The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-24


librarian, who, by the way, has in her
shelves within her domains 1 learned
that the bound volumes of the maya
zines are greatly in favor now. Peo-
pie realize that they are whole libra
ries in themselves, and are making de-
mands for them in such quantities that
supplies sometimes run short Until
the beginning of winter, which brings
in its train long nights, when there is
nothing like having a cozy spell of
reading, books of short stories We're in
demand. Richard Harding Davis.
whose ivan Bibber" has attracted
much attention. Guy de Maupassant,
Octave Thanet, Bret Harte, interest in
whose works has sustained a revival
latterly, and others of somewhat les
ser prominence had a great many
readers. and their works were in con-
slant demand.
Now, however. with the longer time
for reading, has come a desire of long
er stories, and the many authors of
voluminous romances are receiving a
due share of attention. Among the
modern works of fiction that are the
favorites now are Lew Wallace's
Grands 'Ideala.'' and Heavenly
Twins," and F. Marion Crawford's
works A. Conan Doyle seems in con-
slant demand, the faVorite among his
works being The Refugees Mrs.
Burton Harrison also receives her
share OF reading. Lorna Doom" stand
ing alone, is always out and promises
are made for weeks in advance. The
old standard writer's are not forgotten,
however. In fact there has been a re-
vival in demand for them, and Dick
ems and Thackeray still have a large
clientage, as have also Scott, Bulwer-
Lytton and others. Of SCOTS works,
'.IVanhoe" and ''Kenilworth'' are the
favorites, while BulWerS Last Days
of Pompeii," Ernest MaItravers,"
Last Of the Barons,' 'Zanoni' and
Strange Story" hold first place among
his admirers.
Speaking of the last two works
brings to mind the fact that literature
dealing with the occult sciences are
popular among very large class of
readers. Religious works, particularly
those dealing with practical Christian
ity, are being called for more and more
IN obedience, it seems, to a demand for
broader religions shorn of creeds.
Among the books read are the many
which try to reconcile science and re-
lision. Among the favorite books of
those who wish to read of the "Social
aspects of Christianity" is Richard T.
Ely's volume on that subject In it he
treats his subject broadly and in a
mastery manner. Among the relig-
ious works are a good assortment of
those of the Mormon church They
are called for principally by strangers
who have a. desire to learn the truth
na af h. e
the people of Utah, about whom so
many fairy tales have been told.
The old standard English poets are
not receiving much attention except
from the students who have acquired
a taste for reading them. Scott and
Moore have their followings and are
somewhat widely read, but the stately
Milton and others do not receive the
attention they deserve Of course
Shakespeare has a following that is
large and enthusiastic No Browning
club has yet been formed for study
this winter, and, as that purposeIy OBJ
scure poet is read by very few outside
of clubs, his works are not called for
very often. Ibsen has a great many
readers. Among the modern poets,
Tennyson, LongfelloW, Lowell and
others are being constantly read
Whittier is receiving a great deal of
attention from the schools, which are
preparing to celebrate in his honor,
distributed among all the schools in
the city
Among the Juvenile frequenters of
the library, the Henty books, histori-
cal in their character, are among the
favorites. Kate Douglass Virgins,
whose best work is ''Timothy's Guest"
finds a great deal of favor. Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett is chiefly
read by the girls The Uncle Remus
stories of Joel Chandler Harris. sur
prlsing to relate. are not much in de-
mand. This may be owing to the fact
that they are in dialect. But as they
are very interesting, both on account
OF the folk lore they contain and on
account Of the interesting tales thew
tell, they are bound to have large
clientage before long. Louise NJ. Al
colt holds the place she so efficiently
made Paul Du Chaillu. whose vivid
stories of African life and adventure
have chained the fancy of thousands
OF boys and made them anxious to seek
excitement and glory in the jungle. is
a 1avor1te yet, and his works are called
for all the time
Among the young ladies Rose M
Carey is read a great deal. as is also
Robert Grant, author of Confessions
of a Frivolous Girl" and some other
good works. Among the young men
Archibald Clavering Gunter. Frank r.
Stockton, Robert Louis Stevenson
Rider Haggard and others are read
The latter is somewhat out of stvIe
except among persons of imaginative
ten1peraments- Among the modern
favorites Of those of mature years
Thomas Hardy seemingly stands pre-
eminent Cooper, whose romantic pic-
lures of the Indiars have convened
many false impressions about the tlusl1v
Skinned aborigines and whose cleveriv
told stories of adventure will ALWAYS
rouse an Interest, Captain King. whose
tales OF army life have attracted such
attention, Jerome K Jerome the origi-
nal humorist. and many others are
read by all classes. Kipling. the East
Indian egotist, has fallen great deal
in the popular estimation. while. unac-
countably, the demand for E. P. Roe
has fallen off great deal in the last
few months.
am told that some of those who
occasionally go into the library. have
proved despicable enough to carry off
magazines and books, or to mutilate
the former. An example of this came
under my observation some time ago.
when l found an article for which |
was looking, had been torn bodily from
a certain monthly. This is Vandalism
pure and simple, and should be heav-
lily punished if an offender should he
caught There is too little care exer-
cised in the handling of books and
one often finds them with signs nf