Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-19


either Marie Corell or Maurice HeW-
lett, for | am simply crazy about 'Ihe
Forest Lovers" / once sent a story TO
Mr.. Hewlett 10 criticize and he never
returned II. so ] hate to write person
ally. Money Is no object nut you
ought TO get an epitaph for me irom
Mr. Hewlett for elO" In about TWO
months Mir. Burgess received a reply
from Whlteley's saying that Mt HeW-
lett had been asked to write the epl-
taph, but had refused, As Mr. Burgess
was at this time well acquainted with
Mr.. Hewlett, he had the delight of hear
Ing from the authors own lips that this
ridiculous attempt had actually been
made In all seriousness by the agents
Of the Universal Powder
Zangwil's story, "The serio-Comic
Governess." In the play from which
Miss Lotus seems to have made a nit
is TO appear In paper covers with IL
Illustrations. The Macmillan company
will issue Il on Nov l6, uniform with
their edition. published last year. Of
Merely Mary Ann"
Writing to a friend about Mrs Roger
A. PryOr's recent book, "reminiscences
Of Peace and war" Miss Ellen Glasgow
says Last night sat up spellbound
until l finished It, beginning with
laughter and ending In real tears II Is
vivid, true, and positively heartrendlng
at the last How wonderful, how trebly
wonderful she lsl OF all the women |
have ever known, she seems to me not
only the most fascinating, but the rich
est In all that makes for a perfectly
rounded nature. And then this bookl
The tragedy Of It ! can understand, for
II Is not difficult to be traglc-but the
delicious, plquant neyer-falling humor
the humor that brightens tears, this,
| confess, has taken me completely
captive"
Before writing her "Reminiscences Of
Peace and War" Mrs Pryor had been
impressed with a criticism OF war stor-
les which appeared in The Bookman
two years ago. The criticism was to
the effect that nearly all novels dealing
with the period Of the Civil war PROV
ed unsatisfactory because Of the failure
TO relate simply and faithfully the eX-
perience OF some one person. With this
In mind, she told her story simply, and
forebore 10 make Il an expression Of
her own feelings and opinions, The
prominence given to the innocent cause
Of the war-the negrO-was designed to
present him as he was-affectlonate,
simple and content at least in Yr-
ginla,
81 learned my politics from your car
10 the late Thomas Mast. President
Lincoln referred to Mr., Mast as our
best recruiting sergeant Before he
went TO Ecuador on what proved his
last mlssion-he died there Of yellow
fever-Mr. Mast put into the hands Of
Mr. Albert Bgelow Paine the materials
for a biography, and this viii appear
next week with the Macmillan imprint
under the title OF Thomas Mast; His
Period and His pictures"
Mr.. Jack London is back in San
Francisco from ManchurIa, tanned
browner than the khaki that he wore,
and presumably well supplied with
material that may some day appear In
tales as fresh and raCy as children
OF the Frost and The Call Of the
Wild.'
D. Appleton & Company viii publish
about Nov 18th an important and
timely book by Maj Louis l.. Seaman,
Of his personal experiences with both
the Russian and japanese armies dur
ing the last six months. Mai. Seaman
has just returned from the seat . war.
His material was largely prepared
while he was in ManchurIa He went
out to Japan early In the year, armed
with large number Of intrOluctons 10
high officials In both armies. secured
from the Consulates IN Washington,
and from our own government He was
already familiar with the country, hav-
ing been there during the Boxer up
rising and during the war between
China and Japan. when ne formed a
personal acquaintance with Ii Hung
Chang.
Maj, Seaman went out primarily to
study the hospitals, Through his let
tiers OF introduction he was able to
get much closer to the japanese army
than any OF the newspaper correspond
ents, many OF whom were obliged 10 re-
turn to Toxic. Apart from his interest
In the subject as surgeon, Mai Sea-
man made n close study OF the many
aspects OF military life during the con-
flct, which, naturally resulted In many
remarkable episodes and experiences.
The result Is volume OF large personal
interest Astounding In anecdotes and
descriptions that are often Of thrilling
nature
MAJ. Seaman, for example saw