Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-28

81 have always been Il pilgrim to lit
erary shrines but this was one OF the
most interesting OF my life. Not when
| stood In the little Scotch cabin that
they say Is the birthplace IF Burns
not when stately Abbotsford untolded
itself to the gaze; not when by dint oil
brlbing and coaXing | penetrated the
sacred precincts of girls boarding
school and found Southey's famous
study, where although his days among
the dead" were passed, hundreds OF Nv
ing authors had stood and sat with
HIM not I'm any OF the former dwellin5
places OF great men and women wheth-
er kings and queens Dy the human
right OF inheritance or the divine right
of genius---have | felt deeper thrills OF
intense interest than In this quiet cot
tage where Whittier lived and toiled,
The place at DanVers which he made
his halfway house" on the way 10
Boston. Is still interesting to the cas-
ual visitor; the farm where he spent
his youthful days, and the house where
as a child he romped and played, are
still among the great "showplaces' OF
New England but this Is the most m
teresting OF all; for here the greater
part of life was spent
The sun was half way down the west
ern horizon as | stood by the last rest
ing-place OF the Poet OF Freedom.
Memory ran back to the last time L
had grasped his hand at Oak Knoll.
Danvers, and taken from him CHEEKY
God-speed on my way. The 80 years OF
his grand life came thronging through
my memory: his Kindness, his bravery
his wonderful genius, and win IL an,
his never-failing modesty OF thought
Lou
nation and it's history; here were the
fingers that penned THE Prisoner for
Debt" "The Branded Hand, and Bar
bara Freitchle" Here with all the
family about him, the plain but mighty
poet is sleeping today, under clear
September sky, with now and then a
neecy cloud throwing its shadows upon
the grass that covers him, Extract
from Editorial Correspondence, by
VIII Carleton, in Every Where
In Little Stories Of Journalism Ju-
Illus Chambers gives In the November
number OF The Reader Magazine sew
eral true instances of the fact mat
newspapers often do as much good as
some people like to say they do harn,
The testimony is strong, and includes
the true tale OF the famous Herald
Hoax" about the escape OF the Wild
animals from the Central Park ZOO
The McCutcheon Cartoon, Bert Lesion
Taylors 'Reading Sauce" humorous
article on passionate Punctuation,
and a burlesdue of Mr.. Dooley would
alone keep up the magazines repula
ton for high class fun even were sew :
eral other little bits OF foolish verse ana
prose absent. The more serious SIDE Is
held down by Bliss Carman's article
on "The Poet in Modern Life ana Wy
considerations of the Danish sculp-
TOR Sinding and OF "rhe Haymaklng
m Authors" Among the poets OF the
number are William ]. hampton, Ern-
est Neal Lyon, Emery Pottle, ana MAD
json Cawein, There are also dra,iatlo
article, several short stories, ana inc
opening of a new serial, The olsnop
Carriage" and up-todate picturesque
novel, of which the heroine Is Keen,
well. hammered, and very feminine iady
thief But Il Is among the reviews
that some people Will md the MT on
this month; for Mr.. McCracken, tne
leading mouth-piece OF Christlan
Science, reviews Mrs. cara Loulse
Rurnham's new Christian science nov
el There are many other reviews OF
hooks of current interest ana mos,
nrominent OF all there is John Iecl'
Claws portrait Of William Dean HOW
The youths Companion for this week
is n THANKSGIVING number, ana mas a
cover design showing colonial ngurel
in the costume of the early times WIN
omen Bible In his hands, IN suggestion
Of the Thanksgiving spirit There are
several interesting stories, ana 'he