Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-02

seems to have inherited literary ability.
Her latest book, "A Country lnterlude,"
published this saving by Houghton
Mifflin & CO., has been very well re-
ceiyed. as affordlng enjoyable summer
reading. She has previously been
known through her short stories and
poems which have appeared In many
Of the Leaning magazines.
The work Of Henry Harland has not
always had that brightness and sun
shine which permeates every page Of
his recent books 1t Is cot generally
known that Mr. Ilarland studied for
the bar and something over 10 years
ago occupied a post In the office OF the
Surrogate OF New York city and lived
in Beekman place. Under the name Of
Sidney Luska, during this period he
wrote some very grim stories, THE
Yoke of the Thorah," Mrs. Pexada,"
and made, a few years later, his con-
tributions to that queer quarterly which
he edited "The Yellow Book Mr..
Harland's last book. "My Friend Pros
pero' is as far away as possible In
spirit from those earlier works. ut is
all sunshine and brightness '-as one
critic characterlaes IT,
portunity to see Joseph Conrad, whose
'Romance. written in collaboration
with Ford Maddox Hueffer, has just
appeared" writes n gentleman from
England This IL because Mr. Conrad
Is extremely avorse TO meeting strang-
ers But the other day, through the
courtesy Of Mr., Hueffer who Is, as II
were. the guardian Of Mr. Conrad's
comfort, | had the opportunity Of meet
ing the famous author. ] found him a
broad shouldered man above the me
dunn height, who would look much
taller If he we're not slightly stopped
saturnine Of exterior with dark hair
dark overshadowed eyes, and black,
bushy beard. His distinctly unconven-
tional dress and manner set him mn
mediately aside from the average run
OF people. Any one not aware or his
identity would surely realize at once
that he Is a man who has experienced
much, both Of the sweet and bitter or
life. His whole manner is extremely
nervous. III health probably accounts
for this, as he Is not by temperament
an eKcltable man. You remember he is
n Pole whose first allegiance was TO
France He betrays his foreign nation
atty; for he has n pronounced accent
and speaks with a very French rapid
ty, though his English is academically
pure"
one of the disadvantages Of Great
ing a loveable childish hero, is that you
must stand a good deal of correspon-
dence I'm regard to him Edgar Jepson
Is now paying the penalty for having
made so fascinating boy out OF his
Admirable Tinker" He has received
scores Of letters from people, young and
old, full of gushing admiration, not IN
this case for the author, but foI the
character, A great many are solicitous
about Tinker's future; and one man
says, possibly out Of the depths of his
own matrimonial experiences For
Heavens sake, don't let Tinker marry
Dorothy: that win put an end TO all OF
his scrapes" The first idea Of the char
acter, Tinker, was suggested TO Mr..
Jepson by his own son, now about six
years old whose name is not Hide
brand Anne but Seiwyn
Few Americans can boast Of so long
and distinguished an ancestry as Mrs.
II. A. Mitchell Keays, author of lie
THAT Eateth Bread With Me- The
prominence that Mrs. Keays' name has
attained through the success Of her
novel has brought her into connection
with many new members of her family.
She recently received a letter from a
distant relative interested In genealogy,
which contained Mrs. Keays family
tree written out showing ite roots
reaching back to Henry III Of England.
The heroic career OF Francis Park
man Is told by Mr.. Henry d. Sedgwick
I'm a volume based upon the historians
diaries, notes. and letters, and partlc-
ularly full in its account Of his youth
Parkman's plan of writing history
was formed early; his travels fixed IN
his mind the scenes and figures which
he was TO portray, and the rest OF his
life, as Is well known, was spent IN the
retirement OF an invalid scholars chair
His working time was frequently re-
duced TO less than half an hour day,
yet the greater part OF his career was
one Of such tenacity Of purpose and
such magnificent endurance as has
scarcely a parallel I'm the history Of
American letters.
Many personal letters are used 10
show his close friendship with the great
men OF his day,
Mr. Sedgwick has recently published
a volume OF notable essays which has
met with high praise Essays on Great
Writers, Houghton, Mifiln q Coz, ana
his literary career promises to be an
successful one.
Myra Kelly's rapid rise 20 wide popu-
larity as an author In less than years
time Is a remarkable occurrence In the
world, but the reading OF her
stories Is rs own proof Of the eternal
fitness Of her success
Into "The Land of Hearts Desire,
Miss Kelly takes her little company OF
East Side school children, her last
story. out OF the tenements, away