The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-30

is Isaac Henderson whose agatha Page"
and 1.-The Prelaten are so well remembered.
i believe he comes from down IN New Eng
land somewhere but has spent great deal
of time IN New York. His father was once
the publisher of the EUening Post, but Mr..
Henderson has always devoted himself to
literary labor and has travelled abroad a
great deal. He is rich, able to entertain
handsomely and his doors are open to every
reputable American who knows anything
or does anything in the realm of letters.
He is very popular with his countrymep
who come here and Eugene Field voiced to
me the general sentiment when he said
Don't fail to see Isaac Henderson. He
knows everybody and a great many
things"
Mr. Henderson is Just in the prime of life,
being just forty believe, and works just
enough on his new books to keep him close
to his profession.
Henry James is the Oldest in actual COM
mission of any of the American writers
now in this metropolis of the world. But
he has been so many years on this side OF
the water and mingled so little with Amer
leans that he has almost lost his identity
among them. Hr. Howells and himself are
very fond of each other and every now and
then keep the communion alive by each de-
claring the other to be the greatest of Amer
lean novelists. Mr.. James is the son of a
clergyman and came from up about Albany,
New York. He leads an exceedingly quiet
life and is rarely seen in the haunts of men.
His income is ample to permit him to do as
he pleases and his position so well fixed as
a high literary character that he need care
very little about what his countrymen may
or may not think of him. In fact, that is
exactly the position most American writers
obtain before they have been here very
long.
Eugene Field, that wonderfully bright
poet, story teller, philosopher, wit and
| journalist of the breezy west, has been here
for more than year, and expects to STA.
sometime longer. The conditions of this
life seem to fit him quite as well as they do
the more aesthetic of our tribe, who paddle
over here. Meeting him the other day I
asked him what he was doing. His reply
| was characteristic.
Il came to Europe to get rid of malig-
| nant attack Of nervous dyspepsia. l have
| been here year and am practically well.
1 think ! shall be here about six months
longer. Since coming have written eighty
seven letters to my paper, and have writ
ten seventy pieces of verse. l have also
published two short tales, about eighty
thousand words each / am now writing a
short story of mountain life, and l shall
write one Christmas story. l have three
more pretentious tales on the docks. l have
collected about one hundred and fifty sub
iects for lyrics and shall treat them as
feel like doing So for l write verse only
when in the mood for it. Meanwhile 1 in
tend to send my paper at least two letters
week. AS l do not particularly like let
ter writing, l have been surprised to see my
letters so generally quoted at home. have
rather good knowledge of London ano
have done Germany and Holland pretty
thoroughly. have become interested IN
German poetry somewhat and have made 6
number of versified translations. Before
returning home l shall visit Paris and Ire
land. Scribners Sons have just published
two books for me, one entitled "A Little
Book Of Western verse; and the other a
, Little Book of Profitable Tales l have
material for three other volumes OF aver
age size Wilson Barrett is urging me tt
cofiaborate with him in the production OF
two American plays, and he guarantees me
considerable sum of money. But have
( little ambition either for money or for dra
7 mauic success
} Contented with this exhibition of year.
! labor, Mr.. Field sits himself quietly dowI
J out in Kensington and is doing some of thu
3 best work of mis- life. In fact, of all tn,
I men doing business from here with news
2 papers in the United States MIR. Field i
/ by far the most successful, and vet he il
Y the same singular character in thought ant
/ action as he was before he rubbed VI
against the lions of foreign life. He live
9 very quietly and mingles very little witt