume of allegories with the title OF
Dreams
Lewis Carroll is again busy with the
pen this time, however, as compiler
A new volume from him is to consist Of
selections from the Bible; another is to be
an arrangement of Shakespeare suitable
for young girls.
A sensational rumor is afloat concerning
Count Zubof, the author of 'Viera," 6
Crowell & Co. 1t is alleged that the count
is not Zubof, but plain Mr.. Lippmann, anc
many other time that must be disagreed
BILE news to his many admirers in Boston
literary circles.-Pablishers' Weekly.
Murat Halstead will begin in the Apri
number of The Cosmopolitan, the conduc
of new department Review of Current
Events" in which he will discuss the
leading topics of the day with non-par-
tisan touch. The same number will con-
tain the first article by Miss Bisland upor
her "Flying Trip Around the World'
1.-The Fighting Forces of Germany" by
Poulteny Bigelow; ''by Professor Mar
quand; and several other important ar
ticles, all deliberately illustrated. The
!, novelette, of the number will be "Georgt
! Washington's Last Duel" by Thomas Mel
son Page.
The fourth number of the Illustrated
american shows decided improvement
over all former numbers. The colored sup
plement is entirely different from anything
hitherto presented to the readers of thai
handsome and artistic magazine. 1t il
called "Wonderment." 1t is fac-simile o
a water-color by Mr.. w. J. McCluskey, o
New York, an American artist WHO'S rap
idly pushing his way into the front ranks
The subject presents a little girl seated il
a big chair, resting her chin pensively OF
her hand, while her blue eyes are turnet
upward with soft, meditative expression
She is evidently wondering how far tn
distant stars are, as in the inscription tn
, lines;
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How wonder what you are"
are quoted. 1t is bright, cheerful compo
sitiOn.