Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-06

she enjoyed II. ~ haven't had chance
TO find out" said the recipient. 1.-THE
children pounced on II the moment II
arrived and | haven't had 1t since.
saw dog-eared, muoh-thumhed vol
ume the other day In the nursery which
looked like the remains of it,
Eastern interest In the great west In
creases with every year OF our coun-
try's growth. Witness. for instance.
the steady successes made by books OF
western life, like owen Wister's lin
Mclean and "Red Men and White
Garland's Captain OF the Gray Horse
Troop" and Mrs. Clusters Boots and
Saddles and "Tenting on the Plains
Mrs.Custer's books have made a strong
impress on the eastern mind, and have
helped not little to encourage a Keen
er appreciation Of conditions In the
west. The time has passed for Eastern
ers to be ignorant OF what the west
really means In the development Of
this country.
The remarkably successful drAmatl-
cation OF Lew. Wallace's "Bcn-Hur'
will be presented for the first time this
4 HAtHNH At Alf new vi NlA RI'lU IVuH'
| in Cincinnati early In September The
play has been selected to inaugurQte
this new western theater, lately COM
pleted. II Is an interesting fact that
the Naturalization OF novels has recent
| ~ added a new Kind Of book to the
current output Publishers found that
the vogue Of play called for play
eFs Edition" OF the book dramatl2ed
SO they reissued such novels In attrac-
tive form, with numerous illustrations
made from actual photographs Of the
play. Thackerays "VaniW Fair In
the Becky Sharp edition. issued by the
Harpers, and the Players edition Of
'Ben-Hur," have been the most sue
oessful books Of their kind.
There Is some discussion among
readers Of WIN n. Harbens "Abner
Daniel" recently published by the
Harpers, as to which IL, after all, the
real hero In the book, Abner himself or
the sinful but generous. dangerous but
loyal, thoroughly human moonshlner
Pole Baker. a reviewer who compared
Abner with David larum said he had
expected the character Of Abner TO DO
a weak imitation Of the original lie
had discovered his mistake. He said
"Abner Is quite new quite novel; as
refreshlngly quaint and queer. witty
and drol as though, David Harum had
never been born But which man
best fulills the description of he
ro?"
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author Of
Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes (Har-
pers), told an amusing incident the 9th.
or day at dinner of the Authors club
In London. II seems that the first
intimation Of the news OF his knight
hood came to him IN a bill from his
gunsmlth, which a clerk OF the latter
had addressed "Sir Sherlock Holmes"
The gunsmith's clerk, q worthy and
credulous man. had no idea of perpe-
trating Joke, but had written the SUI
prescription In sober earnest, having
heard that men who are knighted adopt
new name with the title, and that
Dr. Conan Doyle would naturally take
| the name of his famous detective.
| Nine. Sarah Grand, author of 'Babs
| the impossible published by the Har-
| pers last year. is at work on a play in
| collaboration with Mr.. George r. Sims
The play was begun by Nine. Grand in
| Joint authorship with Robert Buchanan
whose death materially postponed the
completion Of the work.
The poet Swinburne begged hearing
| the other day for "a word on the ever
| lasting subject Of editors and editions"
with especial reference 20 Dickens. He
expressed his strong preference for the
| reissue OF the first cheap edition Of his
collected works with the valuable and
interesting prefaces written by Dick
| ems, which has been done in Harpers'
| new edition Of Dickens, and he con-
demned 1.-THE PREDATORY opportunities
| Of writer disentltled TO express and
disqualified to form an opinion on the
work of an English humorist" His
| piece of inuendo was of course intended
for Mr., Andrew Lang. who wrote the
| introductions for the Gadshill series.
Nh. Swlnburne may be right and he
may be wrong In castigating Mr.. Lang
| that Is matter Of individual opinion
But II cannot be gansaid that we have
had surfelt Of so-called "Introduc-
tons TO the work of great writer's,
who, after all, are quite capable OF in
Producing themselves.