Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-03

Two Vaureyels' and THE Gentleman
from Indiana has returned to Amcri-
CA after neary a years stay I'm Europe
lie lived I'm Rome last winter and has
been spending most OF the spring and
summer I'm Paris lie will live next
winter In New York. and expects to
spend his time studying phases Of po-
lltiCal' life and continuing the political
stories which he has been writing for
MrClurc's Magazine The stories will
I've brought out In book form by Me-
Clurc- Phillips IN the spring of 1906
Bible reading may be on the wane,
but there must still be large number
OF people who hold their interest In the
good book and It's stories, judging from
the number Of novels and plays ON
biblical subjects which have appeared
recently one house. Mcclure Phillips,
has this season brought out two books
based on Bible stories, Early in the
season appeared dramatic poem,
David" by Gale Young Rice the au-
thor Of Charles hi Tocca,' and later
came Florence Wilkinson's book con-
tanning two PLAYS Of Israel David Of
Bethlehem and Mary Magdalen"
The interest Of dramatists I'm Bible sub
iects began with stephen Phillips
first religious dramas, but the fact that
the number Of biblical plays is incroas-
ing rather than diminishing shows that
there still remains a good deal Of re-
ligious feeling in play-goors and read
crs.
Joseph Conrad's now book, "Ro-
nance. was written I'm collaboration
with Ford Maddox lIueifer Mr. Con-
rad and MIR. Hucffcr have houses near
each other in Kent, England, and have
been the closest OF friends for many
years Mr. Hueftcr has for a long time
been Mr. Conrads literary adviser, so
10 speak IN fact, when MIR, Conrad gets
into a tight place in any Of his work he
goes Immediately to talk II over with
Mr. Huedcr. and always writes the
final chapters Of his stories In Mr..
liuofters house, for he finds his last
chapters most difficult to do The coll
liberation between these two writer's
therefore, was naturally something to
be expected
Stewart Edward White and Samuel
Hopkins Adams II Is said are Collab-
Grating upon a novel Of mystery, Il is
to bo a sea-tale, and the plot involves
a mysterious ship that Is found on tho
high seas with all sails set and nobody
aboard II is said to be founded upon a
fact,
Mrs. Florence Morse Kingsley. the
author Of The Singular Miss smith
is very widely known through her yari-
Gus historlco- religious novels; Titus,
a Comrado Of the Cross" Stephen A
Soldier OF tho Cross Paul; A Herald
Of the Cross" "Tho ross Triumph
ant" "The Transhgu lion Of Miss
Philura," and Prisoners Of the Sea"
She was educated at Wellesley College.
aud married tho Rev. Mr.. Kingsley In
1882. Since 1902 she has been on the
stan of The Ladies Home Journal. She
does her literary work, she says, from
o TO H. while the children are at
school Her new story, which The
Macmillan Company have just issued
Is decidedly clever skt on
various phases OF social life and wo-
mems clubs. but Il Is also an attractive
and unusual love story,
Mcclure Phillips have put to press n
fourth edition OF Charles Wagncr's The
Better Way" a fifth edition OF Stewart
Edward Whites "Tho Silent Places"
and the. nlnetieth thousand OF Booth
Tarklngton's The Gentleman from In
diana"
The Macmillan company's autumn
announcement list, just out this week.
contains accounts OF the chief books
(which that firm will publish between
now and Christmas, including the fol-
LOWING books Of special interest: Jack
London's first long novel; THE Sea-
Wolf which has been the most wide
ly read and discussed serial OF the year;
NJ Marion Crawfords new novel ~
modern Rome and Sicily whose title Is
taken FROM the well known biblical
quotation beginning whatsoever Shall
Offend;" Miss Gwendolen Ovorton's
new novel Captains Of the World, -
the FIRST Of series Of unconnected
studies IF modern American life and