The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19
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Reviews Of Some Late Books and
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Baief Notes Concerning the Writers and
Their Works---A Treatise OF the Law
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speaking OF the recent novel HERNIA
Suydam," Current Literature says it is hav-
ing hard luck with the critics with few
exceptions the book has been roundly de
nounced; incontinently damned. Not for
style, nor interest of story but because OF
its alleged immortality. With all proper
respect for these various opinions we beg
to differ. The book is not immoral 1t IS
brutal. Its fault is that it is q fact instead
of fiction" The book is in its fifth edition
The FOrtnightly Reuielu declares that the
tendency now in fiction writing is to spread
little over great deal of surface, whereas
t1e old fashion traceable from George Ellio
back to Fielding was to fullneSs of incident
and matter Fiction has almost reached
the point of sheer bravado." 1t describes
the popular novel as miracles of inexhaust-
IDLE nothingness, in which the tiniest rivulet
OF incident just trickles across continent
OF dialogue"
Ex-College President James McCosh,
writing to the New York Ledger, gives
it as an opinion, 'that the novel may
yet come to be an authority on religion. F"
He also declares that our best novels OF
late years have been written by ladies, and
he thinks this will still be the rule.
MIR. Kirke Munro is writing a life of
Harriet Beecher Stowe. He is collecting
material in Massachusetts.
Carl Lumboltz, the Australian explorer
whose book descriptive of four years spent
among the cannibals of Australia has been
translated into many languages, is to de
liver a course of lectures before the New
York Geological society.
Alfred Trimble is publishing a new
weekly called Lies.
General Lew Wallace contemplates writ
ing historical novel, the scene of which
IS to be laid in Rome. 1t is limited that he
wants the mission to that place that he
may prosecute his researches.
Captain Driant, of the French Zouaves, a
son-in-law of Boulanger has written and
published poem, la Guerre de Demain,n
and has been condemned to thirty days
Imprisonment for the offence. No French
officer is allowed to publish any of his
works without permission; but as this rule
is publicly honored in the breach more than
in the observance, it is charged that the
son-in-law is punished for the father-in-
law. Paris is indignant as a result.
Guy de Maupassant is engaged on a new
novel entitled Fort CONNIE La Morte."
On its publication he is going to make
journey through Africa. We may draw
our own differences.
The George Sand, by NJ Caro-, is cred
tied with being by far the most discrim-
mating, iudicious and entertaining Critique
ever given by this celebrated author and
woman. 1t is translated by Melville B.
Anderson.
'Honore Fragonard," by Baron Roger
Portals, best known as the author of a
great work on the eighteenth century, is
the result of the most patient research, ar
duous labor, and interchangeable study of an
Gent documents. His is a biography al
most without equal. All the chefs d'CsuureS
of this French master, as charming as
ClOdian, as provoking as Vatican, yet with
some Of the dash and passion of Rubens
have been conscientiOusly reproduced and
carefully classified, until rare perfection
has been attained. 1t is described as one
of the most beautiful volumes that has
ever been seen.
Dom Piatt, editor of Belord's Magazine,
is sixty-four years old and attends his Office
as regularly as he did his sanctum in Paris
when he represented the United States
government there during the time of Ma
poleon.
The March Bdbyland has a dozen or more
charming pictures which will please the
for the very little people eXcels the Baby
land. Address: D. LothrOp & Co., Bos
ton, Mass.
DR.. Carr Lnmboltz, of the University of
Christiana, Norway, has written a book
called Among Cannibals,n depicting his
long soiourn among the savage tribes Of
northeastern Australia. The book, which
is to have numerous maps and illustrations,
will be published by the Scribners.
manu-. NlC4NdllS 10 are dDOuG " tIGCl III
Adams street. Chicago, building for their
printing and publishing business, which
will be nine stories in height, with front
age of $50 feet and depth of 1856 Its cost
is TO be $500 900. 1t is claimed that il will
be the largest and completest establishment
of the sort in the world. But a similar
claim is made for the imposing structure
now going up at Fifth avenue and Sixteenth
street, New York, for the Judge, and also
for the Methodist book concern building at
Fifth avenue and Twentieth street, New
York.
1.-THE Diary and Letters of Gouverneur
Morris are about to be brought out in Lon
don as ''the most important American diary
ever published"
Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe has so i'm
proved in health as to be able to revise the
biography of herself, written by Rev.
Charles Stowe and Mr.. Kirk Munro. The
book will be published soon by Houghton,
Miflin & Co.
Messrs J. B. Lippincott company
announce the publication of a encyclopaedia
of the Diseases of Children" medical and
surgical, by American, British and Cana
dian authors, edited by John M Heating,
NJ. D., in four volumes, to be sold by sub
scrition. The first volume will be issued
early in April, and the subsequent volumes
at short intervals.
The Century Dictionary is to contain
some features new in dictionaries, one Of
which is the entry of everything in the one
alphabetical order, authorizations and for
eign phrases as well as common words.
While the plan of the work excludes bio
graphical and geographical names, yet such
adiectives as Chinese, DdrlCinidn, etc,
derived from proper names, Will ind place
and be fully defined.
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