Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-05

! formerly did in the case of If | Were
King and has now done with The
Proud Prince, in which Mr. Sothern Is
starring, The novel of the name, how
ever, was not published by the Har-
pers until October 23 several weeks
later than the play and Is illustrated
from photographs Of scenes from the
latter If under these conditions the
play had failed Il is safe TO say that
the novel would still have had good
flghing chance for success as fiction,
AS is already known, the play Is a COM
plete success.
Hamlin Garland, author of Hesper,
is visiting with his family at the home
of Mrs, James A. Herne, widow of the
actor-author, at southampton, Long
Island, where she has a beautiful es-
tate known AS Herne-Oaks. Mr.. Gar
land will spend the winter i'm New York,
and will probably make his headquar-
ters there in future retaining the old
homestead at West Salem, WIS, where
his early life was passed, He will
lecture, AS usual, In the intervals of
literary labor, Mr.. Garland believes
that in Hesper he has done his strong
est work. In the midst of a rude min
ing camp he has set down his heroine
daintily, distinguished artificial and SUI
4 periieial i'm her luxury trained point of
view, but with the possibilities of true
womanllness for all that, as the sequel
proves.
When Miss Marie Manning. author of
judith of the Plains was a girl at
boarding school she and her "chum'
! determined to devote their lives 10 the
- hnN 9aniAaH
| follow the plan OF Balzac--namely to
eat substantial dinner in the evening
and retire at once to sleep until mid
night. Upon the stroke of that hour
they would rise and devote the rest OF
| the night TO labor. thus securing the
| most quiet hours for work. The plan
| worked admirably so far as eating the
| dinner was concerned. They then re-
| tired An hour passed. Then voice
| broke the silence. Are you asleep
NO" was the reply, cant" Another
| hour passed Are you asleep said
| the voice again, softly. mo. can't close
my eyes" came the gloomy reply. Al
midnight. however they arose, and pre-
pared for the nights labor. But they
| had scarcely arranged their writing
| materials and clad themselves appro-
| prately than they Immediately became
|
| awake?" said the voice again. Yes,
| but ! can hardly keep my eyes open.
| Let's go to bed VERY WE'LL And
| two discouraged litterateurs retired 10
| the slumbers of the young and healthy,
| thus BalZacs plan failed.
one selection from Mr. Maynadiers
| commentary upon Smollett win show
| In what manner and mood he has APP
| preached the great satirist, He Is writ
! ing OF Frederick Random" and I'm con-
| cluslon he says: 1T must be apparent
| now, why, In spite Of its faults, Rod
| crck Random is one of the great Eng
! lish novels. Though the book Is nor-
| ganiC. It's style Is easy ana polished
| and it is enlivened by delicious humor
and keen satire. OF Smolett, as OF
Defoe, II has been justly said that
much OF his work work IL clever re-
porting, but reporting which preserves
| the life about him for all time. In one
respect, however Smolletts 'Roderick
Random Is far ahead of anything of
his famous predecessor Most of ~
characters are thoroughly alive-some-
| times, to be sure eccentric To the point
of unnaturalness. but even so, Vivi-
fled and amusing, And as they pass
back and forth. and smile and scold
and vex and comfort one another they
seem above all things a maryelously
human set of indivduals-the more