The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-11-02
Highest Of ell in leayenng rossf Latest 4. Govt Report
@!a!:!!!!! R RsxiaHs
ABSOLUTELY PURE
WHAT BOOKS ARR LIKED.
rAstI ~ IuI LinnAnN RTADtNu
itut.IC ~ uoNoiuit.
Keeping up WIN the world FOLLOW
III" isds irs,ei- Ta,ofites IN
the states.

Perhaps few cities in the worlt
have a wider range OF taste in liter
allure than Honolulu. In few o.
its size, too, can SO many students
OF Literature be found. Any work
of sufficient merit to win for il
some notoriety in the world with.
out will surely go the round here.
Thus THE Heavenly Twins" had
its day. The demand for "Trilbv"
became almost a clamor at the
library during the best days of that
book. In the demand for books
fiction leads; history and travel
come next; sciences are followed
with interest, art has its cham
pions; political and religious works
meet with favor; periodicals are
read by all.
A notable fact is that the Homo
lulu reading public makes "run'
on such countries as may be ex-
citing interest in the world at large.
For instance, for several months any
thing on China and Japan has been
eagerly seized upon. Itemsin sec
ular literature, historic works, etc.
have been almost worn out. Cuba
is receiving attention at present,
and a good work on Venezuela
would be in great demand. Travel
is sought at all times, and new
works are popular, with very little
regard for actual merit.
There is some tendency in Homo
lulu to favor authors rather than so
much their WORKS. Some readers
first tx the l.,est from their favor
lite writer's, laking other popular
works nest Since Stevenson S
death there has been great demand
a, the hDrDry for his conceptions
When Mark Twain was expected
here interest in his writings rose
to fever heat. OF present-da
writers Conan Doyle and Stanley
Weyman are the iavorites. Rud-
yard Kipling and Marion Crawford
are very popular. Walter Besant
has many admirers. lola is little
sought i'll Honolulu. Boyeson
(who died recently and Andrew
Lang are popular with school
children.
Though exalted taste may not be
displayed in the selections, the fol-
lowing are given out as the most
popular works of fiction now in the
library:
Sherlock Holmes by Conyan
Doyle, first "A Gentleman of
France by Stanley Weyman, sec
ond, Books OH China and Japan
come next, overriding any other
works of fiction. 1t must be re-
membered, however, in Just this
connection that, owing TO the re-
pairs to the library building, causing
it to be closed for several months,
the latest works of fiction are not
yet OH the shelves. Reports from
other cities show the popularity OF
late works of fiction to run as fol-
lows:
CHICAGO:
NV Lady Nobody, Martens.
Adventures of Captain Horn, Stockton.
The Master, Zangwill.
Bonnie Brier Bush, Maclaren
CLEVELAND:
Water Tramps, Bartlett.
Bonnie Brier Bush, Maclaren.
Shadow of IA Crime, Game.
Kentucky Cardinal, Allen.
In the Midst of Alarms, Barr.
Adventures of Captain Horn. Stockton.
HARDFoRD:
Adventures Of Captain Horn, Stockton.
From II New England Hillside, Potts.
The Little IIuegenot, Pemberton.
story of the Plants, Allen.
My Lady Nobody, Martens.
Bonnie Brier Bush, Maclaren.
TOLEDO, o.
My Lady Nobody. Martens.
Bonnie Brier Bush, Maclarren.
Chimmie Fadden. Townsend.
Story of Bessie Costroll, Ward.
An Errant Wooing, Harrison.
Prisoner of Zenda, Hope.
WASHINGTON, d. c.
My Lady Nobody, Martens.
Tho EalIin (.irl sa(.up -