The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-09
DU MAURIER IS DEAD.
The English Artist and Novelist
- Dies i'm London.
,MD BEEN SICK FOR SOME DAYS.

His Illness Was Pathetic in the Extreme.
as for some Time lie Had Been lowering
Between Life and Death-Was the Au.
thor of "rrlby" and Other Famous
works-His Death Almost ss Trsgical
as That of svengaii.
London. oct. 9.--George Du Maurier.
the artist novelist author OF ''Trilby,'
died at 2;30 o'clock Thursday morn
ing. His end was painless and he
passed away surrounded by friends
The illness OF Mr.. Du Maurier was
pathetic in the extreme. For days he
has been lowering between life and
death. at intervals conversing with his
friends regarding his work. Upon one
occasion a friend at the dying mans
bedside referred to the success of
'Trilby" as a book and as a play.
whereupon Du Maurier replied: Yes"
1t has been successful. But the. popu-
larity has killed me at last"
One OF Du Mauriers friends who was
present at his death, said %
Died as Did svengaii.
He died almost as tragically as
SvengaIi. AT the zenith of "Trilbys"
fame Syengali became a victim of an
affection of the heart. and Du Mau-
rier has gone the same way. At the
zenith Of his popularity the author has
succumbed to the heart trouble from
which he always suffered, his suffering
being accentuated by the constant
succession of exciting incidents in
which the closing few months of his
life were spent. Checks rained in
upon him as his old heart trouble in
creased. This, complicated by an af-
lection of the lungs took him off ."
George Du Maurier is best known i'm
America for his first notable novel
"Trilby," which made a sensation In
reading circles all over the country
partly on account of it's high merit as
story and partly on account Of the
attack made upon IL by the eccentric
artist, Whistler, VINO objected 10 being
so publicly caricatured. This fight of
the artists was very bitter and lasted
for weeks. Whistler came out in pub
lished letters and Du Maurer replied
IL agltated the artistic and literary
circles OF both Europe and America and
Whistler's bitterness finally became
such financial menace that the Har-
pers expurgated entire editions in
spite OF the protests Of Du Maurer
and all his friends.
Received Unusual Royalties.
"Trilby" was an extraordinary sue
cess. Du Maurier was well protected
in his copyrights and received un-
usual royalties The story was drama
tized by Paul Potter, formerly of Chi
cago, produced by A NJ. Palmer with
an admirable cast In America and by
Beerbohm- Esee in- ENGLAND The play
.a,-o l.. a a. nj
and thousands of dollars. The impetu-
osty of its success, however, could not
long endure and now the play is only
seen in cheaper theatres and the book
finds small demand The Harpers now
have in press another work Of Du
Maurier's. THE Marian" but Of II
comparatively little is known.
In England Du Maurier was best
known as cartoonist. For thirty
years he was a contributor TO Punch
and his types. Mrs. De Thompkins."
"The Colonel. and "Sir George Midas"
were enjoyed for years. His via was
dignihed and but moderately good
from the American idea of humor. but
in England II was famous. He was
not great cartoonist but his crea-
tions reflected social life and he was
something of a lion in society. He
had the most interesting family in
England, his FIVE daughters were Eng
lish beauties every one, and they We're
known far and wide as the ineompara-
BILE models OF their father Du Mau-
rier's art was extremely faulty from
the American view point. His figures
were usually out of anatomical proper
,ions and invariably stiff They found
much vogue here. however, by season
of the little tests they illustrated