Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-16

out in Harpers Magazine half dozen
years ago. is not 20 be forgotten Tor us
exquisite play Of sentiment WINE
Room Forty-hye' has an OF the au-
thors playful grace. The reason lor
this change Of publishers is diilcult 70
guess as the Harpers have hitherto
bad tho publishing Of most OF Mr.. How
eUs' PLAYS but he has not deserted that
arm permanently. as Il Is announced
that the Harpers have in press, for au-
umn publishing. a sort Of literary
autobiography. on which Mr.. Howells
has spent much time. IL Is 20 be called
"My Acquaintance Among Authors
Personal Retrospect Of American Liter
ature" The account opens with MI
Howells' first journey East 70 see tne
editor OF the Atlantic Monthly his Visit
IN Cambridge and his acquaintance
with the Cambridge and Boston groups
Of iterateurc his life in Boston ana MS
later removal 70 New York.
The Memories Of the Baroness Ceclle
de Courtot, which Henry Holt q Co.
recently brought out, Is a book OF very
real interest but so curlously complete
In Mot so theatrically managed In It's
denouement one might almost say
thar n has been received in certain
quarters with incredulity. and has even
been reviewed by one paper as an at
tempt al historical fiction. But IN GER
many. where II was first published. and
where there Is ample opportunity LOT
the detection OF any imposture' II mas
passed unchallenged through over thir-
ty editions. The Baroness de Courtot
was AT one time lady-in-waiting 10 the
Inflated Princess de Lamballe ana her
companion I'm the desperate frultless et-
fort 10 secure the Intervention or Great
Britaln's ruler IN the impending crisis
I'm France. BY means Of a forged let
ter. purpOrting 10 be the queen last
appeal 70 their loyalty these Two uh-
fortunate women were decoyed PACK 10
Paris and fell into the hands or the
Terrorists The Princess de Lamballe.
accused of conspiring with foreign pow
ers against her own nation, was ac-
united I'm the tribunal amid the cheers
Of me spectators. only to be hacked
40 pieces by band OF hired cut-throats
when she reached the street. The bar
oness herself was saved from death
only al the foot OF the guilitine by a
supreme effort Of her lover, and SNUG
gled into Germany There these me
moirs were begun. part OF them written
by the Countess Won Alvenleben, with
whom the poor refugee found haven,
and part by the baroness, and the whole
slowed away In an old treasure-chest
for UPWARDS Of a century. The romantic
little episode In which Napoleon ngures
Is one OF the things that shook the
critics faith, but the fact that u Is
yerltable history now gives the book a
closer hold on public Interest.
There are few books published today
which are more interesting 10 children
than the story Of Ulysses by NJ Clarke.
Ii Is taken directly from Homer's Odys-
gev which was written nearly 5000
years ago and still remains the delight
and admiration Of both old and young.
IL Ia especially entertaining for chill
dren since II IS filled with tales OF dar-
ing adventures and encounters with
giants and maglcians, II relates In sim
Die narrative the mlsfortunes Of
Ulysses after the siege OF Troy and
tells OF his shiDwreck and subsequent
wanderings for twenty years before
reaching home. The story Is frequent
~ lntersuersed with quotations from
Bryants and Popes TRANSACTIONS which
lend an additional charm. There IL
laso an interesting sketch Of the famous
slece OF Troy and OF the cause which
led 20 II. thus rendering the story still
more ineligible Il will be OF great
advantage 10 make children familiar