Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-16
American Novelists
Suit Australia Best

Special 'ortospo ndoucc
7 uNDON. Jan. g-Engush pub
fishers are getting morn and
l. more worried about Australia.
which, so far 3s books are con-
ccHncd has Become ou American colony
RATHER more Fo than canada. 70 seems
That The dwellors in The anupodcs are
taking to American books Instead of 10
those which como from England The
reason for this ls said to boz found boo
the fact that English authors go 100
too much Cor moralizuE aud character
uulye.s. whereas Americans go BOZ for
acuun-Quick ana lots m Co. Books
which seu by the thousands boz Amcri-
ga meet with hearty welcome iu Aus-
uall those which sci England on FIRE
seldom raise even u spark in tho Brit
.sh colony To fact. most Australian
newspapers have taken Co rrlticizinE
the English novel severely the
most successful books OFF the season.
and even questioning the Intelligence
% the British reader iu Australia, fOr
instance, Marie Corell ls not att au
popular. while Mrs. Humphry Ward H.
What hurts most is that American
publishers have actually offered 20 con
tract with English authors 90 include
tho Australian rights with the Ameri.
can rights and 20 ray better Tor the
Australian rights than the English
publisher often does. its hard enough
90 have American authors swallowing
the Australian market without having
American publishers by means Of more
attractive bindings ana greater enter
H.rfHn hnnffUa tho NTnNffrh frft hnIa lrHf. Ia
his own colony with his own English
authors This Is what happened long
ago ln Canada and nearly an or the
English authors now sell their Cana
dian rights 10 tho American publisher
Instead OF to tho English publisher.
thus getting not only larger sums por
volume 600 Canada, but selling more
volumes. There arc rumors anoat,
however. that something sensational IL
going 90 happen soon In the English
publishing World-something little short
OF % revolution
BOOKS AS DECORATIONS.
Buying books to match tho color 81
the wallpaper ls becoming customary
nowadays Most people thought this
was some novclists little Joke nc first,
but publishers are considering Il seri-
cusly. Books are purchased IN large
sets simply Tor DECORATIVE euCcls r OF
instance. 90 has boon found that sets
OF Dickens, Thackoray, Lytton and 9TH
ors. when bound in green or bright blue
sell much more readily than when
bound iu colors which do not match
household color schemes.
Not only must the modern hook-bind-
ing permit or artistic handling, but
there must DO certain bindings for
certain rooms 10 will not do at all
to have blue bindings in the dining
r0or Here the books must be most
lv red well splashed with gold. They
go better with the dinlng-room chairs.
If your drawing room f. furnished i'm
old gold. saffron books blend well with
the drapory. and so on. In "a library
which has heavy psuclIng. or much
woodwork. with dark chairs and cur
taiu-. books must be more or less SOM
Der iu "tonc."
RANK HERESG.
II has been suggested that. II decora-
ton IL AN that is needed. books should
be mere dummies. But this Is de-
nounccd as hcresy. Not only must
books nowadays be genuine. but the
pages must be cut; and some people
even go so far as TO have certain pas
sapes marlxcd-whether they have road