Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-28
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The fact that some people take their
fiction very seriously has been pretty
well established by Mr.. Gelett Burgess
experience with the California helress
who is the heroine Of his last book, "A
Little Sister of Destiny" which ap-
poared on April IA, through Houghton.
Mifhn & Co. Miss Million" who fig
ures IN several romantic episodes In
New York, has been appealed TO,
through Mr. Burgess, for the relief OF
all manner OF wants and misfortunes.
While some Of the chapters of "A Lit
tie Sister of Destiny" We're appearing
serlaly, the author was the constant
recipient of begging letters. One young
lady IN Florida, who asserted that she
studied all the fashion magazines
and knew quite what was what"
wrote to ask that some OF Miss Mil
lions" cast-off French costumes. which
had been too allurlngly described In
the story, might be sent her to be made
over. The naive southerner went so
far as to send her weight, height, and
bust measurement! Another letter was
from clergyman's Wife, asking for
help for paralyzed girl in Arizona.
These readers tacitly assumed that
Miss Million was drawn from life.
and that her prototype w0s as gracious
kind and romantic as the heroine OF
the story. Others asked that Miss
Million should go into the country to
enlarge her field Of usefulness; still
others that she not only bring lovers
together, as was her wont, but assist
married couples who can scarce exc
let
has been taken so seriously by so many
readers Is, perhaps, Mr.. Burgess own
fault-she was made too delightfully."-
generous. We must confess that most
o. us seldom find thousand dollar bills
IN the envelopes of our mail at break
fast
Mr.. Bliss Perry, the editor Of the At
ld7tic Monthly. and author OF THE
Amateur Spirit" "A Study In Prose
Fiction" etc, has been appointed pro-
lessor Of English literature at Har-
ward university from March /, 1907.
This professorship has been vacant Cor
twenty years, and was formerly held
By George Tlcknor Lonsfellow and
Lowell, Mr.. Perry will continue the
edltorship Of the Atlantic Monthly
which he has held since 1892
Miss Eugenia Brooks Frothingham's
novel, THE Evasion" just published
by Houghton, Mifhin g. Co.. Is already
in its second edition. as the advance
Oiders exhausted the large first print
ing. The book will be issued in Eng
lend through Archibald Constable &
Co., Ltd. who viii also bring out an
English edition Of Cattle Brands" by
AtdN Adams
This month will witness the culml-
nation OF the book auction season Of
1905 and 1906, with three most import
ant sales of the season, one each In
Boston, New York and Philadelphia.
The Boston sale VIII be that Of the
magnificent private library of the late
William 5, Appleton of this city, which
abounds In nuggets OF American his
tory, including many rare autograph
letters and documents, the most I'M
portant of which IS the Washington
Clinton correspondence. There are more
than forty Washington letters, some Of
which have never been published, in
Guiding Washington circular letter on
his retirement from the command OF
the Revolutionary army, and there Is
also Washington's manuscript map Of
the New York and New Jersey cam
paign, III, which has several additions
IN Washingtons own handwriting.
There are many fine letters by other
Revout inoary officers, including Knox,
Hamilton, Steuben, Schuyler, George
and James Clinton, Morris. Gates, Ben
edict Arnold. Paul Jones, John Bur-
goyne and others
OF the books IN this sale the gem Is
q copy Of Poe's AL Aaraaf, TamerIane
and other Poems, an uncut copy which
according to the price mark still In the
volume, was bought for 81. mas
much as the copy of this the Mckee
copy In original boards uncut brought
Sll00, and a presentation copy Of the
work sold at the Peirce sale in 1903 for
SS26, the presumption is that this will
bring very high price. Only four
copies have been sold by auction in
this country. the Moore copy having
been sold twice. Some Of the other
rarities In the sale are: Hubbard's
Indian Narrative" 1917. with the orig
inal Wine Hills map; New Eng
lands First Fruits 1913; Lechford's
Plain Dealing" 1912, Ann Bradstreets
Tenth Muse 1850; Nathaniel Wards
simple Cobler of Aggavvaum in Amer
ica," l6i7; Massachusetts or the First
ihHAttH III ANtN lo0pt t'tN
Englands Rarities Disco vered by John
Josselyn" 1872; Med Wards letter
from New England, Concerning the
Customs, Manners and Religion Din
Boston," 1852; John Palmer's "Revo-
luton IN New England Justified" 1881;
Rockers New England's Teares,"
1871 Strength out Of Weakness" 1884
Joselyns Two Voyages" Sagard =
Voyages" 1892; Works Of the Math-
ers,' Massachusetts Laws of 1872
1892 1898, 1899. 1926, l7i2, 1852 1884," etc.
early newspapers, including many
printed by Franklin; Paul Reveres
Engraved Music Book, the New Eng
laud Psalm Singer"
AS far as has been announced, MY
Friend Prospero' WIS the last of the
late Henry Harland's writings. The
romance on which he was working dur
ing his last sickness was never nm
ished. Written In the same style, It
was TO have brought its heroine to this
country instead of Keeping her In Italy
ana England. BY friends who saw II,