Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-14

of how much Dr. Smiles made out of
IT, For "A Publisher and His Friends, o.
however Or. Smiles received $4,000
down. out Of the profits Of Self
Help, Its author built himself an un-
commonly comfortable house I'm the
suburbs Of London and on the founda
ton stone was placed a copy of the
book from which young men OF somany
natlonalitles have imbibed its writer's
principle OF reliance ON oneself Cecil
Rhodes was one of these. Opening "A
new library i'm a small South African
town. the Colossus once said. Il have
been called am empire maker. don't
know about that, But there's one
thing | know and am sure of, and that
u.s. and here he lifted Dr. Smiles
"Sclf-Help,' that we have here what
rs sun better-a man maker char
acter- maker" query made yester.
day at one Of the largest public H.
braries in London as TO whether there
stun was any considerable demand for
'Self-Ilelp' elected the reply that only
one work OF the kind was called for so
often, That Americans win take some
pride In hearing was Lorimcr's Let
tiers from a Selt-made Merchant TO His
Son"
Dr, Smiles immense yigor oven
when nearing 90 excited the wonder Of
every one who met him, Within "A wear
OF ms de4th-at 9l-he still took his
morning walk. smoked three or four
cigars a day INDUCED I'm cortnin
number of glasses Of port, and ala n
good deal Of reading-Without glasses
one Of the last books that this ola
Scotchman read before his death was
WEE Macgreegor.'
II VIII be welcome news to the nd.
mtrers of the late George Gissing that
AN opportunity Is now offered them To
show their appreciation both of the
man and his books, The English So
ciety OF Authors, London, has invited
contributions TO a fund for the purpose
OF keeping flowers on his grave I'm the
nlue cemetery of ST. Jean de Lug I'm
me south OF France, II Is from a
tfenehman that the suggestion orig
lnally emanated that this tribute
should be paid to Gissing's memory
ana In making 1t he recalls the fact
mat when Guy de Maupassants mother
dled she bequcathed sum Of money to
the French Society OF Authors to be
devoted TO similar pious purpose.
Some critics Of the late Sir Edwin
Arnolds work have asserted that much
OF ms poetry lacks inspirations that ne
htrnessed his Pegasus whenever ne had
need Of him and turned out verses
much as he wrote leaders. How FAR
wrong these critics are has Just been
shown by q writer who quotes what
Arnold once told him Of hts methods of
noetcal composition, n do not at any
time force poetry he said; 81 must
be thoroughly IN the mood. These
moods come imporatyely bur very ir-
regularly My method Is this. either
! write first. ana roughly, on scraps OF
paper or my daughter takes Il down
from my dictatlon-she Is the only one
who can do go for meas I walk up
and down the room. and smoke. 1 put
the rough notes IN my pocket until tho
next day, Then / read the verse over
and over correct and copy an out NV
self. altering IL very much, and filling
it up, These scraps | enter into "a sort
OF day-hook or ledger until the work ls
nearly finished ! treat the matter thus
compiled as the rough draft, / 20 over
II myself polish Il. and transcribc il
into a second book, which may be
called the poem Itself but sun i'm a
rough state. Then copy II out again
and finally iu q fair manuscript for
the printer, Every line OF the poem,