Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-12

following story is told Of him. His Ia
ther who was director OF the London
Graphic, had an unaccountable obJec-
ton TO his sons following a literary
career, and tried TO make a business
man OF him. His son wrote In secret
under a pseudonym, and. although his
work was successful, he never betrayed
his literary identity TO his father. Ga
one occasion his father placed before
him one OF the young authors own
stories, saying. Now, II you could
write book like this, It would be an
other thing altogether" And still the
son kept silence.
Mark Twain Is at work on a new
novel. which was begun many years
ago and laid aside. Now that he is In
Italy, with more leisure and less la
bility to interruption, he has gone 10
work systematically 10 complete II, He
has just finished new short story,
which win appear In an early number
Of Harper's Magazine. Mr. Clemens
writes his stories TO suit himself, and
then hands them over TO his wife, as
he says, ito edit the hell-flre out Of
them" After Mrs. Clemens completes
her important share of the work, their
daughter copies them on the typewriter,
for which her father pays her at the
regular market rates.
"The Shame Of the Cities Is the
title under which McClure-Phillips will
publish in book form the articles on
municipal corruption by Lincoln Stef'
fens, which appeared In McClure's Mag.
azine during the last year and aroused
10 much interest, The volume Is an
nounced for publication about the mid
die OF this month II will have a pre-
face In which the author surveys the
subject OF municipal corruption as a
whole. These articles, which then APP
peared singly, went far towards making
McClure's Magazine It's reputation for
national journalism. are even more i'm
pressive when brought together under
one cover,
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett has
lust completed short story Of child
hood, the first In the line OF her great
success Little Lord Fauntleroy,' she
has written In many years. IL Is a
novelette, In two parts which viii be
published shortly. with illustrations ir
color by Jesse Wilcox Smith, and VIII
be brought out In book form later, Mrs
Burnett has Joined the stream OF au'
thors who have gone south to escape
the rigorous New York winter, and Is
now at work at Asheville, N. c., where
she has taken cottage
Booth Harrington. the author OF THE
Two Vanrevels," has settled himself
for a long stay In Rome and has an
apartment I'm the Via Veneto. While In
Rome he Will finish writing the series OF
fer'i political stories which are now APP
y. l,g H. McClure's Magazine,
The naming Of book Is n source OF
greatest worry to authors and publish
ers, a majority OF whom are opposed TO
a lengthy title no matter what the con-
tents Of the book may be, Their
thoughts usually concentrate upon the
idea Of producing q short, euphonlous
title likely TO prove catchy and add
to the merchandisable qualities OF the
publlcat ton. AS a matter OF fact the
book with the long title has as many
chances of success with the public as
the book with the short title. notwlth-
standing that books with short titles are
apparently In the majority, This Is be-
cause most books have been given
short names premedltatedly, Letters
OF a Self-Made Merchant to His Son"
Is good long title, yet II was splen-
did seller In the trade, Mrs, Wigs OF
the Cabbage Patch" might easily have
been called Mrs. Wigs" and LEI II go
at that, but there are few who would
not concede that The words cabbage
patch added TO the title with good
effect. The early English edition OF
Robinson Crusoe' was entitled THE
True and Thrilling Adventures OF Rob.
inson Crusoc." The list could he en-.
larged materially, and all to the adj
vantage OF the theory that the name
II apropos, Is as effective though II be
long ia though A Waro short