Salt Lake Herald | 1901-12-04 | Page 13 | George Sand's Early Work

George Sands Early Barly Week London Morning Post Poet It is not generally known that George Sand the novelist began life as an artist of small account certainly yet collectors nowadays give more for her trifles than lor mr the labored master masterpieces pieces of Her first es save were decorating wooden snuff snuffboxes snuffboxes boxes and eases cases but coming to Paris Parisia ia In she started painting flowers birds and other lady artist subjects All the time she had been writing ftc fic fiction tion and she took a to Balsac who after reading it advised her to stick to her brush and paint George was a woman of courage however and she showed her MS to o Delatouche who liked the story so much that he gave her a post on the Figaro where her literary efforts first appeared Rose et Blanche was as written in conjunction with Jules Sand Later came In Indiana Indiana diana from froW her own pen appearing above the nom noel de guerre which was at atone atone one time so well known French critics now ask whether George Sand is dead in th the present day and declare that she is only remembered for her love ad adventures adventures ventures with Chopin and De lie Mu Mussel set Be that as it may a provincial acad academy academy emy has baa lust just placed a plaque to her memory IB in