Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-13

Shall we not give him trlal,
Never! Tomorrow he will be for
gotten. Besides, he is not entitled TO
consideration. He is in reality only a
high-class robber."
well. then, here comes a modern
authoress. Thousands upon thousands
have eagerly waited to read her next
book. See her confident air Has she
no claim upon u.s.
The first laurel wreath rustled In In
dignatlon and replied.
How can you? She is here for a day
and gone tomorrow. We are not for
her"
but surely we have mission. Sure
" there must be someone
The first laurel wreath uttered an
exclamation. "Seel" ne cried. They
come! They come at last, those whom
we have been expecting Brother, pre-
pare yourself. In a moment now we
shall be reposIng upon the twin brows
of those whose fame shall indeed be
lasting"
The second laurel wreath trembled
with anticpatory excitement,
"Who are they?' he exclaimed,
"Don't YOU see? They are the two
best advertisement writer's OF the pres
ent day."
Alfred Olllvant is said to have lit
erary conscience and TO cultivate IL at
the expense of his pocketbook. He was
not satisfied with Danny when he
wrote II, and less satisfied with II later
Although, according to the publishers,
the hook sold we'll he insisted that II
was not worthy. He has purchased all
copies I'm the hands Of the publishers
together with the plates, ana mas de-
stroyed them,
Miss Ellen Glasgow the author or
THE Deliverance' the notab BILE novel
Of the wear has three sisters who are de-
voutedly interested In her work. TINS
interest reached a climax during the
writing of THE Deliverance.' Miss
Glasgow had given her sisters an out
line of the story, and II appealed 10
them strongly. When she writes, she
locks herself In her den, a small room
In the Glasgow home at Richmond, va
After she had finished a chapter she
allowed her sisters 10 read 1t. AS the
story developed they became absorbed
They could hardly wait from day
TO day TO learn the progress OF the no.
vel AS the story grew, they campeu
outside Miss Glasgow's room. ana When
she came out after hard morning $
work there was Wild scramble for
the freshly written sheets
rho anpearance of the american
Prisoner" Nh Eden Phllpotts new
nnvel has been postponed from January
a IN oS The hero OF the story Is john
stark, who may or may not De nc.
,i,ious character but who Is said by
The author 10 have been the grandson
of Gen stark, of the revolution ne Is
one OF several thousand capuVes con-
fined In large PRISON IN dartmouth
during the war of lSl2' Parl OF ,he
novel has to do with the escape OF some
OF these prisoners ana WIN the'r au-
ventures In hostile England
"The Sea Wolf" Jack London's new
serial story which was begun III inc
January Century, promises 10 DC as
remarkable contribution TO notion
as "The Call of the Wild II Is ro-
nance OF seal hunting expedition
and the hero Is Humphrey van Wey-
den, a young San Franciscan, VINO
has always lived a quiet literary me-
lie IL picked up by a seoler after
collision between ferry boats M san
Francisco bay and the description or
this disaster, as well as OF MS miro
ductIon to Wolf Larsen, the captain OF
tho schooner, Is as vivid as anything
London has ever written, The animal
brutality OF the sealer's, officers ana
crew, with the single exception OF the
master IL brought out IN hlgh rellel
against the culture OF the green
hand. Larsen promises to be the real
hero OF the book, and he IL a character
we'll worth studying, Tho realism or
the book is 80 strong that II VIII grip
hold OF any reader and compel MS m
terest. q,
Is IL true that Dickens once received
an offer OF several thousand POUNDS
from the manufacturer Of patent ma
chine for the mere mention OF his arti-
Gle In one OF the great novellsts storlesY
The story II also told OF the late Mr..
Holloway. II may be true, II certainly
was a good enough advertisement TO be
told, even without foundation In fact
Thomas Bowdler, NJ. y. Q15A-l2O
was neither the first north the last ex-
purgator OF the classics for popular
reading. His name has been seized up.
on, however, TO characterize this KIND
OF useful work. and to cast ridicue up.
on It. His Family Shakespeare, "
from which were omitted ;those words
and expressions which cannot with pro-