Show ING OF LALLA j ROOKH how famous arih poet was given chance to do his best it has often been charged that publishing houses are blind to the irom lae ise of genius in writers that thia this was not so in the case of thomaa thomas moore the noted irish poet Is well known moore was comparatively an all unknown man when a publishing publish ina house detecting the vast possible bill ties that lay dormant in the man and anxious to get something better out of him than the stuff he was at th time turning out offered him 15 tor for a lengthy poem the subject to be bf chosen by himself moore was then ther ft a poor man and the sum mentioned meant tor for him comparative wealth he ile shook the dust of london off hil ith teet feet burled buried himself among the derby shire dales and set to work assiduous ly to saturate his mind with orients facts and imagery the result wai wat teen seen later on in lalla rookh i work so true to nature that it wai translated into persian and sung as I 1 genuine native production in tin thi streets and cafes of isfahan |