The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-19
WITH THE WRITER'S.
The Great Authors and the Work
They are Doing.
PLAINTIvE PESSIMIsM OF POETS
The Latest Magazines-Walt whitman 10 Ue
Introduced in German-Literary Notes
From All Quarters.

folio edition dc lure Of the works OF
Eogarth is about to be publlshedln vienna.
An Episcopal chapel has just been dedl-
Gated i'm Georgia to the memory OF the poet
Paul H. Hayne. 1t is close by the mouse
in which Hayne spent his last years.
Sarah c. Woolsey, known better as Susan
Coolidge, will publish, through ROBERTS
Brothers, in the autumn, a new volume OF
uoems. entitled "a Few More Verses"
Mrs Fraser. widow of the late bishop of
Manchester, is assisting in compiling life
of her famous husband, which is designed
for the working men and women Of Lanca-
shire.
Mr.. H. Rider Haggard has made publish
ing arrangements for new story. In when
Queen Esther will prominently figure. Ihe
author has gone to Asia Minor and Persia
to study local color
new translation of "The Imitation OF
Christ, in English rhythm is announced
by MIR. Elliot Stock as to be puDhsned I'M
mediately II will contain preface by
Canon Liddon.
biography of Richard Henry Dana is in
preparation. The author of Two Years
Before the MAST was remarkable man,
and the story of his career should be IN
teresting and valuable.
1t is curious to note the role which Euro
pean statesmen now play as promoters OF
the fortunes of books, Mr.. Gladstone IN
particular. and Bismarck also, as IN the
case of the "BuchhOlz Family"
The public printer Of Vermont has IN
press a catalogue with names and records,
of Connecticut soldiers and sailors engaged
in the war of the Revolution, the war OF
1872. the Mexican war ana the civil war.
A COPY of the first edition of Charles
Levers works lately sold in England for
Sl.3I5. The craze for first editions IS now
at its height and absurd prices are given
for many modern books which have little
value as literature.
America publishes more papers than all
the rest of the world combined. Last year
its Il, lO7 periodicals printed the enormous
number of 2,959 566, 800 COpics-enouSh to
supply every soul on earth with TWO news
papers.-Baltimore american.
The memoir of Richard Henry Dana,
previously referred to, is TO be written by
Charles Francis Adams at the request OF
the New England Historical society. MIR.
Danas family has entrusted Mr.. Adams
with a variety of personal material.
The Methodist Book Concern declared
last wear a dividend Of 100000, and IS in
proportion to its capital the most profitable
of the publishing concerns of America. The
profits go largely to the support OF preach
ers in non-suppOrting neighborhoods.
II \ SAID LfldI MI. I1ONtllS II NC7l4 lOuS VI
writing a novel which will take IN all kinds
of characters to be found in New York.
nm idea based upon Balzac's "COmedie
Hulaaincn Like Balz&c, he will probably
he obliged to make "a large number OF
stories to illustrate his designs.
The English society of authors has issued
the following advice to literary aspirants:
Never. when a MS. has been refused by
the uwell- known houses-pay houses Tor
the production of the work. Never enter
into any correspondence with publishers
who are not recommended by experienced
friends or by this society"
There is said to be in the library Of the
Vatican 50, $50 MSS, u large proportion Of
which are Greek and Oriental. The
famous MS. of the Greek Bible, the'CodeX
Naticanus,'' has hitherto been so jealousy
Guarded that even professed scholars nave
not been allowed really to examine IT. 1t
is now, however, more accessible.
An effort is being made by the commits
sioners of the District of Columbia towards
increasing the size and perfecting the char
acter of the city library of the national
METROPOLIS 1t is proposed to give 1t the
distinctive character OF municipal library,
and To have in its keeping AL the local pup
LEGATIONS of an official character connected
with the 500 cities in the United States.
The assertion recently made that Walt
Whitman is about to be introduced Tor the
first time to readers in Germany IS a re
miuder that Ferdinand treiligrath twenty
years ago translated quite a number of the
poems of the original edition of the Leaves
of Grass. (which linguistic feat he prefaced
in the final edition of his.wOrks with an eX-
cellent critical and appreciative hiograph-
zeal notice of Whitman.
Spealking of the plaintive pessimism
which is the prevailing tone OF the MINOR
poets of the present day. the London Auen-
ram calls them a lot of golden mouthed
but lugubriOus singers whose "bane-
fumes'' are s'redOlent of cultivated melan-
choly.n Amid all the brightest scenes of
earth with laughter ripping around them
and sunlight glinting upon their yellow
curls. they persist in being wretchedly
miserable.
Mr.. George O. Seilbamer, of Philadel-
mia has lust ready a second volume OF
mis- History of the American Theatre ;
The first volume of this work, treating OF
the American stage before the revolution,
was a surprise to many students OF the
drama because of the fullness of its record
and its evident accuracy. The second
volume will cover the period of the revolu-
ton. and carry the record up to the time OF
the dissolution and reorganization OF the old
American company in ld&.
An evidence that the popular demand for
religious works of Importance Is not on the
wane comes from the ScribnerS, in the sue
cess which has attended their most recent
theological books. Dr. Shedd's 'DOgmatic
Theology, has reached its second edition,
while fourth edition of DR. Roswell Hitch
cocks Eternal Atonement' has been
,aued for. The first volume of DIR. Vim
cents WORD Studies in the New Tesla
ment'' has also gone into its second edition,
and DR.. Ladd's ''What is the Bible:" has
sold through two printings, with third
edition just ready.
a volume which promises to be of in
tcrest to Scotchmen and their descendants
in this country will shortly be issued from
the office of the Scottish american, New
York 1t contains series Of essays illus
trative of Scottish life, history and char
acter. gathered together under the title OF
Scotland and the Scots The author,
Mr. Peter Ross. has long been dlhgent
student of the history of the Scottish race
on this side of the Atlantic; and in the
opeuing essay. 1.-The Scot in America IS
Civen succinct account of how the people
of that nationality have aided IN all the
religious. military, educational national,
political. and other movements winch make
up the history of North America.
The Century.
A new volume Of the Century begins with
The May number, the frontispiece of which