The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-25
LITERATURE.

T. B. Peterson g. Co., Philadelphia, are
issuing the seven early novellettes Of Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett in tasty paper
covers for % cents each. They are printed
in large tye' on good paper The stories y,
Pretty Polly Pemberton, !" miss Cres-
pigny," "Lindsay's Luck, "'tA Quiet Lifs''
and 'JarPs Daughter"
LITERARY MS New York: G. p. Putnam's
Sons.
The third series under the above title has
made its appearance, and comprises selec-
uons from six famous authors. Thus, from
Browning are taken number of his sweet
est lyrics; the ''gem" from Irving ID "The
Legend from Sleepy Hollow" "Pre
Raphaelitism" is the selection from
Ruskin; THE Rhyme of the Ancient Mar
liner" and "Christobep' from Coleridge;
from John Bright are three addresses, 1.-THE
Trent Affair, p" Slavery and Secession
and " he Struggle in America and from
Mon taigne, that charming letter on ''The
education of Children. The reading pub
lie are familiar with all these, but the Put
mans have given them new interest by
presenting them is such attractive form.
Inc little volumes are bound in limpid
morocco, with gilt sides aud top, the type
ID large and clear, the paper superb, the
series forming set of charming gift
books.
LIBERTY AND LIFE. Discourses By E. P.
Powell, author of Our HerediTy from God"
Chicago: Charles h. Kerr s. Co.
This is a somewhat bold and radical as
sault upon the theologies of the past and
the present. based upon the free accept
ance of the theory OF evolution. The
author thinks that eventually man will re-
cast is views Of the hereafter and the Gre
ator, and that sin, instead of being per-
sonal effront to the Almighty, will be
simply degradation of body and mind
tending to degeneration. He says: I'VE
are placed IN charge Of ourselves by the
fact OF self-consciousness; and the sum of
all duty Is so to use ourselves as to be in
every function honest, wholesome and re-
generatiye." Evidently Mr.. Powell has
given good deal of thought to the subject
and his dlscourses are at least en- PERTAINING,
THE CAPTAIN OF COMPANY K By Joseph
Kirkland, late major and A. d. c., U. S.
volunteers. Illustrated. Chicago: Donohue,
Henneberry & Co. Price 80 cents.
! This Is a war novel-a story of the late
unpleasantness-and a decidedly realistic
one. His dedication tells why the author
wrote, and in what line he has written
ITO the surviving officers and men of the
firing line; the men who could see the
enemy in their front with the naked eye,
while they would have needed a ield-glass
TO see the history makers behind them. {"
The Joy and pain, the laughter and tears of
real campaign are portrayed and told
about In thrilling way, and clever story
Is woven through the whole
THE COSMOPOLITAN,
The Cosmopolitan magazine has devoted
twenty-eight pages Of the November num-
Der to most interesting and exhaustive
article upon Chicago from the pen OF the
famous novelist, Colonel Charles King.
Count Jacassy, who spent some time on the
ground for that purpose, and Harry Fem
have illustrated the most charming feat
ures of the city by twenty-eight sketches.
An article upon Alfalfa farming in this
number is by John Brisben Walker. who,
as the result of ten years spent in the sad
die IN direct superintendent Of his farm
Berkeley" one Of the largest Al
falfa farms in Colorado, gives the
reader much valuable information in
regard to the irrigation and curing
Of the wonderful plant. General Sher.
mans letters to his daughter, written from
the field during the war, are perhaps the
most valuable contribution that has yet
been made to the literature Of the war
Judge Tourgee furnishes a charming story
called IAN Outing with the Queen Of
| I1ehEGS LOulSe CudnQlor MOultOn, Com
mander Crowningshield, ex-Postmaster
General James, are among the other con
tributors, and G. Osbourne Ward has ar
article on the "Massacres of the Roman
Amphitheatre," illustrated by drawings by
Dan Beard, and from famous paintings
The Cosmopolitan Publishing company
Madison Square, New York.
FRANK LEsLIE's POPULAR MONTHLY.
The Buckeye state comes imposingly I,
the front in the November number O.
Frank Lsstte's Popular Monthly. The openinS
page is adorned with a new and admiral lI
portrait of Senator John Sherman, VIII,
contributes a scholarly and thoughtful
paper upon "Ohio; Its History and Re
sources" There are, moreover, thirty
five portraits OF distinguished sons of Ohio
living and dead, and numerous interestin,
views. In this number, Clara Morris
writes interestingly about 1.-THE Moderl
Emotional Drama and its Exponents,n ant
, Andrew j. Symington, the eminent British
writer, gives picturesque account O
Iceland and its Thousand Years" Othe
Illustrated articles are: "Old Fort Lara
mie," by Major w. H. Powell; "Under tn
Palms." by F. Fitz- Roy Dixon "Fiv
British Authors" by Neil Macdonald
1.-The London Literary Hive" by Florenc
Fenwick Miller; "The Cottage and GRAY
of John Brown" by Frederic G. Mather
: and "Arachne and Her Cunning Ways,
n L u i.