Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-09


ders OF manuscript ala ! send out dur
ing eight years, which ascrlbed irfeg.
ular orbits among publishers and Ms.
ually came back In paper boomerangs,
60 the place that they had started from.
Yet In time they got lodged somewhere
or other.
r. II. Russell announces that he has
purchased from NJ. Edmond Rostand
the American copyright OF his new play
'TAiglon." ana will publish the Eng
llsh translation I'm America simultan,
cously with the publication OF the book
in England and in Paris.
Mrs a. D. r. whitney wiz mmedl-
ately publish through Hough,on Mil
fin q Co.. a little book on THE Integ-
rty Of Christian Science She points
out what she regards as mistakes In
the present teaching and offers what
seems 10 her a much needed corrective
which would secure 90 Christian Science
greater completeness.
Mr. Melvil Dewey has Just issued the
list of fifty best books published dur
ing the past year and pronounced by
plebiscite OF librarians TO be the best
selections 10 be added to a village IL
hrary Heading the list with twenty
five per cent of the votes Is Richard
Carvel' and Marion CrOwfords Via
Crucis' comes third. while among the
other forty-eight are Mrs Alice Morse
Earles Child Life In Colonial Days.
Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wrghts "Wabeno
the Magician" Professor L. II. Bailey's
Principles OF Agriculture Dr. Van
Dykes Gospel for a World Of SIM"
and Norman Hapgood's Abraham Lin
coin, the Man OF the People" The
Macmillan company who have the good
fortune 90 publish the above mentioned
books. published ten per cent OF those
chosen last year for the same purpose.
Dr. Weir Mitchells popular story
'The Adventures OF Francois" has been
dramatized by his son, Langdon Nit.
chell IN whose naturalization OF "Van-
ity Fair under the title OF Becky
sharp, Mrs Fiske has met with great
success during the season now closing.
The new play VIII Doe produced next
season. Dr. Mitchell has refused an
offers. Il is said for the right 10 ORA,
Matte Hugh Wynne."
Not since "Uncle Toms Cabin" has
any American novel had such O rapid
sale as ITO Have and To Hold, Miss
Mary Johnston's story OF the James
town settlement. Mrs Stoves epoch
making work sold 20 the number Of 100
600 copies within two months after the
book had been published but ITO Have
and To Hold has reached 100000 In
just ten weeks after its Issuing from
the press. This Is an average'of 10000
copies a week for that period though.
as a matter OF fact. of this total NUM-
Der OF copies sold. over g. 900 copies
were disposed of In one week. Miss
Johnstons first novel. prisoners of
Hope is now In los nfiy-hfh thou-
sand. The Bo0kmun Tor May reports
TO Have and no Hold as the best
selling book IN thrty-throe of the thir.
ty-four towns reported.
81 am writing q novel said tho au.
thor OF Prisoners OF Hope Co q friend
Writing n novel;" exclaimed the as
tonished friend with "a laugh. Mary
Johnston. you can't write novel; II
am trying said Miss Johnston gently.
and a very good book was the result.
"Miss Mary Johnston, the author OF
To Have ana TO Hold. made her FIRST
contribution in literature in a'N0man's
Edition OF the Fncastle Na) Herald
got uD Tor the benefit Of The Mount
Vernon building at the Worlds Fair
says the Banner of Buchanan. Va.
fhe lttle vlilalce in the Oil Dominion
in which Miss Johnston was bonn and
where she spent the nrst sixteen years
of her life THE article was one of the
best in the paper and was entitled "A
Glimpse of Royalty While Miss john
stOu aud her father were abroad they