The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11
4bout NeqU Books ~
J and Their Authors.

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N. Mary Johnston's new romantic love
4 ae;. MARINER" which will follow Mrs I
n, ~ adv Roses Daughter" In Harper's |
1 lee will appear in book form 81 the I
H. It's particular point OF interest hes IN
H., tha, it differs from her other stories
~ not properly be compared with them,
,,non IT'S publication y VIII give her an
I'M new literary rank he scenes are
Ia rnolard. at the conrt Of Queen Eliza |
ard on the sea. The heroine IS beauty
\ = IAN in-,yaiting 20 Elizabeth, and the
Gallant officer in her naiestys navy
fobgston has pictured uhases Of this most
!, oeriod in English history with touch
H. true and romantic
H.. Marie Van Worst author Of Philip
1.t-etb published by the Harpers, has re-
r. - New York from Paris, and is about
meir work on new novel Miss Van Worst
,.r,,. in the whirl Of Paris or New York
s,,,ys work in the country or in some
N. y;ilsge or chateau where she can be en-
Il, undisturbed She will write the new
a - small town in the interior of New
4 The novel will deal with white work
rnsooIe In the South whom she has studied
came time. Miss Van Worst, who does
k,ng by halves, spent SDme time in a cotton
- in South Carolina, and was much i'm
bv what she saw and learned there.
has the courage Of her convictions, as was
5ent in Philip Longstreth,' which was
I'm story Of Northern factory workers, and
4 doubtless paint the conditions as they are
Dr. Henry Van Dykes The Story of
@O,ber Wise Man" was translated into Turk
4 h was submitted, in the usual course, to the
1or. That worthy approved all the book ex-
4 rs title, which he said would not do.
Avbv will it not do?" the publisher asked.
aBecause il is not true" was the solemn an
H. publisher was puzzled mot truei" he
III. In what respect is it not truei"
pBecause" explained the censor, there is
hVise Man hut Mahomet."
biz title was accordingly changed to one which,
Translated freely into English, would read
bw the Other Scientist Got Left Behind"
d story is one Of the chief favorites of Ameri-
Il readers.
h is often said nowadays that a new novels
cess may be accurately gagged by its sales
the first few weeks after publication; but
Il is not always the case. II is matter Of
hmon report that during its FIRST year "The
bnoraole Peter Stirling" had an exceptionally
Iii sale and in the largest retail book store
sthe United States it is said that very few
ses of Richard Carvel' were sold until it
d been published six months when it sud
hly sprang into enormous demand. A SIM
i experience is now being related of Mr.
ocd's "Hardwicke' which was published in
IN, BY the Harpers Notwithstanding the fact
u almost every important newspaper in the
Entry paid tribute to this book. the initial
les we're very moderate, AS the summer
BE on, orders for the novel were scattering
il Of unusual interest, as many of them came
en unexpected quarters not given TO novel
zding Since Thanksgiving Day. however
5arduicke" has figured regularly among the
rs Of best selling books in the advertisements
Zone Of the largest retail stores IN America.
u would appear that in spite Of what is said
thought to the contrary, people do read ser
ens. The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit,
London recently printed the asooth sermon
4 the late c. II Sturgeon. This means that
h week for forty-eight years an original ser
sn by him has been printed. Moreover, the
abshers have on hand sufficient unpublished
tnusoripis to enable them to issue a sermon a
sek for many years 10 come.
Z 2
.Cns May morning a few years ago a Kansas
swspaper published little eight-ine stanza,
4 black type, in the center Of it's front page.
was placed across two columns and was made
~ Conspicuous The ueNt day is was re-
pnted in Kansas City and St. Louis papers.
he day following Chicago and Cincinnati took
up On the fourth day it had passed New
pr and PhiladelpSa and had reached Boston.
IL III AZ. ~.
1pntry had published the little verse and it was
eveYbodys lips.
5Sometimes the original authors nom de plume
p signed to It, but more often 1t was ascrbed
tx Before q month had passed a dozen
frsons scattered all over the country from a
pail village In New York to a Southern Cali
rnia town, were laying claim to the author
Up Of the verse; and the real author, who was
hfst inclined 10 disown it, was compelled
call down the various claimants by pro.
being the original paper in which It appeared
Is Topeka Capital, dated May 3, 1898. The
eue poem was this
DEWEY.
Oh, dewey was the morning
Upon the First Of May
And Dewey was the admiral
Down on Manila Bay;
And dewey were the regents eyes,
Them orhs OF royal blue
And dew we feel discouragedi
We dew not think we dew
IN The original newspaper which published th'
ssania only one word appeared as a signature
.ionquill,' but that one word told its author
Pc to thousands who had previously enioye,
Pehe tancies from the same pen. But Will
authors writings have made him tamou
lronquill," he is not poet by profession
q IS lawyer and he stands well up at tn
Fac of his profession west Of the Mississippi
yer lust at present at tie request of Presi
fht Roosevelt a request which took him b
Prprise, he is experimenting the United State
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