Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-22
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NOTES.

November Is the date set for the pup
,icatIon of Krugers Memoirs. The work
viii appear simultaneously In English
Dutch and German, and other transia-
lions are being arranged. IL ~ rather
curious that no American edition Is
announced. Indeed II would almost
scem that there is over here a lack OF
,nterest in the work. The book WIN
undoubtedly have great fascination
Tor the Germans, especially since the
advance notices OF it foretell some rain
or harsh criticism of Mr.. Chamberlain
The dramatlzation OF winston
Churchills novel "The Crisis ana me
great success the work won on the
sIaee with James X Hackett as ste
nhen Rrice." in addition to It's remark
ahle success as a novel, has led to the
nnbllcatlon OF James X. Hackett
edition. of the story. In this the WORK
has been handsomely printed win
carmlnn bordered pages, portraits OF
the leading characters and photograph
Cd scenes from the drama. The story
Is preceded by q sketch Of Mr.. James
X Uacketts career. 1t is a handsome
eduction of work that seems to nave
lost nothing Of It's wonderful popularity
Judging by the booksellers reports OF
saIee all over the country and the H.
brary reports of books most In demand
The rather thlnly disguised portraits
~ two famous New York politicians, a
ass and a governor, which appear as
characters In Mark Lee Luther's new
novel, The Henchman, are attracting
attention In the press The story Is
huilt upon the rise of an obscure coun-
t,y poljtican to the gubernatorial Of
Ace and is pretty well done, The New
York Sun has marked II as book
which will soon be widely talked about.
Mrs Nancy Huston Banks Oldfield
n Kentucky Tale OF the Last Century,
had such q cordial reception In England
and America that the Macmillan COM
rany have brought out a holiday edl-
tirn with Illustrations In colors by Pen
nington. II is q book which lends itself
peculiarly well to this kind of illustra-
ton. Many readers viii remember the
charming drawings in color by Thomp-
son which were used in Mrs Gaskell's
Crawford, issued by the same house.
There IL a like fitness about these, both
books have very similar charm ana
Gclicacy of treatment.
Though Anthony Hope writes so well
about women, and can picture them in
their most fascinating moods-and no
where more effectively than in his lat
est story, "The Intruslons of Peggy
be himself seems quite lmperyious to
feminine attractions. He has at present
bachelors Hat in the Savoy Mansions,
close TO the Savoy hotel on the Thames
cnbankment. which is furnished In old
fashioned mahogany. The walls are
hung with number of rare colored
prints. of which Mr.. Hope Is dis
eliminating collector. He Is also fond
OF sport, and was formerly an enthusi-
astic and prominent football player.
hut for some time past his abandoned
that stressfn sport In favor Of golf.
Lillian Whiting has been at work dur
Ing the past few months on a book en-
titled Boston Days. in which she haa
aimed TO crystalline into literary re-
cord the unique phases and exceptional
movements which have stamped their
impress upon the City OF the Purltans
The transeendental period. the period
Of great liberalization of ideas, the pc
llod OF the fine critical ard creative
work of Hawthorne. Lowell, Longfellow.
Dr. Holmes Whipple Or. Hale, and
Louisa Alcott, the inimtable story Of
the Concord school Of Philosophy, with
remniscence and Interpretation Of all
Inc more memorable literary, artistic.
and social life OF Boston, will form the
rich and varied data upon which Miss
Whiting will draw for this volume.
Little, Brown & Company Miss Whit
ings publishers, will issue the book
We latter part of November.
disqualification seems TO be on the
Increase among authors. Mr.. Kipling
fet the fashion, when he provided ''The
Light that Failed" with two endings
- that the reader Guild pay his money
I and take his choice" and now Hall
Ca,ne-never renowned among good
judges for artistic sense-has followed
ceratlng. "The Eternal City" and
providing us with a book of the same
name, wherein is told only the love
story Of the original novel, all the poll
TICS and knaylsh tricks and propaganda
"'-i4 NhNbl l'S tHh btItl any Nut HluiluI
OF the said original being cut out.
Manifestly. this Is Hamlet" with the
( 1art Of Hamlet omitted. but this is
not the worst Of the matter. 1t not
only shows that all that the author has
cast away is, in his judgment, not ma
ural to the story, and therefore frank
" padding" but II proves that his
ftory had for him no truth, no power
~ conviction that he did not In the
East believe In the story that he told.
ans being so, how could he expect 9TH
sls to believe In Il? He prints with
the revised edition a preface wherein
r. asks this pertinent question: HAS
novelist a right to alter his novel
after publication to condense IL. TO add
70 II, TO modify or to heighten its stua.
Mons, and otherwise so to change Il
uhat To all outward appearance II is
practically new book?" Mr.. Caine re-
fuses 10 answer his own question; but
the answer is assuredly plain. The
noVellst has such a right as a right
Dat then right" and wisdom" are
NOV always synonymous when the first
word Is used In the sense given II by
Han Caine. Mr.. Game can do ns he
pleases with his own; but he must moi
oSpect to fail to reap the whirlwlnd
IN the shape Of public opinion. The very
least that can be said in answer 10 his
question Is that an author who Is