Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

Evans and before she had begun to
write novels she used to frequent an
old book-shop on the Strand, where she
left a very unfavorable impression on
one young man who was at that time
an assistant in John Chapman's shop.
His description Of her is that of q re-
markably ugly young woman Of uni
versal knowledge whose delight II was
to use the Socratlc method In CONVEX
sation. but without the Socratic benev-
olence Of intention, The result was that
the young men at the dinlng-table (the
shop had a clearinghouse for its en-
ployes and guests who heedlesc'y haZ-
ardcd an opinion We're very soon made
90 feel not only that they knew moth
ing Of the subject under discussion,
but that they knew very little indeed Of
anything. Now a young man does not
relish being badgered and made a fool
of by a pretty woman, but IL Is intol-
cradle to be sat upon by an ugly one
at least such was the feeling Of our ils
formant, and one consequence OF this
treatment was that In after years,
when Miss Evans had become George
Eliot, one man could never persuade
himself 10 read Adam Bede, or 10 adj
nit that the author was other than a
very intoerant person and an intoler-
able intellectual prIg.
The remarkable facts In the life Of
Cecil Rrodes-as cited in Mr.. Hensman's
new biography issued by the Harpers-
his phenomenal rise-l In wealth and pow
en- recall what Scott said about Na-
poleon, that an adequate life q the
Emperor would be the most wonderful
book which the world ever read--a book
in which every incident shall be incred-
ible, yet strictly true This character
ICES in a measure the life OF Rhodes.
As 10 his successor, Il is said that some
South Africans favor Or. Jameson, but
that tho Raid" will probably prevent
his being given any responsibility be-
yond the furthering Of the railway de-
yolopment Of the country, which % is
assumed win be controlled by him
Rhodes true connection with the IA
nous raid is related authoritatiyely in
Hensmans biography
That Maj. Andre, the Inflated English
soldier, once wrote a long sauirical
poem making fun Of the American gen
eral Anthony Wayne is not known 10
many people. II was called THE Cow
Chacc" was written In the style o. the
old ballad OF Chevy Chace." contained
three cantos. and was intended TO ridi-
Guile an unsuccessful assault on "A Brit
fish bloCk-houSp which was made b.
Gen Wayne. Wayne lost g. men. bu,
ne drove back TO camp large number
Of cattle which were In danger frOn
British foragers. The sight Of The
doughty American warrior driving
home the cows Inspired Andres verse,
in the course OF which he referred 90
the Americans as "tha duur-born tribe
a complete COPY of the poem, with tho
title and anai stanz1 reproduced On fac
smile ~ Andres own writing appears
IN Harper's New Encyclopedia of
United States history The closing
stanza reads:
"And now I've clos'd my Epic strain,
I tromhla as ! show q,
Lest this same warrio-droyer Wayne
Should ever catch the Poet"
The poet was caught and the quad
that attended his execution was drawn
from the troops commanded by tho man
ne had ridiculed The following stanza
was afterwards found neatly written In
another hand at the end Of Andres
autograph copy Of the poem:
"When the epic strain was sung,
The poet hy the neck was hung;
And TO his cost he finds too late.
The dung born tribe decides his fate"
After hanging fire for a year and a
half following his Introduction 20 the
English-read.ng public, the work Of