Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-06

fict.' Is being 70 much talked about
at homeland last Mondays dinner
was IN honor OF some Of tile other
young English writer's who have deh-
nitely arrived chief IN interest
perhaps, was Father Benson, the young
est Of the three famous Benson
brothers. whose new book, "a Mirror
OF Shalott," has Just made It's appear
ance, hut his fellow gucsts included
some of the most promising young
writer's of the day. There was RI. G.
Bailey. for example, whose novel.
"Springtime,'' was so popular last
year and whose new series cf Ms
poleon stories is being published cn
both sides of the Atlantic. not to mem
tlon Miss Macnaughton. the author OF
"a Lame Dogs Diary who proved
TO he q charming little Scotch woman,
ana Alfred [. Sheppard who owns to
twenty eight years, and whose newest
book Is Running Horse Inn" Add
that Meta Syrett. who wrote Tho
Days Journey" and whose story "Ihn
child OF Promise Is the book of the
hour IN London was IN the chair, and
tina; other guests included besides Mas
Snedlcy Ella Hepwprth Dixon and Il.
Il. Burgln, and you VIII realize how In
teresting IL was ;o us who came to
hear what these clever young people
had to say about their work. Let mo
+ add, by the way. that touch OF
ence Of one OF the foremost publishers
In The person Of John Lane, one Of the
best known reviewers in the person OF
A. a. Milne, of the London Chronicle"
not to mention an American who Is
getting to he known as the most sue
ccssful literary agent on either side
of the Atlantic. but who would he ini-
mensely annoyed were his name to be
mentioned here.
Is the prospect of speecli-mnking
necessarily fatal to the appetite of au-
th0rs2 one has heard IL suggested and
] think that every one of the honored
guests at the Lyceum dinner declared
90 me aftcrward that not only the even-
ing repast, but the entire day, had been
terrible to them by the knowledge that
they would have 10 talk ON the subs
iect of their work. Perhaps their
speeches suffered accordingly, anyhow
! find myself with n much more vivid
impression Of how these young writer's
looked than OF what they said. Their
youth was the striking thing; l doubt
if amy of them is past 30, unless per-
haps 1t be Benson. His other name,
by the way. is Robert Hugh, and
| despite his clerical dress he does not
| suggest the priest much more than
would his brother. the author of Do
| do He IL slight and sandv-haired and
| talks with a quaint little stammer
| which at times becomes quite marked.
| Bailey Is dark, clean-shaven and eye
glassed. Sheppard who made his first
| big success with ''The Red Cravat"
| looks mere boy--an exceptionally
good humored one A missing guest.
| by the bye, was the author of "Thc
House of Merrilles." Archibald Mar
shall. who came up from the country TO
London especially for the dinner--but
who got separated from his drers-
| clothes III transit
Admirers n IJainn ara NponIariOp
what Will be the fate of his statue,
which has now come into the possession
of the Kaiser through his purchase
of the beautiful estate of the late en-
press Of Austria on the island of Corfu.
1t stands in q marble temple IN the
grounds. from which according to ru-
NOR, the German emperor intends to
eject 1t. Admirers OF Heine raised the
| money with which the statute was pur-
chased, but had a hard time finding a
resting place for 1t. 1t Was offered to
various German cities. and WAS every
where rejected with contumely on tho
ground that Heine was a bad German
and no patriot. His native country has
never been able to forgive the scathing
irony and biting wit with which Heine
attacked her Philistinism and ''blood
and iron" political deals And the fact
that he threw in his intellectual lot
with France further intensified the Ger
man grudge against him. That the kali
ser shared this feeling was shown by
his failure TO Interfere in the matter
when the statue was going a-begging.
Finally 1t was accepted by the empress
of Austria-a profound admirer Of the
poets work-and given place of honor
I'm her beautiful island villa. 1t has
been suggested that the katser's inabil-
ity to appreciate Heine's genius maN
have been augmented by the proverbial
luminosity of poets for one another. II
might be difficult for the author OF the
Song to Aegir" to appreciate the au-
thor of the "Lorelei."
CHARLES OGDENS.