Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-13

ZONE Of the llarker family In England,
MY fathers mother wnH II llarkcr, who
came to tlis country with hcr paronla
when hho was quito young, DO you
thlnk n | would write 20 Doctor WATT
son, IN London, who seems 10 have been
MIR, Holmes confident companion, that
he would answer my letter, and try %
place me IN communication with some
onoY Can you give mo Doctor Watson n
address IN LondonY Yours very truly"
The Macmillan company announces
FOR Issue during May and June six ppes
clally attractive novels, "'rhe Game"
Jack London's new story, II described
MS the NEST graphic and vigorous bit
OF notion since Tho Call Of the Wlld,"
and Is TO appear with many illustrations
IN color and hlack-and. white, "a Dark
Lantern" by Miss Elizabeth Robins,
taxes up many questions of particular
interest 20 women, and while us pie,
lures of society are graphic and an.
thOritatiYo, the plot itself turns ON mo-.
ilvoe elemental IN human nature, "Mo.
molgs OF an American Citizen" by Mr.,
Robert llcrrlck, has n more popular Ap.
peal than any OF HIS previous stories,
ana the book viii contain 30 illuatra-
lions "rho storm Center" the nrst
pen OF Charles Egbcrt Craddock, ~ said
To be brighter ana moro engaging than
much OF her previous work "'fho House
of Cards by Major John llelgh, Nv de-
acriOod aa very strong story of a
somewhat unusual kind, ana Mrs Oar.
ron by Mr. foNcroft Davis, ~ nm oX'
coptlonNlly lively ana readable story OF
political ana social lie In Washington,
written with n llght touch ana u man
nor likely TO appeal TO feminine read.
orA,
Recently the Macmillan company pub.
lifhod the FIRST two volumes OF "Ilak.
luytus Posthumua" commonly KNOWN
0s "Purchas His pllgrmcs," which con.
elhts IN 20 volumes Of voyages ana tray.
els, most OF them lott In MI, by KOk.
IVY NJ MS death, ana prepared Tor
publication by Samuel purchna This
the first reissue " the original edition
Of 1925, was reviewed at some cngth by
one Of the literary papers ana n oour.
teous omploye promptly mailed n copy
OF the roYow 10 Samuel lurChNa c0ro
OF the Macmillan company, who are I'M.
fortunately unable 90 forward H.
Speaking Of tho decline IN book
booming" you have probably noticed
that no books are advertised nowadays
hs having reached Z sale OF goo 900 or
100000 copies says a writer IN the Critic
for May Nothing IL said about the
number Of copies sold, Publishers are
content now To mention tho number "
editions" or impressions" which
seems 20 be the fnyorlto tOrm Even
IN the case OF "rhc Masquora drr' no
definite figures are given ana yet that
N one of the boat.pcllng books OF the
year u seems 60 me that tho prescott
way Ia much the best Il IN certainly
the most dlgnlncd shouting the mum,
Der OF copies sold never seemed quite
IN Keeping with the character " book
publishing, which IN supposed TO be-
moro uathetIo business than aoap.mak.
ing, for instance, And yet even IN soap.
making the manufacturers OF that In.
dlsnonsnble commodity never advertise
the article they have for sale, and oX,
pcet II to sell on us merits, or on tho
amount OF advertising given to IT,
Frederick A, Stokes company pub.
llsh next week Charles the Chauffeur"
by y, ", Riser, n humorous romance
that recently appeared sorinlly IN tho
Sunday issues of the Now York Til.
buno, the Chicago Rccord-ilorad, Phil.
adelphln Press and other papers,
Lord Byron IN again TO be the victim