The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-28
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news and
Views Of
tbe Book
WcrId.
BY HERBERT BREWSTER.

If ORE BOOKS are now being pub
vi lished than ever before. That is to
say. when 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 Al
the end OF the year very small proper
ton Of this years books viii be remem-
befed. u would seem that the publishers
themselves would exercise more care IN
their selections. Perhaps they do, some
OF them. but there are always numDer
OF men who are not willing TO leave the
selecting business 20 the few selt-ap-
pointed reputable publishers Ooilse-
uuenty almost any kind OF book IS likely
10 be issued. and. in the indiscrimlnate
booming Of publishers. the reading PUB
lie IS sure 10 suffer. The dlInculty Is
further Increased through the anxiety
OF disappointed authors to get their works
published. A number OF houses IN New
YORK and other cities VIII undertake 70
manufacture books Tor an author, pro-
vided the author pays the expenses II
IS worse buneo game than handling
green goods.
II Is an astonishing fact that books
containing the most glaring errors or
grammar ana rhetoric are being pub
lshed IN large numbers nowadays. In a
I
the following extracts are characteristic:
Neither one OF the three.
She took off her gloves. pulling at
first one finger ana then the other; she
! Law them in her lap"
Alone in the hotel. these two, just
him and her.
In The same hook the author has tried
7 to show familiarity OF the French Ian
guage by throwing IN a Few expressions
here and there. Even OIe almost entirely
Z French a
''bon guides, cafes musical, Messleurs
fat yous ieu."
One of the notable works of fiction to
appear this fall is Booth TarkingtOn's In
/ diana love story of Mexican war times.
I For the preparation of his novel, Mr..
/ Tarkinaton must have absorbed most of
/ the early history of Indiana ana all OF
/ the literature there was 10 be had on the
/ subject of Hoosier society in the 4Qs and
/ sos. The story is remarkable in many
WAYS, and il is probably the best Mr..
4 Harrington has yet written. THE TWO
/ Nanrevels. the title OF the novel, Is
] scarcely complete enough to indicate the
/ character of the tale. but Ii is now no
| longer necessary for the author 10 de-
[ pend upon catchy title alone. Indeed,
I q Is not fair TO imply that Mr. Tarking-
ton ever depended upon his titles for any
| popularity which has come TO him, bu'
I certain 1t is that "The Gentleman From
Indiana" had some little to do witt
I bringing him into general notice because
| of its ant name for his first long story
, Mr.. Harrington Is now in the front ranl
OF American novelists: perhaps it is no
too much to saw that he is first of tbs
writer's of romance. And the best par
OF il is that he deserves every bit of sue
cess and fame that has come to him.
! A special limited edition OF '"fhe Tw'
Vanreyels" is TO be brought out. The au
4 thor Is to autograph each of these copiea
Z and they are TO be Illustrated with A re
production of one of Mr.. Harrington
own drawings for the story.
A most interesting discussion has bee
I started BY the editors of some Of III
magazines as e, the need of a soecia
style in writing in harmony with tn
spirit OF the times. The editors are try
ing to make their magazines both popu
ia< and also interesting to the intelec
tuaI classes and ut the same time the
are going TO considerable pains to explai
why they cannot do both
The reason .Why n0pulaF magazine
are not more interesting to the intelleC
tual class - sayssANalter II. Page. VIII
: has been editor of three of the leadin
magazines. lis that the Intellectual elias
does not write in a more interestin
, | wav.',-s
The editors seem to agree that the writ
] ers who are gifted with the popular styl