Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-27

and all without a sermon. II Ia A little
human document of fine quality" The
author, Miss Alice Brown. is the only
woman writer of fiction whose work
has forced such a spontaneous COM
parison with that of George Eliot from
so high source as the writer here
quoted
Miss Alice French. whose pen name
IL Octave Thanet, took certain in
stances In the life of her own brother
as the raw material for her new novel
The Man OF the Hour" This brother
since dead. was Harvard graduate
who, after leaving college. put on over
alls and went from six-o'clock break
fast TO learn the machinist's trade I'm
MS fathers iron mills. President
Roosevelt. that excellent judge OF liter
AZURE, Is great admirer OF Miss
trench's fiction. During his trip
through the south he made frequent
reference to "The Man of the Hour"
On one occasion. meeting Col. Nutting
or Davenport, he shook hands with him
heartily In the dee-lighted fashion. ex-
claiming:
Hello, colonel. glad to see you! How
are all my old friends In Davenport,
ana now Is Miss French? You tell her
that woman knows as much about fac
tories and the machine business as a
man?"
Probably most persons. even those
acquainted with the intrIcaces OF
English pronunciation. have been pro-
nounclng Just as It Is spelled the name
OF Mrs. Humphry Wards latest hero.
John Fenwick, In "Fenwick's Career"
now running In the Century. But the
ears OF the true Britisher would be
greatly offended by such Philistinism
the artists name should be pro-
nounced as II there were no Nv" In II
--Fen'ick.
Many reports to the contrary not
wlthstandng, Mrs. Humphrey Wards
present plans will not bring her to this
country before the fall or early winter
OF this year. Meanwhile. though there
have been many surmlses that the
Westmoreland painter and lie fine
London lady of her new novel. FEN
wlcks Career" now running IN the
century have their prototypes In
komncy and Lady Hamilton Mrs
Ward states definitely that neither his
torical facts nor real people enter into
the story; though there may have been
q suggestion as to situation In Rom
ney's career
J.. Frank Baum. author Of THE wiz
ara of OF" and other popular books.
mas lately returned l., Chicago from his
summer home la Michigan. lie is re-
WISHING new book of fairy tales for
publication early In 1906. Mr. Baum
has advised his publishers. the Reilly
x Britton Co, that about Janunry 18th
he aud Mrs. Baum will sail for the
mediterranean. spending some time Ia
ltaly, Greece and Egypt. He has COM
pleted All arrangements 20 make a trip
1000 miles up the Nile. and upon his
return to the United States next sum-
n2er he viii write new book dealing
with novel series of delightful char
acters drawn from The Fairies of the
Nile"
The inscription Henry Esmond:
Moore upon the back of a stout vol
ume newly from the press Is somewhat
starring at first view. Inspection OF the
tltle page, however, reveals the fact
tnat Thackerav's hero has not been re-
created by twentieth century Moore.
ana that Mr.. Hamilton Byron Moore, a
school-teachcr OF Louisville. has mere
~ edited the famous novel for textbook
purposes. His work has been done
thoroughly and with evident expert
ness, but II Is unfortunate that he
should be credited with the authorship
OF a new Henry Esmond." His pub
ishers are CHM & Co.. and the volume