Show I V S 1 ann anns W r M s OuR LONDON LITERARY LETTER 1111 I t S 1 n L 4 a j j j w LI 14 U Id U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Special Correspondence ONDON March arch P Kip Kipling l hl L LONDON ling more moore a 1 In South Houth theiSt about tho time only English I literary man muon of real note nole who also ho rouse como out by hy this timis time lime with Imo kind of n mu 1 manifesto regard regarding ing 11 msg the tho changed that Mr Mm l Chamberlain wants to see BOO eo brought about In Itt II the lie trade policy of ot this country countr The general Im tin Impression Is II that Ihal Mr Ir Kipling 1111 Is n is I Protectionist but bUl not lol by so IO much us as IN n a poem In Ims the tho Times rimeR has hns ho Indicated isis his hi views on Ott the tho Time Tho author of oC Soldiers Three however has hn been taking a mu prominent part In ims II another political struggle that Just I I I nt at the time Capo Calm with tho tIme result that tha Gordon Sprigs Sprigg g Is out Ur lr Jameson Is premier Of or course as sims an nn Imperialist Mr 11 nil all ni wore Ier ero with wih tiso tho leader of ot Time Thu and ho lie made HII soy BOV Ae cral speeches eche urging the voters to o sup Http pott Dr lii 11 Jim Jima At Jut the writ writer er 1 raid characteristically that for tor every everyman etry man to gut get up oil on omu 01 his hil hind legs leRf and amid record his voto Soto oto on tIme the Ih polling day meant n it 1 tax tac Ini on omi 01 his IsIs time thus of oC lIve five minutes Hut Huton hutIn on In I that vote oto depended the tho future of 01 tim tho hind lamal tom for the tw next live nl years oar S S S orley orle hull Hall HII Farm which O Il m Hot In II as nt tho the homo home hOle ot oh hotly and Mrs Irl lo r was uvas sold nt at auction a it r toss few to slays days ago and bought by h a it local squire for lor The le old aid plO place Is Isi In North War Sar to urn mm only a I ft fL t v miles 1101 tom any ally of George a s sIts caily CUI homes homol In Its I spite of oC the Iho fame amiss of novel It 1 WO only oril a I few tess fel da slays dus s ago nO that tho the odd little story of how It happened to lie ho 10 written cause came to light U It I that being enter custer entertained with other guests nt ut the Iso Chateau Chatell of Sadie In was told to toone one or two queer stories about a 0 pic plc picturesque named who lived hived IvOl at itt 11 not far lor off olf These titles tales Iles the author to such luch an aim extent that next day 11 ila he paid mud poll n a visit Isil to Saumur to 10 mice co as aswell well Itch 11 n iK to hear snore moro of oC the stints man who ishun was suns nH destined to serve ns as R the original of Pore Poro He I io discovered Hint the tho miser of Saumur had Isad hl begun life an mis n assistant to II ii n I 1 then hess married an sums daughter sisal finally f I 1 I out an as Il n a I mony lender In Its li this ho iso made n a lingo fortune fort u 11 with wih a n portion of or which ho bought ono one line nn day time the Ih mJ cont cent property of In Inthe time the Loire districts dl was rae nM small IIRI ugly badly and imul Invariably silt dir dirty ty t 1111 to 10 his IsIs dying day his imla grasping miseR suns wnM the talk stilt tal of tho the whole neigh Ho 0 had Isad gold ld pieces every everywhere oel where oven In 11 his hI old obi shoes ahon ansi and when passing traveller travellers seeing him bins about n but risked permission J to 10 RO go IO over limo tho never would reveal tile his hil Identity n ni its own owner ull er or lust hut act lct ns nR time the guide of ot such ansi ami 1 I their tip tP with great gren rn complacency He hit 1 hUll had one OUI von and amid two u a sulking I bounty i This TImis girl took look us mis IsIs his model loMI for or Tho Thur novelist returned to Sadie Hacho brimful of artIstic utter IsIs his hil visit to 10 Saumur and n a I fuss few foi day dayis after to tim the delight of hi lila hasten tumid fellow fallout guests tt read rUI thorn item tho tito opening pages laKe of or what sills Wil tu II I 00 ono of the mutest most