Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-11

ONDON, March lit seems that
the late w. r.. Gladstone was one
OF those book lovers who delight
- In marking sentences that please
them and scribbling comments op the
text I'm the margins Of volumes READ
An anonymous writer In the Book
Monthly who recently paid visit 10
the Grand Old Mans library at Hawar-
den. says that almost every book there
IN contains profuse penciled annotations
in Mr. Gladstone's own hand. His IA
vorIte works are filled with them YER
teal single or double lines says the
writer cor a small V-shaped mark,
call attention and generally imply APP
prevail dissent is signitied by cross
N. b.. and query or note OF lnterro-
CATION are frequent" ar
Even Mr.. Gladstones novels are llled
with comments In pencil, especially
when these works bear on rellglous
questions. Better, / think, than some
others of those novels that play. tricks
with nature. w. u. G." is the judgment
at the end OF one
I'm certain political work. says the
writer, IAN allegation OF a certain dl-
plomatic and parliamentary TRANSACTION
with Russia In 1870 under Mr.. Clad
stones leadership, evokes the straight
comment Untrue, thrice repeated IN
the space OF four lines. We scarcely
think with Mr.. Gladstone, writes the
late Walter Bageshot that TINS style
of oratory Is the very highest Against
this Mr. Gladstone wrote He never
thought So.
Naturally a work dealing with his
great rival, Disraeli, drew comments IN
profusion from the great Liberal In
his account Of the famous maiden
speech i'm the house OF commons the
author OF this book tells how the young
Dlsraeli described Lord Melbourne as
"nourishing I'm one hand the keys or
81. Peter" In the other" says the au-
thor, "he was understood to be going TO
say the cap OF liberty but the close OF
the sentence was drowned In derislve
shouts" IL heard il" testides Mr.. Glad
stones pencil. =,
the books read IN Gladstones closing
years are as fully marked and indexed
as If he yet had a lifetime In which
to use them
Thomas Hardy at his home In Dor
chester. which In his novels he called
Casterbridge; is now working on new
volume OF poems, his third, which he
hopes TO publish In the spring, He is
also engaged IN working over the ma
terial for the second and third volumes
OF his Napoleonlo drama, "The Dy-
nasts." He says It IS quite Impossible
10 tell when these two volumes, OF
even one of them YIN be ready
Is IT true that T. W, H. Grassland is
violently averse to taking his own
medicine, or can Il be--as was limited In
the kings bench court the other day
that the author Of 1.-THE Unspeekable
scot" is bringing series of libel suits
for advertising purposes2 Not long ago
MIR. Crosland wrote book called
Lovely Woman" I'm which he roasted
the fair sex good ana plenty as used
to be said at home Among other
things. he observed, when | look upon
life I'm my calmer moments | am prone
40 wish that all women were widows,
In reviewing the book "A London critic
remarked that II seemed certain that the
universe would be q more peaceable
place In which TO live II one woman at
least were a widow. This remark 80
offended Mr. Crosland that he brought
suit for libel against the newspaper, but
the Judge said the criticism Was justl-
fed A little later G. h, Farrow pub
lIshed reply TO Lovely woman
which he called Lovely Man and IN
which he too made a remark that II
All married men were like unto Mt
Crosland wldowhood would undoubtedly
be far the happier state for their wives
A few DAYS ago Grassland sued FarrOw
ON the ground that the latter had at.
tackled his private character Again no
lost his suit and no wonder, for In View
Of such extracts from Lovely Woman"
az were read IN court Mr.. Crosland's
complaints seemed indeed case OF the
not accusing the kettle OF grimlness,
ut Is not IN womans Watery blood 20
be loyal" wrote Mr., Grassland amIably
III you want loyalty ana honor you WIN
neyer 90 40 a woman for them, no mat
Ter how old she may be-" He also said,
"a girl OF 10 is ialthless, spiteul,
greedy. mercleas, unruly and Illogical,
ana al 90 she Is the same girl on'y
more cunning and uife more COM
merclal." The book abounded In deli
cate comments OF this sort "A man can
carry skin full Of liquor like % gen-
tleman woman never gels drunk
Ike q lady" And Mr.. Croslands alb
horrcnco OF personalities comes the
more gracefully from him IN view OF
this comment, from HIS book, on Miss
Ellen Thornvcroft Fowler whom the
author said he wished had never been
born. How any thinking being can
wish to read her books passes ones
comprehension" snapped Crosaud
"But, OF course e must be remember
ed that she writes Tor women md that
possibly her only two male readers are
DR. Robertson Nlchol and her papa, the
Right Honorable Sir Henry, whom l
last hcheld on q Calais boat eating
buns out OF a bag"
The opposing lawyer declared that
Mr. Crosland had brought his action