Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-16

ana works until 2, and then she rests
or walks during the afternoon. After
dinner, In the evening. she resumes her
work and works three or four hours.
II always lock my door when | work."
she says. Il can't work when | realize
that ! can be interrupted" The first
draft OF every chapter that Miss Glas-
gov has written has been written In
pencil. She usually writes this seated
In a large rockingchair with her pad In
her lap. THE Deliverance" was writ
ten three times. Many Of the chapters
were written FIVE or six times. and one
chapter was written no less than 10
times. Miss Glasgow never uses a
typewriter, and never dictates. Her
final drafts OF her novels are all in her
own handwriting, which is large and
very legible.
The publication OF onoto Watannas
new novel was unavoIdably postponed
until Apr 10, Daughters OF MILO is
to be beautiful volume, with many II.
ustratlons and decorations by Kiyokl-
Chi Sano. who made the pictures for
the same authors last story, THE Heart
Of Hyacinth."
Mrs Virgins "Rebecca" according
To reports In the American and Eng
fish Booknan, stood among the three
or four best selling books during the
month OF February In the United states
Englani and Scotland. The publishers
state that they have Just had to send
the book 20 press for the tenth time,
making the total number OF copies l2O,-
600.
Everett Tomlinson author Of "a
Lieutenant under Washington" and
many other popular historical stories
for boys, has just been given another
five years imprisonmen2 as member
OF the New Jersey State Library Com
mission by Gov. Murphy. DR.. Tomlln.
son lectured last week on Heroes and
Heroines Of the American Revolution"
before the cadets OF the Montclair Nil.
itary Academy.
VIII Carlton, the author OF Songs
Of Two Centuries" when a boy took
long journey from his home to the
nearest county town, in order 20 hear
Casslus II. Clay, the Kentuckian, make
speech on reaching the fair
grounds where Clay was to speak. he
found such crowd assembled that he
could not see anything OF the elo.
quent southerner. At last, by crawling
between peoples feet, and taking other
boy-methods Of making progress, he
gained friendly tree not far from the
stand, and climbed up among It's
screening branches, All went well I'M
I'll the speaker to illustrate the ignor-
a NJ ~ hia nnlItIaal "a,
exclaimed with an emphatic gest i,e.
They don't know any more about II
than that boy there In the tree" A
thousand eyes were az once levelled up
on the bashful urchin who had so sud-
denly been made an UbJect-esson. THE
sensation" said Mr. Carleton, in telling
the story, was very much as II some
ice'water We're being poured down my
back. ! tried to conceal myself among
the branches, but that would not work;
and ! was not long In shining down
ana making myself scarce, At home. |
had no sympathy, they told me
should have stayed and fought 1t out;
not knowing that my sensitIveness at
that time was positively abnormal. Ny
father called me Xaccheus for year
after"
Gertrude Athertons new novel, "Rul.
ers OF Kings" will be published by Har-
per & Brothers this spring The book
deals. with life among certain high cir
Giles OF European nobility and Ameri-
can people OF wealth. and It's material
has been gathered by Mrs Atherton In
Vienna and other foreign cities, Tho
Influence Of the real Rudolf. the H.
fated crown prince OF Austria, whose
career the author has studied at first
hand, Is woven into the story.
Among the many men Of foreign
birth who have become naturallzed
citizens OF the United States and won
emlnence In their adopted country, few
have had more varied and romantic
career than Henry Willard whose me-
molrs viii bear the imprint OF Hough-
ton, Mifflln & Co, Landing in New
York In 1853, aud trying in divers ways
to earn a livelihood, Mr.. Willard finally
worked HIS way into journalism and
achieved distinction az a field cores
pondent OF various New York papers
during the Civil war, Subsequently
devotlng himself 10 railroad construc-
ton and finance, he founded In oregon
the railway and steamship companies
which gave such nm impetus to the de-
velopment OF that great state, and car
ried 20 completion the Northern Pacific
railroad
Mr., Willard has recounted frankly his
achievements and failures, and has
given Interesting gllmpses OF the Lead
Ing public men OF his day. with most
OF whom he came into close contact, |
Notable among these were Lincoln,