Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-28


ey TO offer for sale the papers OF Bal2ac
/ in his possession His discernment may
| be judged from his writing that "a
| cloud of letters exist. but they tell moth
/ ing. they are not the letters OF women
| who had part. either great or small,
/ I'm his time or IN his thoughts Yet
among them were included these pas
sionate cries of the heart of the one
woman who reigned IN Balzac's lifel
Miss Wormeley is of an living French
scholars the one best qualified Co give
an opinion as 60 the real and the unreal
! In this mass OF correspondence. For
fifteen years she has studied the works
! of the master Tor traces of his private
history. She has translated am of his
| important works into am English edition
that IT, almost % classic. and every turn
of BalZac's phrlseIiogy is familiar Co
her But without the proofs She add
duces the letters stand se'f-betrayei.
Those in the eaIiy part of the book. with
the exception Of few g1rblei epistles.
are sure To- be- rejected ass spurious by
the FIRST thoughtful reader The volume
opens with letter which may DE taken
as the third that B8l-ac wrote Co his
follow may be- Clugi Ierel authentic.
barring certain Improvements supplied
by some ready imagination. But soon
the correspondent branches into a nau-
seating cutlery OF loves and pretty
loves and O hundred superiluities OF
endeHrment and suggestion that cast
respect for his Idol 10 the winds only
10 renew 80 al "a later date Those who
could fail 90 detect the falsity of such
silly drlyel as this must be dull indeed:
"Adieul / have no flowers this time,
but send you an end OF a cedar match
/ have been chewing while / write
have given IL a thousand kissesl"
The genuine letters show Balzac In
variably reverent and restrained In
writing 10 and of his love. ardent In de-
voti0n but keeping that devotion with
I'm the bounds of honor, possessed Of
the friendship OF NJ Hanska, the hus-
band. and never by word or action for
feiting Il I'm the lattors death.
In Hamilton Dmmmond. the author
OF "A Man Of His Age, which the Har-
pers have just published We have rea-
son 10 believe that another romantic
writer has been discovered whose work
may wen be- compared with that of
Stanley Weyman and Anthony Hope
Just who Mr. Drummond Is or what
he has done we DO not know. but his
first book TO be published In this coun-
try makes as wish 10 know more OF
him
"a Man OF His Age" Is a story Of the
stirring times OF Catherine de- Medici
and the Great King Henry OF Navarro.
It's hero Is a loyal courtler OF the Ma
yarrese queen Jeanne d'Albret. and It
is with his adventures and encounters
with the hired DULLES OF Catherine that
the story chiefly concerns itself. The
love interest Of the story centers about
the affairs Of young de Cruesenay, the
squire to the hero, and a lady OF Cath
crimes court sent as a SPY TO the court
OF her sister queen az Pau. Mr. Drum
mond has the true story-tellers knack,
and knows where TO leave history alone
and where % take it up His story
gives an excellent picture of the rIotous
life OF the Time and Is filed with dash
and vim which should go far towards
making 80 popular with lovers OF good
story for the story's sake
Franclsque Sarcey's library brought
pretty low prices in the sale In Paris,
the total receipts being Ej0 for the
GOOOO volumes The best prices were
obtained for illustrated editions de luxe.
Voltaires "ZadIg" with pictures by
GARNER ROpe and Robaudi. brought
SIG. Dlderots Jacques le Fataliste"
with Maurice Lelolr's Illustrations. Sil;
The0phie Gauuers "MademOiselle de
Maupln.' with Toudouzes pictures. S6i
Many 3-frauc paper-covered books
brought 40. so or Co francs on account Of
the authors autograph inscribed on
them
In the Biglow Papers. Mr.. Hosea
Biglow ls represented as having written
letters 10 Ell generals suspected OF hay-
ing aspirations for the Presidency and
having received answers from 209 OF
them MT. Riglow plaintlvely remarks
that tina air called candid Ss. but I
don't see nothin candid about EN-" In
the sample he has LETT the world OF the
answers received. these lines show US
how whdt has been still is:
'Ez 20 my principles ! glory
in heyin' nothIn' o. the sort;
Amt q WING. ] amt q Tory,
I'm jest candidate. IN short"
Anf Nli was a Ahll NlA' NH'Af 81 NNtttN'
pretty near 20 being a fair one now.
Ii win amuse the thousands OF riders
OF the bicycle 90 learn that Prof. Lom-
broso has come OUT IN another article
with a theory that wheeling is respon'
sible for an increase IN crime. The
professor does not mean that the bicy-
Gle is responsible merely for petty Of
fcnses. but cndeayors % prove that II
leads directly up TO such crimes as rob-
bcry aud murder. IL would be inter-
esting 10 learn ln what part Of the
world ne found any examples from
which this theory was deduced.
The Bible and the Book Of Common
Prayer have supplied titles for Miss
Johnstons novels. TO Have and 20
Hold" al once recalls the noble mar,
Rage service OF the English church and
foreshad0ws the feiciious outcome 90
the story. Prisoners of Hope, her
earlier book found i's title in the Ola
Testament. and comes from verse oi
tue book o. Zechanah. u might be