Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-07

those pursued in the short stories pub
lished under the title, 'Bluebeard's
Keys and also In The Village on the
Ciff," and the atmosphere OF the two
books IL the same. II viii be remem-
bered that Mrs. Ritchies first heroine
was an Elizabeth, and IL this guess be
wildly errmg It will not be made Ia
vain II II remind any Thackeray lover
OF the letter In which the novelist
spoke 50 modestly and tenderly OF his
daughters book In It's very earliest
days"
Lufcadlo Hearn, author Of "A Jap
anese Miscellany" which Little, Brown
& Co., have Just published, has had d
most uncommon and romantic expert
ence. His father was an Irish surgeon
~ III. Seventy sixth British Regiment,
his mother a Greek lady from CerlgO.
He was born ut Ieucadla, Santa Maura,
1nnian Islands. He was sent to France
az lG TO be educated, came to America
when IL and found himself In New Or
leans. where he did editorial work for
ten years. In 1857 he visited the West
Indies with which he was charmed.
went to Japan against his wish, but
was cutie rccOncied to his fate for he
married Japanese lady studied the
Jan0nese peonle with marvellous success
andt hae produced books OF rare charm
and remarkable value. He now let
tIrer on English literature In the Inn
perial University Of Toxic.
The recent publication OF Edwin
Markham's second book OF verse.
Lincoln, and Other Poems" recalls the
tribute paid the poet by Or. Max Nor
dau. SAYS the author OF "Degenera-
ton" Edwin Markham is great
noct I place him higher than Walt
Whitman, as his form Is more artistic
and beautiful. There IL asometlmes q
Miltonic ring in his verses and Swim.
burnian richness In his rhymes and
rhythms And as to his philosophy
and emotion, they are Of the noblest
Kind It honors Americans that Mr..
Markham's poetry should have been
eble to create at once sensation
among them"
The Rronte society OF England Ia 10
undertake the oompilatiogRpf, Rropte
dictionary the EXPENSE OF which viii
be borne by one Of the members. There
ls, perhaps lust as good warrant for
this elaborate indexing OF standard
novellsts--Dickens and Ralzac have al
ready been so alphabetlzed-as there
Is for the numerous concordances Of
the great noeta and the Bronte die
tionarv Will undoubtedly be welcome
to editors, professional writer's and gen.
eral readers.
All are familiar with lists OF best
selling" books, as also with triumph
ant references to volumes most In de-
mand" at public libraries. We are not
so often put on the track Of the books
which do not sell and are not read.
The public library Of Lincoln, England,
has now, however, says the New York
Evening Post ventured upon the de-
cided novelty of giving out the names
of books that have never left the
shelves 1t Is not SO long a list as
one might imagine-only thirty-five out
of the II. 53S volumes In the library can
boast that the dust upon them has
never been disturbed Works on theo-
logy and history naturally lead all the
rest In this unenviable distinction, and
q treatise or two on sociology on dye
ing, and on the polarization OF light
have slept the sleep OF the unread.
Score one new triumph for fiction. how.
ever. Not single novel, however bad,
however stupid however echolng an
echo, but has found at least one hope
full, though possibly disappointed read
er. All told the showing speaks much
for the omnivorous yoracity of the
reading public. II Is but a small, n
Spartan band, that has never left the
shelves" The inference Is a fair one
that but few moderns have attained to
the large and careless neglect OF Or.
Johnson for whom there We're whole
classes OF books which he said he
would rather praise than read"
Believing there is demand for n
periodical devoted largely to scientific
photography and to news Of interest
to book collectors. Dodd, Mead & Co.
have decided to carry out long cher
ished scheme OF issuing such a Jour-
nal. They will begin its publication
early next year, under the title OF "The
Bibliograper" AS the only trust
worthy description of a book, title
page, or manuscript is a Photographic
fac-simile of II, such fac-similes will be
freely used. In an early number II Is
planned to begin the Issue OF fac-slm-
lies of rare books, thus providing sub
sorlbers with reproductions of books
That few can ever see them, much less
own them,and so important that they
are necessity TO every student OF his
tory, literature, and art Many we'll
known collectors and students of bib
Biography VIII be contributors to its
columns. Each number will contain
an epitome OF the various bbllograph-
ical journals Of England and continent
al Europe. Advance news Of some OF
the best book clubs such as the Grolier
club, the Caxton club, and the Rowfant
club will be one Of the features. There
Will be department OF notes and
queries, accurate collatlons of rare
books, and series Of photographers
will appear from month to month. The
magazine win be printed on a fine quail.
ity Of paper and will be illustrated II
is the,intention 10 Issue "The BiblIo.
grapher" only nine months in the year.
emitting It's publication for the months
Of July, August and September.
A special holiday edition Of 1.-THE
Crisis is in preparation by the Mac.
milan company. The frontisplece will
consist Of portrait OF the author new
er before published and reproduced in
photogravure.
Rev James Drummond's biography OF
James Martineau, large portion OF
which will consist Of the great Unfair
lan's own letters will be published in
London next spring.
Miss Virginia Harned's recent ap-
pearance as Alice OF Old Vincennes, at
Engllshe's opera house In Indianapolis,
calls to mind sequence Of coinci-
dences
on the very spot where the opera
house now stands. eacc stc.. tae o..
kafn aofaad NJ fha HIM Viiitan. II