Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

his youth and drew the plans which
have been sent to the rector. II is
hoped that some wealthy lover OF archi-
lecture Will come along and provide the
funds necessary to carry out the idea.
Mr.. Hardy. who is said to be at work
upon another novel, must be extreme
ly gratafied when he looks back on the
reception first accorded to his work.
and compares II With the activity Of the
publishers OF today. who are issuing
two separate and complete editions of
his works-a pocket edition and an
edition dc luxe. When Mr. Hardy took
the manuscript of Under the Green
wood Tree t.. he late Mr. Tinsley, that
astute gentle an offered e2j down for
the book This Mr.. Hardy accepted,
although he confessed to "a little disap-
pointment.' Next came "A Pair of Blue
Eyes, and for this Mr. Tlnsley gave the
novelist fl00, saying. There Is no great
money in the hook but | can see Hardy
Is going TO get a grip some day.
prophecy that has been abundantly
justified whatever the English tongue
Is spoken
The hero of story which has been
told of Archbishop Ireland Is really
that witty churchman Bishop Talbot,
"the Cowboy Bishop" whose powers
of repartee and whose churchly devo-
ton made him famous among those
people of whom he has so delightfully."-
written in his reminiscent volume My
People of the Plains
Where in h have | seen you?" de-
manded a rough-looking man, meeting
Bishop Talbot one evening in the
crowded single street of a mining-town.
TO which the Bishop suaYcly retort-
ed, to the shouting delight of the by
standers.
what part of h do you come from,
sir?"
The very idea Of sailor from Poland
seems as whimsical as that of coast
Of Bohemia. Yet Joseph Conrad, mas
ter. as he is, of vivid virlle English, Is
a Pole by birth and was for a quarter
of century sailor. In his looks are
the very throb and ripple OF the sea,
the vast slences, the storms. the work.
ing out OF character under stress or
dramatic environment.
How he came to write In English is
an odd story. He could not read a
word of the language when, years ago.
a missionary at a Chinese port handed
him an English Bible. Thereupon 1t
suddenly came to him that he should
learn English. With the Bible as his
sole text book he began. Ii was slow
work, helped out from time to time by
talks with English sailors, At length
he won. And to the solemn sweep and
strength of the King James version is
thus owing the vivid strength OF his
| own style-a style which glows anew
| I'm his latest book, The Mirror Of the
| Sea. recently published by the Harpers.
| His real name Is not Conrad. but is
| Polish and full of consonants. He
| assumed the name OF Conrad when he
! because an English author, and his
home is now In a quiet old cottage In
England.
The recent announcement of the en-
! gagement of Princess Emile OF Batter-
| berg to young Chicago business man
has created quite stir. II Is no new
thing for titled foreigners to marry our
American girls, but ,nis Is perhaps the
first instance of n princess OF the blood
royal being willing to drop her title and
become plain Mrs.
The story told OF the first meeting o.
the princess and her lover IL quite ro-
mantle. The princess, Il seems, was
out riding when her horse became
frightened, and rearing threw her 10
the ground. She was not seriously
hurt, but very much shaken up and
her companions were just about to send
To the castle for carriage, when the
Chicagoan appeared took In the sltua-
tion at once. and Offered to convey her
home In his automobile.
This incident reminds one strongly
Of the meeting between the Princess oil
Krovltch and her lover az described in
"Trusia" the new novel by Davis RrIn-
ton. but one cannot suspect that author
OF stealing the idea, as his book was
ready for press before the incident OF
The Princess Emile was known.