Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

Booth recognized at once the originate,
| OF the young authors work, and. viii
| the wisdom which characterized her en-
tire editorial career, was exceedingly
careful not 10 make suggestions which
however wei intcntlonad might hay'
q tendency TO destroy any OF the fresh
ness OF the new individuality Of styl'
promptly recognized In the youthful
writer's stories. When Miss wilkins
AT later stage OF her development
contributed "A Humble Romance" e
Harpers Magazine, she was equally
fortunate In coming under the editorial
care OF Mr., Henry Mills Alden, who has
always been to this distinguished auth.
or highly valued friend. Miss VII.
kin's latest and most mature work Is
a novel Of New England, the story OF
O young girls ardent life, entitled 1.-THE
Portion OF Labor which the Harpers
have just published.
Few readers are aware OF the amount
and value Of the gold-leaf which IS
used on the bindings Of books. A re-
cent visitor TO the bookbIndery Of Har-
per Brothers was informed that SO
rich in value Is even the waste of this
hlmy material that the "planlng-off
table Is furnished with sort of
wooden hopper, covered with q wire
screen through which the tiny particles
OF gold used In the decorations Of the
book covers slft and are carefully col
lected This costly waste Is then sold
to regular brokers, who deal with jew
elers and bookblnders for such mater
ial. The waste on the average, comes
TO about 30 per cent of the entire
amount OF gold used 80 that II will be
seen that the gold so saved in an ex-
tensive bindery must amount 10 large
sum In the course OF wear. Il was
stated at Harper & Brothers In reply to
u question that the waste OF gold on
the cover of The Right of Way"
which Is not at oil garish In appear
ance had amounted to several thous-
and dollars
The new novel OF Sienklewcz, the
author OF fQuo Vadis." on which he
Is now at work deals with Napoleon
and the Polish Legions
The portrait Of NJ, Edmond Rostand
here given is taken from Vanity Fair
He was probably born a post three
and thirty years ago; for he wrote lines
as n boy At the age OF twenty or so
he became a dramatIst: and now aided
by Bernherdt and COquein, he IS very
near the top Of the dramatic tree, hay
Ing made himself famous as the trl.
umphant author of that "Cyrano de
Bergerac" which has drawn more
money than any other play ever pro-
duced IN Paris and possibly even more
so as tne writer Of the rather unhis-
torlcal put extraordinarily successful,
- Alglon," which has so hugely gra-
titled French sentiment. Otherwise. he
mas been guilty OF such publications
as Les Romanesques, la Samarl-
talne' and Les Musardlses." to say
nothing OF La Princesse Lointalne.n
which, though much abused by the
critics, Is yet very fine piece of work.
bnt he has not over written himself.
for ne is q nervous young fellow who
Is so full OF the artistic temperament
that he worries himself 70 death about
mere triiles, and continually cries for
rest which he wil not allow himself
Nevertheless, he WI spend weeks In
idleness and then burn work that he
has done months before because no is
80 hard to please. He devoted many
years to Cyrano; but be has his re-
ward
He is a dandiy-dressed cigarette
smoker OF very nervous manners. who
has translated Catulus quite admlra-
bly,.
Mr.. Gilbert Parker author Of the
very successful novel, "The Right of
Way, Is now IN London. He expects
to visit this country early in December.
His book, published there by Heine-
man, Is selling vigorously I'm England
but not with the rush which character.
lied the American market for this au-
thors work, One popularity Of the
American sale Of THE Right of Way"
has been the equal demand for the
novel IN the west and south as well as
In the east Almost all novels begin
TO go In the eastern portion of the
country, and spread thence 20 the west
and south. but In the case of "The
Right Of Way the orders have come
simultaneously from Maine to Callfor.
MA, and Louisiana. Uuquestl0nably II
Is the intense human nature OF Charley
Steele. unique as a type in fiction. vet
potent In his appeal to every variety of
that makes the book uni.
versally popular,
Literary as we'll as other landmarks
are rapidly disappearing from London.