Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-14

ceived your poem "Keramos whic
more than meets my expectations, larg
as they were.
I'm payment ] send enclosed Messrs
Harper & Brothers check for On
Thousand Dollars $1,000.
"ln regard to illustrations, any at
tempt to embelish the poem In the or,
binary way would result In complete
failure. Possibly each page might hav,
an illustrated border--severe as a friezt
In It's limitation as to form-indulglng
however, In some freedom at the tor
and bottom OF each page and perhaps
al the middle point on each side; the
suggestion In the border to harmonlze
| with the text. But even this will not
be done unless marked success can
be achieved.
1T Is understood that we are to pub
| lish the poem In our December number
ana that you are not to publish II in
DOCK form until two months after the
publication In our magazine.
with thanks, yours sincerely,
(signed) H. NJ. ALDEN,
Editor Harper's Magazine.
Prof. Henry Longfellow."
Mr. Adrain II. Joline, whose "MedI-
tations Of an Autograph Collector" the
Harpers have just published, Is
member of New York law firm equal
ly celebrated for its legal skill and its
literary reputation. One OF the part
ners OF the firm Is William Allen But
Ter, who wrote Nothing TO Wear" the
celebrated poem which details the do
lngs OF Miss Flora M'Flimsey, Of Mad
ison Square. This poem first appeared
In Harper's Weekly in 1857, and at
once became popular. The Meditatons
IL the first book Mr.. Joline has done,
though from his earliest years he has
had a pronounced leaning towards lit
trature. and a marked capacity for
making literary finds In the way OF au-
tograph letters, many OF which are re-
produced In his book. Mr. Joiine Ia q
Princeton man.
During the first 30 business DAYS
since publication, Emerson Hough's
novel, THE Mississippi Bubble" has
been sold and delivered to book dealers
at the rate OF one thousands copies n
day; and at the end Of the fifth week |
the publishers find that they are stll |
TAR behind In supplying the demand for |
the book.
THE Mississippi Bubble after two
weeks OF published existence, is re-
ported In the list OF the six best selling
novels In New York City. This book
lid not have advantage OF the advance
publicity OF some OF its rivals, but II
8 irresistibly working its way to the
lont IL seems to belong TO the for
innate Few In fiction that. by the force
y natural charm, inspire the readers
friendly recommendation.
a poem which was favorite Of the
uthor himself is that one OF Oliver
Wendell Holmes which tells OF the
roubles that came 20 him from once
wing free rein to his humorous fam
and how, since then, he has never
ared to be "as funny as he can"
-
MISS Adelaide l.. Rouse, whose latest
ook Under My Down Roof Funk a
'agnalls company has been compared
the chicago Record Herald in It's
pure ana genial and whimsical hui I
or 10 the work Of DIR. Holmes. is {
Getting with something like his OK. 1
'rlence. Her story is so naturally told I
ai number Of literary editors, in 7
uding at least one Of the most dis d
ngulshed In the country. have identi- 7
"a tne author with her heroine, SAYING @
tneir Notes about Authors" that o
ilSs Rouse land not Honor Sharpel, a
a maiden lady OF forty" who has !,
en-. until recently" newspaper 4
oman In New York" and is now "a s
ndent OF suburb IN New Jersey" z
rms assumption that her fiction Is y
toologfaphy while very nattering 10 q
ss Rouse the author. was not antici- I,
ted and Is not rellshed by Miss Rouse Z,
woman. II will not be surprising, | q