The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
The Literary Outlook
By Herbert Brewster.

eHE spring season Of 1903 now fairly on it's way
q and the reading public may well congratulate
itself on the quantity of good books which are be-
ing brought out I'm novels there are enough worthy Of
note 20 last through the dog days ot late summer
and long before that time the fan season IN book
publishing viii have begun. AS for serious books
few seasons have been so productive
Let MS look over this latter field first Have you
ever read such "a book as Helen kelar's Autobiog-
raphy? Here is a great story of a wonderful girl
blind deaf until lately dumb--Which makes those
who have an five wonder what they have been
doing 90 get SO little IN comparison out of life.
"The Letters and Memoirs of Jane Carlyle" More
Letters of Darwin" The Diary of John Q. Adams"
The True Abraham Lincoln" The Real Benedict
Arnold Memoirs of DE Biowitz" Crossings Life
OF Dickens" and DiOu's Life of Gorky"-here are
human documents and volumes OF instruction whose
Importance is ar once apparent
lu the field cf fiction. there is Lady Roses Daugh-
ter Youth" Lovely Mary" THE Pit" Golden
Fleece and "a score of others iu the first rank
The following story Of book selling in the east is
now giving che rounds
"Oh. east is east and west Is west" says Mr. Kip
ling. This seemingly applies with special force 10
business matters. iu which Orientals have little TO
Operaudi.
"A MussuImau is forbidden to sell copy of the
Koran and therefore "a foreigner who desires 90 pur
chase the sacred book must proceed as follows; Go
into the book store. having your face pious
expression possible and 90 say t0 the proprietor
u shall consider myself eternally Indebted TO
you 81 you win present me with copy of the Koran.
" AS ann devout believer. the proprietor viii
answer II think it my duty To- assist any unbelever
who desires to- instruct himself m our law. More
over, you seem to be "a serious man, and am con-
WINGED that DO is not vain curiosity which prompts
YOU TO obtain a copy of the Koran but sincere de-
sire 90 study our religion. Therefore. ann willing 20
make you "a present of this copy, though / value il
highly for 7 paid "a good price for it'
You win then put the book 300 your pocket, end a
minute or two later The proprietor WIZ say L shall
make me "a present of -,' naming certain sum.
II you think the price too high YOU may bargain
r.FFh
slightest alusiou Co the copy of the Koran i'm your
pocket for in disposng of it the proprietor has clear
ly broken the EWt and DO would not De sood policy
for you 20 remind him Of that fact"
A most persistent rumor is quietly circulating i'm
New York publishing circles 90 the effect that the
house of Appleton BIS Co Dee merged into the Harper
establishment Granting that such a consolidation
actually occurs. the cry that there win soon be a
publishing trust would have some weight it 30 were
not for The fact that almost every week sees the
birth of some new concern
As a matter of fact. ten rumors fly and one lights.
There is always "a great deal of INSTRUMENTATION about
the doiuss of the publishing world which passes for
plants iu london with which they might capture
English book markets. but the American publishers
are stu here
More than 100000 copies Of "a Htue book called
"Wee MacGreesor" have been sold On England with
in the past few months. success so remarkable
that though the story is told boz broad Scotch dia-
lcct which almost requires translation, firm ri
American publishers to bring the book out In
n
was handed Co 20 New York publisher of Scotch par
antage. 4e kept 10 day or SO and then returned it
20 Dis friend with the words.
"This seems Co Dee "a good little story. but I can't
translate 10 fast enough Co really enjoy it'
The joke off DO is that the publisher iu question is
not only au enthusiastic Scotchmau. but he is also
ardent defender of the Eayard school and de-
lights u the worst-or best-that lam Macaren and
j. NJ Barrie save done iu dialect
Miss Louise Forssiand. author of "The Story Of
Sarah" and 'rhe ship of Dreams has been obliged
90 go 20 New Mexico for her health. She win re-
from Long island. however. Miss Forsslund hopes 90
complete series of short stories OF NOnstradam the
Dutch town of her story sarah A Long island
village s the real Nonstadam and most of the stories
tO Doe true with the characters easily recogniza
Die hy those who know the Dutch settlements of that
section of New York state
one of the most attractive plays of the uast sea-
son was 'EverymIu." and its recent publication in
book form by new firm of publishers recalls its am
Client history "Everyman" was published bon book form
FIRST long go 1929 by John Skat OF London The
great English critic, H1Zltt regarded the play as
of the very best OF the pre- Ezabethan literary
productions. and his son included DID his edition Of
cold Plays. According 90 HaZltt." the play writ
ten some time during The reign of Edward Nv. That
a play should u"e so long Is remarkable. The re-
publication of 10 iu its present form s most worthy
Simeon Ford. WHO is one Of New Yor,s most fa-
NOUS after-dlnucr speakers. and whose Few Re-
marks To be published shortly offered $500
the other day 90 talk ten minutes twice day for
week the stage at Proctors Fifth Avenue theatre.
cit Is certainly allurins" said Mr. Ford. when seen
by the newspaper reporters. ''lt figures up Sl25
turn or about Sl2.50 minute. The hote. business
pays me pretty we but possibly not so well sl250
a minute at least thcre are some minutes when
] do not make much that I feel immensely
Battered by Che Offer and t win be of financial bene
IN 90 me for ths reason lf accept IL shall have