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

Special Correspondence.
I ONDON, March 3.--All hall to
| George Moore, founder OF a brand
/ new school OF literary criticism.
The new style critic judges the
author by the sound OF his name, and
by this standard Thackeray and Dick
ems are poor fellows enough. "Thack-
eray" exclaims Mr.. Moore, scornfully
"the syllables clatter like plates. We
shall want the carriage at half past
two, Thackeray.' Dickens Is worse
yet, The name Is surely name for
a page-boy." Ii Is ugly" mean, and
without an atmosphere" Mr., Moore
goes on TO say that "A man bearing the
name OF Dickens could not have evoly-
ed the large and measured music OF the
Spencerian stanza," The reverse side
Of this discriminating method Of crit
icism is visible IN MIR. Moore's appre-
citation Of the name OF j. H. Hugs
mannis, 1t is the TX" that especially
fascinates the bold Irish critic. That
X, he says, carries the mind far
down zlg-zogging Gothic alleys and up
high stairs. At the top OF the stairs a
bellringer lives. He sits dreaming over
the music of the bells. deplorng the
while the difficulty of getting a fine oil
for the preparation OF salad" BY
the same token, lmaginably, the "K'
In Jerome X. Jerome indicates red
haired angel boiling a small egg over
KEROSENE stove, In the third floor back
bedroom Of an east side London board
inghouse. But what about the striking
similarity OF style between the writings
OF John Oliver Hobbies and those OF
Pearl Marie Teresa Craigle?
The naming OF London street In the
parish of ST. Olave after Rudyard Kip
ling is an even greater compliment than
might be supposed. London being much
less inclined than Paris TO commemor-
ate writer's In this way. II Is. In fact,
only comparatively recently that
streets here have been named after au-
thors at ALL In the suburbs, a Thack-
cray place and Dickens street made
their appearance recently, but, despite
many pleas for the recognition Of some
great English writer, the committee APP
pointed TO decide on a name for the
new thoroughfare between
llolborn and the Strand found their
loyalty too much for them--and call
ed It Edward the Seventh avenue"
In the London courts will be Witness
ed ere long the novel spectacle of a for.
mer husband and wife contestIng as to
which Of them Is the author Of Ger.
tain book, The work Is 1.-THE British
Empire, or Rule Britannia and when
Mrs. Twcntyman sought an Injunction
the other day TO prevent Mr. Twenty.
man from further publishing the
work. she stated that the idea of
the work was hers entirely. Mr.. and
Mrs. TwcntymNn. II seems, have been
divorced for some time. Several years
ago the lady began researches concern.
INK the famous lost tribes ~ Israel"
and gathered quite lot Of material
the result being the present volume.
She says that while she aud her nus.
band were living together he often saw
her at work upon the manuscript aud
praised lis qualities. The lady was i'm.
enough 20 leave her book he
hind her when she left Mr.. TWentyman
and She alleges that he promptly pub.
llshed II as his own work, having I'm
reality however, merely added an IN.
PRODUCTION Of some 20 pages OF orIginn,
matter The truth of this statement Il
denied by Mr. Twentyman and the
public viii not know whom 10 believe
until after the trial. which is 10 come
m shortly,
The discussion Is at last settled def.
nitely which has been raging OF late as
TO whether George Meredith did. or did
not portray his friend, Maurice Fit2.
gerald, when he drew Adrian Harley.
he wise youth IN THE Ordeal of
Richard Feyerol," Sir Francis Burnand
asserted In his recently published
"Reminiscences" that this was the case.
but doubts were expressed freely az e
he correctness OF his statement, ana g..
ew days ago personal friend OF Mr.
Neredlths announced that he had the
authors authority for contradcting II.
The Editor Of Punch" bows gracefully
before Meredith's dictum but remarks
nat when many years ago the novelist
Fitzgerald, and himself lived together
Il Esher Meredith nicknamcd Fltz- |
gerald the wise youth"--hence his as.
sumption that his former comradc was
he original OF Adrian Harley
II IA good news that after n Ions
silence, unbroken since the publication |