Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-14
special correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
oNDoN, New 4.--'LadH Randy's'
Recollections, With which you
are familiar in the United
States, have made their APP
pearance here in book form I'M
der the title, "Reminiscences Of Lady
Randolph Churchill The British
public is more or less familiar with its
contents through quotations in the
English press from the magazine III
which it came out in the United
states, but its appearance between stifl
covers has excited fresh comment up
on the wonderful tact displayed by the
famous Anglo American society Wo-
man in steering safely through an ex-
traordinarily complicated lot of situa-
tions which in less diplomatic hands
might have called down 81 host of
troubles on the head Of the writer.
No wonder is expressed that Lady
Randy's recollections should have APP
peared when she very evidently, II the
hopes and prayers of her many Well
wishers are fulfilled has many more
years TO live and shine. she is but
following a fashion, popular OF lata
years, to ''recollect' in the summer,
| instead of in, the autumn of ones
years. Even so youthful an author as
G. X. Chesterton has made his APP
peararce as .'recollector' ana the list
is too long To bear quotation in full
Even those who thought they were
toerably familiar with the life and
times Of Mrs. George Cornwallis West
find cause for surprise that she should
be able to recall so many of the dis
tingutshed characters Of the compara-
lively long ago. 1t hardly seems pos
sIble that she was ever on intimate
terms with the Able List, Gen. Bon
LANCER and others who appear in her
pages.
EYE FOR BUDDING GENIUSIIS.
Mrs. George CORVALLIS West still
Yields a very strong influence in the
Intellectual life of England despite the
fact that her comings and goings are
not followed as closely or heralded as
far as in years gone by. In her
home near Marble Arch in the West
End of London, she still presides over
a regular salon, where one may meet,
If one is fortunate enough to be com
inanded in attendance, most of the
rnotables OF the day. intellectually in
her guests is an Indispensable attri-
butte i'll the eyes of Lady Randy and
she certainly has a more wonderful
talent for bringing out budding genius
es of every sort than any other society
woman OF her time. Whether the bring
ing out of budding geniuses will be re-.
garded as a blessing or not is an open
question but nevertheless many q
promising genius would never have
budded--~nluch less lnssomed-without
Lady Rondolph Churchill's kindly en-
thusiasn.
1t is q rather sad commentatory on
these times that books are becoming
almost as short-lved as certain mem
bers, of the insect Kingdom. 1t must
not be imagined Il all that there is
any similarity between books and in
sects Ear be it from us to say So but
The life Of the book in these times is
Il showy and ephemeral one. Indeed 1t
has been said by Mr.. Runciman, prcsi-
dent OF the board of education IN
that the death rate of modern
novels is something appalling. After
careful study of the question from sta
tislicat points OF view. he came 10 tho
conclusion that the life OF the modern
novel is limited to about three weeks.
Mr.. Runcinlun with a cold-blooded
cynicsn which only a administer of edu-
cation could adopt, spoke of this fact
with citation. He went into grewsome