Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-09
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Under the title Of THE Man with tho
! Hoe Edward Markham has published
] collection N hiH pormH=nnd from
them the above n taken ne an liiuHtru.
ton of tho high typo % thought which
dominates tho trend ~ hls pootical
work Nearly every poem has Tor its
nfplrutluu desire to better tho COM
dition OF manklnd-to guide thought
ana cr0rt 20 Huch ends na fh1ll bring
humanity nearer 20 the goal Of such
conditions aH vhnll unuul the incquall-
Ties Of clrcumHtnnco, which hamper ono
while helping another IN the struggle 81
llfc. There are Tow lighter lyricH-
each With tho crystal or pocsy fplr-
hing IN ite llncs- notably Songs OF the
Followers of Pan" "'rho Butterfly"
THE Wharf " Dream" -amongst tho
shorter onss-und - Lyric Of tho
Dawn" whose appearance ln linrpur'n
Magazine several years ago created
attention, both from lts literary morit
ana tho departure OF the magazine
from itH usual custom In abiuriug long
pootIc1l hlghts from o. columns. I'm
Death Valley" - Cry On tho Night"
and Louise Michel" are or the weird
tlHHuC-ehoWlnE the widely inclusive
scope Of his genius Not since
The appearance Of tho poems
In the California University by
% proper coNcldgucH Mukhum
now ocCupios-haH "a volume of poetry
created such favorable attention. and
10 De- not too much 20 predict that 10 viii
hu long before another win be- published
that ahnll contain more that "mnn
might live by" than II contained in tho
gems OF nltruIHtic thought ana doe
trino cnunclntod In tho poems conatl-
tuting the greater part Of tho contents.
The recent failure OF q prominent
eastern publishing firm, following na
u ala several similar events that hayo
occurred during the past few years r.
In several Aspects suggestive Incl
dent II indicates that IN the bust
ucss ~ furnishing the public with ~
supply OF reading matter In the form
of bound volumes N, competition has
become ns severe az In every other line
of manufacture. for IN a very important
sense a book Is manufactured article
ns much ne "a sewing machine, ana
competition. II carried too far a. na die.
ustrous t. the individual manufacturer
In tho one ease aA in the other. The
numerous failures Indicate that tho con-
ditlOna prevailing Ia the book trade arc
Identical with those in every other that
the supply has exceeded the demand,
and consequently those who furnish the !
aupply have engaged IN contest
Tor the public favor, and na % natural |
and easily anticipated result tho weak /
,r have been forced To the wall by their |
more powerful aud ADLER rivals
There Is another feature Of the gltua- /
ton. however which must he taken la. |
10 tho account ere a proper Judgment |
can be- formed Of the status of the book |
manufacture. so far as the ngurce iu. /
dloato on the surface, the book trade |
asoma 10 be- uourlshlug, There wgro /
published In 1897. Tor instance, mot Inc /
Guiding papor-hOund editions, cheap /
lbrnrics' and "rcri0s," Avs volumes .
bv American publishers, This was Il
slight falling on from 1890. when the
iaue wac sos. and even uf the figures l
OF 1895. which were b.iG9, but In adj
vance. vaclllntlous OF this kind, from
causes often temporary iu their nature,
are TO be expected and Tor more than
twenty years, indeed Tor more than mr.
ty, the business OF punNehlnb DOCKS
has showu "a steady Increase,
Tho publication Of i92s books By
American publishers ln n single year
Indicates an enormous business, For
every working day during that period
eiNteen books came from the busy
preasos Of the puhlshcra IL ia prob
atle mat no edition was Ices than 1000
,.,,t.s. come FAR exceeded this number,
IN ot "A Reasonable estimate, limiting
each edition TO 1000. i92sVO0 volumes
we're issued and placed ON ehle ny inc
Nook publishers " this country or
abnut one volume 90 every six OF seven
of the adult population.
rrhers 10 nothing In modem history
mai resembles In the least the vUnarlea
M the Drcyfus trial, but famous Eng
nan author forecasts IN an cVer-ncw
book lust the kind of testimony ana
"c,idence" now being offered M Rennes
by the officers " the French army. We
oiiotc Mr.. Lewis CAROLS report ~ the
case OF the Knave OF Hearts verbatim; !