New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-02

"a Nine. Roffe, widow of the
-N1'- nephew of Auguste Maquet,
has decided that the heirs of Maquct
nre entitled to half the royalties which
have accumulated since 1903 on THE
Three Musketecrs" and other works
written in collaboration with Alexander
Dumas
That the famous French novelist had
collaboration became known in 1348
when a suit was brought to recover his
rights. MaQuet sold his rights in l84s
to Dumas for the sum Of $4,000 francs,
but as Dumas was only able to pay part
of the money Maquet sued to recover.
The suit was lost
The point made in the present suit
was that as the law relating to the
duration of literary ownership Of
authors heirs was changed from
twenty to fifty years not long after the
original contract was made between
Maquet and Dumas, the rights should
be extended an additional thirty years
until 1898, or fifty years from
Maqucts death. 1t was also asked that
the name of Maquet be placed upon the
Dumas work as co-author. Experts arc
to be appointed to calculate the amount
due the heirs
While English critics are being at
tackled from this side Of the water for
their lack of appreciation of American
writer's, it is interesting to note that
there is growing current of critical
appreciation coming from France. Jean
Catcl, for example, devotes an article
in a recent "Mcrcure de France" to the
latest American literature. In speak
ing of our poetry he says that Louis
books place him among the greatest in
this country. His work, he continues,
is marked by IAN admirable clearness
of perception, an emotionalism that
becomes lyric in quality and a versatil-
ity that enables him to reproduce the
quality and significance of the greatest
poets of the past"
"a Mountebank of Emotion" play
by Ben Hecht, author of Erik Dorm"
was tried out in San Francisco recently
Gnu 10 NuS " DC SiONIl III 4NCW OIh
THIS fall A new novel by Hecht,
"Gargoyles," will appear about the
same time the play will be produced
The three Mirror books published
by Putnam have sold 100000 copies
thus far "The Mirrors of Washing
ton" leads with 10000 1.-The Mirrors
of Downing Street follows with 49,
600; The Glass of Fashion" has
reached 10000. A new Mirror" book,
"Behind the Mirrors" will be out
sonalities are discussed
The Century Company seems to be
trying to cover the world with travel
writers. f. Alexander Powell is in
Persia and near territories; Harry A.
Franch is at this moment probably cat
ing in the home Of hairy Ainu in
northern Japan; Herbert Adams Glib
bons is some place around Constanti-
nople, and q number Of others, notably
Frederick O'Brien, Sydney Greenbie
and T. NJ. Longstreth, are packing bags
and getting passports to new and far
off places.
MORA O'Neill, author of Songs
From the Glens of Antrim" has writ
ten new book, More Songs From
the Glens of Antrim" The two have
been collected in one volume, which
Macmillan has just brought out. 1t is
the first publication in this country Of
the new poems.
chameleon. Being the Book of My
Selves" by Benjamin de Casseres, will
be published about the middle of Au-
gust by Liebcr L. Lewis. According to
his publishers, De Casseres has been
trying for fifteen years to have this
work printed.
The restored cabin which once shell
tered Mark Twain on Jackass Hill, at
Sonora, Calf, was presented last
month to Tuolumne County by ". j.
Dorlng. mining operator.
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