Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-26

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The Meals Publishing Co., of New
York, announces that the collected
works OF Ambrose Bierce, collected,
edited and arranged by himself, and
representing the best OF his life's work,
will be published in 10 volumes, the
4 first Of which Will be ready In January,
1909, the others to follow. rapidly. The
a beauty and magnitude OF the work; the
fact that5the man who wrote the books
has been his own editor and judge; the
Variety of Biercc's work. in form and
attitude and treatment; the perfection
of the mechanical ma ke-up Of the vol
Il fulnes--all these things combine to
make this announcement Of great in
terest and historical significance.
Each volume VIII contain, approxi-:
nlately, 100000 words; 1t will be about
six by nine inches in size. and nearly,
two inches thick;Hit Will be printed on.
paper of high grade, in large type,
loaded; the binding will be full Levant
morocco. both sides and the back dec
Grated bound by hand 5throughou out, With
double headhAnds, and lining of MORE
silk, with gold edges all .iround--a8
sumptuous and durable edition N. dig
7 nifty and beauty worthy the great writ
erswhose life-work 1t presents TO the
world. y
This splendid edition is limited to $50
sets, numbered, and Autographed "
Mr.. Bierce. The price is 500 at SET
payable $40 for each volume upon the 2
v delivery OF the volumes to the SUD-
VI scri bers The publishers reserve y ne
&! riehtSto close the sale at any time and
4 ia advance the price of unsoid sets.%
They also reserve to themselves me
right to reject subscriptions Such IL, Is
the quality OF the material ana Mora y.
4 n1anship that in selling these books, at
800 /, set the edition Is sold al little
more than the actual cost of produc-8
ii zion Further information as 10 the
contents OF the separate volumes may
be obtained from a 32-page pfos,psc l.l
that describes the edition At ielis ~. ~
i which may be had upon writing TO the ne
publishers.
a n,brose Berce is best known as 3 a.
{ sutirist man whose pen den giit L ~
Y cut and slash-to draw blood u n s,s
be. and revel in the crimson sta ~
Possibly the reason for this lies IN me. me
"a ct,.iliat many of his fellow era is
s men when writing of Biercc have M
sistad mon This phase of his; genus
j Certain it is, whether or not tnls ms 70
the basis of this popular char
zion" that Bierces satire mas .a .s,.,.
dWalt upon to the exclusion oil every
: thina else--to the exclusion Of s. his tell7s
aa.,ess HIS broad humanity, his grace.
Nc 'lnva bleness Mrs. Gertrude 4atnsr-s
IN saws that Bierce has the best p ~
4 tais imagination of any man IN .ns
English speaking race , ana ~, .'.nn NJ
800. ar his stories produce an I'M
tss,.a.eInn never attained by most
e i,iein,,s simagination," whilss N r. ROBERT
Raw, refers 10 the vein of grilnnsss IN
all5 his work, running even 5tnAous'i
his hnmor /. 5...,tiriat and
!, Terrible one. sure, ma sue'usI
8 ass,;phtning, Ii were better FOR q i1 1,t.l
AZ II 81 :, rniIlstone we're hung around ms
s ,;ack and he were drowned IN the m .n.,,'
nfftl,e sea than that Bieree : cog Sly
+ Of hate were turned
iI,e man or woman who kiioM S,s
4;,,sS ~ l,iercess glancing vii NJ an IN
liinyelS huuior. his spiritual ebrea asnna
~ ~ ,ichness of human life ana NOPE ,I,s
3sinhis poetry and in his stories r.e..l.s
knows nothing about i.,-i,.s,,er
the hiimorist; the soeia ai, pl naetlAIm-
ire story-tellcr the grea ~ p ..1.a,. me
hross Fierce, the greatest wr,teI & .n ,n
,,ne,,ost and truest and surest, III ~
American letters. :, ~ nearly
Mr. edwin Markham i li3e ...7's or
Represents the many-siuss.is s;nply
BieFee,s genlus M Rarce is our literary
tiasSi His is a coinpostte - mr.
8igIandinp Of IIaiz the Persian ~,
4I,ne Tlioreal with soinet -.
~ Inc I,aliiean. As ms ms -! ~,
tite mind In its bea, div y,
truth. that these books Nh s'AsF' -
veal :, S,,,nr,l;uf- to his
as d upon a thous,,
and times to solve mysteries q a as. sas
Zine. as vel as harmless :tl, ypas 81
,,zsles anasians and eNer ~ IN,
i Msn sSs pspin could DO With such
,iiel, Dupin should be a1le w
y . y, sir Arthur Conan Losas
las been similarly rX ,'aI IN N Sherlock
nssaslon and show the police hoy 40
.la 1,;ttsb fna paper has appes,led ID, e
10 achieve success ~ aessGsrS stai
tt,,ise.ig snlse the Roberts liaIns
,a, seso M. Rinehaft protests maj
\, ,be resumption lying back Of t atsetiye
4 ,'s,, Is Is Unfair To write q aelessiNs