Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-19

enjoy them at the time, one who is
blessed with sense of hum0r knows
that sooner or later. when the right
perspective Is reached. they will FUR
nIsh rich chapters in the family Chron-
icles,
Mr.. Austin Dobson's recent Life of
Fanny Burney brings out the fact that
OF six children IN the family, she alone
was not sent TO school or placed under
a goyerness, She was not brilliant but
shy backward and retiring" Stlll she
was interested IN the world The alpha
bet Interested her and she learned 1t
herself. then she learned to read with
out waiting to be sent TO school, After
that she continued to be interested In
an increasing number Of things until
she became what Austin Dobson thinks
her-a genius.
Headon Hill the author Of "The Duke
Decides" who il so widely known to
the English reading public as writer
Of modern romance. began life as an Of
ficcr in the army, serving most OF his
time In India. Afterwards he spent
fuw years In America, roaming from
New York as far west as Denver in
search of a permanent career, but fam
fly matters calling him back TO Eng
land he eventually devoted his energies
to Journalism IN London, From that II
was an easy step TO the realms Of fic-
ton, for which Mr. Hill abandoned the
more strenuous branch Of the literary
profession some twelve years ago, His
serial stories are much In vogue in the
popular publications, and a great por-
ton of his success is undoubtedly due
to the fact that. with keen eye for
dramatic effect he always lays his
scenes on ground that he knows by per-
sonal experience. "Head0n Hill' is a
nom de plume, the author being q son
Of the late Rev. John Granger who for
forty years, TIL his death in 1899, was
Vicar Of Penn in Bucknghamshire, the
ancestral home Of William Penn Of i'm
mortal memory.
The fact that Headon Hill introduced
the name Of Senator sherman in his
last book 1.-THE Duke Decides" has
called forth some adverse criticisms
the author IN explanation Of this writes
to his American publishers. III am
happy to be able to absolutely dlsaVow
having based my Senator sherman
ON Secretary Sherman, | choose the
name. and the name only, because the
ilustrlous general, the former COM
mander-ln-chief Of the United States
army, had made II household word in
American ears,
The demand for the book IN Canada
has made necessary special Canadian
edition.
Il will be an interesting item Of news
70 many TO hear that Dodd Mead &
Company are shortly TO bring out an
ether volume of Maeterlmck's miscel-
laneoug ESSAYS. Not only as a mystic,
but as an essayist has Maeterlinck
gained an extraordinary hold IN this
country curing the last few years ana
I'm this new work We are promised eS-
says similar in quality to MS famous
essays on the Deeper Life The IN
ible Goodness" The book VIII be- uni.
form with Wisdom and Destiny and
1.-THE Treasure OF the Humble.
The name of Harold MacGiath's new
novel OF comedy adventure has been
changed TO THE Man on the Box
The first instalment VIII appear IN the
April number Of The Reader Magazine
The story Is being illustrated by Har-
rlson Fisher,
Marmaduke REHABILITATION Of sad
the Fisherman Is recognized Q one of
the ahlest lingulsts In Great olltaln'
His passion for languages showed IT.
self when he was but seven years Of
age. lie began by studying The Gaelic
language from some books that his re-
lations had sent over to England He
has continued his Interest In the lam
guage and Is today deeply interested IN
the revival Of literature In Ireland. lie
Is great friend OF William Butler
Yeats and Lady Gregory, Mr. Plckthall
has lust returned from a long visit to
North Wales, where he has been study
ing the yernaoular Of the Welsh people,
which, he says, in curously debased
form OF Gaelic interminglod with Latin
and Saxon words ind remnants Of far
later tongue that Mr.. Andrew Lang as.
serts was used by fairies who undoubt-
| edly inhabited the west coast Of Eng
land In prehistoric days, Gymraeg IL
the name Of the tongue 1t is rarely
| spoken by the people before strangers,
who can hear II only at church, where
1t Is used exclusively In the pulpit
So many alterations have been made
In the museums OF Paris that 1t has be-
| come necessary TO recast some OF the
| descriptions originally written In 1897
| for Grant Aliens Guide TO Paris, ana
new revised and enlarged edition OF
this valuable guide book viii be Issued
| Immediately by the American PUBLISH
ers, 1t has been the endeayor OF the
editor to leave the book as nearly as
possible as II was shaped by Mr. Grant
Allen, subject only to inevitable chang
es due to altered circumstances. a
guide TO Rome Is In preparation for this
series,
| The A. Vessels company has In ac-
tive preparation for publication In the
early spring a book by Rufus Rockwell
| Wilson entitled. New England In Let
ters.' Mr., Wilson, who is widely and
| favorably known through his "Rambes
In Colonial Byways' and similar works
describes n series Of pllgrlmages 10 all
| the noteworthy literary landmarks Of
the New England states, dealInS with
the work OF each author In association
| with It's background or environment
| This method makes his book both n
guide for the pilgrim and an illumln.
atlng review for the student, The re-