Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-27

Washington.
Look at him." he said Does he not
look as II he had just said a good,
stupid thing?"
Then, turning to my mother he said;
Now you will give me some dinner,
won't your"
The younger people were greatly de-
lighted by my mothers discontinue. |
doubt If Mr.. Thackeray discovered any
thing amiss In the dinner. He always
laughed at our American idea Of max
ing a feast for a guest, saying that
We did not understand at all lust to
fetch a friend home to leg of mutton"
No one must think. from the remark
just quoted. that Mr. Thackeray under
valued Washington, or wished to hold
him up TO ridiCule. On the contrary, In
later years letters show how grleyed and
hurt he was by the misconceptlon In
America as TO a passage in THE Vir.
gnians' which reused the Indignation
Of our thn.sklnned people. He fully
appreciated WashIngtons great quail
tiles, often spoke warmly Of him. but
he did not consider him brilliant in con-
versation.
Mark Twain Is spending part OF his
italian days In work upon novel
which he began years ago and laid
aside until period of more leisure and
fewer Interruptions.
Selections from the letters OF John
Ruskin TO Charles Eliot Norton, who
was Ruskln's most intimate friend IN
this country, are to he published In two
volumes next autumn and are said 10
reveal a more genial and charming side
of Ruskln's personality than that gen.
orally known,
4 posthumous volume compiled from
the letters and papers Of the late A, u,
Nandam, Is TO be published under the
title Of "The Men OF Manners In the
Third Republic" Mr. Vandam was tho
author Of An Englshman In Paris"
the most clever and successful Of re.
cent literary fakes
Lafcadlo Hearns new book, "Wwai-
dan" deals with japanese ghosts, COB.
Inns and fairies. Mr.. Hcarn. who ~
known In Japan as Kal2umi Yakumo,
has, It seems, disappeared from Toxic
and nothing Is known of his where
ab0uts but as he has often gone into
retreat no anxiety about him Is felt.
O. Henry. who Is sydney Porter in
real life, has gone 10 THE Walrus ana
the Carpenter for the title Of his novel
NJ Central America, which he calls
"Cabhogos and Kings" This Is Mr..
Porter's first long story, although his
short stories have won for him one OF
the successes Of the past year.
The Baroness Won Hutton, whose de-
llghtful book, "Our Lady Of the Beech
es met with such SUCCESS a year ago.
has Just published a new novel. entitled
Violet This interesting author is an
American, and the niece ~ former
president Of the Pennsylvania railroad.
She was born In one of the minor Penn.
sylYania cities so late NJ the seven
ties. After an American education. Nm.
ished at a well known school I'm New
York city, she Travelled extensively
In Europe. At Florence. In 1897 she
was married to the Baron Won Hutton
Of Bavaria a lineal descendant NJ III
rich Won Hutton, famous IN the Rofor.
nation. The Won Huttens spend large
portion Of their time NJ sthloss stein
bach IN the Main valley Bavaria. This
fine old house, OF pink stone and mas.
TIC beautifully coored with time. was
built In 1925 by Prlnz-Blshop Hutton,
the province in which II IL located being
then nm ecclesIastic prlnclnallty The
house has real rocco garden. with
a maze, a pleasance etc. The baroness
visited America last winter and was
much entertained In New York, Bos.
ton, and PHILADELPHIA, Her new story
Of q lonely boy-artlst IL described as "a
study Of tho heart"