Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-16

Harom." The three great American
aucceascs Of the year. David iiarum."
when Knlghthood Was In Flower"
/ ANA "RicharI Cnrvel. 80 far have not
been conspicuous successes ON tn.
other side. though David ilarum'
now hrs sale there ~ 800 copies
I week. and ''Richard Cnryol" Is making
/ ~ wn.. one Of the successes OF the
| year In England Is the work Of an
| American. tho late Harold Frederic.
whose In the Market Place" met with
instant popularity Many English
critics are reading David Harum" to
/ try TO find out the cause OF It's popu-
larity In the United States one critic
says 1t II because OF It's pictures OF
! horse sales. and another arrives at the
conclusion that the books American
success was due to religious interest"
Lafcndio Hcarn IN said to have be-
come "Jnpanncd" 80 thoroughly that
nothing American IN left of him except
| hla command OF the English language.
He dresses In japanese costume. lives
after the manner OF the Japanese. and
seems to be one OF them. Hearn never
/ had strong Anglo Saxon characteria-
| ties. and he has little Anglo-Sax
blood. He IL OF mlred race. including
Greek. and his mind seems to be fitted
| peculiarly TO comprehend and appreci-
ate the Japanese and their literature.
| 4" . o
Sir Charles Dixie has announced his
lntontion OF baqueathlng to the vestry
Of Hampstead. England. the Keats rel
leg In his possession, Sir Charles col
lection of keatg relies IN large and val
liable. Hts grandfather was close
| friend OF the poet. and. besides the rel
les which he Inherited. Sir charles has
many which were given to him by
Major Charlca Brown n son OF Kcats's
| fflgVI lhurINa nm
life Of Sir Charles the relica viii remain
In the Chelsea Free Library, but ut his
death they Will be placed In the Free
Plibrary nt Hampstead. Hampstead
has had many Industrious rcsidents.
among them Sir Richard steele, Dr.
Johnson, Akenaide, Keats, Leigh Hunt,
Lord Chatham, Lord Ersklne. Lord
Mansfield. Constable. William Blake,
Stansheld. Petite and Frank Holl.
among the artists. Dickens used to put
up at Jack Straw's Castle; Tennyson
used to walk up the hill from Camden
Town to see his mother. Mrs. Barbauld,
Joanna Balllle and Lucy Akin are
among the women who have lived there.
II the Free Library there could secure
relies Of all OF these II would become
place for literary pllgrlmages.
| Z. . .
Byron was one OF the few men who
had his wishes respected In the matter
Of his epitaph. My name my only
| monument unu 'T'lt byfou
he has. Many great men have written
their own cpitaphs. and some have had
| them written for them. For the great
beacon which looks out over the stormy
northern seas Archibald Campbell has
written this epitaph for William Black:
TO WILLIAM BLACK.
Inscription for the Memorial Beacon.)
We fain would let thy memory dwell
Where rush the tdewayes OF the sea.
Where storms Will moan or Gains Will
tell
To all the world our love for. thee.
Whom all men loved In this old land.
And all men loved across the sea.
We well may clasp our brethrens hand.
And light the beacon light for thee.
II is rather lame and surely would
prove unsatisfactory both as an inscrlp-
: ton for beacon and as an epltaph.
Long before he died Robert Louis
I | stevenson wrote his own epitaph,
which appears on his monument In san
: Francisco.
Under the wide and starry sky
, Dig my grave and let me die:
: Glad did | live and gladly die.
And lay me down with a will.
; This be the verse yo shall grave for me;
This be the verse ye shall grave for me:
Here he lies, where he lOnHod to be:
Home IL the sailor home from the sea
,, And the hunter home from the hill.
4 o o 9
q Sir Walter Besant has taken up tn,
y idea OF solitude In the midst OF u biz
city. which was spoken OF In this col
umn recently. lie says OF London
% "'rhe best place for a Saturday hal
d holiday nt this time | ind TO be th'
j. city; the streets are quiet. the shops arr
10 shut. there IL always something new 4
d see and something new TO remember
d one can walk about freely and stan'
l. AZ the corners and gaze and mediate
N Shall | tell you of a little walk that
IT took last Saturday afternoon You WI
p. think II rather dull, perhaps, but II yo
II have things In your head TO recall II
"a a walk that IN anything but dull o
Is course. IL began with lunch. l alway
re take my chop at the George and Vul
u ture, close to Blrchln lane. partly be
II cause Mr.. Plckwlck used the hous,
re- partly because the things are gooC
III partly because they serve your chop o
he a hot pewter plate. and partly becaus
N. | do not think that the house has bee
he altered since II WAS rebuilt after IN
a. fire. Luncheon dispatched, ! wake
at lesurGly through courts and alleys int
". Grace Church street, and by the way {
ny the Market-quite the best market
ut | the world-Lendensha street This
"A most interesting street, here wer
l." the first, the second. and the thlr
he East India Housc-you can see them a
rs with mental mutoscope-over the wa
Is, surely, the Kings Head Tavern"
TO Under the peculiar title of 1.-THE row
re | ers at Play" taken from line
~ Browning. Bliss Perry has grouped
as half dozen short stories which are {