Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-07

OF rejection and disappointment win
me- impulslveness of an lrritoted school
pirl I threw the packet unopened INTO
nm trunk ana turned my thoughts In
other directions Weeks later in obedi-
enca to another impulse on The moment
j went t0 my chamber took the enFfl-
one from tine trunk and tore 30 open.
There was The Inflated story. OBJ he sure.
but With something which was destined
90 exercise "a strong Influence upon me
bent of my Ifa 10 was long and hnd
autograph letter from william Black
wood himself iu which hs said ihat
though Inc first little story could not Doe
given place bon the pages of The unga-
zine hc saw in 20 the promise of Things
Co come so excellent that hc fey con-
WINGED that experience would make me
n real Blackw0od writer. This c0mpli-
meut was not lost on me. fJf / was la-
muHr with the rich literary traditions
Df thp Blackw00d house The letter also
invited mp to continue sending stories
until acceptance should finally De the
reward of perseverance. and assured me
that Mr.. BlackWo0d would give me the
benefit OF personal criticism. That hr8t
story was sent 20 Belgravla ana accept
Ci but my ambition was to get some
thing into Blackw0ods Time after
time ] sent to the famous Edinburgh
house the best work OF which ] was
Capable-only 90 receive 10 back again
with "a paiustaklug letter pointing OUT
Us defects and giying definite advice Tor
future efforts. One day ] posted an I'M
pretending sketch called The Umbrella
/ Member thinking 10 would return TO me
in due season as my other efforts mad
D q Ts..H..I r.HrIf"Ul NHMHNTfUT-
istic note from Mr. BlackWOod telling
me lu happy terms. that / had fairly
won place IN the pages OF the Black
woods Magazine. After that 1 had fair
sailing until 1 offered Ships That Pass
In the Night Mr. Blackwood at last
gave d as his opinion that the book
would not SELL This forced me to look
elsewhere for q publisher who would
| take &C. The sale was very large. Not
| IN the least. however did This expert
encc shake my sense Of loyalty 90 Mr.
| Blackwood and 4 gave him my next
| story as readily as u there had been no
| such episode Beatrice Harraden con-
| fesscs herself q fiery British patriot
/ and Just before sailing for England. a
| few weeks since she declared: I'm
1 eager 20 get back so that / can go down
| to the docks and welcome the victorious
/ soldier boys ag they come home from
! lighting the Beers Why. ] haven't had
so m ich as a chance for one good. rous-
| Ing patriotic cheer. But I'll make up
! for lost time when / get back 20 the
| dear old town where the air Is full OF
! iGst that sort OF thing"
Miss Harraden has probably the
! shortest working day OF any writer who
labors systematically She permits her.
self 10 work but ninety minutes a day.
| Ia this brief time, however. she accom-
| plishes a marvellous amount of work
| When asked " she did not do any men.
tai work outside of her appointed hour
and a half OF labor she answered. "Uns
consciously. perhaps but not 20 focus
| anything During all the remainder Of
the time / try to be diligently idle so
/ FAR as literary thought is concerned %
OF her own novels. Miss Hurraden IS
| said 10 regard The Fowler as a much
stronger piece Of work than Ships That
Pass IN the Night.
The Master Christian Is the title given
/ boy Marie Corelli to her forthcoming
novel;
Tho Cambridge edition OF Sir Walter
SCOTS complete Doetical works has
been added TO their series by Houghton,
Mlhlin a Co.
The price Of Harper's Monthly Maya
zine IS 90 be raised 20 $500 year, be-
| ginning with the December number
A uniform edition Of the works OF
/ Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson Is
IN active preparation by Houghton,
| Miiilin q Co.
| Kiplngs long-eXpected novel will be
! entitled Kim OF the Rlshu IL viii FIRST
make It's appearance In McClure's Mag
| aziue.
Eden Phillpotts has been compelled by
IN health 20 lay aside the new novel on
| which he has been some time at work.
The oxford University Press viii pub
fish shortly the Two Versions Bible,
showing at a glance every change made
| in the revised version.