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

cock. who worked heroicany tn save the
dying man. was the only person with
him when death came
In the midst OF the night. few
hours before he died. he called DR.
Hancock to his bedside and said.
Put the pillows up higher, Doc--I
don't wnnt to 20 home in the dark.
His wish was granted. for he passed
over the great divide few minutes
past in the morning"
Two Of Justin Huntly McCarthy's
novels will be seen on the stage as
plays this coming season, both Co he
produced by William A. Brady They
are THE O'Flynn" and THE Illustrious
O'Hagan." SIR Herbert Tree has al
ready appeared in London IN The
O'Flynn." which was published this
spring by the Harpers. Flynn OFlynn
Is an lrishman of course. and heis
also captain OF the Austrian Dragons.
chevalier of the order OF the Rose OF
Lithuania, knight commander OF Po-
land and ambassador extraordinary
from his majesty Conacho LII, king Of
Munster, to his ma jesty James H., king
OF England, Scotland, France and Ire
land defender OF the faith, one OF the
most dashing gfures ever invented by
Mr. Mccarthy
Harper q biokltTS announce lnnt
this week they are sending to press for
reprinting the following books; THE
Servant in the House" by Charles
Ram Kennedy; cadet Days" by Gen,
Charles King" The NalOr OF Tgnor-
ance,' by Gen. Homer Lea; Lorna
Doone," by r. u. Blackmore; Tho
Love Of Parson Lord" by Mary WIKI
ms.
Dickens public passes beyond the
bounds ofthe British Empire There
* America-with It's oighty-five mil
lions OF people and its widespread. its
fervent. regard for Dickens. There is
France where Daudet could write;
Little Nell and Paul Dombey came to
me as a revelation Of purity and in
nocence." There is Germany, where
as Bunsen said, Dickens compels tears
and laughter amongst Germans as
amongst his own people" There Is
Russia. whore Tolstoi relates that he
found the christmas Caror In the
cabins of the humblest serfs. and whore
OLIVER Twist" and Nicholas Nickel
by" are read I'm seven different tran
stations in the realms OF the car.
II Is futile 20 multiply evidences OF
the universally OF the genius Of Dick
ems Next to the Bible and Shakespeare
his books enjoy the widest popularity.
The author OF Hearts Contending."
the new novel of life in the Heiligthal,
as Pennsylvania valley, has taken the
pcn-name of "Georg SChock." She is
In private life Miss Katherine Riegel
Loose Of Reading, Penn, and "Georg
Schock" Is a genuine name, that Of her
paternal grandfather, She IL extreme
Is proud Of her German descent, and II
is OF Pennsylvania Germans she has
written i'm Hearts Contendlng"
The repeated story Of Washing
toms profanity at the battle OF Mon
mouth is strenuously denied In Marion
Harland's autobiography, and upon the
best authority-that OF revolutionary
veteran Sterling smith by name, who
WAS uncle 20 Marion Harland's grand
father. "He did not swear" the old war
horse would thunder when irreverent
youngsters rctailed the slander I'm his
hearing II was close behind him-and
I can tell YOU. sir. we rode fast-when
what should we meet running away,
llckety-split from the field OF battle
with the British almost at their heels,
but Gen. Leo and his men. Then. with
that, SAYS Gen. Washington, speaking
out loud and sharp--says he, Gen. Leel
I'm Gods name. what Is the meaning
Of this ill-timcd prudence Now, you
sec. Gen. Lee he was mighty high
spirited. So he speaks up as naughty