Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-25

Mission" "slr Christopher by Maud
Wilder Goodwin. author Of white
Aprons" which is also issued In new
edition. "A Daughter Of New France
by Mary Catherine crowley and "Ihe
Lowell ,etters OF the King by Richard
lie Caffeine. are among the other best
selling books.
Writing to the Dial from Albany,
Mo. i. Breckenridge Ellis tells OF the
method he adopted TO ascertain the
books preferred by and for children
Io tool, the vote Of about two thous-
and young people between the AGES OF
nine and fifteen. belonging to a society
organized Tor the announcement or
good reading, the members Of when
live I'm thirty nine states and CANADA,
Epch child was requested 10 send IN
list of his or her ten fayorIte books IN
me order Of preference, and list OF
Inc three authors found personally
most enjoyable About eighty per cent
responded, ana The thitty.nve books
oftenest named We're headed by Lou.sH
NJ. Alcotts Little Women followed
bv ot'ncle Toms cabin Robinson
Crusoe" Old- Fashioned Girl BLACK
Beauty.o Little Men" "Under the Ia
laos" LongfelloWs poems Dickens
"Chlld's History Of Englend' JQhn
Halifax" Pilgrims Progress "JoS
V}oys." Little Lord F0untloroN ia,
|ld Copporneld,' and 'Hl8h' cousins
Not since the period Immediately fol-
lowing Louisa NJ Alcotts 1Cath ms
there been SO great a demand Ior the
Acott books aB during the present sea,
son. The fact that a new Illustrated
edition Of "Iittle Men with 1fteen
fun-page pictures by Reginald B'
Birch. was issued and extensively ad-
vcrtlsed undoubtedly stimulated the
sale of the Alcott books although the
demnnd is always large during the not
idays. II is interesting 10 this connec-
lion 10 note that one Of the last cheeks
for royalties paid Miss Alcott by Rob-
erts Brothers (whose business was
some time ago acquired by Little,
Brown & Coz was Sl2 OO0 THIS COW
cred a period of one year
or the twenty-nne different books
which appeared In its monthly lists of
best.selllng books during 1901 the
Booluman SAYS. "TWenty-one are the
work OF men nnd six Of women While
the authors % IAN Engllshman's Love-
Letters and OF Truth Dexter have
never positively been Identified Many
think that sidney Mccall is woman
President Rooseyelrs Strenuous
Life" has been reprinted four times
since It's author succeeded TO the Pres
ldcncy The latest edition contains six
addresses delivered since the material
for the first edition was collected In
1900. The character and Importance Of
the new matter are Indicated by the
titles. 1.-THE Two Americas" MAN
hood and Statehood "Brotherhood
and the Heroic Virtues National
Duties" "The Labor Question ana
"Chrstian Ctzenshp.'
II is pleasant TO record the fact that
the London Librarians experience
shows that the best hooks alone com
mand a continuous succession OF read
ers. The popular novels have a hasty
success. then fan absolutely dead.
never to be revived The Battersea
Librarian SAYS: while II Is true that
The Eternal city Is most In demand
al present there can be no doubt that
this popularity Is merely for the mo-
mont ana represents only the require
mcnts of q class Of readers which Is
both uncrltlcal and tickle, rarely eXer-
crng conscious preference and CON
tent with obtaining the hest-adyertised
article Of the day
The threo-volume biography OF Dick
ems with which his friend, John For
ster. bomharded q weary world, Is to
be abridged by the clever novelist
George Gissing,
Only one scandinavian author has
been honored by translation OF hia
work Into Japanese That Is lbsen
whose ENEMY Of the People has been
issued IN Toxic in book form. II Is
proposed. moreover, to perform the
drama on the japanese stage,