Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-25

les DN AlAuNl 'WlANNf II ~ ilhA n NHNh
that will have exceptionally large sales,
but there are some people In IT well
worth meeting, Bin Smith, for instance
In "Nauslcaa' Of whom the poetic Kld
Sadler sang
Nobody knows who Bin smith Is,
His kin nor yet his kith
An nobody cares who Bif Smith is
An neither does BIN Smith.
Bin smith is only an incident In the
story. to be sure, but II he hadn't stolen
Sandy COsss $50 of back pay Sandy
would never have met Grocia. ana the
reader would have missed some attrac-
tive side lights on Sandys FAC from ir-
reproachable character Mr. Cpltous
stories do not easily lend themselves 10
criticism or comment To detail any
ono of the twelve would give hat slight
idea of the Elusive charm and rare nee
preston Of the authors work. They
must be read to get the little suhUcties
and suggestions that Turk ln every sen-
tence.
Bret lJarte has made England his
home now Tor many years, ana IN AN
likelihood he win stay there hu. every
little while he sends back some of his
EtNIlfN Win lllil AAtNl nc tII'A aliA'fN I'l''
writ large on them Such are the ten
stories that make mp his latest COLLEGE
lion. "t'nder the Redwoode' There Is
in them all the color and movement Of
"The Luck of Roaring Camp and other
OF his earlier writings, which is saying
good deal,
It has been frequently observed that
most Of the young novelists now coming
| into prominence have I'm the first I'M
stance been qualified for the legal pro-
| fessOn, but there Is something even
| more encouraging in the recent dlscov-
| cry that many OF them are devoted To
! the strenuous ife' Of the athlete The
day. or rather the night, of the paid
/ burner of midnight oil and the r?yster-
| ing blade Of the tavern seems past
| and writer's now find the best stimulus
for their tagged brains I'm the vigor ana
| eXhilaratiou Of outdoor life, IL Wouid
be interesting to make a census OF the
| favorie outdoor occupations OF the
writer's Of today Richard Harding
| Davis is an enthusiastic athlete; Mr..
| Arthur Stanwood Pier, the author OF
THE Sentimentalists" is a successful
adept at tennis. Mr. Van Taesnl sut.
rhen who wrote 1.-THE Cardinals Rose
Is an exuberant golfer in practice as
well as in print, for he Is the editor OF
Golf: Mr.. Kenneth Brown who jointly
| with Mr.. II. d. Boone wrote PASSOVER
| Court House" the first Of the AmeH-
| can Contemporary Novels serles-as
good sporting novel by the way, a'
has been written In many a year-is
also an expert golf-player i happeh
Ia be president Of the University OF
Virginia Golf club at present Mf,
Brown wrote recently TO a friend, ana
If your town has a golf club that lhlnks
ID can lick ours, we should be please1
TO have It come up and try It,
To open a new field In fiction demands
not only some ingenuity but much oar
ing, yet when the achievement Is SUI
cessful the critics first comment Is
often one of surprise that the field had
lain so long undiscovered. ms mas
been the case with Mrs. Rawson's "A
Lady OF the Regency" in which. for the
first time. fiction has dealt with royal
personages and actual history IN u
period that strangely enough never
seems 70 have tempted the errant pen
Of the novelist. And yet Mrs. lawson
has drawn from this period so mucn
TINT is picturesque and romantic ana
has In this one novel indicated so sure
w the rich possibilities cf the Tune
that we should not wonder II she were
To be followed by others. Meantime,
we have "a Lqdy of the Regency,
which not only has entered a new Ue'u
and by that earned our gratitude ous
which has also refreshed the NINA Oh
tha reader satiated with pseud0-hlSloT-
t6ol romance. with one of the best nov
els in historic fiction that has been pun
lshed in years
Messrs. Harper & Brothers have Sc
cured for the July issue Of their Ainerl-
cor Confemporary Novels series mrs!
bool, nv n new writer ~ unusual ahi
striking Importance. "The Manager or
me r. q A." by Vaughan kester IS
cold IN be a remarkable performance
for first work OF fiction by a young
writer II Is also refreshing To leatu
maj this novel Is more concerned WIN
he romance OF business than win lhe
male sentimentality that takes the plicC
oS genuine passion IN so much oil tne
| ection Of today Mr. Kester conlr uul, J..
cd short story called 'Ihe MllS "a
the Little Tin Gods to the Cosmepoll-
ian about three years ago Whlcu a'-
tracted marked attention AT lHe I,,nv'
and evoked comment from NOR W., va"
one eminent critic There Was an lnula
cation IN that story thar MI NE.
"sensed." 80 10 speak the teellus ana
atmosphere Of business IRE as ie" ~
done II. and there was the pfoIllsG iE,,,a.
n he developed this peculiar sehsluat,l,,31
bs would achieve something ID n.lu
which today presents IN our V"u",A
nj least. one ~ the most trulIul 'us t Ne
Young novelist THE Man'geI ui W..
y & A." is said 10 be a turtnrr g1,ue'5.1,
of Mr.. Kester's power IN tne r's"' VI
rection.
Mice VIKINGS story Of the parrot In
hor now hook "Understudies is so
good that is has only been rlyaISu NY
boreclf In the inimtable story OF the
"ii maid and the cat that came back,
in one of her earliest volumes, In pom
tories there Is the inevitable pathos
and bumor with which Miss Nllkihs
,lone knows how TO envelope her son
tarv figures Of spnsterhood. The parrot
Mado n striking tropical contrast to ms
e,ern New England mistress ana lg
tbts voman. whose sole dissipation had
hean visit TO a concert in the Town.
hou the screaming and laughing plfd
vas a suggestion Of vague ana unreal
soning immortality The bird was me
one bright thing in her life and linked
The outside world 10 the true inward
ness Of her own soul In an awful mo.
ment which seemed like the, rahkest
atheism TO her, she had talked to nun
in the language Of love- ana ne naa
cooked his glittering head and his ln.
scrutable jewe-eye at her In a way lhot
made her not quite sure that the paIIott
had not a soul. In fact she thought OF
epeaklng TO the minister about H. Du,
then he was unmarried, and people haa
noInted the finger at the minister as a
svitable match for the solitary daugh-
Tor of his predecessor. one warm nlshs
the parrot frightened away a ga No, OF
lovers standing near the gate OF Mar
mas garden by shouting IN wiz
clamor; what is that? What is mat
DO YOU know what that 49, Marina
Martha took the bird in and set INN on
tbe sltting-room table. along WIN me
Blble and Concordance, while she light.
ed a lamp. Again the bird shrleRed az y
| ffAANaf WAS tflHl .