Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-28
MaeterlincE IN His Own
Country Estimation
London Literary Letter

q
q certain limited period Why should
not other artistic property be treated
in the&saIne way?
u the works of Dickens are 10 he 81
come public property after AZ years
why should not the owner Of a great
picture be compelled 10 hand tt over To
= pubic gallery after the lapse of the
same period M why should Mt me lniiIi
OF u beautiful estate be forced TO turn
II into a sinRturlum Or public park
after be has caioyed IL for two score
years? 4 lle ing, Of course. Is absurd,
nut soiaeasf" Saple will not see that
literary pppc ~ is--to the author ut
i lea st'--yei% much the same as any other
kind Of property
LABOR OF ToNE.
Although no authorized biography OF
the late George Meredith viii be pub
liFhcdsl am in a position to state that
Lord MorleN OF Blackburn, better
itnoWr as John Morley has undertaken
the, task Of collecting and editing u
Nnlutoe of the gtcat noNelists letters
Win Lord Morley ii win be . labor ~
lbSe FOR Meredith was one Of his
closest friends and Meredith's friend
$hif--seldom giyen-.was of that rars.s
f;iW' which bound men to him with
hooks of steel
The book Is sure to be an interesting
\
the English language whose letters are
worth perusal after the immediate sub
jects With which they dealt have faded
ftum the public mind, or by those who
had no personal acquaintance with the
author, can be counted on the fingers.
these rare men His letters are
literature as truly as his books.
WANT CHEAP NOVELS,
London publish srs are making use
of the dun season by trying expert
ments. the subject being tho perennial
one Of the cheap novel. There is no
doubt that a considerable section of
tile public is grulnbling at having to
IrflN Si.50 or SLIP for a new novel and
the authors are complaining because
the public is waiting for the cheap
editions before buying. Heinemann
and fvecigh Nash are both going in
for a fller With the SO cent novel, their
authors being Hall Caine and VIII
liam LeQueux, While Staniy Paul Is
having Il bold try at the Continental
system of issuing a book In cloth at
Sl.50 and in parcr at % cents at the.
same time. This firm thinks that
there are two distinct classes of novel
readers, those who buy II book To
read ana throw away and those Who
buN 1t to read and keep. 1t will be
interesting to see whether they are
right OF not. some people say that
even the people who buy the book to
keep will take the % cent copy and
have 1t bound themselves. Some of the
circulating libraries certainly viii do.
SO for a good deal of money can be
saved in this way when quantities
of books are being dealt with.
cooks BY THE YARD
Another scheme which has been s,ig-
gested in all seriousness is that
novels like dry goods should be
sold in lengths. a number OF people
Fave written to the Papers complain
ing THAI when they bought a book Of
SO and SOS they expected solid read
ing for a couple Of days Of holiday
and were disappointed and disguised
to find the type spread out SO thin
that the book only lasted one day,
Obviously the argument is that it
takes just half the labor to produce.
the short book that is required for
the long one. l wonder II these good
people would expect to LAY for yard
Of silk the price for which they could
buy yard of gingham.
CHARLES OGDENES.