Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-29

London IN the Times Of the Stuarts'
Is the title Of the new book by the late
Sir Walter Besant, which the Macmil-
Ian company will publish in the au-
tumn. Sir Walter undertook an import
ant work In several volumes when
were to be called collectively THE sur
yey of London he first volume In the
series. London In the Eighteenth Cen
tury," appeared last winter and II Is
expected that the third volume viii be
published next year. The forthcnmlpt
volume, London In the Time OF the
Stuarts,' enters especially into that
part Of the life Of the great city which
appealed TO Sir Walter--the manners
and customs Of the people of those
days, the lives and habits and amuse-
ments OF the merchants and their
wives, customers and servants, what
they ate and drank and wore and what
they talked about, The two chapters
on Manners and Customs and So
ciety and Amusements' occupy a third
Of the entire volume on London In the
Eighteenth Century
"Kipling's publishers. Doubleday,
Page & Co, are about to issue an IL
Illustrated edition of "The Light that
Failed" with scenes from the dramatic
version that Klaw & Erlanger will pro-
duce next month Mr.. Forbes Robert
son and Miss Gertrude Elliott, who
have created the roles Of Dick Heldar
and Maisie in England will continue
them in this country, Another import
ant novel dramatlzation looked forward
to is "The Pit" and the same publish
ers announce complete memorial edi-
ton of the late Frank Norris works to
appear coincident with the production
Of the play this fall
Worlds Children will be one Of the
most beautiful and richly illustrated
books Of the year. The text of this at
tractlye volume Is by Miss Dorothy
Menpes one Of the most talented young
woman writers In England. The pic
lures, numbering one hundred, are the
work Of her famous father Mortimer
Menpes who made the pictures for
Japan; A Record in Color, and the in
terest Of the volume Is greatly increased
by the fact that these pictures have
been reproduced with wonderful exact
ness by Miss Maud Menpes, and the
illustrations were engraved and printed
at the Menpes Press. Chill
dren Of all sorts and kinds
and social conditions are pic
tured In this volume, from the beautiful
English girl with tlaven hair, who
forms the frontispiece. 10 ragged little
italian and Sicllian children with strag-
Cling locks, and from the pale little
Flemish Marguerite, who seems largely
n study In whites TO the Splendidly vivid
Russian Una, clad In daring red and
wearing dark blue cap on her brown
locks. The Macmillan company viii
publish Worlds Children at once.
An interesting literary sign OF the
times is the Increasing recognition CIV
en- by English critics TO American
books. This recognition, added to a
consequent increase of interest In
American literature on the part OF
English readers, has resulted In the
publication there Of more American
volumes. and especially novels, than
ever before. Mark Twain Mr.. HOwells.
Henry James, Mary Il. wilkins, Robert
W. Chambers, +. p. Dunno, and a few
others have, Of course. an assured fol-
lowing abroad; but even younger au-
thors OF less repute are encouraged
more and more 20 bring out editions Of
their works In London. Many Of the
leading publishers Of America have
branch offices IN London, notably Har-
per e. Brothers. who have been repre-
scented there for more than half GEN.
fury.