Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-11

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preme Surrender" which the llarpers
published In their American Novel
Series"
A little passage at arms has lust taxi
en- place between Mr.. Frederic Harrison
and DR., Lang regarding the latter'y
book on Tennyson Mr.. Lang expressed
the belief that Tennyson deserved more
credit than he received for the orgl-
nalty OF his thought in "The Two
Voices and I'm Memorlam." Mr. Har-
rson contended that the early poems
were IAN admirable tuneful yersinca-
ton OF ideas current In Tennyson's cir
Gle" The controversy Is Of little i'm
portance. but II has added some enjoy
ment to the life Of the looker-on. Mr..
Harrison says IN one place, "Of course
the merry Andrew OF the reviewers
cannot write a book without INDUCING
In some Of those Jokes which, with or
without his name he loves 10 shower
around the press" The great Positive
lst also speaks Of Or. Lang'B 'inc0rrlg-
jble trick Of staggering IA phrase that
deserves TO live long, because T. 10 not
only funny but is also the embodiment
Of truth.
+. NJ. Buckles & Co., the New York
publishers, win publish shortly In con-
junction with John Long, the English
publisher, a new novel by Fergus
Hume. author of Mystery Of a Han
som Cab" Those who have read the
advance sheets say that MIR Hume has
not deteriorated as good detective
| story teller This last story from his
pen il called 1.-THE Millionaire Mystery
and deals with the curious and sudden
disappearance Of a millionaire,
We are assured by an enthusiastic
press that In the preparation Of his
novels, Dmltri Merezowski followed the
methods Of the most palnstaking real
! lists. Before writing The Death OF the
1 Gods MeIezowsk visited all the places
! IN which his hero had lived and acted.
| I'm Greece and Asia Minor and over
France and Germany, In the case OF
! The Reawakening Of the Gods OF
which Leonardo is the hero, he had
only to stay while In the circle OF
| towns from Vinci to Amboise, while the
writing Of The Anti-Chnst required
him TO follow In the footsteps of the
wandering Peter the Great
Miss Louise Imogen Quincy Is at
work on monograph on Hurrel
Froude.
Following the example Of Mr.. Halle
ton, Justin Huntly Mccarthy is turning
! his play III / Were King into a novel,
/ The plot revolyes about the life or
Francois Vilon
Rev. Dr. Minot J, Savage has out
germaued the Germans He has en-
braced his entire preface TO his new
book I'm one sentence Of four hundred
and ninety-hve words.
on February Goth, this year the
Victor Hugo Museum In Paris VIII be
opened. A Victor Hugo monument Is
10 be unveiled and the theaters prom
Use Victor Hugo REVEALS
Carmen Sylvia, the queen OF Rou-
| mania and author OF several stories
does her literary work between I'VE
and eight o'clock Of the morning.
The Cornhil Magazine quotes Mrs
| Broadfoot who was Carlisles house
maid, In reference TO the authors tenn
per;
could have lived with him all my
days and II always makes me angry
when | read, as | sometimes do, that
he was bad tempered and 'gey III
to get on with" He was the very re,
verse in my opinion. ! never would
have left him when ] did had not been
going to get married.
Leon Tolstol, son OF the great writer
of the same name, is finding fault that
| publishers In Germany and elsewhere
are foisting his books upon the pubic
as those of his father The young
gentleman seems TO be lacking In a
sense of humor and somewhat In the
spirit Of financial enterprise.
Clara Morris the actress and the au-
thor OF Life on the Stage, Is to take
the lecture platform,
For Quill pen Of Dickens a London
bookseller asks seventy-elght dollars
paper knife may be had for the
rldIculously small sum OF ninety-four
dollars and fifty cents
Henry James has completed a new
novel. Its title is The Bedonald Hol-
bein.
Charles FELTON, Pldgln has asked all
who hold Aaron Burr dear to send him
their names. Mr. Pidgins reasons are
given as follows:
AS | wish to learn the truth and de-
sire both sides of the case | shall be
pleased to receive the names and ad-
dresses of those readers who think that
Burr murdered Hamilton, that he con-
celved and almost carried out trait
orous conspiracy. that he was the most
unprincipled politician and the great
est social prohigate Of his time.
The Princess Beatrice Is writing a
book TO be called Recollectons OF MY
Glorious Mother. The princess has
material enough at hand to create q
work which should be interesting to
thousands.
Mr.. Bernard Shaw. IN HIS preface TO
new edition OF Cashel Byron's Pro-
fession. quotes part OF a letter OF ana
lysis unon the book by Robert Louis
Stevenson. Here is the formula
Charles Read" 400" "'.",.l part
Henry James or some kindred
author, badly assimlated..l part.
Dlsrael perhaps unconscious) Y part.