The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28
By HERBERT BREWSTER.

More books are now being published
the present season is over the output
will be found greater than that of any
previous season. AS a natural result,
the problem of selection of the good
books becomes harder, but the process
goes on surely enough. At the end of
year, very small proportion of this
years books will be remembered 1t
would seem that the publishers them
selves would exercise more care in
their selections. Perhaps they do, some
of them, but there are always a num-
Der Of men who are not willing to leave
the selecting business to the few self
appointed reputable publishers. Conse-
quently almost any kind of book Is
likely to be issued and, in the indis-
criminate booming of publishers the
reading public is sure to suffer. The
difficulty is further increased through
the anxiety of disappointed authors to
get their works published. A num-
Der of houses in New York and
other cities will undertake to manu-
facture books for an author, provided
the author pays the expense. 1t Is a
worse bunco game than handling green
goods.
1t is an astonishing fact that books
containing tho most glaring errors or
grammar and rhetoric are being pub
lished in large numbers nowadays. In
a novel recently brought to my atten-
ton, the following extract are charac-
teristic:
Neither one of the three"
"She took off her gloves, pulling at
one finger and then the other; she lay
them in her lap"
alone in the hotel. those two, Just
him and her"
"They lost by too closeness."
In the same book the author has
French language, by throwing in few
expressions here and there. Even one
almost entirely unacquainted with
French must smile at bon guides,
cafes musical, Messieurs fait vous
jeu."
One of the notable works of fiction to
appear this fall is Booth Tarkington's
indiana love story of Mexican war
times. For the preparation of his now
ell Mr.. Harrington must have absorbed
most of the early history of Indiana
and all of the literature thea was to
be had on the subject of Hoosier So
ciety in the fortins and fifties. The
story is remarkable in many ways and
IL is probably the best Mr.. Harrington
has yet written. 1.-THE Two Wanre-
yels," the title of the novel is scarce
ly complete enough to indicate the
character of the tale, but 1t is now no
longer necessary for the author to de-
pend upon a catchy title alone. Indeed, it
is not fair to imply that Mr.. Tarking-
ton ever depended upon his titles for
any popularity which has come to him,
but certain 1t is that THE Gentleman
From Indiana" had some little to do
with bringing him into general notice
because of it's apt name for his first
long story. MT Harrington is COW In
the front rank of American novelists;
perhaps II is not too much to say that
he Is first OF the writer's of romance.
And the best part of it is that he de-
serves every bit Of success and fame
that has come to him.
A special limited edition of THE Two
VanreVels" IL 10 be brought out. The
author Is 10 autograph each Of these
copies and they are 20 be illustrated
with a reproduction or one OF Mr..
Tarkington's own drawings for the
story.
A most interesting discussion has
been started by the editors ~ some
II the magazines as 20 the need Of q
special style IN writing, IN harmony
with the spirit ~ the times. The eai-
tors are trying b. make their mage
zinen both popular and also interest
ing 40 fhe intellectual classes mnd.
20 fhs sssns lima. theg REe aeinR ~