Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-18
A CRUEL REVIEW.

hat NH Ono, be technically styled "a
ea'vn and as he throw down his
sum md leaned back in his chair no
P.l.l,,erod, Il think I've pretty wen
null a,5 FIAT ounces busincssp
sf, W" ,,as very clever young MAN.
n W. TOO obtrusiycly clover per
W. ~ be an ideal critic; ho was
D. .,n,ent TO pass by feebleness and
l ss. with a few mild plying words
i.H! ,niemnntion; he rode at them
q an his skill and force, with
~ veapon which is "mighticr than
@ .i.' sword. pierced them again ard
w with mortal wounds. Many
No. anthor, taking mp u damp,
III copy of The Censor from the
..fost table and searching eager
w. n ruyiew Of his beloved novel,
rad such scathing sentences.
''. c,nel witticisms, such mcrcilCss
-.tsr,, as had caused him TO lay
I.,n The paper with trembling
S.n5 damp, pale brow and with
.-.r,neled heart, to push his untosted
80 from him aud to feel that for
~, brcakfast. luncheon, tea, dinner
- supper wero honccforth OK
-loled institutions.
s'ne folk might think that there
s,,ll the less excuse for his sever.
~ m that just then George Charl.
.oo. prospects wcrc looking particu'
i,,lv bright IN oycry way His post
Sn,hatprospcrOus paper The Censor,
vas an assured one. \ five act play
a Ms had Just been accepted 10y
Asolnhus Boiling Ike, lessee and
manager Of the great Omnium
,be,ter and yesterday his own beau
tiul adored Gcrtie had coniidcd to
iIm on being tendcrly pressed upon
,he subject. that juno was her "a.
yorte month OF the year and that
Taurlay was her favoritc day Of
Considering all thingp therefore,
sme might say that he ought 10
have been kinder TO the author Of
assar,d Hearts" but the higher our
ririis with the more zest do we ply
or different callings, and it was pos
sbly because the man George Charl.
Ion was in q particularly bright and
happy mood that the critic George
Charlton was particularly eft, and
Consequently particularly merciless
to trash and twaddlc. >,
The book, as it happenta came be-
fon him At an unlucRY moment;
AMI in truth Scared Hearts" was u
foolish. feeble, ilashy story, with
ethereal, impossible heroine and wild,
reckless Greek prolllcd hero com
ulr.e; forced situations and weak, in.
nated style; forced views of life;
characters like nothing, and he pre-.
pared accordingly to give II, in his
already quoted Phrase, "a stating "
Never was author aayel more merci-
lessy.
This story said Charlton. 'in q
more marked degree thSn any wo
can remember, seems. TO have been
written for the express purpose of
showing what the author cannot do.
Can any one inform us why It is that
the writer's Gave the mark } who
have not oven the talent to describe
everyday occurrences with touch
Of hmnor or Of pathos, TO draw Il
commonplace character with toler.
able truthfulness, are generally those
who undertake TO show us life in IL
most tragic aspect and tho human
heart in its stormiost, most passion
ate worlingsl Hugh Ellis is a mas
culine cognomen, but We doubt II
the worst masculine literary sinner
ever porpctrated quite so much folly
rs lies between the ornate covers
tprinklcd with slightly scorchot
hearts Of tho work before us. TIL,
mob Of gentlemen who write will
ease have, since popo's day, bee
supplemented by an equally laIg
mob of ladies' who write, alas wit
even greater ease, and II Is anon
he ronks OF these, we fancy, tina
The author OF Scared Hearts is TO {
found.n
For shame, Charlton" wo fame
achorls Of feminine voices CRYING
IT you suspect tho book to DO frof
iwomans hand, have you the heai
TO cut It upl You, so gallant, SO d,
voted to us, 80 popular squire q
damesm ~
All, ladicsl Ho has his anBwe
ready for you.
Nonsense, my dear girlsl N
man Is more devoted TO women tina
Il but when you come before me q
loyelists you cease TO DO womer
and when ! poise my critical scalp,
III hand | cease TO DO man-voyC
Nousi Introduce gallnntry and chi'
AIRY into tho arts and there is an en-
OF all honest criticism"
anu taking up his pen again h
goes Tor that unfortunate novel.
The hero OF Scared Hearts
probably tho most absurd creatio
mat ever walked the world of fictio
even ofladies' fction--possosses, W
arc informed, darkling, fateful, IL
sltiablo eyes. What does this mear
Hugh Ellis should have appended
glossary to his work. And a mout
.hat Kept its owners secret woll'-
mls Is easier to understand; ma
'hal evidently lost his teeth
ana so on to the bitter end, Zee
,ng ana snccring, with now and the
ueop' sharp thrust, ran Charlton