Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06

! $3.50 or SOLO year. This sum rec
ni' cents two novels. twelve short
stories tho Sumo number or mlceliano.
''. afucI.t, ana 90 little reviewing
feict White. in similar language.
i'nrhcs up Hall Caiue with den. sara
| castle hand
lt seems 90 me- Doe says. chat Hall
| '.iuc marched TO success bob fiction hy
lht easiest and least discolaging path.
/ and That hia dark days Illuminated by
The cheorful CLEAN OF $1,000 a year. are
! much less somber than those usually
hravcd by beginners
Percy White describe his own ".ur.
! cess with DIS FIRST book "Nr Bailey
! Martin brought ONE by Hcinomann no
/ seems be made little from o.. but Dis
/ extremely modest opinion of hls own
book ls so unusual as 90 be- worth quot
! ing. and commencing, perhaps % tu-
lnofs ot great attainment and larger
| rnniums. Mr. Bailey Martin' was
| my FIRST start. A commonplace success
ON small scale has been the result
| ~ commonplace effort quite undls-
/ turhed by any OF those tragic elements
! which seem Go me reserved chiefly for
| writer's of exceptional originality who se
talent the public are always slow 60
/ recognize"
This excursion into the holy Of hollas
OF literary reward throws a. Iurid light
/
! lhs' galore rom the pens Of the best
| men, in the business are overwhaln,-
lugly dlscouraging 90 the person who
thinks Go make literature "pay" 10
| proves more than anything else what
| Jepson calls "the gamble of fiction
In fact. the same writer advises any
one who thinks OF attempting to make
/ living by writing Co try the Ameri-
| can stock exchange instead
The quaint little building which has
/ long been mas0ueradng as Dickens
! OH Curiosity shop has escaped the
| threatened demolition and win remain
I ono N the sights" of London u
/ should not De forgotten, however. that
. the novelist once stated that the shop
. he had In mind when writing the story
had long been swept away.
Dr. Guido HHgL librarian of The
/ laurnutan library at Florence. has
| been az The pains t0 search out an the
source used Boy George Eliot in the
/ composition of her Tlorontlrc novel;
| and the edition ~ Bomola published
| under his oditorshn contains. ln addi-
| ton to 100 '0ucravIugs of scenes ana
I characters taken from old pictures.
/ drawings and gems am Introduction
/ nom his pen ON THE Making us the
! Romance Dr. B.agi draws attention
| Co the curious lack OF Acknowledgement
| except for "a 'curs0rv mention in u
| note'-0n the part of George Eliot Of
| hor indebteduess Co p. Niuarrs great
! Life OF Savousron.' but the fact that
the novelist's portrait ~ Sayonar1la
| was inspired by Nll3r's work has long
| been recognized. 'ROmola' parh8us
| least of George EIIiors books makes ap-
peal 90 the present generation Tho
common confusion in the matter Of his
| authors Christian name as exhibited
in ana exaggerated form by Or. Bilgi.
| who iu the course OF few pages de-
! seHbes her successfully as Mary. d"
Marian and MARY Ann" Evans
Tn the columns of a recent issue OF
the Daily Telegraph oft London. w. l..
| Courtney, who is the literary editor Of
that paper gives what he calls some
| summary Judgments upon the books
| OF the year 1908. ln answer TO the
/ qpestiou-what are the most important
| books ,-he is Inclined 10 reply. Lord
Cromars Modern Egypt" and swim
hurne's THE Age Of Shakespeare" and
as representing the most considerable
/ artistic achievements he suecineg
Thomas Hardys "The Dyuasts' and
! Alfred Moves Drake and epic writ
ten with magnificent and sustained
i
| msympathttic age" Tho MOST nopuI8r
| books he believes To- be- ..AIy Iffe'r nv
/ Ellen Terry and Queen Alexandra g
| photographs from her camera.
The records iu novels Mn Courtney
| believes fine one .Inaeei tbe most
prolific as well as the most remark
| able literary industry. dining inc last
/ 10 months has laid m tnr fabricaton
| OF works of romance which. whether
we regard them from tho naiut of yiev,
OF psvchological araIysfs ON CoustrIr.
/ tive story telling. 8re r1n4fderabl,- Tho
| average"
Mr. Courtney thon gives the follow
ing list Of books which show fhat the
| men have done more than kaan stem
bv step with tho women f4IrIr ,yrast-
ing tho chief IauroIs from tHcfr sisters
ANTHONY Hone. with an excellent uiere
of work quite on his hest level .Tha
Great Miss Driver" II ~ Mason.
with that v.ondsrfillv riaar-si-btod
and powerful study OF Indian me-
. l "Tao Broken Road" Mr. dp Morgan.
with IA oharaet.ristIr novel "Sone-
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