Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-09

ture. He was a schoolmaster In Wales.
went TO the West Indies; travelled In
the Mediterranean; and finally returned
20 London and published THE Passion
for Romance, which made him the idol
of the higher literary circles in London.
He Is a great authority on Bridge and
writes q page article every week for a
London newspaper on the subject. He
Is, also a great authority on English
with the oxford accent, and claims that
he Is the only one who can teach It, Be
sides all this, he Is socialist and Is a
prominent member of club In which
Bernard SHAY, W. r. Stead and others
are active members.
Mrs. II. a. Mitchell Keays the author
Of "She Hiatt Eateth Bread With Me, -
the novel on divorce which Mcclure
Phillips are publishing, is Of British
Canadian stock, She was born in Wood
stock, ontario. but has lived through
out the west of the United States,
chiefly In Iowa and Michigan. She was
educated at the h0me Of her family at
Portsmouth, England, and also spent
some years in Germany. Mrs. Keays
adds TO her ability with the pen not
able accomplishment as musician,
"He That Eateth Bread With Me- Is
her first novel, though she has already
published a small volume Of fiction UNI
der the title Of Little Lords Of Crea-
ton" She has very strong ideas upon
the purpose Of the novel; "A novel"
sh esays, should not only interest. but
should help people who are struggling
with every day problems. II should be
a presentation of point of view and
matured opinion upon some vital topic.
II was in this spirit that she wrote He
That Eateth Bread With Me-
e
The following is from THE city of
the King by Mrs Lew Wallace, and
tells why we color the Easter eggs:
THE Syrian Dulbul (nightingale) has
the lovcl'tst voice Of all Gods creatures
and the saddest song ever heard. Shady
covorts frlnging the Jordan still shelter
the bird that sings darkling
There Is a legend that the bulbul sat
In the olive tree In the garden Of Joseph
of Arimathea and. the night before the
resurrection. through the darkness
poured out her soul In sorrowlng plant
above the still sleeper in the tomb
wherein was nevt man laid When the
first Easter moi ming broke over the
eastern hills the eggs In the nest Of the
brooding bird sparkled with gold, blue,
orange and criml on; and 80 we color
eggs al Easter ftr memorial Of the
lone singer who sang by the holy sepul.
cher 1900 years ago"
Alfred Russell Wallace, the author Of
MANS Place In the Universe, though
81 Years old Is stil In undimInshed
health and with undlmnished energy.
Mr.. Wallace has already begun upon
a new book lie sc0rns the assistance
of typewrlters aud secretaries His
books are IN his own hand, writing
which IL very clear and firm and shows
no evidence OF the 81 years behind the
hand that pens It,
Kate Douglas WIggin expects to sail
about the first Of April for England,
where for many years, she has spent
the spring and early summer Her lat
est book "Rcbecca Of SunnybroOk
Farm" is still to be found among the
three or four best selling books through
out the country,
O. Henry, the new and popular hu.
morlst who has set the reading world
a.laughing over his stories in Me-
Clure's, Is n modest soul and rather dee
nlurs at the talk and publicity his clever
work has brought, When questioned
facts OF his HE he respond
ed, "oh, what's the use? haven't
taken Peruna,"
The three volumes Of novels and sto-
rIes by Bret Harte which are TO be
added at once 10 Houghton Mifflln x
Co.'S New Riverside edition, VIII con.
tain all his work that has appeared
since 1902 Everything he wrote, pub
lIshed before or after his death Is now
In a uniform binding; 80 by purchas.
ing these three volumes, "A Niece OF
Snapshot Harry's," "A Teasure of the
Redwoods" and "Trents Trust the
possessor Of the present library edition
of Bret Harte can complete the set
"Trents Trust" vii be the last volume
10 appear and II win consequently con.
tain complete index to all the stories
and characters IN the whole OF the nine
teen volumes, any one Of which may
be purchased separately Harte's pop
ularlty seems to increase m time goes
on. The scenes Of which he wrote have
vanished; but the romance OF u all Ia
the more likely to gain firmer hold on
the Imagination Of generations to come,
They viii become part Of the national
romantic traditions and take their place |