Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-09

over the pen name Of "oilvc Pratt Raw.
nor" II was not TN after Mo death
that the English publishers of these
two books betrayed tho Identity OF their
/ author who certainly had had his chafc
| OF adverse criticism Tor certain ~ his
novels. Mr.. Allen dltd on the day of
publication OF John Lance new edition
of Whites "sclhofrc." which he edited.
Mrs. Ellen Oiney Kirk. ono OF the
most successful and painstaking OF the
minor American noYciisia. Il the dnugh
teer OF Jesse olney, the geographer and
torlnn Of "charlea the Bold" Even
~ q child che delighted In scrlbbilng,
aud at the venerable ngre OF 10 she was
rnaaRcd upon her first novel. II ~ said
OF her. ~ 81 many another author of
talent. that her education was derived
chiefly from omnivoroua reading In u
'~rhc Favor OF Princes" IL the title
OF q novel By Marx Ice Luther. recently
published by the Macmillan Company.
Mr.. Zangwlil calls his now book
They That Walk In Darkness.'
. . .
After giving ionR list OF serious
English books translated into Russian
during the last month or 20, q corrca-
pendent ends with /, reference to "thc
extraordinary popularity which jerome
\. Jerome enioya al present among the
Russians. He IL the frequent subject
OF comment and translation. and when
he recently visited ~. Petersburg he
was welcomed ON his arrival at the ter.
minus by the leading representatives
u the b.llcs-lcttrcs In the capital
Among the most recent publications Of
thlh year there are. no less than i've
new volumes Of translation from hi,
works. including Three Men In
Boat Idle Thoughts Of an Idle Fellow
and Novel Notos'-to say nothing OF
story In the first volume OF contem.
porory llelies-Lettr.s 81 Europe. pub
liahcd this year Nc khnrkov."
.
I, does not appear that MiRs Pool
was victim ~ local oblivion which nu.
thora commonly live Inland which most
~ them undoubtedly enjoy. Living In
small village and Keeping the people
" II In more or lees terror Of being
written up" and at the same time
undcniably possessing the advantage Of
popularity, she was not % victim Of the
ordinary local importance OF literary
people, IN a Chicago paper. by the
way, Mr., George Horton gives an anus
INK account Of an attempt 10 nnd Mt.
John kondrlck Bangs az Yonkcrs. Ar
rlylng al the station without being met
but nobody had heard NJ him. cnrner-
Ing a group at livery stable. Mr.
Horton nnally turned no an old man
who said: "oh. do you mean that frl-
low that run for mayor once on the
mugwunp ticket and was showed under
foY Wal. he lives w ----" 80 and 80
Mr.. Horton attempted 20 convince the
group that Mr, Bangs had other claims
20 fame than this political adventure.
"Wal." said the old man iu reply. his
reputation may BE- national, but II
aln't loclll'
The personal appearance of the late
MI William Norris IL thus depleted In
little monograph published from the
office ~ the pctorhoad sentinel and
Issued ffom tho Twentieth Century
Press, In London. under tho title OF "Wil.
Ham Morris. Master ~ Many Cratts'
the moungfaphift hclna u Mt. James
Ielthnm. who seems 90 have had
sharp eye Tor and sure touch In CON
vsyirF verbal particulars;
He has been compared 10 one of his
own ncracTkcrH. but I am not sure that
any Of Us have very clear Idea Of
what n Bcrforkcf Wna Ike. The mas
flye, shaggy head, the face strong and
wen colOred, and the anllot-likc roll OF
the body rnggestrd a skipper ashore
while his cargo was being DISCHARGED;
hut then skipper never wore an In
NfNN'NH 'NNAhf OF hiNAAHNNAlllAlNA iflh
hat. ur carried thick stick. or aluug
brown canvas bag over hia hrud con-
tnlurg among much rlHr an urmory Of
pipes, which he would lend 10 any
mrmher Of the company who had lcft
His pipe no home, llc had somewhat
tn. look of those pltriafchal shepherds
who come down from the Highlands
driving their nocla before them To the
cluor nf tho ulair, md utlcrlng martcls
NJ articulation 90 ihNir dogs, but shep-
hetdr do not wc1r blue srtge, nor have
ihry The air nnd gnit of this man. In
short 10 WIS aH difficult % match Nor
rls OutWurdly ar u van TO mud the oX-
act poor OF him intellectually and
morally"
rho Idea NJ Pilates wife as tho CEN
utl figure NJ a historical novel IL 50
striking and original that one heartily
Wishes that II VIII prove TO have been
well done such o story "a IN the prosa
Of Mcs1rs, Hutchinson OF London. aud
viii no doubt be- published In this coun-
trv ns wen. Ia fconcs nrc laid In
AthcnH, Palestine and Britain. ita nRmo
!. she Stands Alone" It's author Mark
AHhton.
Soil Munro, the author Of "Ollinn
the Dreamer and John Splendid" IL
all the year round and hates London,
"hccause of lis Intense scrlousncpa and
the nhaurdlty Of it, hats" John
splondld' has gone into a alxth cdi-
ton.
II IL semi-oflelally announced that
| Daluer', "Hound ynhi.u will saat, ha