Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-19
NOTES.

>, ,ho pookman there is an interest
d., =" summary nm and analysis of the ss va
.,siics Far best selling books. Aeootu
W. h these figures there are SIX po ,i,H,
,yS,cb have appeared IN the H,oii. my
i,s,s of the six best selling DOORS nv
ina, ,;,r Three OF these books haVe pe w,
eTedIted with more than SUI points eaSn'
,ssir records being as follows; Shu ..1.,.
,irs "Coniston," 1850; Mrs W nai .u.
"Tbe House of Mirth,' s62i ana WIS.,, >,
otadv Baltimore" s4s. CoIiissou,
,yAich Is thus the record BOOK OF tne
year has as further distinelloll .ns'
largest number of points for one lrl ,,r,a
ever received by a book IN THESE iists,
In september "Conlston' was cre9ilJiu
Win ass, its closest competitor l-aus
Baltimore having l5l'
The delightful Dooley, IN ms
recent Dissertations (Harpersl taxes
up the interesting subject OF Kisslils
and its relation TO microbes
We'll We know, Hinnissy. wan ~ ~
things that has made me popyiar ~ IN
ward is that make blum at adoriil
childher. Between you an me as
1--we salute dish-rag as q recent M
Mnt. but l always do 1t. SO ! pui on
an allurin' smile an says |, wen ll,tle
a goozy goo, will he give his Dooleyu lhs
a kiss?' Al that minyit Hogan seizea
ne be tn collar an dhragged me away
f,so, tn cradle. 'Wud We kill me childg
says ne. Howl says |. With kiss
saws he. Am that bad?' says l. Don't
We know that there ar-re mickrobes
that can be transmitted to an infant In
kiss? says he We'll, says !, with In
d dlgnation, I'm not proud " mesilf as
an antiseptic American, l says, but in
an encounther between me an that
there young cannibal,' / says. IN lave
II to tn board " health who takes tn
biggest chance says. an we wlnt out.
followed by howl firm TIL projidy.
He's singln',' says Hogan. He has
lost his notes, says ]"
The play Of 1.-THE Spoilers" drama
tized by Rex Beach and James MacAr-
thur from Mr.. Beach's widely famous
novel Of the same name, will begin its
appearance In the eastern cities in jan
uary; first In Baltimore, and then in
Washington, Philadelphia, and New
York.
John Kendriok Bangs, writing in the
ftteth anniversary number of Harper's
Weekly apropos OF his experiences as a
recent editor Of that periodical, tells OF
an editorial crisis which. he confesses.
vas about the most difficult he ever
TAD 10 deal with. An arrangement, 1t
appears, had been made with London
newspaper by which the Weekly was TO
ENJOY the distinction of presenting to
American readers the reflections OF
w Rudyard Kipling upon the African
Aluation. The Weekly for that issue
had already been made up, full TO
oyelhowing, and was for the most part
Ga me press, when the first of Mr.. Kip
lnss blasts arrived-by cable. Three
thousand solid words of portentous in
leTes' ard not an inch Of space in which
y pace them, and the copyright lost
uhess used at once! The problem was
'itly solved by resort TO a four-page
supplement-, suitably embellished with
MNuallons' but the other question, as
70 What the 5000 words meant, that
s an editorial poser, for every word
" we article came over the cable with
Sapltal, comma, a period, or
M semicolon from start to finish,
Nv lhe inevitable errors In phraseology
~ transmission. | yield to no man in
~ admiration for the genius of Rudy
aa hlplns, and would cheerfully ioin
vigilance committee whose avowed
w., olel Is the SHINING of the Yale pro-
my, ,,s'I VINO recently announced in a lee
aug .hat Mr., kipling made mistake
49, sei.lhg vel after his distressing i'll
i rvsS N 1879 but ! frankly confess that
tIyps never again TO have 10 edit one
sp s's eao,ed stories II required gem
~, ~ equal to his own so to capitsIize
nv. nv psghelnate that article that ii would
I' a ilke The real thing. and | doubt N
s,ilol. ssaeu never dared TO read the
s s.Vie aller Il was published, and nv
dsy ~ y. read tho proofs, 40 that TO this
rsi ~ ON not aware whether or not /
Nv Tue story straight
,.r ys making Of many" books is bv
10 ya %'ch me same people from year
ib,,i eah Witness the announnen,nnt
Npblldle Harpers have arranged for
i lon, paN IN 1907 OF books bv Presi-
N c, iiigSose'elt' William Dean HowelIs
nan OT n, Parker, Mark Twain Nor.
--ncah Mary g. Wilkins Free