Show y American Public Is Not Well Read s s s s Madame Champion Saves the t Day Wo Great French Publisher l Q LI 1 Al IT Visits A S. S f L. L I o. o LI By Kay Harms If It had not been for madame tl- tl e wo would ld nave been no rio interview w with M. M Edouard Champion lead- lead Ingri publisher shel and book seller seIler and present he head head- td of or th the venerable house of Champion in Salt Lake on onI I Friday morning I For or M. M Champion speaks no English English Eng Eng- lish and the French of some r reporters report report- porters port port- ers era would never be understood b ba ba by b- bya a Frenchman But madame saved the day Madame speaks both There is a charming vivacity about the couple which quite quita keeps one on tire tIe qui vive The soft blue bluee blueeyes blueeyes e eyes es of madame snap with animation animation animation anima anima- tion as she she repeats your our question to her husband nd and the whole face of ot monsieur lights up as he waves his arms to give emphasis to the Ue answer answer to Y your UI question He an answers answers an- an answers volubly to every question and you yon sit 1111 eagerness for m d mes me's translation The enthusiasm and nd force which monsieur is putting into the answer surely portends an Utterance ut utterance ut- ut I terance of tremendous Interest Suddenly he finishes and you turn to madame No she sa says sas s 's with a quietness alarming after atter tire enthusiasm o of monsieur lie He doesn't think so NOT AS WELL READ In this manner you ou learned that monsieur didn't find the tine general public of America as well read in American literature of ot the day as us the French public is In French literature lit literature literature lit lit- of or the day and nd that this was particularly true o pf the the- busness business business busi bus ness man that Americans American are surprIsingly surprisingly surprisingly sur sur- well read in French lit lit- but that the same couldn't be said o of the the- French people In re regard regard regard re- re gard to American writers that he was Int interested In tire manner In In which American books were were publIsh published pub pub pub- lIsh d In that so much so-much much care and at attention attention attention at- at was given to the tine binding and actual printing of ot the bool books s explaining that the French book booklover booklover booklover lover prefers to bind his books according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to his own taste that Van Vechten Sherwood Anderson Ben J Hecht recht Cabell and Cabell-and and Dreiser were not as aswell well l known in Fran France e as they deserved to be and that AnAtole France was and will continue to be considered one of or the greatest writers writers writers writ writ- ers of ot France and the world Anatole France and Voltaire two master master- men Ire said with a Jong ong sigh and a peculiar little clenching of or th the fist SEES ISOLATION America will be isolated from the world from a literary point of view if it the dollar continues to go go up i I f. M. M Champion said sald his eyes flashing flashIng flash flash- Ing almost In anger I French rench or any other foreign publishers cannot cannot cannot can can- not afford to bu buy American books Paradoxical Isn't It In a country which is constantly constantI multiplying her bet schools t and devoting gr greater ter Inter Inter- est ta n 10 LU u nel creative e worK vurn i Literature Litera- Litera nera- nera ture Is a chain In France we havethe havethe have havethe the American literature l om 1900 to 1916 in er e every library Then what Nothing from then on And how low much longer will vIll there be this broken chain this great hole nole that France will nd and can know nothing of ot American literature It will I be bean e ean an Isolation of or not only literature but science and medicine Our countries countries countries coun coun- tries cannot afford arford to know about them How long I pray not not long A significant thing M M. Champion Cl n insisted Is the fact that hi his house is publishing the Uie next work of ot JeanJacques JeanJacques Jean JeanJacques Jacques Rousseau Housseau the the French biographer of or Anatole France whose Anatole France Himself took America quite b by storm In hi English before it It will be he published in French The book will be The Itinerary from Paris to Buenos Aires Likewise wIse the new v Andre GIde Glde of ot Jean will be in English before French IS GREATEST DEALER An innate self-modesty self makes it difficult to learn from Edouard Champion that he is a conspicuous figure in the International book trade He lie is the dealer wh who I sends th the most books abroad He HeIs HeIs Heis Is the sole agent of or the British museum for France Switzerland and Belgium and of or the universities of ot Harvard Hanard Yale Princeton California Call Call- fornia and Michigan for tor France and has been of ot signal If It le less s exclusive usefulness to other American libraries libra libra- ries Including the library of ot cin- cin gress It is especially in recognition lion tion of his services as a a. correspondent correspondent correspondent dent of or American libraries that he heIs heis heis Is decorated with the Legion of ot Honor The House of ot Champion was Continued on on p page g 2 2 Jf x AMERICAN MERICAN PUBLIC SNOT NOT WELL READ i Continued from page 1 founded In the early seventies ot of the nineteenth century by Honore Champion when he succeeded M. M father of Anatole France iI h In the at No o. o 9 Quat Vol Vol- taire The elder Champion Champlon became A signal figure among the literary ai res pf of the France of ot that time wd his shop became the rendezvous o all the leading writers Upon the of Honore just before the war Edouard succeeded his f father aher a afe the head of ot the House of Champion and In the same and esteem as his father was wae 5 he d. d l. l HOUSE WELL KNOWN f j Alt mt It has been beel said that tb the II House use 0 Champion is known and b beloved loved scholars all over o the For Forre re than half halt a century It has has' an n important role com commer- commer mer- mer Ry and intellectually as Intermediary Intermediary intermediary diary between the university and the learned societies of nce and foreign countries It b constant demand among among Is I's t e celebrities cele of or literature and 9 ot 01 two hemispheres for tor forert pert ert ert opinions on bibliographical olem o lem for tor the cataloging and sibling t-n t n bloc or otherwise libraries International interest for the nn jr or costly and rare editions il for the ferreting out mit of ot works long out of ot print M l Champion spoke at atthe the Hotel toll dh on on one of ot his S subjects bj Anatole France ranc xi Illustrated d his lecture which In JI French with numerous glass glaas R I S at of the life lICe and activity of ot oft t famed tamed Frechman and exhibit exhibit- valued bits of ot original 11 lpt of or the great man s fc s pleased as a small child with unexpected an-unexpected gUt giftS M. M and Mme 1 thrilled to the tho o 11 oan on g n reel recital Cal which was given ghen Inthe in inthe t the Ie ta tabernacle Friday morning In Ut their Ji- Ji honor By y Organist Tracy Y T. with Professor Levi Edgar ing ng as host be e hospitality of ot Utah people I e red ed monsieur to tG an effort in Ush rhe people are so splendid so rid d he said brokenly but with l lense Intense Elm and Salt Lake J Ja a. a beautiful city r. ar I. I ami M Mme Champion left lert on a train tran for tor the East where I n monsieur will viii deliver dell a specially prepared series of lectures In the 1 ding Eastern educational t ons |