The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-31

avenue, Hartford, Conn, is as unique as
the one he describes in the Galaxy after
the lightning rod man had exploited it.
though not IN the same way. He told me
onca, when | had its hospitality, that he
found it difficult to write IN the winter, but
when summer and the birds come and vege-
taJion is lush and booming, then his mind
is fluent and he can unravel strange
stories of the death of kings or anything
else. He will be missed from Hartford and
Elmira, where his society is most fire.
qnently to be had, for in this city he rarely
fingers longer than imperative business
demands. AS he has long got past the
necessity of playing the literary man for
pay, it is doubtful if be will favor the
world with any very elaborate work dur
ing his absence.
ONE OF THE PROMINENT
and close friends of Walt Whitman is Mr..
j. H. Johnson, of this city, who has him
self impressively poetized the Rocky noun
tains. He has in his library more and more
various editions OF the Leaves of Grass"
than, / think, any one else in the world can
boast. He does not speak favorably just
now OF the health OF the Good Gray Poet,n
who is too weak even to ride in his wheeled
chair to advantage. Mr.. Johnson is soon,
with his wife, to join the stream of literary
and other tourists who for this season will
WISH Iue lar SlOfSS "a Alaska.
Julian Hawthorn is vigorously at work
on an exhaustive history of Oregon, which
will appear in two volumes. He ought to
discover some remantically colored facts in
his studies that can be made available for
future exploits in fiction.
Gross Currents is the title Of a story
from the pen Of May Angela Dickens,
daughter ofCharles Dickens, which is very
appropriately
TO APPEAR BY AND BY
in the popular English Weekly once
edited by her father.
Oscar Wilde, who has lately Joined some
English rsformers who advocate what they
call reformed dress for women, is to bring
out a book soon, Titled Intentions" 1t is a
series Of essays, and is announced for pub
LEGATION in this city. Robert Buchanan,
tie English poet, who is good fault finder,
titles his new volume of essays, soon to be
offered, 1.-THE Coming Terror" This also
is to be published here, and It's spiciness
can be safely predicted.
The Mitchell library book auction sale
just closed brought prices that in the main
were considered high, as the books were
not of the most famous quality. The fig
ures ran for the rarest of them from S25 to
S27O. 1t wss Bancrofts History of the
United States" extra illustrated, that
brought the latter price. The bindings of
the most of these books were Of the best,
and some were by such rare binders as
Matthews and Tout
NOTHING IN PURELY LITERARY WAY
has excited more spicy and various COM
msnt than the question as to anonymous
criticism, unless it be that other question
as tc realism or romanticlsm in fiction
Mr.. William d. Hewells, more than any
one else, perhaps, has been the cause of
this cornmotion. and now he is to bring out,
| upder the title Of "Criticism and Fiction -
his whole body Of doctrines on these topics
! Louis j. jennings, the editor Of the New
| York Tins, from 1868 to 1876, but now a
member of the English parliament, calls
his new novel "The Philadelphian." A
previous successful novel of his is entitled
1.-The Millionaire"
| Walter Crane furnishes the illustrations
| for book of poems entitled "Renascence, s"
to be published here as well as in England.
The name of the author of the book is
withheld
The full name of du Maurier, the artist,
is George Louis Palmela Basson du
Maurier. Re Is not only an artist for
Punch, but
HE WAS ALSO ILLUSTRATOR
of two of Thackeray's books An inter-
esting fact to those who have enjoyed his
graphic wark, will be found in the an
nouncement that he has begun a story fol-
serial use in Harper's that will soon give
US chance to test his literary quality. Il
is entitled peter Ibbettson"
Edwin Arnold's next book will be his
Letters from Japan" and it is not to BIZ
published before July, in order that the
benefit of the new American copyright law
may accrue to the author.