The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-23
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Her Boston Experiences by Margaret
Aliston. illustrated BY Franz q Sna1l
FcDushsd by l. G Page * CO. Boston
Picture OF Modern Boston society
ana Peopie IS the explanatory note WITH
the ute or this volume. a very interest
ing, appreciative, ciear-cut view of Bos-
ION IS given Us by tns author. who views
things from the standpoint OF the Chlca-
go-reared daughter OF New England par
eHJs.
The heroine goes TO Boston confirmed
N HAM " ara Beecners creed. .Nev.
E--,%lano IS q good pace IN wnIcn to De
DON. but the west is the place IN wnIcn
% grow, and observed at onoe the rea-
n Tor Inc sage s rulSHl-' boSIOnIanS
re no desire 10 spFOut. rne dit
ISSeFce between the Boston spirit and
that of other localities Is THAI a f5oStouian
faction, minus invitation, while the west
Sfnef Grows mis- trumpet, calling every
BODY else TO nave a niger in the best PIE
tver ---aee. thJ revealing the trick of
metropolitan pTOVlnclaHSm in one and the
remnant OF Pioneer spirit in the other.
Ihe description o. Boston ltssn, the
p@St known as the Back Bay, the tubnc
Library, fremont street, Trinity church,
hing chapel, CommonWeal tn avenue AMI
other places, are scarcely less interesting
tnan the studies OF the people. 1t Is
scarcely the people, however, VINO enter
into Margaret AiIston's experiences, but
sat---E the circles OF society lie and the
EnmpSes now and then into mora or less
bohemian atmOsphereS. 18th ali her in
SJinCtlye rebellion against the ESOSSOil-s1n
assumption OF superiority, she recognized
So when the sun melted the frost on
OF the Boston exterior, a right warm
Kart beat Jar down underneath, and al
though lis beats were not rapid or enthu-
siastic, they were regular and constant,
never swervlng from an allegiance once
taken" The individual types Al the BOOK
are cieyerly drawn and there Is a pleas
ant little love story that binds the parts
together.
For His Country and Grandmother and
the Crow, by Marshall Saunders. Pub
Iished by L. &, Page & Co, Boston.
Mr.. Saunders is the author OF a popular
juvenile story of animal ME called "lgeau-
t3ful Joe" The stories of this volume
were originally published in the Youth :
Companion. The first deals with a lad
who is being reared greatly against his
wiz IN 41%c--n lands taht ne may learn
the languages. The second is a peasant
little story OF a crow ana a dear oid lady
grandmother
1.-The Progress of Pauline Kessler," by
Frederic CarreL Published by l.. e.
Page < Co., Boston.
The heroine OF Mar. Carrels novel is an
adventures of the Becky Sharpe type,
with no2e of the reoeemIng graccs, how
ever, OF Tnackeray'S great character. me
story IS well tod and the people cievef4y
drawn, but the reader IS LETT IN doubt as
to how and through what charms Pauline
IS enabled to control her progress so sue
cesslullr until the accident at the close
of the Volume.
"Chums," by Maria, Louise Pool. Publish
GQ Dg L. - rage q ~ ESOSADIl-
= hL--5 is a story o. two bright,
wholesome young girls at a boarding
school They ard interesting types in
themselves and their adventures include
a boating escapade, a visit to the gypsles,
q forest nre ana amateur theatricais, all
sufficiently thrilling TO absorb several
hours of holiday time reading for the aV-
erage high school miss.
Shakespeare In Art" by Sada Kichi
HartsEann- published by L. Z. Page d
Co. Boston.
This Volume is Uniform with angels. In
Art" .Chiid-life In Art Love In Art
and s'HeTOines of the Bible In Art" The
author of the present work IS admirably
nttco through many years OF Sha-l-sDea-
can ctcc- and coilecung 70 treat ms
subject. He considers first the Shakes
pearUan portrait s. using the DroeshouJ
engraving as a -ffontisDiece as being the
one which is nd1spUtaDly the most satlS-
factory, il not authentic, portrait OF all OF
, them Then he turns TO the painters Of
the historical dramas, those of the come
g. and those OF she tragedies, giving
CHAPTER to Shakespeare in sculpture and
one TO pOTtTatts-0I- actors in Snakespear-
- Illustrations are admirable and in
teresting and tbs ssXt is bright in its de-
scriptions and incidents.
s'Contemporary American Composers" by
Rupert Hughes, NJ. A. Published by l..
c. Page & Co, Boston.
The book is described as i study of the
music of this country, ITS. present condi-
t:o-,z and its future, with critical esu-
mates and biographies OF the neal
living composers; and an abundance Of
portraits fac-simile musical auto-raDhs
and con positions. Edward MacDowell
L.-- the distinction Of the first place in
Professor Hughes study because he leads
the rank OF inuovatOrS The matter of
pFecedcnts" the author comments, in
c-eat3yo art is as hopeless of solution as
it IS Un-nDortant. And yet il seems ap-
DroD-tatc 10 say, in writing of h. 4.
A1acDowcll that an almost unanimous
vote would grant him rank as the great
est of American composers, while not
few ballots would indicate him as the
best of living music writer's The COM
- are considered in groups, the in
novatOrs, the academies, the cOlOrists, the
women con- oosers and the foreign COM
posers the latter group including Ameri-
ca reared artists of foreign birth. The
work aside from its intrinsic interest, IS
written in a style 50 simple and clear tnat
- novicd as wen as the musician may
enjoy it.