Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-27

read Mrs. Elizabeth Higgins's new nov
el, out of the West, just published by
Harper a Brothers. The story is racy
Of the soil Of Western town life, and
the heroine, a typical western woman,
at once advanced, alert, and conscious
of her new responsibilities to the state,
Is yet in her home life always the eter-
nal feminine. dainty, charming, devoted
to her domestic circle. Edith Hull viii
he accepted by many readers as a
strong, new and significant type of
American womanhood.
Charles Dickens latest biographer,
Mr.. KittOn, has traced many of the
novelist's characters to their originals.
Paul Dombey was Dickens nephew,
Harry Barnett, a pathetic little cripple,
who died in his tenth year. Dora Cop
perfleld is supposed TO have been Miss
Beadwell, with whom Dickens was IN
love at the early age Of Is, The bflief
that he drew the character of Micaw-
her from his father is not upheld by the
bographer who has discovered in one
Richard Chicken of York a more prob
able model This Chicken had sub
ordinate place in the office OF an engi-
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elist's brother. was employed for sew
eral years Capt. Cutie, that fine old
boy, made his first appearance in
Pepy's Diary, that gentleman recording
that che met a Capt. Cutie, sea
commander. at the Royal Exchange
To be readable, some people declare,
Is the first merit In a work Of fiction.
This merit belongs in a pronounced de-
gree to Henry Seton Merrriman's new
novel. The Nultures, Just Issued by
Harper & Brothers, Even at first
glance the book holds one says the
London outlook. And. furthermore, II
holds one until the last line. Mr.. Mer-
riman's work is dlstlnctively OF this
kind-replete with dramatic suspense
and Il Is surprising in these days OF
many dramatized novels, that none OF
n has vet reached the footlights. There
has been talk at different times Of
dramatiged version OF this authors
The Sewers, but so far the play has
moi materiallzed. MIR. Merriman Is nm
Englishman who is thoroughly convers-
ant with the diplomatic affairs OF Rus
sia and Poland-a knowledge Of which
he makes capital use in his novels.
His real name Is Hugh StOWel scott
and he is a resident Of Suffolk, Eng
land.
Twenty years ago Mr. Howells pub
lIcly said that Il would he possible to
scat nj small table every man I'm this
country who was clearing $4,000 a year
NET from exclusively literary work.
since then have heard the re-
turns from a single successful novel
nlared at $4,000. Knowing the cir
cuIa tion il had had and the usual
ROYALTIES. the statement seems not
lmprudent. TO the sales which make
A return OF from $4,000 to S2b,OVo on
n angle novel, there is now not unu-
suollv added the still large wage
pad 10 the novelist whose hcdon be-
comes the basis Of successful pay
Not long since Mr.. Charles From
man said IN substance that II was
nonsense 10 turn anywhere except To
a novel for q play, since II cost from
az 600 10 100000 10 MAKE pay
known. and the novel had already
accomplished this without ehort ana
without expense. NO wage IN llleI-
ary no IS comparable to that Of the
playwright. Not an novels diaha-
,tgcd succeed. bat when n drama
,i~od novel nuns through the year,
ne nearly a dozen have done IN the
mast five years the return TO the au-
thor viii average about $500 a week.
while the play is upon the boards.
After making from $4,000 20 So,oDo
from a single novel the author may
then obtain ne much more during
each OF the years IN which the play
based upon It holds the stage.
II would be invldlous 10 GOSSIP |
over names, hut there are two re-
cent PLAYS which must have yielded |
the novelist playwright from Sioooo
TO 100000, or half the sum earned