Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-04

THE booymnn and the book woman
who have begun 20 scan the count
ere where now publications nrc diH-
played will notice with interest the
large part which women acom 20 have
played IN the making OF the now ntor-
uturo OF the year. Looking over the
volumes ONE 10 Impressed by the wide
range N subjects covered. ov0ry depart
mcnt OF letters from astronomy 20 nc-
uun uoinF represented. In Juvenile
literature there la. a1 one would expect
% pfcuoudofnncU of women writer's.
whether their work In this line oScCln
that Of men % an open question: cur-
talnly very Few u the new chiidrcn'u
books show that nno touch which indl-
Gates Tho true literary gift
one volume uf chiIdrcna verses. how
ever Do notably nn exception Go this
rule. u De- o. small book ombciiiHhcd
With charming sketches % chubby
dimpiUd children. The artist and uu-
thor De- Sarah Noble Ives. a young woe
man who made n success IN the fold OF
Illustrating In New York before she re-
moved her studio 90 uost0n. about r.
/ year ago. Her knowledge OF art Hh1
| gained through several yoarn spent
u NNN NNNNA 80 NNA' NNNNNNH" NA NNNNN''H| . 10
/ sian artists. but her literary slit 10 %
matter OF inheritance. for tho young
/ artist and vorsinor belongs 90 family
/ that has produced a number OF success
/ ful writer's. The late Charles a. Damn
was a family connection. and u was
/ partly through his advice that she gath
cred together the little verses. illuatrnt-
| ed them and added n number for tho
| purpose Of bringing out book, The
verses have n charming me and. an In
tuitive comprehension of what children
like.
Probably the most notable book Of the
/ year from the womnn'a standpoint "
/ that containing the "reminiscences %
/ Julia Ward Howe. whose battle Hymn
/ of the Republic" as war lyric has not
! been surpassed IN this half century
| Mrs. iiowc'u book h. said 20 BE- intensely
| interesting. FOR aho writes with the skin
Of an artist, and her position and work
IN the world have given hor exceptional
! opportunities 90 know all who have
/ been worthy Of knowing. A. one of the
greatest Of modern phiIanthroplsts ana
/ rsformora her point OF view will also
| give piquancy 60 pages otherwise val.
uablo from the standpoint OF history q
| the times.
Several Of the books which already
may be classified na selling well are the
| work OF women who learned the mas
/ terry of tho pen In the field Of daily
/ journalism. Among these are MlHs
Mary krout who has been the foreign
correspondent Of one Of the blr Chicng
/ dailloa. Miss Amy Leslie, who has nct-
ed aa dramatic critic on a wen known
newspaper. and Mrs Ella W. pcnttie.
n journalist Of wide experience. Miss
| Krout has issued several books before
| the present one. "a LOCKER on In Lon
/ don" Her preceding book on Hawaii
achieved decided popularity. Miss
| Krout succeeded Miss Kate Field as her
newspapers representative In those H..
| lands.
Miss Amy leslie has compiled % num-
Dor NJ "Reminiscences and anecdotes Of
/ Some Players" Tho book IL hand.
/ s1moly illustrated ana o.. ln fact. an
| edition Dc luxe. Miss Leslie has a
| charming manner Of writing and there
| iB no doubt that the embellishments II
/ Japan paper and expensive cngraylnga
/ are not required 10 mako tho book ace
! ccptnhle 10 the discriminating reader.
Intimate China" by Mrs. Archibald
] Little the wife of an English diploma
/ list who spent many years In Japan, ID
| written ln that EoHHlpy. conversational
/ voin that makes fact sound like a de-
/ lighuul fairy tale. Her book ~ Olnb-
= orutoly illustrated ana what Il tells II