The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-30

the great outside world that is so largely
represented here. Notwithstanding his de-
NAL that he is going to write two plays
with Wilson Barrett, [ believe he will, and
l doubt il he returns to the United States
for many many months to come.
Isn't it singular that with mostal of the
Americans working in London few, if any
of them sell their products here. Many of
them could readily find market, but their
demands from the United States are such,
that they have about all they can do to sit
here and write American subjects for an
American market. Productions of the pen
seem to be worth more money from here,
than as if done at home, and it is SO much
easier to gather material and write it that
every year number of Americans who
earn money with their pen will increase.
Think of Bronsan Howard living here in
his own home and at work on new Amer
can drama which he will have ready in the
spring and which Charles Frohman has Sc
cured the American rights for. He came
here to see about producing "Shenandoah, ="
took new notion and set down to work.
He has travelled much since he reached this
side of the water, and is said to have gath
cred some material for a play based on
European life and scenes.
Harold Frederick has been here for seven
years and more, and besides doing his news
paper work has turned out a new book al
most every year. He is about the only one
of the regular newspaper representatives
who do much work outside of their weekly
! work. His local market here is very con-
siderable, but his books are printed in New
York ''The Lawton Grip is his latest
novel, but the greatest piece of work from
his pen is the life of the present German
Emperor, which is just out. He has de-
sire to write other works of similar char
acter about other potentates. But doubt
| if he ever gets his heart quite as much in
anything of like character as he has done
in his estimate of the life and character OF
the present ruler of Germany. 1 asked him
why it was that so many people preferred
to do their work in London. His answer
was:
Because it is the best atmosphere in the
world for literary endeavor. More men OF
| like thoughts and desires can be reached
here in less time than in any other place il
the world. Everything is agreeable
Everyone is polite. All ones surrounding
tend to make him happy and contented
Living is cheap and there is less friction
here than in any other centre l have ever
known. You can keep in the swim, or ou
| of it just as you please without losing YOU
place in any given sphere. When one has
made place in the world it is worth some
thing and money is not the only god tina
everyone worships. Then there are greater
lOE luOSS VIII WduU W OO I'LL
erary work, than at home, because there il
a wide market that is never filled"
Bret Harte has been here number O.
years, and will probably never return Il
the United States He leads a rather Sc
cluded life and Americans see very little O
him. 1 met MIN down at Brighton and tn,
veteran seemed to be enjoying himself bet
ter than in the Roaring Camp of out fal
west. He does not pretend to do yer,
much work any more. Years of success
have brought him contentment and b,
seems willing to enjoy the remaining
days as compensation for the struggles O
!, his early life. Like most other writer
from the new world, his stories are sold a
, home, but his books are more widely rea,
here than in the United States. In fact
this is book buying country, and that i
the reason why so many people of al
classes are trying to write something tina
will strike the popular taste. Poetr,
doesn't have anything like the chance il
England that it has in the United States
J and there are less poets, but the people VIII
are ambitious to write good stories an
, descriptive matter are as numerous as tn
, sands of the sea.
Harry Harland, who hides his real nam
J under the nom de plume of "Sidne
, Luska," is popular representative o
American literary life. His publisher toll
, me the other day that his book, '.As 1t Wa
|, Written" had greater sale than any frs
/ work from the pen Of an American author