Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-07

In commodious study set apart
from the living rooms Of his comfort
able cottage in the residential district
Of the pretty coast town of Shering-
z ham, England, Edward Phillips Ops
penheim writes his two novels each
8 year, with some short stories thrown
I In to keep him busy. Writing" with
the author Of The Governors" means
in reality debating, for the greater
portion OF the narratives. which he or
4 lginates with such enyiable facility are
taken down by his efficient secretary,
while the robust author sits back in
his desk chair, arrayed in his golf
clothes, with Virginia cigarette be-
tween his fingers. and his active mind
intent on the plot of his latest book.
The morning for work, the afternoon
Z for play. is Mr. Oppenheim's motto,
and after giving free rein to his i'm
Z agination and partaking ola light
luncheon, off he goes to the neighbor-
z Ing golf club for a round with Capt
Eden of the British army. or some 9TH
!. N crack player. Frequently 1T is Mrs.
Oppenheim or his devoted daugh-
ter who is his companion on the
i links which border on the North
Sea. for all three members OF the OBJ
penheim family are keen golfers. DIM
ner with friends at seven, and a few
rubhers Of bridge In the evening com
plete the typical tday'ss schedule of this
Z popular story-teller. Il IA
But an author who displays an easy
acquaintance with the ~reat world,
whether with it's international relations
4 Dr. with fashionable societY,--one who.
Is equally at home sketching a great
"a r,r5.,
cosmopolitan, and SO one Is likely to-
encounter Mr. Oppenheim at the
Savoy hotel in London, where he Keeps
D. suite of rooms, or at the Ritz In
Paris. or in any one of the big cafes
I sf several. European capitals. Always
studying types, ever making acqualnt-
inces worth While, this modern roman
GER is interchangeable in his search for
4 fresh ideas and local color. Frequent
z rips to this country. where Mr.. Open
helms parents reside. have given him
II that thorough Familiarity with Ameri-s
sai financial methods and intrigues
which he displays in his latest novel,
THE Governors "A casual conversa-
lion commenced with a French dancing
srl in Maxim, Paris, led to his writ.
Ing "a Maker of History, the novel
which he calls his best.
Asserting some time since that in his
character drawing his stumbling block
8 vas women, he afterwards created in
the heroine of The Missioner what
Or1e critic pronounced ""the one original
feminine character portrayal to be
.onnd In recent fiction. And in Viz
sinta, the beautiful niece tof an AM
artcan financier in THE Governors, =, he
nas made another addition to his gall
s ery of charming heroines.
The new novel by Mrs. Gertrude Ath-
srton will not appear until next spring,
9 It was at first hoped that 1T would
be possible to publish the book In the
\ !all but this has been found to be im-5
g possible, The impression that { M rs.
hrtherton had chosen for her theme
81 The life of a young American singer
& leroad was also an error. Instead, the
oook deals with the upper circles OF
me operate and diplomatic worlds.
Eliza Calvert Halls Aunt Jane of
Kentucky. =. having reached It's four
leenth printing in this country, will be
brought out in England by Cassell &
The New York Times draws atten-.
hon to the fact that our oldest living
,4ila Ward Howe, but Mrs Francis
ss,iexalnder. the friend OF Ruskin and.
me author or that; delightful volume.
~ libro d'Oro, a collection of legends.
s p the saints. Mrs. Alexander has,
85tved in Florence for almost 50 years
sas She was originally a Rostnn woman
wife of the painter. In Florence she
ma her daughter, Miss Francesca Al
2 sSander, are much beloved. Mrs. Alex
a ~ was 90 Years old when, in 1905,
I s sr sent the manuscript of .Il Libroi
Z GRO, TO her publishers. Aiessrs. Lit
.ie. broWn & Co.. yet her writing was
IS iegible as print and neither manu-
ipt nor the accompanying letter be-
ssayed the slightest sign OF age.
II Is very Interesting and not a lit:
;,e inspiring to learn from the July.
kman, which makes use 81 statistics
IMPLIED by the American s;eamen's
friend society. thai nine out of ten