famous of hl hil IsIs works ass On 01 does not ot Ni tel certain to what ev cx t tent lt Mrs rs It K l Miami Mann Maln l Is known nn on tha other of sit the water hut but tam for moral ln years f r past Tnt this has b bui cn to tIme the front over osor litre un 1 li V JI til UI nov floss sho she Is numbered among tho tIm most popular English 1 women novelists S SHer Her best bent known story flor star Is The Mating of n a Dove DOe her Item latest Grandmas Jane Jasme Mr Mann ln who Is 19 n a widow la Is deeply Interested In irs tho present schema for tom an un adequate Shakespeare memorial In lii II London rind 11 has ha Just written on aim IU open Olsen letter Ictor on omi 01 tho tile subject Time The au nu S i thole declares herself opposed ll to tho the Idea of oC a IL J 11 I theater and Is its In I favor flor of a I which elm ho thinks S Simm In imm the time age ugo Ilie of surely Burely might be bo a 1 work of nit mitt 11 How linus deeply Mrs Irs Mann f feels about this timis can cams ln be ho judged by tim tho of ot her Iter letter leter which Is I rather In both bolh senses Si t 1 scenic 91 to s see e e she clue flays Im s a 11 wide S open alien planted let lel u I ass say S so Y with wih time the the time sweet sheet honeysuckle S the limo lily Illy I mistress of the firl with wih 10 I I lelH dim but hut titan than the lids 11 of 1 Junos e 01 eyes vs tho ho marigold that g I goes ca cato to hell boil with wih the sun sums ami 1111 with wih him hll weeping with wih Jot hot lol lavender amid nul 5 S those fairest Movers o a the carnations amud etl these that wll green arcen among them thema S Still till which by hy any other name namo JUlO would S as its t sweet tho oe r which i I loves Aunt And riving from rota tho time mtr l of ot such suds space sacred to tho ri blossoms which to his hits nu l Af F OUT COr sprung nu 01 o huge hUI tough hown and each citrIc standing forth on omi 01 rough ip hewn liaise hasp hll of its Ita Il own clear against tho the sky creations Ik tIO of or isis his brain and HO so 10 up ump I and up tip p tho lie enduring 4 S 5 sock lock still figures forth and 5 4 III Ill ami 1111 still until above them nil 11 S the lie poet looking down with wills 1 wih mildly brooding brow brass bro upon 1101 the surg tug ing IIi mo 10 d nt at lust hut to 10 record the fut that ho lie tIl Is theirs and that they IhlY love ioe lo him Ii h S d dp p 5 5 There Is II real Interest In Its II tho time results le of or if the Iso Pall Mall 0 Pal III recent lit literary II n Tho Time names worst worn wert S of or the best 10 novels 11 of 1003 03 the content a 5 decidedly pop 01 ular one oslo The rhe 10 works dl 4 S by hy this lImIts plebiscite ale RIC of or tho time Guard by 1 time the th Into lot liens Henry Seton Mer 5 Lady hoses Hows 10 8 Daughter Tho I I of ot Homo Bonus 1011 Marlon Crawford The n Yellow Van UI an The Long ng Night F Pigs In imi 11 lover Clover by h Frank Dauby S Place timid and Ind Power Passer POr by hy I Ellen llen Thorney Thoro S S croft elf Hetty Hety Wesley Ille by br ii Frensham by and nM The Tho He lie S I City It III by II i R I F I 1 Ilenson Har flar h was wan l far aimed ahead In popularity S S S I tHing getting M ice IO her K r cent of till nil the tho votes otC 5 polled while Id Hoses Daughter r Imd isad 6 rt rI nt It 1 will 11 bo ho noticed that time the 10 best books only amity sine Is by II hi an as 11 American The Tue ht J uc 10 0 how host however ever eI Included Jack Call of at the lie Wild Suld UI Norris NOI Pit lit Pi J 1 U I Aliens Allens S Mettle lettl of ot thin Pasture and Ild Mr AIr Ir It 1 Is II notice noticeable able ahl that hunt with wih the tho exception of Frank S the time writers of or the Iho books boks chosen chonen V Vas as RS bout boat IJU old The Pall Malls editor edior from the tl list that the list Ph us mis 11 n Cu 1 whole hol Is tired of tim the problem novel In Imi II HH Its Ia narrow sense and bins hns I u I to tu I It Pi 11 m together 5 5 with stills wih much Illch h of nf that lilt Ilk I sot not n ii little of tine the serious lt le o work of f with wills wih social questions S |