Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-11

saleslddy next rushed TO the speaking
tube AMI cried. Send Peggy O'Neal
down right away" a few moments
latei the impatient customer was con-
fropted by young woman whose name
answered to the title Of the novel. EX-
plantations and apologies followed, and
then the customer was shown to the
book department. He afterwards told
a salesman of DreXel Bddles That It
was impossible to combine dry goods
with literature.
Mr. Egerton Castle, the English au-
thor now IN his 46tn year. has made his
mark in different fields Of literature,
though he is best known as a novelist,
IN collaboration with his wife Agnes
Castle. Mr.. Castles youth was spent
mostly on the continent, where he stud
led at the University OF Paris Then
he went to Glasgow and from there TO
Trinity college, Cambridge on taking
his degree he attended the Royal Mill
tary college at Sandhurst. from which
he graduated IN 1881 joining the Ports
mouth militia division of the Royal
engineers in which he served as lieu
tenant captain and acting ad Jltant,
from 1884 TO 1898
Mr. Castles first book was Schools
and Masters Of Fence from the Middle
Ages TO the Eng OF the Eighteenth Gen.
fury" standard work which has'been
translated into French. Ills first novel.
consequences, followed ana ~ about
the same time a volume Of short stories.
La Bella and Others" Then came
English Book Plates, now IN It's third
edition the limited first issue being
quoted 1T premium.
"The Light Of Scarthey," the oJern-
| ingham Letters and the French trans
latior Of Robert Louis Steven sons
Prince Otto followed in rapid success
sion, Young April" was the last novel
to he written by MI. Castle without COLI
alteration.
The now familiar imprint "By Agnes
and Egerton Castle" first appeared on
the title page OF THE Pride OF Jennlco."
which was dramatzed and PLAYED in
this country by Mr.. Hackott. The 'Se-
cret Orchard and the "Star Dreamer"
are the other products of the collabora-
ton Of the couple. Mrs Castle furnish
ed also many OF the illustrations for
, Schools and Masters OF Fencing and
English Book Plates"
Since 1890 Mr.. Castle has been the
publisher OF the Liverpool Mercury"
founded by his grandfather.
Harold MacGrath Is the most popu-
lar young man in Syracuse. He has
about him some subtle quality that
draws men cpd women. young and Old
10 him ard which makes every one who
comes In contact with him eager to do
sonething for him Some of the phe-
nomenal success OF "The Grey Cloak"
IN MS home town, must be attributed TO
the authors skill In the gentle art OF
making friends. Il Is said that the
loyal citizens OF Syracuse do not borrow
the The Grey Cloak from their neigh
bors neither do they patronize the pub
lie library. They buy the book. And
Judging from the immense sale, all
Syracuse citizens must be loyal citi-
gems.
MacGrath Is at present recovering
from an attack OF pen paralysis. due 10
the demand OF his neighbors for auto
graph copies OF his stirring story.
Harold MacGrath, who recently grad
natcd from Mudoons University OF
Physical culture at White Plains re-
ports that the distressing results OF
oyerwork while writing The Grey
Cloak entirely disappeared under Prof
Muldoon's energetic ana unliterary
treatment one OF the most trying or
deals VI this unlverslty's rigorous cur.
ruculum for MaoGrath, who is very