Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-24
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To write in the vein OF former sue
cesses is usually the road to further
trIumphs I'm literature, but once In u
while by turning into a new held an
author makes even greater stroke
THIS surely has been the case with
Anthony Hope Beginning with the ro-
mantle Prisoner OF Zenda,' ms popu-
larIty bazed with renewed vigor when
he brought out the almost irlyolously
witty Dolly Dialogues and now he
has added the laures OF q true novel
ISL. through his story dealing with the
problems Of married lie, Double llQr-
hess" i'm which the critics declare that
me comes home to the fuller realities Of
human experience That the public
likes Mr. Hope In his new role as a
commentator on real life is evidenced
By the fact that Double Harness 10
one OF the best-seiling books OF the
year. and Is nov going into us fourth
edition,
An unfortunate incident connected
with the lecture tour of Charles Wagner
An America has been the putting on the
market a pirated edition of his famous
book, The Simple Life" Mcclure
Phillips, Mr.. Wagners American pub
llshers have paid him royalty for the
use Of their translation OF his work,
Mr. Wagner.s coming to America notu-
rally increased the demand Tor hts
books, and cheap edition Of gar
blpd translation was put upon the mar
ket This situation bears especially
hard upOn Mr. Wagner personally and
also from the point Of view Of the sue
cess Of his trip here IN America. Mr..
Wagner lives, as world naturally be eX-
pected with extreme simplicity. All
that he earns, beyond his nominal sal
AIRY, he dey0tcs 10 the furtherance OF
MS work. the spread Of the principles Of
The simple life" one OF the reasons
Tor bis coming to America was that he
hoped by his lecture tour he'c to make
enough to start the building Of a church
IN Paris. where the simple" life could
be preached. His lecture tour has been
tremendous success, but the increased
returns naturally to be expected from
the sale Of his books viii not material
iie " the piracy Of "The Simple Life Is
successful
The following proverbs are from Folly
for the WISE by Carolyn Wells:
Never put on til tomorrow what you
can wear tonight
rolling gait gathers remorse.
one swallow does not make the world
80 round
let us eat, drink and be married, for
tomorrow we dye.
Critics and literary people we believe
are laborlng under a mlsapprehenslon
10 considering Mrs. Hodgson Bumett's
new book, In the Closed Room as
what is technically known as juvenile
II would, Of course be natural TO con-
slder anything that the author Of Lite
ue Lord Fauntleroy" and sarah
Crewe' wrote as a story for children.
bu, McClure-P hllllps,the publishers de-
clare that they did not publish Il as 4
juvenile and that Mrs Burnett Is anx-
ious that Il should not be considered as
a chd's book II belongs rather to
that new literary species, the book that
IS about children rather than for chill.
drep.
ltW0uld not be surprising 10 find In
some future birthday honor list Of King
Edward VII the name OF Rider Hag.
gard. for the author OF THE Brethren"
ana She is, without doubt. one Of tho
hVorIte writer's among present-day
authors with his majesty King Ed
ward osteems Mr., Haggard not only for
hs literary work but also for his un.
uung energy IN laborng Tor the best
interests OF the agricultural element Of
England. Mr. Haggard has Just writ.
Yen an Introduction to book entitled
Inc Kings Home Land" This book
gives an account Of the kings real
nome the place where he plays the
farmer and the successful farmer, too,
ana the historical East Anglican country
which surrounds H. Today II is fam.
ous all over the world for It's crops, it,
same and It's stock His majesty