Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-07
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If Mrs. Burnett had contemplated writing a sequel to her "Fauntleroy" story she must now have given it up since receiving a letter from a very young admirer. who. after compliment ing her on the book, announced, "I am now engaged in writing a sequel of your charming work"
 The demand for that anonymous book, As the Hague 0rdains; the Journal of a Russian Prisoners Wife In Japan" has made a fourth printing of the book necessary. Possibly the curiosity as to the name of the author accounts for the interest taken In 1t, but the frank and caustic criticisms of such prominent individuals as Roose- welt, Stoessel, Gorky and Tolstoi have doubtless contributed largely to Its sue cess.
 Miss NJ. E. Braddon, whose first novel was published in 1860, lived for many years at Liehfield House, at Rich- mond, where she gathered about her delightful circle of literary and artis- tic friends and entertained them in genial and hospitable fashion. Lich- field House Is so called because 1t was formerly occupied by the Bishop of Lichfeld and among its many interest ing curios Is the little table on which the Duke of Wellington wrote his dis patches after the battle of Waterloo.
 The Duke of Argyll, whose remlnis- cences, under the title of Passages from the Past" are being read in England, has had exceptional adyan- tages as son-in-law to the late Queen Victoria. chieftain of a great Scottish clan and Governor General of Canada to gather material of interest and value for his book. The Dukes recol- lectlons extend over two generations and consist of miscellaneous notes and extracts from diaries and letters hith- erto unpublished which begin with the writers First Memories" and include comments on to-day. Of the Duchess of Bedford's villa, whither the Argyll family "emigrated' from Carlton Ter race in his boyhood. he writes: Mac aulay lived next door to me and we boys used to climb a tree and sit reading In its branches and see the great historian reading also as he walked up and down his veranda. Of ten he would come to see us and when ever the conversation was led to some subject specially difficult to recollect he would say, Oh. don't you remem- ber;' and then pour out a torrent of instruction from the exhaustless stores of his mind"
 It is interesting to compare the six best selling books of the months as published by the Bookman with the popular faYorites of the middle of the century. The Weayers," ''The Shut tle," The Daughter of Anderson Crow" The Younger Set" Satan Sanderson" and The Lady of the Dec oration," are the books which have the widest circulation to-day. In 1854 Mary J. Holmes wrote her first book, Tempest and Sunshine" and since then until her recent death she wrote novel year, their net circulation be- ing reported as more than 100000 copies. Miss Susan Warner wrote ''The Wide Wide World in 1851, book which In its day was translated into French, German and Swedish, and Is said to have been the most widely circulated American book next to "Cn- cle Toms Cabin" In 1854 The Lamp lighter" was the most talked of novel In the United States, and more than 100000 copies of 1t were sold. Good old fashioned tales these, in which vir- tue was rewarded and vice was pun isbed and vigorous morality was en- forced even at the cost of a good deal of manslaughter to protect convention and provide the required happy ending
 A Dismal Failure.