Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-04
Books For the Holidays
BY Women Writers,
MISREPRESENTATION

the women Of CHINA 10 both new and
lntorcTtnE.
THE Lincoln literature has two con-
tributura Nancy Hanks Hitchcock pre-
SCENTS "tifo OF Nnnry Hanks" while
Ida Tnrhou publishes volume in re-
gard Co Lincoln himself. Miss TnrhoU'
who o. wcatcrn Pennsylvania woman
won't Co Now York few years agp
with some now and novel ideas uf treat
ms history soriaiiy IN the magazines.
After meeting with the usual dis
couraFcmcntH from doubling editors
rhe found ono who was willing Co Try
her experiment The result surpassed
expectation ana practically made o. sue
ccaa Of the publication. After her
studies N great historical character
are published fcriauy Miss Tarhcil ale
| ways hnH issued them in book form,
/ and their sale has been steady aud
. profitable to her.
/ 1n scanning the now hoot3 those who
I have Hu Interest IN womcn'1 success IN
unusual lines cannot hut h0 Impressed
hy the Increasing excellence uf the
work ~ tho women Illustrators. Mary
/ Unkor-fnkor whose funny pictures OF
animals lrU o. feature ~ the humorous
magazines. has gathered number ~
th. sketches together under the title oi
Animal Jokes
Maud Humphreys has couple " vol
umca of sketches. clever ANA charuc-
torlstic while Florence scoyo. nr tho
illustrator N "'rho Lnom OF Destiny"
Arthur J, sirlngcra Herioa OF clov-
or and original sketches OF child
ufo. presents some remarkably taxi
ing pictures of Stun childhood. Tho
sketches have an Individuality nll
i "a
maldcna are n smiling. good nntur-
cd lot. with "a funny r,cklcssncHH that
makes one love thom Tor their RAGS and
honhomio Tho rlum children OF Wolfe
move one 10 horror and pity. those VI
Miss gcnvci show one the bright side
~ poverty and hrinr out the smiles that
come from tho hearts ~ even neglected
childhood MiHa scoyorH sketches have
frequently appeared in puck. Judge.
Truth and iiarper'u Magazine.
The Ola fnyorltoH. Mary T.. wilkins
Octave Thnuot Harriet Prescott spnf-
ford Ellen Olnoy KIRK. Ruth McEnary
Stuart. Sarah Ornc Jcwou and Louise
Chandler Moulton. are seen on tho nc-
ton table. with countless Forro0ualy
bound works by now writer's who ore
making their nrut bows 90 che public.
The notable women writora NJ verse
arr fow. the only new volume 90 which
There o. "a familiar nnmc being Louise
lmoTrn Guinoy'n. Gertrude Hail. who
colluborntod ON one of tho best metrlcnl
TRANSACTIONS ~ "Cymno de uorrornc.
prer1uta % dainty book or verse cntl-
tied "'rhc Are OF Fairy Gold"
Mtr ~. D. r. whitney. now wen nm
ln her seventies o. nH delightful nF ever
IN her latest book Tor girls Mrs whit
uoy'a stories have achieved "a popular
ity among rirlH that mo- writer since
Louisa ~. Alcott has attained. Among
o. certain clique u young women Mrs.
whitney IL an idol whose ftoriet nro
eagerly watched Tor and read ana re-
read with enthusiasm square Pegs.
her now book Tor this year. r. the story
% young woman of strong iudlFd.
unilty who nudH Il dlnicuit 90 conform
60 the accepted standards of tho llfg
10 which u has pleased Providence "a
call her
Mrs Caroline Leslie Field. a daugh-
ter N the popular Mrs. whitney. has al
ready published couple NJ books. 90.
vonilc In character. the interest OF her
present one. "Nannio'a Happy Child
hood" being IN the fact that 10 ~ sup
posed 20 be n llfclIks picture ~ hor OWE
childhood. ana, therefore. Illustrating
her distinguished mothers ideas "a &C.
spect 60 child education
II o. odd 90 500 "a serious work or