Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12
NOTES.

During the year 1890. ldun, a swedish
w6man's magazine. published IN Stock
holm offered a series of prizes for the
best literary work by a Swedish woman
writer. The first prize was given 70
Selma Lagerlof for a fragment OF
Costa Behring'S Saga Soon after
the whole work was published and the
unknown school teachers name became
famous IN the scandinavian countries
as the author OF the most original Work
In the Swedish language. The fame on
the work slowly spread to the conu-
nent OF Europe. German, French ana
Italian translatOrs introduced the work
An their respective countries, Wnele ll
was enthusiastically received ana the
author hailed as leader In a new style
OF fiction distinguished for us WetIlh
OF fancy and richness IN picturesque
expression Recently the WORK was
translated into English, and both ln
America and England received a most
natterng reception. COSTA beIllhb :
Saga" was followed by "Unseeh LINKS
and The Miracles OF Antl-chrsi,
which suu further Increased the au-
thor's reputation as an original thinker
But her last two works Issued ~ stock
holm shortly before christmas. lhe
Queens In Kuugahila' and me Le-
gend OF the Manor DO are according 70
Swedish and continental cIlties so
grandly eloquent with life ana leaheH4
that viii make The Two works an lhgI,
dent OF almost historical interest ana
importance IN the literary WoIlo' Ngu-
tlnental publishers are competing WIN
one another 20 be the first to have
translation on their book counters
In the very rareded atmosphere Of
Brook Farm. doubtless no one could
have been more welcome than a troic-
some girl of sixteen. Such was ora
Gannett Sedgwlck who gives, I'm the
Atlantic. her "reminiscences OF some
happy days spent there in memorable
company shy and serious men are
not usually SO by preference, and one
can imagine how a girls Wltcheiy
would have been appreciated by the
recluse whom Il was intended 10 tease
She says
lido not recollect Hawthorne's talking
much at the table one day tired OF
seeing him ST immovable on the sofa
IN the hall. as ] was learning some
verses 70 recte, I darlngly took my
book, pushed Il into his hands, and
said:
"Wnl you hear my poetry, Mr.. Haw-
thorue?'
He gave me q sidelong glance from
his very shy eyes, took the book, ana
most kindly heard me.
one evening he was alone In the nail
sitting on a chair az the farther end.
when my roommate. Ellen slade, and
myself were going upstairs she
whispered 90 me-
Let's throw the sofa pillow at Mr..
hawthorne
Reaching over the banisters we each
took a cushion. and threw a. Quick
as a flash. be put ont his hand seized
a broom that was hanging near him.
Warded on our cushions, and threw
We could throw them at him. he re-
turned tham wien eject hitting us
every time while we could only biz the
broom Through I1 aN not word was
spoken We IHsghtal and laughed
and his eyes sh0ua and twiukled Ike
stars. -,
h0lerl Browning used To- tell "a story
which Illustrated with startling effect
his s.nsiuyeness Go outward impress.
sl0ns To was gu Incident which oc.
CURED in q remote section OF Framed
where he used 90 spend his holidays
lie had taken a stroll toward sunset
with his sister, and had reached IN,
crest o. n hin which commanded
broad prospect IL was O lovely sum
mer afternoon, and the landscape. win
rs soft and mellow tints envelopes
with yellow haze was dream Of peaC
and tranquility.