Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-17


Only one well known author an
nounces a new book for the dog days
This is Provost, who Is about TO pub.
fish lie Domino Jaunt" Armand
Charpentier has caused uproarlous
amusement among men Of letters by
upsetting IN a literary experiment the
superstition attached 10 number thlr-
teen. His latest book, LES Treize
Jours d'Anniette." Is made up OF thir-
teen chapters. set up by thirteen COM
positors. sewed by thirteen sttchers.
was put on sale June 18th and has
passed through thirteen editions.
But the most successful book OF all
Is lie Waterloo" by Henri Houssaye.
II Is now in its thirty-ssvtnth edition.
Victor Hugo II very much In the
minds and mouths Of people these
latter days. The Victor Vugo Museum,
which Paul Maurice has succeed
ed in establishing, is besieged by for
eigners. Maurice said:
Victor Hugo ranks among the first
OF our writer's. No other writer repre-
sents the nineteenth century az well
as he. No writer equals him In liter
AIRY form. His poetry Is admired in
every land His description Of the
battle of Waterloo is committed TO
memory by every lover OF graphic
writing. As his literary executor / am
glad we have the Victor Hugo Museum
at last
Andrew H. Green, the father" OF
Greater New York, says of Ulmanns
Landmark History Of New York;" ut
Is the most accurate book Of its kind
that have seen, and, while couched in
a form designed particularly to interest
the young people II performs a valu-
able service in fixing the identity OF
many historical sites and landmarks
OF our great city that might otherwise
have been lost"
For six months "Allee Of Old Vim
cennes' has held first place In the
Bookman's list OF the six best-sellng
books.
Within three weeks of its publication
the Macmillan comnauy announced the
lS0th thousand Of Winston Churchills
new novel. "The Crisis" Richard Car
vel Is nearly in It's 400th thousand.
Three new books recently published
by Mcclure, Phillips & Co., namely,
THE American Salad Book" by Max
imillan de Loup; "The Darlngtons, by
Gilmore Elliott Peake; and The Chill
dren Of the Nations" by Pdultney
Bigeow, are being brought out in Eng
land.
Mr.. William Dean Howells's new
work Of fiction, "a Pair OF Patient
Lovers" has met with instant success.
The first large edition, issued on the
2Srd inst, was exhausted on the day
of publication, and the second Is now
In press, Apart from the intrinsic
literary merit Of the work, there are
two interesting facts TO be noted in
connection with the publication of
this volume. II Is the first piece OF fc-
ton to be published by this house since
the new net system organized by the
American Publishers association went
into force on the LIST inst. This en-
abes the publishers TO issue the book
at greatly reduced price, The other
fact to be noted is that. for the, first
time. an experiment In binding has
been materialized by which the pur-
chaser secures a clever imitation OF a
beautiful half-caft- bound book The
book is a marvel at the price and 1t is
not unlikely that ii will inaugurate a
new fashion in the binding of the or
binary novel.
"Eastover Court House" with which
the American Contemporary Novels
Series began last January, still con-
tinues 10 enjoy brisk sale, and is now
going into its fifth edition. One reason
for its popularity, no doubt, is that It
is brimful of humor and breathes the
spirit OF out-of-doors A curious fact
about the writing Of this novel is that
the character who was intended to
play the villain when the story began
rounded on the authors and turned
out to be the hero Of the talel Per-
haps collaboration had something TO do
with this, as the story was the result
of the combined efforts Of Mr.. II. Il.
Boone and Mr. Kenneth Brown.
Though true TO the life Of today in
Virginia, Mr. Brown declares that
none Of their characters are real people
except the sheriffs Chunk who was
"the best horse that ever breathed.
rode him eighty miles in one day"
Mr.. Brown says, en- he was sixteen
years old"
No more pictu, Naracter than
Richard Croker is T. nd In Amer
lean life. His career personality
are wildly portrayed By ID Henry
Lewis in the biography 'ued by
Life Publishing company only
follows the man from the inning OF
his life through all the vicissitudes
which have attended him as a poliu-
clan, but gives close study of the
sensational events OF his private life,
including the story OF the murder of
which he was accused. Besides this his
personal and political associates are
wildly described and a thorough in
sight Is given into the organization and
methods Of Tsmmany Hall.
Mr. Lewis has an original and power
full style and the story loses nothing In
his way Of telling IT, He will be re-
membered as the author OF "Wolfville"
and "Sandburrs, two books which
have had a large sale, and more lately
as the editor of 1.-THE Verdict" the
illustrated weekly on which Mr. Oliver
Belmont rode into Congress in the last
campaign. Mr.. Lewis has had the adj
vantage Of close personal association
with MIR. Croker and the other leaders
Of Tammany and writes as one having
authority.
The coming municipal campaign in
New York will be the fight of Richard
Cookers life, and Mr., Lewis book viii
enable its reader to follow the contest
with full understanding.
1.-THE Road 10 Ridgely's," by Frank
Burlingame Harris lis a novel which
the promising young author did not
live to see in print. He was reared and
educated in Omaha, went early into
Journalism, in which he achieved sue
cess, and died Of consumption In his
twenty-fourth year leaving the manu-
SCRIPT of the novel under notice. II is
a well designed story OF western farm
life. I'm which are involved some ele-
ments Of mystery. and its incessant ac-
tivities command throughout the keen
est interest OF the reader. II is weak