Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-07

The summer Of 1871. when the family
were living In Duans street, New York.
The poet came home 10 dinner one very
warm day, having walked from his
Office somewhere near the foot Of Wall
street. Being much heated with the
exercise. he drank q glass OF water
New York pump water--eXclaimlng, as
ne replaced the glass on the table,
That Is very refreshing but how much
more refreshing would II be 70 take a
good long draught on this warm day
from the old oaken bucket that / left
hanging IN my fathers we'll at home!
hearing this the poets wife, who was
the inspiration Of many Of his sweetest
lyrics, said 'Sellm, why wouldn't that
be pretty subject for a poem? The
poet took the hint and. under the in
spratlon OF the moment sat down and
poured out from the very depths Of his
heart those beautiful lines which have
immortalIzed his name" The name
Selim' was the nOm-de- plume under
which most Of his poetlca productions
originally appeared. II was perpetual
as a family name, borne by his dlstin-
guished son, Commander Selim h.
WOODWORK, an officer OF the United
states navy during the War OF the
Rebellion, and has been handed down
10 his son, now an active Lieutenant In
the same service.
MT kipllngs poem, The Absent
Minded Beggar. has received severe
criticism from certain English iournels
and critics because OF alleged dlsre-
spect to the British soldier. Mr. w. L.
Alden, In replying 10 these structures.
says Mr. klpling has actually sue
ceeded IN revolutionizing public sentl-
ment as TO the British soldier Before
ne wrote The Barrack. Room Ballads II
was taken as matter OF course that
the soldier should be treated as an out
cast unit 10 drink az bar with
drunken civilians OF 20 sit with them In
theater. Now the publican who
should treat Tommy Atkins with in
| civillty would find himself bOycotted.
And this change Of opinion runs
throughout everything The soldier Is
no longer regarded as low and desplc-
able, and the uniform Is no longer a dis
grace. This change IL due % Mr.. Kip
ling and TO no one else, and yet when
he writes poem that brings thousands
| OF pounds 10 the relief OF the families
Of soldiers people can be found who
gravely accuse him Of having insulted
the army Such people make General
MERCER and his Views Of the honor OF
! the French army comprehensive"
The London Academy has this year
| divided the total sum Of lie awards to
authors into six portions OF twenty-five
/ guineas each for poetry, fiction, bog-
| raphy, history. translation and mlscel-
| laneous. The awards are as follows:
For poetry. w. b. Yeats for the Wind
/ Among the Reeds for fiction, 20 lack
| Miss Gwendollne Keats for On Trial;
] for biography, to Helaire Belize for
! DantOn: A study; for history. 10 G
| NJ. Trevelyan. for England In the Age
/ OF Wycline; for translation, 20 Mrs
| Garrett for her translation OF the
| novels Of Turbeney; miscellaneous, to
| II. O. Graham for The Social Life Of
Scotland In the Eighteenth Century.
A correspondent Of the London Daily
! News has this 20 say about Blackmore's
/ literary methods; Not being natural
| ~ a story-teller though a splendid re-
| corder OF stories. he invented very 1T
| tie, and depended largely on fact and
memory, 7 think he told me that for
almost everything he had written ne
| had the authority OF SOME original
John Rid had his counterpart In life.
and Blackmore's own father. a clergy
man Of the old type, had served his son
for a model several times. / think
Lorna herself came more directly out Of
the heart Of It's creator. and ] see
! Blackmore's own nature IN many Of his
| children, both male and female. but he
| aid not greatly trust himself In the In
vcntion OF incident, and the wings Of
his Imagination always kept close 70
the ground. Hence. no doubt the vivid
reality OF his narrative, and hence, also,
the slowness u his pace"
The John Ruskln volume. which Mrs.
Meynall some time ago undertook 70
write for the Modern English Writers
series. is now nearing completion. and
viii PROBABLY be presented IN the early
autumn. Its scope is less biographical
than eXpOsltOry the aim OF the author
being 10 provide the student as well as
the general reader with a handbook 70
the teaching Of nearly the most volum-
nous author and fruitful thinker OF our
time
THE extraordinary leap into public
favor Of Miss Mary Johnston's To Have
and 20 Hold says the New York
Times. "is certainly marvellous II not
absolutely unprecedented. The book
was published two weeks and a halt
ago. To date iil.OO0 copies have been
sold. and the one hundred and twenty
NTH thousand Il IN press. Even Uncle
Toms Cabin. probably the most popu-
lar American novel ever published
canont show these figures. Within two
months after publication 100000 copies
of Mrs. Stoves book had been sold, but
It took a year 70 dispose Of twice that
number"
The next important biographical work
20 appear IN the Century Magazine will
| have Man Tin Luther FOR rs subject The
hon. Andrew ID. White. our ambassa-
dor at Berlin. Is engaged IN It's prepar-
| alton.
There appears 10 be a Cromwell re-
vival IN the cir not unlike that which
Napoleon lately enjoyed In addition
20 the current magazine biographies
a Life OF the Protector Is soon TO be