Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
Literary
Favorifes
Of Queen
Victoria,


her grandfather, George III snrfa. hks
failing eyeslght, two narsoaa from
nov, d nave come to possess. Nv, nsr
ana more Importance. These more mora
iectrices' or readers, emploved Wv. we
nu''on 70 save what remalns n, jug
majesty's vision. OF her
Inc late Lord Beaconsfeld o.
,norously described the two Icc,r,'. nu-
'he queens pair OF Spectacle :, Us MS
many years Fraulein Bauer m, ,r LOT
Noreie nave held these posltIoa, -ii,e'
queen only needing their scryios. ,ne
herman ana French, MS her rnr,i,. iof
READ TO her by her ladies in wai,,a IS
maids of honor. "u'uhg or
through the courtesy of tho a.
private secretary, n chat was o1 len
Gently obtained with both fhoge 80 ,s, re-
resardihg the tastes of their ,nietr ,..,l',s
literature. Mile. Norele. a snr, e3s IN
ana charming Frenohwoman. ,yo. 'sn.iy
~ ehuush induced To speak. "Tror 80,
es'y she declared. reads var, ,mai-
Vi the hghter side of our llterat,iro ..s
less indeed. enc excerpts Tho ,.s va
periodicals which are sent ,nart,o1 us
perusai from the secretary's ogico Cur UT
Is especially fond of the oldor on,ha.-,
WORKS Aavier de Malstre's Victor w.,
COS and portions of Balzoc'r "a. ',u-
stance. | think that the story s,,. ny, W
best In all French liternt,,ro T. mss
Maistre's touching Lcpreux do IL c,.s
dAoste.' have read 1t TO her 81, -
without number. the beautifuI ,aths'
OF the tale appearing TO sootbe her in
remarkable manner. 80
of all the moderns I rea1,v ,,o,,.,..
that her majesty holds NJ A1nbarss
paudet alone admirable. she th,rI.s
his satire too mordant. though ana nra
fers the delicious Letters From, NJ,
Mill In Provence and 'Trente Ans IA
Paris to the better known boobs yor,
Will be perhaps astonished tn lnorr tho,
the queen likes Henri Murrer ana n,r,.
time have we laughed together oyor
the graceless scamps of the 'Vte do I2o-
heme.' Last year we read Fenelor',
'Telemaque' from cover to cover Her
majesty declared that the worl, hro1rbt
back two of her life's happiest periods
her own childhood days in Kenslnrton
palace and the days In which she taught
her children their French.
"A very important branch Of nv
work consists in reading the many let
tiers received daily by the queen from
members of her family and intimate
friends. Nearly all of these are either
in German or French. Many of the
queens juvenile descendants are ac.
customed to send her long weekly ac-
counts-perfect diaries. in fact-of their
doings and opinions"
Fraulein Bauer was less communl.
cative than her colleague. She comes OF
family which has served the queens
/ German ancestors in many capacities
/ for generations back.
"The queen" she said "reada con.
sidcrably in modern German literature.
/ She is even fond OF the humorous jour
( nails and subscribes to all the principal
1 magazines. Her German secretary.
I Herr Maurice Muther carefully watch-
es for all newspaper articles which may
interest her and sends them marked
/ for reading. think that Schiller Is
/ her majesty's favorite German poet. but
| she is also very fond OF Goethe. Heine
she disllkes intensely. | have heard her
| quote the prince consort to the effect
that 'Heine's genius had the phosphor-
escent light of decay
"She likes historical novels. partlcu-
1 larly Laube's Der Deutsche Krieg.' and
1 Scheffel's 'Ekkehard' This taste for
historical fiction. | believe follows the
queen into other languages. She great
~ admires Walter Scott, Felix Dahn
and Freytag are two more favoritos.
Reading her majesty's volumnous
German correspondence forms very
large portion of my duty"
Hon. Emily Mcneil. who. in her ca
pacity of maid of honor to the queen.
has read extensively to her majesty in
English was kind enough TO add a few
words to those of the lectrlces. The
queens tastes in English literature, -
she said "are catholic, She reads al
most every new book which is described
to her as possessing real merit. For
years the queen took Lord Beaconsleld
opinion largely on the subject, but since
the great premier's death her advisers
are many.
1.-THE queen is never tired of rereadlns
Shakespeare. Scott and Dickens He-
Gently she has shown a sympathetic
feeling for Milton, and has been perus-
ing the blind poets works. Lord Ten
nyson is. however. her favorite. Ihere
is an utterly erroneous opinion abroad
that she greatly dislikes Mr.. SwinDurhe'
on the contrary, she has remarRaDle
liking for 'Atalanta In Calydon,' ana
others of Swinburne's poems. or late
she has been reading.Mr Kipllng, and
expresses admiration for his Vlgor an0
keen insight into human nature. sht
told friend that Kipling had shown
her empire to her in the most realisu'
manner.
with her fondness for historical nc
ton, she evinces much interest IN M
new school of historical fiction. lh'
Celtic renascence also attracts her IoI
she sympathizes with the Gael to re-
markable extent, and is prouder, YER
lily believe, OF her kinship to the stu
arts than of her descent from th'
Guelphs.''