The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-10
LITERATURE.

HoRTENsE-By w. Heimburg. Translated from
the German by Mary L. Amy. Chicago and
New York; Rand, McNally & Co.
Mrs. Amy is doing the novel-readinp
public real service in making them famil
lar with the writings of that charming
German novelist, w. Heimburg. When the
lady's translation of ''Cloister Wendhusenn
appeared few months ago it gave Ameri-
can readers their first intimation of the de-
lightful German, and made them keen for
more OF his works. Now Mrs. Almy gives
us "Hortense," story not so vigorous as
the other, and with fewer intense situa-
tons, yet with all the charm and evenness
OF construction and the beauty Of magma.
tlon which characterized "Cloister Wepd
husen.' In view Of the fact that such an
thors as Heimburg exist it seems stranpe
that our American publishers will persist in
issuing so much Of the cheap and senseless
trash which Is sent out as entertaining and
instructive literature. AS in her previous
effort, the pains which the translator has
taken and her literal adherence to the text
are manifest in every line. Her fidelity is
SUCH that one can not discover that the
story was originally written in foreign
tongue 1t is to be hoped that the lad v
Will continue these translations, giving us
more examples Of the splendid creations of
the comparatively unknown novelist.
THE AURoRAPHoNB. A Romance. By CYRUS
Cole. Second edition. Chicago: Charles Fl :.
Kerr & Co. Price. so cents
In this little volume, which comes as No. /
OF the Unity library, the author has given
the widest possible range to his very vivid
Imagination, the result being tumble of
improbabilities. of sentimentalities of
striking situations and Of weirdness. The
story would have been more interesting if
it had been confined to half the space which
it occupies.
CHARLES DARWIN, His life and work. BY
Charles Frederick Holder. New York: G. p
PutnamS sons.
The purpose of the author has been to
adapt the study Of the life of the great
thinker and reasoner to young readers, and
most admirably has he succeeded, the mat
ter being not merely plainly presented, but
told in decidedly interesting manner.
Holder does not discuss the theories of
Darwin; simply presenting them in at
tractive form, leaving the reader to form
his own conclusions as to the correctness
of the positions assumed by the great
the following heads in the order here set
forth: 'The Boy Darwin, }" "College DAYS, -
1.-THE Young Naturalist" ''In Southern
Seas" 'Iu the Land of the Sacred Tree. >,
"AmonR the Fossils" 1.-THE Land of
Giants" ''The Foot of the Andes" sIn the
Earthquake Country" SIN the Red Snow
Country" "Among the Ocean Volcanoes, },
I'm the Gardens of the.Sea" Darwin the
Naturalist, Home Life" 1.-THE Work Of
Life" "Honors of LIFETIME 1.-THE
Darwin Family" "Darwinism,'' "The
Darwin Memorial" Mr.. Holder asserts
and demonstrates that Darwin was not the
originator of the evolution theory, as be-
fore him many naturalists had advocated
it; but he elaborated the theory and under
took to establish its soundness by the null
DUPLICATION of facts asserted to be incontro.
vertible. Whatever one may think of the
peculiar doctrine which will cause Oar
wins name to live through all time, the
reading of the story of his researches in
the special field where he dwelt will ever
be entertaining and instructive,