Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-10
Special Cores lonoe.

SPECIAL tOflcHI NrNCe,
London, Oct lirs Paget Toyn-
bee, sister-u-D u the late Arnold
Toynbee, founccr Of Toynbee Hall and
originator OF the settlement idea, is
about to complet the first instalment Of
a stupendius piece of work for the most
scholarly press in the world--the Clar-
endon.
Mrs. Toynbee is producing new
collection OF letters OF Horace Walpole,
which will overshadow any collection
Of the great statesman's correspondence
ever published, It's editor having Sc
cured from sources not previously call
ed into requsltion, 400 letters which
never before have been published, TO
add to those already known.
The new Clarendon" edition Of Wal
pole will be In l6 volumes. Mrs. Toyn-
bee has been occupied with che
editing and deciphering of the
letters for great length OF
time and will not complete her
task for another two years. The
first four volumes of the l6 will, how
ever, be published this fall; another
two in the following spring, six the
following autumn and the remaining
volumes in the early part of the year
1905.
Coincident with the editing of the
letters Mrs Toynbee has prepared a
memoir Of Walpole which viii be pub
lished with the correspondence and the
books will be illustrated by "A collection
of rare prints now IN Mrs Toynbee's
possession.
TDNnhnA ~ No ts on
man, works much In conjunction with
her distinguished husband, probably the
greatest Dante authority In the world,
who is contemplating even another and
revised edition OF his celebrated Dante
dictionary Mr., Toynbee is one Of the
critics of the Clarendon Press, and has
therefore had an additional interest in
his wife's monumental effort.
Mr., and Mrs. Toynbee live at Dorney
Wood, the Dover house of one of the
great estates near Maidenhead, the
English river town. Their library Is
OF great value comprising many thous-
and volumes. Both Mr., and Mrs. Toyn-
bee are the most modest. unassumn
OF people, Mrs. Toynbee is especially
notable among English university wo-
men. as absolutely without pretension
or formality. She il regarded as one
Of the most erudite of English feminine
scholars,
AN AUTHORS PROTEST.
II. G. Wells, who by the way, was
81 two days ago, Is the latest English
author to protest In print against an
unfavorable review" In doing so the
author OF 1.-THE War OF Worlds" re-
marks that 81 Is an excellent general
rule that an author should not reply to
a review OF his work however unfair
but his wrath Is kindled by the fact
that the book whacker of 1.-THE Daily
Chronicle" which happens to be Mr.,
Wells favorite newspaper--saw TT to
dismiss the authors Mankind In the
Making" with a lack of ceremony by
which, AYERS Wells, tine limits of
endurance are passed. your reviewer
leaves me sore and exasperated" con-
tinues the novelist, and after ALL Mr.
Wells seems to have some reason for
his plant for he shows, TO use his own
words, that what the reviewer wrote
gave the impression that the book is
disorderly gable at large He
finishes reasonable enough II have
thought my best and have done what
/ can to set II forth and ] want my
book to be read. II is intolerable that
should submit TO the injury IN the eyes
OF your readers an unchallenged ac-
ceptance Of this review entails"
The critic replies, as critics are per-
mltted to do over here, and concludes
some appeasing remarks by saying: II