Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-15

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miratlon OF both old and young It is |
especially entertaining for children |
since IL Is filled with tales ol daring |
adventures and encounter with giants /
and magiCIaus. Il relates boo simple /
narrative the mlsfortuues OF ULYSSES |
after the siege OF Troy and tells of his |
shiuWrock and subsequent WaulcrIngH f.
foT twenty years before r.aoh.ug home |
The story ls frequently ln.uspprstd |
with quotation from Br}lutE and /
pope's TRANSACTIONS. which lend an bd- .
d!tluual charm. There Us also am inter. !
rsting sketch OF the famous Siege OF
Troy and OF the cause which I.l t0 o. !
thus rendering the story stiil more m
teligible. II VIII be- Of great advantage
to make children familiar with one of
the most perfect pieces uf literature
which the world has ever seen. and wt
earnestly hope mat 10 win be widely
redd.-American Book Company, New
York, Cincinnati and Chicago
We are very glad 20 learn that SO ok.
oelIent a book as Stceie's New DesCrip.
tive Astronomy has been revised by
Mabel Looms Todd. and We have ne
3oub, that In this form It win main.
tain its former popularity. An the high.
ly desirable features of the original
work have ben preserved with but few
eXcislons OF importance. The essentials
have not ben modified either in style
or In general arrangement ln order 10
hriu" the book well down CO. the pres
ent date many changes and additions
have been necessary oWiu- Co tho
rapid advance OF practical ana physi
cal astronomy during the last fifteen
years The questions for class use and
various tables have been made 90 ac.
cord with an these recent discoveries
and the Illustrations have been well
selected. Altog thcr the work Is ex.
celleuty adapted for schools which do
not require a very technical knowledge
Of the ubject.-Amcrican Book com
pany. New York Cincinnati and Chi
cagO.
Dodd. Mead & Co. announce q work
On the Chinese problem. by Chester
Holcombe. author Of "The Real China
man. Mr.. Holcomhe was connected
with the United States legation at
Peldn, China. as Interpreter and secre-
tary and IN other capacities. from 1871
To 1855, and since that time he has been
concerned with extensive commercial
AID financial questions In that country.
In his new b0ol, be deals with the pe-
culiaT character and conditions Of the
Chinese which have produced the pres.
ent uprising These people are devoted
% all sorts of secret societies for SOC
ciai, political. phlanthr0piC and other
purposes, ana every uprising or disturb.
ance In modern China has been brought
about by such an organization, Mr..
Holcombe thinks that the Chinese arc
quiet and orderly as a rule yet given
20 perfect cyclones of uncXplainable
excitement. when they are wild with
frenzy and know neither reason nor
fear.
Mrs. Grace Galatln Seton Thompson
wife OF the Seton-Thompson whose ami
NAL stories have captured an Of u.s. old
or young is 20 present the w0man's
side Of the trip during which he gath
cred the material Tor Wild Animals I
Have Known IN book Of her own enc
titled "A Woman Tenderf0ot" Mrs
Seton Thompson rs an enthusiastic Low.
er OF nature and has been her hus.
bands companion throughout all his
wanderngs.
Three recent novels IN 'Lippincotrs
Select Novels" series are "Tha Second
nj f.#.
nard, "ChalWottr' by Clinton Ross
and a Millionaire Of Yesterday" hy
y Phillips OpnonhaIm. The first is am
English society novel Of the familiar
kind. u contains the usual slangy and
impossible American girl "Chalmettc"
Is rather singular story centored
about the battle off New Orleans 10
relates the adventures and love affairs
az Capt Christopher Robe. 10 as sup.
posed 10 be told by Can't Robe HIM
self but shows q curious and iuartisiic
mixture Of the first and third persons
"A Millionaire OF Yesterday" rs o
much stronger but somewhat sansa.
tional story. The scene IS laid m Af-
RIGA, where the central figure Scarlet
Trent obtains his fortune IN q none toe
honorable way, and In Europe. vhitha
he goes % spend a. Il is a brutal ana
unpleasant Story.
Harper g Bros have published n new
volume Of Thomas a. Janviers short
stories THE Passing ~ Thomas. and
an amusing tale in which a dead clt
and a burglar figure prominently. The
book includes 'lu the ST. Peters Set
AT the Grand Hotel du Paradis 1.-THE
Fish OF Monsieur Quissard" and de
are French st0ri vi the sort In which
Mr lanyiCr u.s. mo hIs best An are uu
Of this authors leHghttully keen and
humorous observation 90 character
Told IN his Characteristic style. they ara
thoroughly charming and ENJOYABLE