Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-11
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tFrOm a Stan correspondent
London. Aug. MARY Cholmonde-
ley, &c is safe to say will not be found
clamoring for a copyright law to pro-
tect her titles. as her fellow authoress,
Rita" is at present A new novel
from her pen. entitled Prisoners" IS
10 be- issued next month Probably
that tiuo has been used q score OF
times before by authors of the un-
known class. There is nothing re-
motely suggestive Of originality about
il. But Miss Chalmondeley'S name Is
sufficient guarantee tnat anything she
writes. whatever title IL may bear, VIII
be worth reading. She does not gilt
ter on the forehead Of popular maya
zines and she is not given either ~
interviews or paragraphs.
When she publishes a book then
YOU hear Of her; not at other times
She Is too busy She Is one OF the
most painstaking and conscientious Of
modern writer's The book that first
brought Der into prominence. Diana
Tempest" took her three and half
years 20 write and on revising the
tale she reduced q by a sixth Of its
length. Red Pottage" occupied her
almost as long as Diana. and it IS
not surprising 70 learn that her new
novel has also taken her years 20 COM
plete The opening scenes are laid
in Italy and NE scene is Afterwards
transferred % England The theme
Is the revival oI an early love affair
by the heroine after her marriage
No one has more acute literary
conscience than Miss Cholmondeley.
No ofier can tempt her 20 publish
anytime that she is not satisfied rep
rents the best that she is capable Of.
when her father. the Rev. X. III. Chol-
mondeley. was compelled some ten
years ago because Of ill-health. 70 re-
sign his living and sell Cond0yer Hal,
the stately Ellzabethan mansion, IN
Shropshire, In which she had been
reared. she burnt all her early manu-
scripts lest she should be tempted TO
publish them" Lest she should BE-
temuted Most modern authors would
regard such an act as flying In the
face Of the Providence which has or
dained that when writer has achieved
fame anything that bears his name
will sell-for time. They would
eagerly have availed themselves Of the
opportunity 10 get square with The
publishers who had rejected then
earlier efforts.
There is something Of the "noblesse
oblige" IN Miss Cholmondley's blood
She belongs TO the younger branch Of
that arlstoCratic house, branch
which separated from the Marquis Of
Cholmondeley In the reign OF James
!. Bishop Heber, the great hymn writ
er, Is one OF her forbears A nearer
ancestor went to America IN 1854 and
became an intimate friend Of Thoreau.
She began writing in the nursery. Be-
fore she was - she compiled a his
tory OF Greece and halt OF England's
history. Her first romance. The
Danyers Jewels" the scene OF which
is laid in Condoyer Hall. was pub
lished ANONYMOUSLY when she vas
not long out Of her teens. 1t was
Miss RhOda Broughton who persuad-
ed her 10 publish H.
To return, however. 20 "Ritas'
grievance which. Rita-like, she is
ventilating. Two years ago Rita pub
lished a novel on which she bestowed
the title The Silent Woman" Preyi-
ously 10 this publication she seria-
l.zed Il In several weekly journals Il
is soon TO be issued On paper cover
edition In It's earlier forms II was
extensively advertised and reviewed.
From which, she argues, the title could
not well have escaped the notice Of
those who deal in literary wares
Despite this. 10 her sorrow and
amazement she discovered that IN,
same title had been appropriated and
advertised as that Of a serial which Is
soon TO begin in a cheap weekly publ.
cation with which authors who have
arrived would scarcely care 10 have
either their titles or iheir names asso.
clated. She wrote 20 the editor Of The
cheap weekly. calling his attention O.
her prior use OF the title and suggestine
that he should invent some other lol
his serial. Tie replied that there was DO
copyright On titles and refused 90 alter
H. She then wrote 90 the Society Of
Authors. 20 see II She had any lcga
redress She was told there was no alb
solute copyright In title. but there is
righ, ~ property. And 10 anyone could
prove loss on damage hy another per.
sons use OF 10, one had a claim against
the user.
was anything ever 30 prcposter-
ouse' asks the Indignant Rita" ~
the book Is theauth0rs property. sure.
ly the title With really constitutes the
existing form OF the book and Is rs ex.
ponent 20 the public, should also be-
long 20 The author. The fact " its be-
ing a portion OF bis or her published
work should include IL In. legal rights
With the work published. To prove