The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-15
LITERATURE.

IlIERAIUhE.
Edward L. Bynner, author of "The
Begum's Daughter" etc, is writing an
other historical novel.
w. d. HoNells has arranged to write
serial for a syndicate of English and Aus
tralian newspapers.
The New York Sun has contracted with
George Meredith for novel, and with IL.
L. Stevenson for hit ''Sovth Sea Letters"
The report that Idlewild, on the Hudson,
once the home of N. p. Willis, is to be CON
verted into an asylum for the insane, IS
unfounded.
The French government has finally
granted Mr.. 3. +. Stevens, of London, per-
mission to photograph documents IN tie ma
tional archives relating to American colo
NAL history and the revolution.
Paul Du Chaillu's rewritten and CON
densed edition of his old work, entitled
adventures in the Great Forests OF
Equatorial Africa and the Country OF the
Dwarfs,n will be published soon by Har-
per g. Brothers.
The new edition of "Men of the Times"
now in preparation, will be called "Men
and Women of the Times" correction
that has long been desirable. Some i've
hundred new names will be added in the
Forthcoming edition.
| There is no country like France for start
ing journals; during 1889 no less than 9o0
new newspapers were brought out, OF
which not one remains in life; on the other
hand the Petit Journal now claims elrcula-
ton of 1,095, 600 copies daily. ~
A supplement is nearly ready in London
to "Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil"
containing many contributions by relatives,
| friends and contemporaries OF Dickens.
There will be eight portraits of the novel
ist and forty other illustrations
A Russion- Chinese dictionary has just
been produced by the joint efforts of the
Archimandrite Palladius and M. PapoW OF
the Russian legation at Pekin. The Rus
sian government contributed 10000 rouples
towards the production of the work.
Lord Tennyson has yielded to a request
to recite his ''Charge of the Light Brigade"
and parts of 1.-THE Princess in an Edison
photograph. His son says the tone of the
poet voice as heard through the tubes are
reproduced with startling fidelity.
In a letter of recent date George KEENAN,
author of the famous Siberian papers pub
lished in he tCGntury magazine, writes:
81 have Just learned that my articles have
been translated into Bulgarian and pub
lished at Rustchuk. They are now out IN
German, Dutch, Polish, Russian and Bull
garian.
The "Chronicle History of the London
Stage. 1859 1922 by MIR. F. G. Fleay, an
edition of which, limited to 400 copies, will
be published shortly by Messrs. Reeves "
Turner, London, is intended to form sup
plement to the works of Malone, Genest
and other writers. 1t is said to embody
) much curious and interesting information
concerning early theatres and actors.
The Overland Monthly has devoted its
June number to the subject of NaJionalism,
Utopias, and the literary socialistic trend
of the day The stories. poems, sketches
and discussions are all on the subject. The
: professor of political economy in the State
: University, the president Of a leading Ma
tionalist club, and varions other represen-
tative persons, from their several points OF
view, religious, professional, or otherwise,
comment on the general principles of
Nationalisin. The suggestion OF Looking
Backward is carried outin several stories
of the 10Th and 2lst centuries, which are
in part pure romance, and in part contain
5 between the lines the writer's views OF the
workings of the Bellamite society. a COM
pact statement is given OF the present
status OF the Nationalist movement in
: California, which appears to be-especially
in the southern counties-its stronghold.
The more that is learned about the al
2 legged discovery, by M. Verres or Verescz
of the secret phoJographing IN natural col
ors, the smaller the actual results seem
In letter he himself says ''There is en-
tirely too much noise made about the limo
L walton In its present state OF imperfec
i ton. it is highly interesting as q scientific
\ attainment; much time and money will be
: required to make it available for practica
= workers" In some of the glass pictures
taken, the foliage-a dark green is feebly
2 represented In Others, red, yellow, anC
TO certain extent, blue, are shown, and in
a pictures red, orange and violet are seen By
- transmitted light, and by reflected light the
red tones assume light green and violet {
o dark orange. On the paper pictures the
{ ground is gray. not white, and black is pro
: duced black. In n photograph of a vase Of
q | flowers, coppery red and orange are thu
most prominent colors, and the leaves show
T. here and there a feeble blue. The opinion
+ OF European photographers seems to b.
e that NJ. Verres has not advanced beyont
q the results reached by BeQuerell, perhaps
not so far.-The Illustrated american.
THE WONDERS OF ALASKA. BY Alexander
n Badlam, with illustrations and maps. Sal
:. Francisco. The Bancroft company 1880.
- This is not only timely, but decid
9 eddy Entertaining and highly interesting
8 book II is the thing nova days to so tt
S Alaska. Those who do not go this year ex
% pect to go next, the excursion being re
garded as one of the essentials of modern
. existence. Mr.. Badlam was treasurer of tn
d California Russian Fur company, whic
l. opened the negotiations for the purchas
: of that empire of territory from Russia
:. His position made it necessary for him t
~ become familiar with the country and it
s strange people, and this he did with
e thoroughness which shows itself all throug
n the hundred and fifty pages O
"a the volume. Opening with brie
y historical sketch, the author describe
% the country, paints its charming scenery
e pictures its gigantic mountains, follows il
n noble rivers, tells of its glaciers, writes o
J. the people, their religion and peculia
"a social customs; of animal life in the ice
y bound region; of the mineral, timber an
q other resorces; of the languages, dialect
+. and jargons, and concludes by telling no,
e to get there, and what will come handy o
4 the trip. There are thirty full page illus
= trations, and numerous maps, the whol
u forming the most complete work on Alask
8 that we have yet seen. The volume
B. handsomely bound.