Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10
NOTES

M ,,,,,s I. ,,o,,s - ms recently asked Tor
,,fnrmation concerning the noted Dli no
riY) Helen kelar. whose Nc 80,
Character and achievements nave G ;,s
lted such widespread interest," al ,, ~,
preston having obtained WIZ ~, .
her that she had passed away. ~, ~ ).
tmnression Is an error. as MISS hei l.,t
.,jll living, and resides at presetle
in Boston.
The publication Of ttella !, =, :, :,
nuida's last novel. arouses hsra'1 q
memories In the older gen t,,a, forty
s novel readers. 1t is more tnar ~
,ea-s sincc "IJnder Two rags az
Z ,,a.ornd and Ouida became In a ny
p,ent one or the nost.populaf OF r ne,
lish novellsts. A few years ago !. 40 ~.
Inc fashion TO ridicllle her es.lth ,,a,.
:, cance. her worship OF arist ol, -.
4 cot,tcmut forfl!er own sex ana .iel -
z sdsfonai, linguistic blunders But tns
4 .,etlces that appeared in the papers az
tcr her death, last winter, snoWeu ~
Y very different attitude. 1riei l-',, - -,
standing were not afraid 70 pay tfi l.9!...
10 her real power, her ability 70 SET ~
u, II, 58hold the readers attention.
aIne o,,t that men like Tennyson ana
A,,Ilre>y Lang read her novels and en-
Ipvna the1n--,nore than that, were Ivy 10,
4 afrnid ia acknowledge their en1oEinesyiIl N l.
wns the general verdict thal .,t ll.'.
With ali her early faults Of tasle ~. =
crudities of style. possessed tttleihe - =
very high order. no
nm 1T least ten years before the a ~,
+ thnr.s dentb. a year or two ago, tlle
manuscript was put In type. ana !. , tlss..
been partially corrected by the au IT'LL
4 before her death. Although tns sto,
as IT stands Is ineompls NE, y ,,onis con-
viously near It's enc, ~ 49,
tains 445 pages.
ITron, the amount of time Ouida gave
,oTthe composition of this story, as wen
M from it's grandiosc scheme. II ,ias
he surn.ised that she INTENDED !. ~
stand as her great work. lt = y sly se.,a
nr-tnternational relations and great 1'o
q ,,tinaI and diplomatic movements IN
,nni1eru Europe. the scene being ia a.,
ro,. the most part in the land OF REL
/ nnth,Is which may be identihed Witn
Italy. Is The stage on which me l ih.el
4 national drama Is set is nuse o ~.
rho principal characters are the . hl.s
Of Helianthus ana ms y
ly-the crown prince and ms prii 1.',s,s
nnd the Younger brother. Prince ELM,
+hn ;,1ol5 Of the people. There Is DIG
slran,atic idea in the situation OF TINS
Young man, torn between the coniilct--
ing emotions of loyalt'- to Ms hous s,
and affection Of ms people. wv
brought Gy accident into the direct sl'G--
cession to the throne at the very tlnle
when he is secretly a pupil of the nfcl,
revolutionist and republican the aEeu
IlIyris The drama is enacted amiase
gorgeous surroundings. Among the
dramatis personae will be recognized
Imaginative PORTRAITS of many OF the
rulers of modern Europe: the kaiser
the Emperor Francis Joseph: the car
and czarlna and others. There Is no
lack of movement and action In the
story. and 1t is all quickened by
genuine and intense love OF liberty The
vieor displayed in this book is aston
+ ishing Had Ouila never written any
thing else, there would still be sufflcieft
evidence of her talent. As the last s.,
thing that she wrote, "Helianthus' VIII
have a special sentimental Interest,
while its actual merits are enough to
win larger share of attention than
goes to the average novel of the day
o fs5H = sfl -53.4 5t5.s45
Marie Corelli has allowed her por-
trait to be copied for the first time SINCE
she became famous. Frederick ~.
stokes Co, the publishers OF her new
novel. Holy orders" have thus Sc
cured the only likeness which is avail
able for general use In order to
make it suitable for newspaper repro
duction, they have prepared, In addl-
ton to the ilalf-tone published in their