Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-25
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Of title Is not particularly happy Com
ment Paris amuse' would be more
effective. Mr.. Smiths descriptions are
always good If his Paris stories lack
q certain seriousness Of purpose IL Is
due largely TO the demand Tor those
aspects OF the beautiful city which
deal with It's frivilous side.
Mr.. Guy Wetmore Carryl, whose IA
bles for the Frivolous and Grimm Tales
Made Cay won for him u reputation as
a delightful humorlst, has recently
written a book In more serious vein.
In "rhe Lieutenant Governor he has
written novel which deals with pres
ont day labor troubles. sir. Garry ia
am example Of the writer "ho has first
won success in the field Of humOr and
has later justified II by works IN more
serious vein American literature is re-
pete With such examples.
For sculptor of international repu
tation 10 lay aside the chise that he
may take up the brush and palette, az
Frederick MacMonnies has done. Is
unusual enough 10 invest all ills paint
ings with interest When MI MacAlon-
MES made bis first serious essay iu thls
new field two years ago, be exhibited
anonymously at the Salon, winning hon
ors that quickly made his reputation
as rainter scarcely inferior 20 that
gained as a sculptor Il Is Nh Mae
Monucss portrait NJ NJ Georges Thel-
mar that the August Century has chos-
en- To reproduce az It's latest example
Of American portrature.
Lhasa, the sacred city Of Tibet IS
built on Mount POtala near the mouth
Of the river Indus. Tradition says it
had rs beginning In the seventh cen
fury: but until recent years almost mo-
thing was known of the city and its
people, save that foreigners wer. rig
idly excluded from within its walls TO
t'shc Nar2umof Kalmuk pilgrim who
twice cleyerly managed to elude the
vigilance OF the guards, the world is
indebted for pictures Of this forbidden
city, and for much valuable information
concerning H. The story Of many futile
efforts TO accomplish similar ends and
Of Ushe Narzumofs final success viii
be- told IN the August Century by },
Deniker member OF the Societe de- Geo
graphic, Paris. The illustrations win
be from photographs by Nar2umof
"Who Is Mr. Chostorton? is he some
body very much IN particular in
quiTed lately a prominent American
writer He is. lie has neglected the
advice offered him by The Academy In
reviewing an early volume OF essays.
10 bury himself IN the desert for q few
years before bringing out another yol-
ume Instead he Is writing the most
eagerly read essays that are printed IN
the London papers c. X. Chest"rton.
a LOndoner born and bred, Is about 80
years old and has been In the writing
trade about three years. Before that
he was at desk work for London plb-
fishing houses. lie was virtually nm
known when he published The Defend
ant, year and a half ago; now he
Is ubiquitous in the London literary
world The remarkable thing about his
writing Is its extremely parad0Nical
style The Athengum alludiug 20 the
definition Of paradox as standing on
ones head TO attract attention. de-
clares that Mr. Chesterton not only
stands on his head but cuts his throat
to do IL, Summing up his whole ac-
COmplishWont SO far 1--WE have here"
says Mr. BlackshaW in the May Critic,
"a critic OF singular originality and
force, poet Of Imagination. @ writer
NJ nonsense verse and spirited
draughtsman Mr. Chestert1us vol
ume on Browning In The English Men
Of Letters Series is at length completed,
il will be published next week.
Smith College girls appear o. have
made a more brilliant literary record
than those of any other OF he great
colleges for women 10 mention "a few,
there are JsephIne Daskam whose
Memoirs Of a Baby" Is nov running
In Harpar'S Bazaar, Miss Caroline ship.
man. whose work In the Critic is IA
vorably known Miss Craze Lathrop
Collin, author Of Putnam Place. and
Miss olivia Howard Dunbar. author of
art icles and essays whose polished style
has attracted the attention of serious
critics. They are all very young wo-
men. from whom much may doubtless
be expected in the future.
Harper & Brothers ar publishing a
new edition Of Constance Fcnimore
Woolson's well-knoWn novel Anne II
will be remembered that Miss Woolsou
was grand-niece of James Fenimore
Cooper. She was not at all sure Of her
powers as a novelist, a lack Of conf
dence which her later success did not
Justify; and Mr. Henry Mills Alden.
editor OF Harper's Magazine recalls her
once saying to him that II he had not
accepted her novel Happy Valley"
which appeared I'm Harper's Weekly
she would have abandoned literature as
a calling Her first novel was followed
by Anne" "Rodman the Keeper"
Horace Chase and others, and her
last work was some delightful italian
stories completed not long before her
tragic death at Florence.
The race problem IN the South has
been treated more ably and judicially, |
SAYS a Southern reviewer by President |
Woodrow Wilson IN his History OF the |
American People than in any other |
work covering this important subject !
President Wilson has devoted a very /
large part Of Volume V OF his history |
TO the reconstruction period, and stu |
dents Of the negro question find this |
work q great aid 10 q broad compre- |
hension OF the problem which, more |
than any other now demands the sen- |
Gus consideration Of Americans. II !
will be remembered that President VIII |
son brought TO bus work the advantage |
OF Southern as well as a Northern |
education.
Ntnht Was Her Terror,