Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-07

with wheat is the first novel by Mrs,
Margaret Doyle Jackson. She is the
daughter Of an English army officer and
was born In Bermuda In 1858 Her early
life was spent IN the north Of England,
where her father retired on a small PEN
sion. As a pupil teacher In the sub
urbs OF Manchester she saw a great
| deal Of the life which her novel por-
| trays. Indeed, II was the romance Of
the memory Of long daily journeys to
and from school, the picturesqueness OF
the golfers trooping home Of an evening
T, with their bright, sharp picks gancng
under the lamplight and the rough,
humble path0s OF their lives that in
spircd her to write "A Daughter Of the
Pit Not long after she had turned
20 years. her family removed to Can
ada and she studied at Rochester n. Y,
10 become nurse. While there, she
met her husband who is now a we'll
known physician IN New York city.
c. X. s., Of the London Sphere, who
IS, as every one knows, Clement X.
shorter Is engaged with the other Eng
fish critics I'm examining into the sig
nilcance Of Elinor GYMS work In The
Reflections of Ambrosine. lie reaches
the conclusion that Mrs. Glyn described
correctly and brilliantly stratum OF
English society. "She is at this mo-
ment," he writes. "our leading novelist
Of modern manners After ALL | am
not sure but that the witty Elinor Glyn
is really more effective as an autdote
to vice than the satirist Thackeray No
one in the world Of Vanity Fair was
made more moral by Thackerays sa-
tire Perhaps Mrs. Glyn's wit and her
Photographic pictures may be more po-
tent We know that there is ~ exag-
geration In her stories Mr.. George W.
+. Russell has shown us, indeed IN
two clever volumes collections and
Recollectious and An Onooker's Note
Book how very true Mrs Glyn's pic
lures are. His ceusorious pictures are
at one with her sympathetic note"
Authors have more trials than most
men. Even in their private lie fame /
pursues and thwarts them Elmoro |
Elliott Pcake, author OF the new novel |
The Pride Of Tellfair. relates an Incl |
dent Of this kind Some years ago Mr. |
Peake was accustomed to call rather |
frequently upon a young lady who lived |
with her aunt In the caurse Of these I
visits Mr. Peake became tacitly aware 4
OF a certain hostility on the part OF /
the aunt which threatened 10 cut his 1
visits short He inquired of the young
lady the reason for this M fortune. She /
flushed and was silent Upon Mr.
Peake's persisting, however she admit
ted that her aunt suspected the author
OF calling so often merely to study
character for his stories The aunt had
ayeired she knew that Goethe had used
his friends IN that way and she was
certain that Mr.. Peake was likewise en-
gagged. and 20 was long before he could
convince her TO the contrary. THAT Is
the nearest ! ever came concluded Mr.
Peake Ito falling into Goethe's foot
prints"
An unusual instance Of the rapid
growth In value OF limited editions of |
books has just occurred IN the case of |
two sets OF the Alumni edition OF Wood
row Wilson's History Of the American !
People. which have been sold in New /
York one set 10 a New York book
seller al t65. the other % private pun
chaser for $15. This edition was Issued
by the Harpcrs ot $40 about six weeks
ago, which seems q remarkably brief
time In which 10 achieve a rise OF near
~ 30 per cent In value
The death OF Julian Ralph, famous
ls a war correspondent calls % mind
a UNIQUE venture In which he was in-
ierosted, IN collaboration with Conan
Doyle and Rudyard kipling-namely,
d publication Of a newspaper IN the
leld during the Bocr War II was
called The Friend. and has been put IN
permanent form under the title OF
Wars Brighter Side and dedicated |