Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-02

.rr. anonymous author Of THE Mar
tvrIrm OF eu Empress and now OF
.rmcralI and Eruinc.' again refuses
raI u8mc 90 the utle page OF her novels
il is noteworthy that this author has
remained anon. NOUS for an uhus ~
.,..a of tiwe some seven or eight
hooks have come from her pen 90 the
tanners during ls many years, and the
s.r.t OF her identity is stih undis-
closed.
writer in the Csrrent Harper
V Ny brings to light am interesting
au.edoto of Tvrnys0n which well il-
r.lrates the singular habits 81 the
rr.3t laureate Dun his intercourse with
Dis friends The poet was not only
f.usquo and rough but hl was doml-
neeIing and cXacting. and most other
wcn were afraid of him. But an Amer
lean sch0olmaster who for many years
maintained a. great intimacy with MIN.
bad no fear On his heart. and sat ana
smoked ON 1u equality with inc Sow
erIru singer 0y the Fariusford fire.
side.
cone evening" says the writer when
the two were thus together. Tennyson
said that Doe would depart from his GUS
tom and uarrlfC "a personal experience;
but he had suffered good deal from
rareutlous of his tales by those 10
Doe obliged to ask bis friend never TO
rgrsat what DE was about % hear.
rha American smoked on for a few
second. while T.1uyslu waited for the
prTuis. ana taon De said
az lord. u my country a gentle
man 81 l.5 never make that request Of
an1i.. gentleman
"'H-h-m" said tho poet, and looked
out of eyes that wondered If the quiet
smoker opposite knew how much he'd
said Then he !toiq The story"
Hamlin Garland, whose new novel.
Money Magic" the Harpers published
last week, has been devoting himself 20
writing for the greater part of 20 years.
lie began his career shortly after he
was % by teaching literature IN Bos-
ton. one autumn he went out 10 Da-
kota 90 visit his parents, and during
the BRIEF space OF fan and winter wrote
two books which gave him his first
prominence. Gradually he gave up
teaching. az literary work absorbed his
time Mr.. Garland has been living in
Chicago, with time out for his travels
about the country since he left Boston
Is years ago. He IS a native western
en- having been born IN La Crosse
county. Wis. and has Wisconsin sum-
mer home. n
Mr.. Philip VerrN MiRhels likes 10
write about energetic men and boys.
An apparent reason Tor this sympathy
with vigorous action. and one which IS
most apparent iu "a boys book that the
Harpers have just published. sunny
Side Tad is bis own love Of physical
activity He believes that every liter
airy man would do wei, once in while,
to take "a little vacation of manual
labor Mr.. Mighels spent tho summer
in the state Of Nevada. boring artcsian
wells on ranch near Carson city. The
wells. hy the way, were immensely sue
oessful
Gertrude Athert1n has some natural
affinity with journalism. Her grand
father stephen Franklin Horn-a ma
tive of Connecticut. and, later a resi-
dent in Mexico shortly after he settled
iu California founded the Golden Era.
the first newspaper iu san Francisco.
Mrs. Athcrtous FIRST printed story was
published in newspaper. not how
ever. the Era. but the san Francisco
Argonout The uross 10 this country
furnished almost the first personal rec
ogniti0u AIrs. Ather.ou received on this
side OF the water d. taking issue with a
great m nr ~ her extreme n brilliant
Views. Ancestors" her latest novel
published by TIDE Harpers only few
weeks ofo-With IT'S vivid Anglo-Ameri-
cam portrlituro, has already lent sew
IHl pointed paragraphs o. the news
ipers Frequently the writer herself
VIII pick up "a newspaper 10 hnd that
OBJ. 81 unexpectedly Boo print. The rca-
CON probably ls chat her Independence
%. mind and lnclF.0n of phrase make
1irs. Atheuon almost as quoable as
Der books.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward has concluded a
contract with London manager for a