Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-17

in the library Of The Orchard Thu
first $50 copies with uncut edges anc
paper label We're all bought up immedi
ately upon publication.
a ninth edition Of "The Righ
Princess" is announced, bringing thu
total number of copies up to 1900.
Contrary to the general impression
that there Is little demand for biog'
raphy nowadays Is the announcement
that four days after the publication Of
Bishop Lawrence's life Of Roger VOL
colt fourth edition was ordered
Moreover Col, fligginson's "Longfel'
low" and Prof Woodberry's "Haw'
thorne" went into their third edition
shortly after publication.
We have the word or Mr.. Mayo w
Hazeltine OF the New York Sun that
Whittier and Longfellow are more read
In England than IL any other American
poet. and that OF the two Whittier Is
the more distlnctvely American Ht
regards the Macmillan company
choice OF biographer for Whittier
as RELIGIOUS: there being in his opin'
ion mo American better qualified fol
the task, on the score both OF knowl'
edge and OF Simplify, than Nj
Thomas Wentworth Higginson. He
shows himself at once discriminatlns
and appreciative m the sketch of Whit
tiers life and In the estimate Of the
place among American poets which
belongs to the author Of "The Tent on
the Beach" lie begins with a luminous
comparison Of his subject with Long
fellow. He points out that the latter
was the most widely Travelled author
of the Boston Circle Whittier the leas'
so: I.ongfelow spoke a variety Of Ian
euage. Whittier only his own; Long
fellow had whatever the American col
lege of his time could give him. Whit
tier had none Of e, Jongfellow hat
the habits OF a man Of the world
Whittier those OF a recluse. Longfel
low touched reform but lightly, Whit
tier was essentially imbued with Is
Longfelow had children and grand
children. while Whittier led a single
life" 1t is at the same time, recognize
that in certain gifts, apart from poetic
quality. they were alike, both beinl
Henry James new novel, THE Am
bassadors. viii begin serial publica'
lion in the January number OF the
North American Review. and viii have
the honor OF being the first work Of
fiction ever published In that or any
other American review. The Review
viii be thereby enlarged to 100 pages.
The story. which Is said 20 be a remark
able piece Of writing, Is eminently suit
able for publication in this master perl
odicai Henry James is more than q
novelist: he is also an analyst and
psyehOlogist, and az such mis- WORK
finds a proper place IN a periodical
which appeals broadly 90 the intellec-
tual class. 'srhe Ambassadors tells
a story of compelling interest In the
same number OF the Review Mr. How
ellis writes on Henry James later work.
The king OF Italy has recently made
william X. Thayer a knight OF the Or
der OF the Crown OF Italy. In recogni-
ton OF his historical work. The Dawn
OF Italian independence" Only one
other Harvard graduate. the late VIII
liam ". story. has been decorated with
this order. Mr.. Thayer is the editor
Of the Horyard Graduates Magazine.
The Baroness won Hutton recently ar
rived In New York on the Trave and
wlll visit friends In Be ' a and else
where. Her latest romance Our Lady
OF the Beeches has already gone
through five editions. The Baroness
IL an American. and among other ac-
complishmenis.l IL said to have charm-
ing voice.
II seems that the school children OF
indianapolis are very fond OF the poems
Of Frank Dempster Sherman contained
In HIS Little Folk Lyrics" and have
learned many Of them by heart Ap-
preciatlng this and al the suggestion
OF one OF the teachers. Mr.. Sherman
wrote them letter which was read to