Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-20

Special Correspondence.
r ONION, Aug. 1O,--Authors are
scarce in London at present most
of them having elected to spend
the holiday season either in the
country or on the Continent. H. G.
Wells, who has not been feeling par
ticularly fit of late. has taken his fam
lily to Switzerland. Just before going,
he passed the proofs of his new ro-
nance, THE Food Of the Gods" which
is coming out In volume form I'm the
fall. Miss Mary Cholmondeley re-
NAMED In London until the end OF the
season. but she now has taken Lady
Lugards house, near Dorklng, where
she hopes to complete her present lit
erary task-the first long novel she has
undertaken since the publication of
Red Pottage" Miss Cholmondeley Is
so conscientious worker, however
that II may be eight or ten months be-
fore she surrenders her manuscript
William lie Queux, whose "Hunch-
back Of Westminster" made it's APP
pearanoe only few days ago, is at
Castor. his country house near Peter
borough. Frank T. Bullen has been
spending some time I'm the West Indies
but Is now on his way back, Joseph
Conrad has been busy for some weeks
making the final revision OF his new
story, "Nostromo." but he left town a
few days ago for the shores of the
Mediterranean. BY and on its blue
waters, he intends to combine pleasure
with business, for the story which he
means to write next viii have It's scene
laid thereabouts, r. X. Chesterton /
met, one broilng day last week. putting
along through Charing Cross Roads, his
arms full Of books and bundles. He was
headed for n railway station. Were
down In the country" he gasped NV
ing at little place near another little
place, Won't be back until October"
He Is working on the last OF the series
OF short stories which are appearing
here in the Idler, and at home in Har-
pers Weekly.
H. W. Hornung author of 1.-THE Anna
teur Cracksman" Is with HIS family
at his country home. East Ruston, near
Stalham, Norfolk. H. is at work on
series Of stories to be called Hawkes.
OF Permyn Street" OF which the hero
is TO be young Englishman whose
wits have been polished up In Park
Row. New York. The stories are TO
begin publication In the United States
and England next January,
It will be interesting to hear II II. II.
Marriott Watson has guessed right
about THE ORuddy. This, OF course.
is the Irish novel Of adventure which
Stephen Crane left unfinished and
which was completed by Robert Barr.
Marriott Watson divides HIS time be-
tween writing novels and doing criti-
Cism for London newspaper, and I'm
commenting on the Crane Barr story
recently, he remarked that II was not
matter Of great difficulty to tell where
the first writer ended and the second
began. Promptly Mr.. Barr challenged
him 20 do this, and Marriott Watson
has now come up 10 the scratch by
making a definite guess. He says;
Barr must take UP the story about
Chapter 81, and for pr sference should
say on Page 252" Which may interest
American readers, assuming that the
English and American editions are
PACED similarly. Al this writing, Mr..
Barr has not stated whether his broth
er novelists guess is right or wrong.
Marmaduke Pickthali has not scored
as heavily with his new story, Enid"
as he did with said the Fisherman"
and In his next romance he viii return
so the scenes Of the EARLIER story With
this idea, he is planning 20 set off for
the east, before long. and will spend
the winter In Syria,
Dramatized versions OF two recent
English novels are promised for the
fall. one OF these Is Madame Alban-
esi's "Susannah and One Other"-orig-
inally called, "Susannah and One r.
der"-the other Frances Harrod
Tanning OF the Brute" which has been
running as serial IN the Pail Mail
Magazine. The later dramatization
will he used by Forbes Robertson and
Gertrude Elliott. Then, of course, there
is the stage version Of Justus Miles
Forman's Garden OF Lies" which
George Alexander 10 produce.
Apropos Of the Pail Mall Magazine,
evidently william Waldorf Aston is not
satisfied with the results OF his attempt