The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-16
LITERATURE.

DIR. Grenfell Baker is writing biography
of his friend and prtient, the late Sir Rich
ard Burton.
Lord Tenneyson is to visit the Mediter-
ranean this winter with his son Hallam.
The Laureate's health is now excellent.
NJ Tame has just finished another vol
ume of his series on "Origins of Contem-
porary France" 1t deals with the Ma
poleOn epoch.
Mr. Murray, of the British Museum, is
going to bring out manual OF Greek archi-
lecture. He will treat of sculpture, vases,
bronzes, gems, terra cottas and mural
paintings.
The London At,endsum says that it is
"glad to hear that James Russell Lowells
health has greatly improved. and that he
hopes to be able to visit his many friends
in England next year"
A clever novelist, it is reported, has been
discovered in St. Paul, Mimi, in the per-
son of Miss Lilly A. Long. The Appletons
are about to publish story by her called
"a Squire of Low Degree"
Mr.. Rider Haggard is laying plans for a
winter visit to Mexico and we may expect
| from him another romance of a forgotten
civilization. But Mr.. Janvier has been
ahead of him with his 'Aztec Treasure
House"
Ii
Principal Views of Virginia City, Gold Hill
| Silver City and Sutro. Photographed and
| Copyrighted, 1890, by Jas. II. CTockwen, Vir-
| ginia City, Nevada. For sale by z. r. Savage,
| Salt Lake City.
| All old Comstockers will be interested in
this handsome souvenir album of scenes
once familiar to them in and around the
famous silver mining camp. The photo9
graphs are reproduced in albertype, and
| embrace most of those views which ara
best known to the old inhabitants. Dan
| De Guile introduces the pictures with a
brief historical sketch of Virginia City and
its mines
A NEW VIEW OF THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION.
| BY Edison Reed, Chicago: Rand McNally
g. Co.
In the opinion of the author temperance
does not consist solely of refraining from
Intoxicating beverages, but extends to
other things He says that food and drink
have common function and can no more
be considered separately, in their ultimate
bearings, than the two lobe5 of the brain
in mental act. One is merely the com
plement of the other, mutually interpene-
urating and together contributing what is
necessary to save the body from daily
waste. The evil and the cure are in the
system itself. This is the second edition,
and it comes as No . in the Popular Top
ics'' series.
GILBERT CIGARS Sons. BY Harriet Riddle
Davis. New York: G. p. Putnams Sons
| Price, SIPS.
The author is new to the reading world,
but she begins well, giving US pretty and
pure story. 1t is not very strong nor are
the characters particularly distinctive; but
the tale is entertaining and will be found
impressive. The volume is issued in the
splendid style which marks the Putnams
publications.
SIERRA AND THE NIHILIsTs. Why KEENAN,
went to Siberia. BY VIM. Jackson Arm
strong. With an introduction by Leigh H
| Irvine. Illustrated. Oakland Cal. Pacific
| Press Publishing Co. Price % cents
Mr.. Armstrong was at one time inspector
of United States consulates, and then made
a careful STUDY of Russian affairs. What
he learned has been embodied in the little
volume, which is vigorous arraignment
Of the Russian autocracy and an earnest
appeal to the sympathies of mankind in be-
half of the nihilists and their cause.
The coming year of The Century will be
unusually strong in fiction. Edward Egg
gleston's novel, the theme of which is the
''Faith- Cure" will begin in February
Frank Il. Stocktons 1.-THE Squirrel Inn
will follow f. Hopklnson Smiths novel
etc. and a great number of short stories
will be printed during the year.