Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-18

ton novel wnlde Collins and James
Payn, both were -vivlsectionl5ts,
ana according to the editor OF the AMI
mars Guardian, both essayed the task
ot treating tho subject ln romance,
but found Il difficult. owing 10 their
knowledge " the subject being limited.
II * NOW declared that a standard nov
81 pointing an anti-vlvlscction moral Is
the grc1test need ~ this cause.
Rider Haggards appointment By the
colonial secretary To- inquire into and
report upon the Salvation Army's land
settlements for immigrants has met
W!lh general appr0yH. Ordinarily al
most anyone but a popular novelist
would DE selected .or such mission,
but for the last few years tho author
~ she has devoted q good deal more
time 10 the study OF industrial ana az
rcultural questions than bis readers
cared 60 see him give 90 amy pursuit
but novel writing, and he Us now recog-
m2ed as an authority on the subject.
IN faet a while ago Mr., HaEFard con-
iessed his belief that his speech making
and editorial writing regarding land,
culture had made him bit Of IL bore.
lie declared that upon Joining 70 social
gathering one day he overheard the
remark Here's Rider Haggard FOR
heNFeuG sake don't mention auricul-
ture,' The novelist ~ IN London at
present, partly IN connection with his
coming Visit 10 the United Statea.
ana partly 10 make Arrangement for
lhe publication IN book-f form ~ Aye
sha,' the sequel 10 she" which ia
appearing serlally on this side Of the
water ln the Windsor Magazine, and |
am told, proving one OF the greatest
UttfHrttDnH 10 l,A
odlcal. Ilaggards other recent novel
The Brethren IL still IN demand at
the book shops. II is stated that the
novelist's mission IN the United states
IL directly connected with the British
governments scheme FOR agricultural
settlement In South Africa. The ex-
penses OF his trip viii be borne by the
trustees Of the late Cecil Rhodes. Just
when Mr.. Haggard viii sail has not yet
been decided
Shakeppeare's religion has long been a
source OF much keen speculation, and
that interest IN the question has not
ahoted was shown by the composition
and Size OF an audience which gathered
NJ the Royal institution the other day
10 hcar Prof Churton Collins read a
paper on the subject That they de-
parted with their curiosity uusutsned
constitutes no reelection ON Prof. col
Inns reputation as a Shakospearean
scholar. He ended his lecture ms no
began H. with query for the simple
reason that Shakcspeare's plays ar
ford mo- conclusive proof as to what was
his belief The professor pointed out
that II cannot be assumed that the
religious Views expressed by the dram
atists characters coincide with his own.
| 81 d. Ina. ID
The words OF The ghost ~ Hamlers
iathcr that the bard himself believed
I'm purgatoty nor from what he makes
Horny VII say that he had faith IN
angels. In no single line that he had
written did he express disbelief In
Christianity or any Of its doguias, as
understood in his time but Il could not
be asserted that he was himself ortho-
doN II was certain, however, the pro-
fossor maintained that he accepted the
ethics OF Christianity and reVered them
There was always a peculiar tender
ness in his references to Christ, ana
his msisteuce on mercy forgiveness and
repentance We're emphatic as especially
shown IN the Tempest His plays
contained abundant proof of his own
faith IN diyiney appointed moral law.
But his theology, as far as he had
revealed H., appeared TO conane Itself
to the movable There was nothing
In his works which would Justify one
In asserting positively that he believed
In the Immortality OF the soul or "a
future state,
Two most effective answers have
just been given TO the recent assertion
OF % prominent English critic that the
works Of Charles Dickens no longer APP
peal greatly to the readers OF these
Islands. The FIRST Is an announcement
that IN the past month over 100000
copies OF Dickens novels were sold IN
Great Britain The second comes I'm
the form Of a new periodical. II is
called THE Dickenslan," IL to be pub
llshed monthly hereafter, and IL en-
tIrely devoted 90 Charles Dickens and
his writings.
Horace Nachel whose first novel,
brothers has gone into It's sixth edi-
ton on this side OF the water, has Just
finished a new story which IL all about
school life, the scene being laid at
Harrow II Is named The Hill"
HAYDEN CHURCH
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