Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-05
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chilly, and he felt a curious cOmpulsion,
as he states In his preface, ITO weave a
story wherein anyone interested In the
romance OF that pregnant and mystic
riOus epoch Of the Crusadcs, when men
by the thousands were glad to lay down
their lives for visions and spiritual
hopes, could find picture, however
faint and broken, OF the Ions war be-
tween the cross and crescent Wagel
among the Syrian plains end deserts
Mr.. oliver Herford whom william
Dean How lis recently called the
Charles Lamb OF America has a
large share Of Lamb-llke modesty lie
shuns the public gaze, but the public
knows what is good for II and will not
LET him stay IN the shadow. For one
thing the public insists on applouding
his pictures, some Of the funniest OF
which by the way, appear I'm Two In
"a Zoo a new story for children Of all
ages by HEREFORD and Curtis Durham,
Then again the public insists upon APP
plGuding and repeating his repartees
Perhaps the neatest Herfordian thrust
on record was that given 20 the TIL
umphant Zangwill. Herford was In
London and one Of the magazines had
made much Of a little poem Of his
about a butterfly with illustrations by
himself. IL must be mentioned that
the idea was similar 20 that Of short
story by Zangwil The two happened
10 meet at a Greenroom club function,
and the author Of THE Children OF
Ghetto lost no time In publicly rebulJIng
the poet for alleged cruelty to litera-
ture,"
what do you mean, HEREFORD, by
spelling my story with your foolish
rhymes
(Which story do you refer to, Zang-
will-~whlch one Of your numerous mas
terpleces2'
MY butterfly story"
Herford's light and airy manner at
once Became deeply serious, He dropped
his monocle and whispered coniidenti'
ally:
Il say, old chap, where did you BET
that story2"
From the Talmud," answered Gang
will IN a deep voice, as though pro-
nouncIng judgment
Il thought So said Herford 80 did
l."
Mr.. Wilbur n. Nesbit, whose first
volume OF verse, "The Trail 10 Boy
land" has Just been published, claims
the unique distinction Of having written
In his time some five thousand poems,
and there is not a single love poem In
the lot
Mrs. George Madden Martin made a
great name for herself by writing q
tcok OF childhood called Emmy Lou
Her Book and Heart Her second book
| Is n novel. not a story Of child life.
A woman who refuses TO initiate herself
and dlsdains to keep on writing stories
Of one kind, even though she may have
achieved what is classic IN that line,
certainly has qualities OF the real
literary artist IN her Had Mrs, Martin
chosen she might have tackled her Sec
ond book 10 the tail OF her frst success
and, besides reaping financial rewards,
have escaped the host OF thoughtless
| critics who would say. "of course, this
Is very beautiful, but Il Is not Emmy
! Lou There Is great wall over the
commeruiallLailon Of literature today.
| Mrs Martin does not prove that lltera-
! ture has not been commepialized. but
/ she does prove by starting out on an
entirely new line, that Mrs, Martin has
not been commerciall2ed and cannot be
| commerciallzci She sets, at least. an
example that the whole host of writer's
today might do well TO follow. Per-
| haps. then there might be fewer books
written. (Which. after all, might not be
| so tremendously tragic) and certainly
those that aid see print would be of
| better quality
Mrs. Martins story Of childhood,
Emmy Lou like Tennyson's brook,
promises 10 80 ON forever It's popular
| ity has increased, rather than Waned,
| during the five seasons that II has been
| out. It's salas have steadily gone on.
| The publishers, Mcclure Phillips state
that IN the months Of August and Sep
! TENDER. the two slowest IN the book
! season. they sold I. $50 copies; and since
| then the average sale has steadily I'M
creased rs the holiday season approach
cd
In the little north country village Of
Knutsford Mrs. Gaskell found the scene
Of her crawford" and Il figures also
| I'm other pages OF hers. The place Is "a
! Uf ilUNt lllt Nhhltil W % INNN ga ~ -
Dents series Of Temple Topographies,
and Il will. Of course, be lavlshly Illus
| trnted.
Stewart Edward White has Just re-
turned to his home N Santa Barbara,
| Cal. from exploring some Of the Islands
OF the Pacific of the California coast
where he has found rare new sport and
no end az romantic material wild
boar hunting Is the great game OF the
! islands. and Mr., White and his party
bagged los OF the wild porkers, besides
capturing three seals and catching some
tuna, The party camped near the wreck
OF Chinese merchantmen, cooked their
meals over fires made u sandal-Wood
and slept In Il hut constructed OF state
room doors Mr.. White expects 70
weave these new experiences and OBJ
servatlons INTO literary form for Nc
ClUre's. where his latest serial, THE
Rawhlde,' begins IN November
stewnrt Edward Whites novel Of last
season, THE Silent Places Is beine
sold IN Australia, and among the ener-
gctlc Australians Ia making a great sue
cCse. The representative Australian
book revl ". The Bookloyer, says III
IL not often that come across an au'
thor whom can heartily praise without
any mental reservation. | have iusl
read a book by MI Stewart Edward