The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-04
lBY HERRERr RREWsTER.l

author cannot subsequently secure
the copyright If the author subse-
quently publishes the book, together
with a copyright notice in his own
name, instead Of that of his publish
ers under which the original copyright
was taken out, such republication with
such notice constitutes, according to
the court, an abandonment of the
copyright
Perhaps in years to come il will be
possible for some one to master the in
trieacies Of the copyright law. As it
stands at present, it cannot be said
that any enc person is able TO interpret
it. 1t is interesting TO note that the
New York publisher who was involved
In the above case is the author of the
most authoritative work on our copy
right law which has yet been pub
lished.
Hobart Chatheld- Taylor. whose last
novel. The Crimson Wing" is making
a commendable record of sales, is now
in Washington getting material for an
other novel, which he hopes to have
finished by the coming winter. The
dramatic rights Of The Crimson
Wing have been secured by Mr.. Dan
ANA It AD4AAlAaiAs dlAN kA4N play " IA BAOhcA-
bly, be seen on the boards next season.
Somehow or other the general read
ing public has conceived the idea that
Mr. Chatfield-TayloT is more Of a glass
Of fashion than he is an author. The
gentleman himself says that his one
object in life now is to live down the
general impression that he is a dude"
rather than to write the great Amer
lean novel. It seems that Mr.. Chat
field-Taylor was unfortunate enough
to be we'll born and to have had an eX-
cellent education, both in this country
and abroad. During his youth he tray.
eled extensively in Europe, and it hap
pened that when Princess Eulalie Wis
tied Chicago at the time of the Worlds
fair there were few natives of that
progressive city who knew just how she
should be treated, Mr.. Chatfield-Tay-
Tor was one of the few, and the COM
mittee of arrangements persuaded him
to take charge Of her reception and
entertainment. As a boy, Mr.. Chat
field-Taylor was plain Hobart Chatheld
Taylor, but an uncle, a Mr.. Chatfield,
with whom the young man was Ia
V0rite, made a sort Of deatn-bed re-
quest of him that he perpetuate his
name The young man promised to
carry out his bachelor uncle's desire,
but when he requested the courts to
use his middle name, Chatfield, in the
hyphenated surname, it was decided
that this could not be done, and the
only solution of the problem was TO in
sert another Chatdeld in the name, He
then became Hobart Chatfield Chat
field-Taylor, and, when he was called
upon to take charge of the visiting
Spanish princess, the newspapers all
over the country thought that the
bearer of such a name must be cad,
and he was subjected TO all sorts Of
newspaper ridicule. His intimate
friends say that he is prince Of good
fellows, just the opposite to what the
general public thinks he is. At any
rate, he writes acceptable stories, and
it is to be hoped that he may continue
his good record in this regard, as well
as prove himself a decent sort of man.
A book which is seasonable just now
is 'The Field Book of American Flow
ers," by F. S. Mathews. The author
has collected his material with great
care; one can imagine long excursions
into the woods and the haunts Of the
flowers, and many delightful days in
the labor. There are given fairly ac-
curate descriptions of $50 different
American flowers and drawings of $50,
some of which are in cOlors. Enough
is told of each flowers to excite the in
terest Of the reader. and the volume is
one which will serve as a valuable
means to the enjoyment Of nature as
she is in these early spring days. As
it is of pocket size, the book viii not
make a large burden, a fact which is
worthy Of note, when one thinks Of
the huge tome-like appearance of some
Of the recently published nature books.
In addition to his serious labors on
novels and short stories, together with
book reading for a firm of publishers,
Mr. Frank Norris has found time to
prepare a series of literary talks for
one Of the magazines. In the course
OF the season Mr.. Norris win have COM
pleted the second volume of his trilogy
OF Wheat. the first Of which was THE
Octopus" It is a remarkable fact that
when Mr.. Norris came TO New York
about three years ago he was barely
able to make a living at his writing.
He was not long. however. in making
a place for himself, and now that he
has established himself firmly and mar
ried the girl of his story Blk he has
settled down in his home over in New
Jersey 10 life devoted entirely tG
writing and criticism. He is still a
young man; he works rapidly, and is
capable Of turning out many books
yet which should at least be equal tC
what he has already done.
The recent death Of Frank r. Stock
ton brings into prominence again his
great story, THE Lady or the Tiger,
the true solution of which died with
the author. Many were the attempts
which were made to get Mr.. Stockton
| to tell how he would solve the riddle
/ At dinners, If the souvenirs or ices
were made up in the forms Of ladies
and tigers. he invariably took one Of
each. Nothing could persuade him tC
/ give any explanation OF his story; ht
/ preferred 10 keep every one guessing
which every one certainly did. There
was another curious fact about Mr.
Stockton which the obituary notices
have brought to light to the surpris'
I Of his admirers. Few thought Of hin
/ as anything but a young man, when
as matter Of fact and record, he wa.
nearly three score and ten. He did no
begin writing until nearly middle age
/ or. at least he was well along in years
! before his work began to attract gen
/ eral attention Doubtless the whim
/ steal character OF his stories and tn,
! noticeable youthful tone Of his writinl
/ aided in giving the impression that III
was not an old man. His death is Z
( distinct loss to the book world.
Henry II. Alden is the oldest ACTIVE
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