Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-15

or the half dozen novels That tho
reading public have declared Co bs tho
pronounced successes yt the year
"Davldilarum' by Edward Nlyos West.
colt leads Doe popularity g. 8Hio record
throughout The United States and 80
England having been 30 Gar phonotn-
lHni
ita sccncs arc iaii IN Central New
York. the hamo of tho author. whose
llfc OF the most ~ o.. w1B opcnt iu
hiH native city of syrbnIae banking
WAS the chief occupation W. HE life, but
that No. had time. observation ond uru-
mon sufficient 60 become .wuregnHtud
with the local atmoHphare. ig evident
from hls having glvon 60 tha world
new and permanent addition TO Am-
Crlcnu literature.
Tho title role In tho book iH taken
By nm ola country banker Uud fumU-
time huractrudnr-"dry quaint sum"-
what illitsrtto no doubt, but ppHroFslug
nn amazing amount of KNOWLEDGE not
found In printed books but holding
fast To- the cheerful belief that there lH
nothing wholly bad or useless Boo tho
world. or in hiH own words. "a rHaH-
enable amount of nsng o. good for dog
-thoy Keep him I'm broodn' on hcin'
"Thc genial humor md sunny atmos.
uhor1 which pnrvndo tba pages are ln
dramatic contrast with the ClrHuW-
stance under which they were written.
Tho book was finished while tho author
lay upon his death bed, but happily Tor
the reader. no truco OF his Huuarlug1
appear here ~ WIS not granted that
hn should 1.-Two 90 see his work complete
ed In itB present fDrn-h contamination
no most earnestly dCH.rcls but 10 Hnoml
not unreasonable 60 believe that tho rH-
suit of his lahou will On appreciated,
and that David iinrum" Will endure"
In "rhc Garden OF Swords" Max Penn
hHrtou has written very readable
story NJ the FruuDospruaiun War. 10
Oh not 30 strong or 800 logical o. romance
lH Robert W. Chambers Lorraine
because the author persists in dealing
with his subject IN "a mrlolumltic
way There iH too much 0f the calcium
lIrht and the tnhlouuN NJ tho stage ana
Zoo little ~ single human nature. Yet
there Or power In the description and
como VI tho chnrnctrrH. notably the Old
IHHuohWau. ure very good. The plot
turns on the adventure Of young
fTUuUh Eirl, who a. married on the eve
OF the war. Her husband ~ captured
nt The battle % Worth and she a. saved
hy an English friend. who iH in tho
wounded and in caring fur him she Do
drawn Into compromising situations.
The fact that she has yIeItolc the Eng
lHhmnn is carried 10 her husband and
| hr.rHguplug from the Germans. uphrnlds
aud dlHcurlH her. Ito o. mprtully
wounded by q she'll soon after % bitter
| Interview with her and, boo dying, be
fngrIyHa her but the reader feels that
| De- hua left a mark on her lf' which
cHn mover b. removed. A'l the war
epiaodcs ara written wish much power.
Yale College o. furnishing Inspiration
Tor literary effort IN both prose and
verso. two contributions lu both lines
which have recently appeared showing
| sufficient proof OF the existence OF In
| tervsting material furnished hy the tc-
| noWncd Alma Matters muse. "lu YALE
/ Her Campus. DlasHronm. ana Athlc-
/ Ties o. the title OF big book written
| by Louis sheldon Wcich, and Walter
/ Camp that will Boz OF great interest 10
! amy Yale man uE VOL MS ~ considerable
/ value 60 any one who wishes 10 be In
| formed about one NJ the greatest ~
| American universities. The introduce
| ton by Samuel !. Elder shows the true
| college spirit that Inspires any alum
| nus. no matter how long ago may be
/ the date OF HE graduation or how Tar
/ BE- may De removed from alma mater,
| The authors have given very come
| ploto description of Yale, with fun de-
/ tails OF all To- peculiar institutions,
| Much old history iH recalled, tho FAM
| GUS PUSHES, the blk meetings, tho trl-
! umphs Ia athletics, the ways OF vur-
! d
| the college papers and tho part tho
/ university took IN tho civil War and
/ iu tho recent war with Spain. Another
| division gives the work ~ an the
/ schools, with professors, Cudnwmouts.
| etc, and still another tho chronology
| or tho schools, with gifts and many
| other interesting facts, a final part a.
| devoted 90 fun record ~ athletics MT
! Yale. The book 10 fully Illustrated with
! Vows aud portraits, and h. Handsomely
! bound.
John Seymour Wood In yale Yarns"
| has told nearly q score OF storieB or UNI
dergrndunto lie that give some Flimp.
asa 0f the fun and the pnthos of college
life, "One on tho Governor IL "a roar
Ing farce which rrcounts tho revenge
which one student takes on tho father
OF his chum Tor scoring the boy because
or HIS profession; while with tho
Dwlrht Hail Hoolers' tells how three
students SUCCESSFULLY hid the drunken
ness .. The father Of n promising stu-