Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-31

~ W MS recently published Reeollee-
tons,
Mr.. Gladstone. together with the late
poet laureate and a number OF others,
was visiting the Otkneys. on arrly-
ing al the kirkwall. the two great men
were met by the burgessea Of the place,
who presented them with the freedom
OF the town
Mr. Gladstone responded for both
himself and Mr. Tennyson, who al
that time had not yet been elevated 20
the peerage.
THE words" he said, I'VE speak have
wings and fly away; the words Of Mr..
fennyson are Of higher order. an
ticipate for him immortality. In some
distant time people will say, looking at
your roll, The prime minister, who was
he; what did he do? We know nothing
written his own song on the hearts OF
his c0untrymen, which can never die
Speaking of the craze for sensation
which, through the syndlcates, has
spread from the newspapers to some OF
our cheap magazines. Editor Eugene
Murray Aaron wei says: 1T takes the
well-balanced stolclsm Of a Dewey or q
Schley-men who did. but won't write
for print-to refuse the Establishments
Of the magazine reporters. who come 10
them, often enough with the article
practically all ready and requiring
merely their sanction and signature.
Hence II comes that the following little
sht, which Is going the rounds OF lite
rary circles. is most Just.
Editor OF McMunzie's Magazine.--
mo, We really can't use this articleY
Assistant:-"But the author Is very
able, you know, and well known"
Editor OF McMunzie's:-"Yes, yes,
But, only in literature"
Mary Johnston Is the first Southern
woman 20 reach the position Of 'popu-
lar novelist" Southern women have
written successful rOmances, but ITO
Have and To Hold" Is the only one OF
them all 10 reach a position rivalling
the Immense success OF some recent his
torical romances Two weeks after
publication ITO Have and To Hold"
had reached It's one-hundredth thou
sand.
In accord with the expressed desire
OF Mr.. Moody. his biography Is now
being prepared by his son, William X.
Moody and Will be published by SUBJ
scriptlon from the press Of Fleming II.
Revell company Naturally this will be
the only work having the approval Of
the family or being In any sense au-
thorized or authentic. All statements
that Mr. Moody's schools or f,unlly are
Interested In or are TO be aid,d by any
book other than the official work are
misleading.
Richard Carvel Is being translated in
to German for immediate publication
In Berlin. II Is said TO be all the rage
among the Americans and English In
the Philippines, and according 10 the
English papers in Hongkong. Bombay,
and Calcutta. 1t is having big run In
each place.
Life said 20 the painter
Tell my dream that man may know
me loftler than | seem
Not only kin and seryitor OF the clod,
But the yelled oracle OF the thought Of
God" C. d. Roberts.
"The man whose eye IL opened in the
light Of heaven might smile with scorn.
while rapturous visions tell Of the gay
colored radiance flushing bright Ger all
creation. "-Akenside.
Poets are painters; words are their
paint by which their thoughts are
shown, and nature Is their object
Grenvlle.
For tits the mind that makes the body
rch
And as the sun breaks through the
darkest clouds,
SO honor peareth In the meanest habit;
What IL the Jay more precious than
the lark,
Because his feathers are more beauu-
fulY
Or is the adder better than the eel.
Because the painted skin contents the
eye?
Shakespeare. Tanning Of the shrew."
Mr.. II. c. Chatfeld- Taylor has car
rled off the prize for which many writ
ers have been striving during the past
few months for the best serial submit
ted TO the new magazine called
The Smart Set. It's title. The Idle Born,
indicates the nature Of its subject.
Henri de Regnier, long acknowledged
as the first and foremost OF the French
poets Of this generation. has recently
made his debut as lecturer In Ameri-
ca. Mr.. Regnier Is accompanied by his
wife, who Is one OF the famous beauties
Of France,a young woman, graceful and
charming. with poetic ability inherited
from her father. Jose de Heredia, ia
nous member of the French academy.
Nine. de Regnier will accompany her
husband In his tour to the various uni
yersities and colleges which have in
yited him TO lecture.
NJ. Regnier has prepared series of
lectures on the modern French poets.
for delivery at Harvard, Yale. Prince
ton. Columbia. Cornell. Chicago, Uni
verslty Of California, Bryn Mawr and
Fassar The initial influence which
has caused NJ. Regnier's visit 20 this
country Is found IN the annual series Of
lectures in French which the Harvard
CerCle Francois has conducted for four
years. Among the earlier lecturers We're
NM. Brunetiere, D0umic and Ed Rod,
trio Of distinguished French critics and
essaylsts. who treated In their lectures
OF French classicism and romantlclsm.
Contemporary French Poetry" Is thu
subject OF NJ Regnier's lectures, which
will be additionally valuable because he
Is himself the chief exponent OF the new
school Of symbolsts.
As a maker OF verse, Henri de Regnler
Is poet Of shadows. He lives In dream
land. and excels In conveying far-of,
dream-llke impressions. Writing IL not
a means Of expression TO him but an
end. Although In his early poetlcal life
he adhered 20 the theory OF the Parnas-
sian school concerning the Alexandrine
meter and the lniexible rules Of tradl-
tlonal prosody. he soon gave up his first
ideals and sided with Mallarme. Yer
laine and the other symbollsts. Regnier
has carefully avoided the Versailles
ark-regularity" OF the old school Of
verse. believing that II a poet aim TO
render every shade OF our sensations
and sentiments In their infinite variety.
he should be allowed the privilege of
infinite variety In his prosody. also
Rhyme he believes. can also be dis
carded az the poets Will Beauty and
harmony form his golden rule. They
are the only standards Of poetic expires,
sion.
As Is natural. NJ. Rcgnler's recogni.
ton By the public has not been rapid. |
Nevertheless Il has been sure. His 6rsi
poems. sites" and Episodes" were
brought out In 1857 and 1855. when De
Rcguier was still an adherent OF the