Salt Lake Herald | 1901-12-04 | Page 14 | George Sand's Early Work

George Geo Sands Barry Work London Morning Post kOst 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 for tor the labored master V Dieces of Her first es save were decorating wooden snuff snuffboxes snuffboxes boxes and cases but coming to Paris in 1881 she started painting flowers birds and other lady artist subjects All the time she had been writing lie fic fiction nel el to Balsac V tion and she took a who after reading It advised her to stick to her brush and paint George V was a woman of courage however and she showed her MS to Delatouche V who liked the story so much that he gave her a post on the Figaro where her literary efforts first appeared Rose et at Blanche was written in conjunction V with Jules Sand Later came In Indiana Indiana diana from her own pen appearing above the nom de guerre which was at atone atone one time so well known French critics now ask whether George Sand is dead in the present day and declare that she Is only remembered for her love ad adventures adventures ventures with Chopin and De MusseL V Be that as it may a provincial aced acad academy emy has just placed a plaque to her memory ia in tm V