Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-02

| s'' 1SDonholIti Wy W. II, fdNSon /,
Heart OF My Heart" by Ellis Mer-
edith; "A Little Union Scout" by Joel
Shandler Harris; "Susannah and One
Elder. by Madame Albanesi; a South
American story by o. Henry, and now
els by Shan Bullock and Florence VIII
kinson.
The hero OF Mr.. Eden Phillpotts' new
novel; The American Prisoner" is
John stark, who may or may not be a
ncutlous character, but who Ia sup.
posed for the purposes OF the story TO
DC the grandson OF Gen. Stark OF the
Revolution, He Is one OF several
thousand captives confined In a large
prison In DartmoOr during the war of
lsl2 Part OF the novel has to do with
the escape OF some Of these prisoners
and with their adventures with various
persons In the story,
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on
the 9Th day of July 1904 This wear
therefore, marks the hundredth ami.
versary OF his birth.
70 commemorate this event OF world.
vide Importance, Dodd, Mead and
company are 10 issue Hawthorne's
pest work--"rhe Scarlet IAtter"--cer.
talnly the greatest novel written by nm
American-l In an edition, limited TO I25
copies OH Japan paper, and one copy
on vellun. The letterpress will be an
exact reimpression of the original edi.
ton. There will be 10 original colored
Illustrations, all full page, by A. Ro.
mandi and c, Graham. The volume vii,
De IN special binding.
Altogether q most appropriate and
worthy memorial OF Americas repre-
sentative man Of letters.
Since the publication Of that remark
able. story The Red Pottage." Mary
Cholmondeley has not had a novel 70
her credit, Nothing, in short. but her
miscellaneous collection Of stories. en-
Titled Moth and Rust" We learn
now, on good authority, that she Is
competing a manuscript OF a long
mover, winch she considers IN many
ways her most important book, al
lnoush she has not given a hint Of lis
plot, IL VIII appear next year NTH
the imprint OF Dodd, Mead & Company,
Mr.. Wisters novel "The Virplnian "
diamatlzed by the author and Kirk La
sheie, mas Just been produced I'm New
YORK Meanwhile the great American
reading public, as we'll as the critics
VINO count continue to remark occa-
sionally that this is one OF the most
rtal ana genuine American books of re-
cent years, and II continues In demand
N ms country at the rate OF some
tning ike 5000 copies month. In
canada II Is even more popular in pro.
portion; there It appears on every Iist
OF best selling books, not far above
OF below The -Four Feathers"
a dramatic critic has the following 10
say In one Of the leading magazines.
The success OF Barrie has dIspelled
forever the notion that a man must
black his face before he can write n me-
gro melody This terrible mystery Of
stage construction which was flaunt.
ed IN the faces Of men Of letters. this
abfacadabra Of technique, turns out To
be a mere lime-lit bogy. II IL pleasing
to think ] was never taken I'm. Not
mat much insight was required. one
had only to look across Ia the continent
10 see the man Of letters pursuing all
the pathways OF Parnassus alike. writ
ing his plays, his poems, his novels, his
essays, and throwing his observation
ana emotion into every kind OF mold
as the burning heart Of him pleased,
am far from arguing that the appear.
ance OF Barrie at three London theaters
simultaneously stamps him as play
writer, But II does prove that he can
please the box-ofilCe, which Is all that
the profession means by writing
plays" Hence my chucklng content at
each new hundredth night"
When Robert Burns once sat IN "A
church beside strange young lady, he
noted that the sermon, a discourse on
the terrible punishment Of the unregen-
crate greatly agitated her. so he Dor.
rowed her Bible, and penclled on n fly
leaf.
Fair maid you need not take the hint,
Nor idle texts pursue,
Twas only sinners that he meant,
Not angels such as YOU,
That the German emperor has very
intimate knowledge OF Shakespeares
works is proved IN the following story;
When Richard II, was performed az
the Berlin Theater In the presence Of
tho emperor, william III, sent for Herr
Bernay at the close Of the performance
and said 10 him: Curing the perform
ance, Herr Director four lines were re-
cited which are not TO he found In
Shakespeare works" 1T is true, sire;
they are an Interpolation by Dlngel-
stadt IN order to obtain greater clear
ness" The emperor fr0wned. In fu-
ture such mutllation must be avoided.
one does not play tricks with Shake
speare."
Miss Frances Aymar Mathews, the