Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-04-10
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If Mrs. Burnett had contemplated
writing 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, 81 am
now engaged in writing a sequel Of
your charming work.
The demand for that anonymous
book, "As the Hague Ordains; the
Journal Of Russian Prisoners Wife
In Japan" has made fourth printing
Of the book necessary. Possibly the
curiosity as to the name of the author
accounts for the interest taken In it,
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 M. e. Braddon, whose first
novel was published in 1860, lived for
many years at Lichfield House, at Rich
mond, where she gathered about her a
delightful circle of literary and artis-
tic friends and entertained them In
genial and hospitable fashion. Lich-
field House is so called because It 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 reminis-
cences, under the title of Passages
from the Past" are being read in
England, has had exceptional advan-
tages as son-in-law to the late Queen
Victoria, chieftain of great Scottish
clan and Governor General of Canada
to gather material of interest and
value for his book. The Dukes recol-
lections extend over two generations
and consist Of miscellaneous notes and
extracts from diaries and letters hith-
erto unpublished which begin with the
writer's First Memories" and include
comments ON to-day. OF the Duchess
of Bedford's villa, whittier the Argyll
AA4hAAJ ChABAoICd AAOll SuIllOu 4GE~
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 torrent Of
instruction from the exhaustless stores
of his mind"
1t is interesting to compare the six
best selling books Of the months as
published by the Bookman with the
popular favorites of the middle Of the
century. 'The Viewers" 1.-THE Shut
tle," ''The Daughter of Anderson
Crow" 1.-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 ]. 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, a
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 "Un-
Gle Toms Cabin" In 1854 THE Lamp
lighter" was the most talked of novel
In the United States, and more than
100000 copies of it were sold. Good
old fashioned tales these, in which vir-
tue was rewarded and vice was pun
ished 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.