Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-03
HER REAL PASSION.


HER REAL PASSION
Put literary work ls'her real passion,
and " Is poo cXaggeration 10 say that II
she hadn't happened TO be born IN the
purple. she would have made a name
for herself as am authoress. Even az
child She wrote and had quite a lot
of thlugG published by the periodical
Little Folks, and before she became
Of ace THINGS III hcrs had appeared In a
dozen or more leading reviews aud
magazines Nor was her work accept
Cd because of her social position either
for until after her marriage che wrote
ouly under the pen-name Of "ErskIne
Cover" Her first book was called
"How ! Spent My Twentieth Year and
was quite an original little piece OF
work, though of no great strength. Not
til 10 years latcr-the duchess Is now
33-did she publish anything else Of any
Importance, but then her novel zone
Hour and the Next" came out and was
Immediately recognized as serious
and thoughtful book and one to be
rpckoned with. Since then the duchess,
who now writes under her full title, has
published dozen OF more short stories,
most Of them FUN Of genuine merit, and
stme IF these recently appeared In book
form under the title Of The Winds Of
the World"
The Duchess OF Leeds is another Eng
lishwoman of title VINO has real liter
airy ability Unfortunately her health
is extremely delicate, a fact which hos
prevented her from doing any great
fttn ~ ,,f hA ia d
OF the late Earl OF Durham was one Of
q rather remarkable family Of IS BROTH
crs and sisters and is married to one
Of the greatest Of English mobiles. The
Duke Of Leeds Is descendant OF
Charles rs famous minister, and he
owns 2i,YO0 acres
NOVEL by DUCHESS.
The duchess first important literary
work vas a novel called "a Lover OF
the Beautiful" It scored distinct
success and gave the impression that
even better work might be expected
from its author-an impression that was
fully confirmed BY the duchess next
work, a volume Of short stories with
the odd title "Capricclos' Strangely
enough most OF these were stories OF
humble lie, Il being a singular fact
that almost none OF the women OF title
who are writing fiction today has dealt
with the fashionable life which they
really know best | understand that
the Duchess OF Leeds has another novel
under way at present She Invariably
spends the winter on the Riviera and
she left the other day for her villa
at Bordlghera, after sending me the ac-
coInpanylng photograph which is the
latest and best that has been taken
The other literary duchess-her grace OF
Deyonshlre--ls only so to a limited ex-
tent, for her work with the pen has
been confined TO the editing OF certain
letters written by The loveliest OF her
predecessors which were published In
Lady Randolph Churchll's anglo
Saxon Review"
England's literary duke Ia one OF the
most exalted personages In the king
DOM For his grace OF Argyll, besides
being the author of quite q lot OF seri-
Gus works, many tales and poems and
an opera libretto, is closely related to
the royal family by virtue OF having
married Princess Louise, own sister
of King Edward VII, Besides his duke
dom he has II other titles, is keeper Of
the great seal of Scotland. constable OF
Windsor castle, and has been governor
general Of Canada, hut the duke Is
happiest when he Is writing and one OF
his favorIte themes IS the United States
and American matters generally His
most successful work was THE United
States OF America After the War;"
LADY JERSEY Is BUSY.
Perhaps the most prolific OF the four
English countesses who write Is Lady
Jersey Most OF her literary work has
been in the way OF juvenile literature.
Her Hymns for Very Little Children"
two series of them--were published
before her marriage. since when she
has written Sleeping Beauty, A Play |
for Children" Maurice, or the Red !
Jar" and quite a lot Of other works for
little folk most OF which have been !
quite successful The beautiful Coun-
tess Of Warwick has really an uncom- |
mon gift for writing but her many !
other actlyities--of which readers have !
heard so much-haye prevented her !
from writing books to any extent and |
her only published works exclusive of |
magazine articles are her !
History OF Warwick Castle and rs
Earls' and "reminiscences Of Joseph I
Arch The other literary countesses /
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