Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-27
NOTES

The Detroit public library authorities
have included II. q. Wells's novel Ann
Veronica" in the list Of books excluded
FROM the library. on this list are Her
rck's Together" and the unexpur-
rated editions of Balzac. The Arabian
Nights" George Sand, de Maupassant.
and F'laubert. In making the an
nounce the authorities say that the
literary merit Is not questioned nor Is
the morality. They are simply regard
ed az unsuitable"
Hamin Garland whose recent novel
"Cavanagh: Forest Ranger" had forest
preservation I'm the west for it's atmos-
pheric background is now busily at
work preparing a series Of lectures to
BE- delivered next fall and winter lie
expects to present the conservation
question by means Of pictures as we'll
as words, and for this purpose he Will
spend some time i'm the Rocky Noun
tains obtaining material for lantern
slides
For many years the general American
public has associated the name OF
Bjornstjerne Bjornson with n new era
In Norway. A private citizen from his
birth 10 his death and born peasant,
he never ceased TO h. anything but
zone of the people" and was without
doubt the most potent individual force
In shaping 10 successful completion the
great civic reforms OF his native land.
He was indeed entitled to the name:
The Uncrowned King Of Norway"
Poet and novelist. journalist play
wright and political agitator and lead
er 81 odd Norway" his writings con-
tinue 10 he the text of deserved eulo-
gies and his written works are but just
beginning TO come 10 their own on the
Oh L.
~ literary Americans.
The son Of n minister. who was him.
self descended from an ancient line OF
the bender class, that hereditary farm
er caste which for so many centuries
has been the real strength and ruling
power I'm Norway. Bjornson grew up
among a brave. honest. independent,
hospitable peasantry. fun Of sincere ar
fectons, simple faith. and clear-cut
ethical and moral convictions. Their
strong, simple democracy. their physi-
cal vitality, and persistent endurance
were incanate in the man whose boy
hood, among the lakes and fjords, the
torrents and cascades. the fields and
mountains OF his native land.
His early simplicity Of thought, and
enjoyment Of life and its surroundings,
kept him embarrassed and undespou-
dent during a career so devoted TO the
championship Of new reforms that, as a
friend once declared. "he risked his
reputation at least once a year for some
cause he believed in."-Joe Mitchell
Chapple..
Seldom has the heart NJ the reading
public been touched so deeply as by the
passing Of %. Henry or William Sidney
Porter. ] remember meeting him sew
eral -.9rs ago and wondering at his
seen, quick insight He seemed to
know what people were thinking. and
almost took count of every breath they
drew jotting down his Impressions on
n bit of yellow paper and in few
minutes having n story which showed
3 thorough grip on the hidden side OF
human nature. His career had only
begun. but he had done enough to com
pei men to realize that he was truly
genius. His life was all too brief.
John ~. Beffel editor OF the Glovers
Review told me the other day how Mr..
Porter died. and related a story that
was Characteristic of the man known
as q. Henry.
"A serious operation had been per
formed on Mr. Porter" said Mr. Beffel,
but he was beyond surgical aid and
he seemed TO realize a. He was per
fectly conscious for 30 hours after the
operation. and he gamely saw the end
approach. DIR. Charles Russell Han