Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-29
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Il has often been made a subject OF
complaint by Southern people that rs
soon as the writer Of that section ac-
Quires celebrity he moves to the North,
Not infrequently the change has been
TO the disadvantage OF tho writer's
reputation. for by continuing to write
OF Hcenea which he no longer beholds.
Of people by whom he IL no longer sur
rounded, he loses that vividnesa Of rep
rsasntation which makes a work OF the
Imagination appear TO be record or
memory. Cable. for example. has never
written anything equal 60 the Grand
iaslmen," for since his removal to tho
North he has lost that keen recollee-
uon Of Southern scenery and surround
ingH whlch made that book a master
piece OF its Kind. In most cases the
change 10 made from n business con-
aideThtlon. for he who writes for money
must 10 where there are publishers able
and willing to pay for his work, and In
the southern States these are not TO be
found.
Apropoa OF the Kipling furoreDr Rob
ertson Nlcoll says In the British Week
". Il had the honor the other day OF
lunching with three very eminent men
Of letters. The conversation turned
on Kipllng. Said one, I Am ashamed
that 1 do not know kipling's work, but
I have begun Plain Talee From the
Hlls, on the recommendation or
friend, and do not like them. Ia
there any book " his la which YOU can
at once soc hts powcrl'He turned round
to his nelKhbor. who ruplied immedi-
ately thnt he knew nothing Of kipling
except his maine. The third had read
Tho Recessional,' and thought II was "A
mixture of Longfellow and Dr. Watts,
but not 30 good as l.ongfeiow, not
nearly 80 good as The Psalm of Life
lie had, however, heard music hall
ditties OF Kipling which appeared TO
DO clever, n I were free TO give the
names OF the speakers, they would DO
known to the whole world, ! do not
feel equal TO drawing the proper moral
from the eoaVeTsation'
A new publishing enterprise In Eng
land N the monthly Issue OF The
Novelist" a series OF original novels
published at six pence. The second
number contains 'Jennle has,er 'ou our.
naliat,' by Robert Barr which " now
having syndicate newspaper publica-
lion In the United States The Lon
don Mail says the experiment OF pun
fishing original novels at HiNpence has
rot yet received It's anal answer. Pub
fishers grumble az tho enormous mum
beru that are necessary 10 DO sold be
fore any recognizable proht nrcrucs.
They grumblc, too. at the difficulty OF
wRrshoualng, the labor OF packing and
the expense OF distributing thousands
Of copies OF these booklets. and they are
asking themselves tho double question.
''Will II pay and where Will II end
Then. again, boOk-buyers complain that
the volumes urc not durable and that
they are ill-sulted In form for their
book-caaea.
zolh'a hasty flight from France on
account OF his participation IN the
Dreyfus case and his prolonged resi-
dence In England have given him an op,
portunity which he has improved, Of
learning something OF tho English
language. He has chosen as hts text
book for the purpose, Goldsmith't
"Viear OF wukeneld,' with a French
translation. being probably influenced
in MS selection by the fact that one Of
The Incidents OF the story, the "Moci
Marriage" has been utilized In one OF
bis own tales,
Lord Kitchener Of Kartoum Is
sroat reader, and among the few IA
yorita books which he takes with hin
on his military travels arc the koral
ana Fir Edwin Arnold'a Light o
Asia"
The private library for which :
Pierpont Morgan has Just paid $4,000