The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-16

last summer, the funny things they saw
themselves and the equally funny ones
the artist saw or fancted-
The. brightest of the young men on
Lifes staff have contributed TO this
series of pictures and occasional verses.
Many of them are beautiful; most of
them are full of humoF, and all are IN
teTesting.
s'Atwood's Pictures. An Artists His
tory of the Last Ten Years of the Nine
tenth Century" Published by the Life
Publishing company.
Francis Gilbert Atwood was born in ia
maica Plain, Mass, in 1886, and Gled IaSt
April in the house where he was DoFh
His special bent was IN the dlrectlon OF
humorous satire. in which ne was unsur-
passed His principal work was done Tor
j Life, with which he was intimately as
ISOLATED from its first number TO the
time of his death. The series of drawings
included in this book is selected from the
monthly historical pages regularly con-
AS the pages of the interesting volume
are turned, one fingers on this reminder
and that reminder of the events OF the
gestive grouping. and the whole store OF
the Spanish war, for instance, ana the
events that led up to 1t, pass in review
before the minds eye in more vivid form
than is possible from a printed page. AT
woods Pictures make a book that is a
history, biography. series OF portraits,
a satire ar j withal a very interesting
study.
Idle, Idylls," by Carolyn Wells; PIC
tured by Oliver HEREFORD. Published by
Dodd, Mead & Co, New York.
For several years Miss Wells mas been
publishing in various magazines pits OF
charming verse. 'Jingles'' and nonsense
/ rhymes she is fond of calling them. She
saws in her lines of introduction,
Il am nae poet, in & sense
But just a Thymer, like, by chance,
An haze to learning wee pretence,
Yet. what the matter?
Whence eT my muse does on me glance
I ffuplo q her
The unusiialness of Miss Wells rhymes,
| their brightness ana sparkle, commend
| themselves 10 the reader and bafhe the
/ limited space of the reviewer who tries
1 to comment upon them. Here is one of
/ the first:
| NO, Dan Cupid wrote with glee,
! And smiled al his success;
| All, child said Venus, laughing low,
/ We women do not spell II so,
/ We spell it YES "
/ IN somewhat the same vein are two
I lines dubbed Unitarian, and reading:
when Cupid discovered how dull was
! He sharpened it straightway on Phyllis
The lines 'oTo Omar are clever, and
} Omar Khayyam, you're jolly old Ar
Half sybaritic and semi-barbarfan,
I Not a bit mystic, but utilitaTian.
/ Fond of a Dosy and fond of a dram.
/ "A BaIlade on Petition" is addressed
I
! in the book The first stanZa says:
/ prince of the Pen, your work comprises
Love and glory. and fame ana gore
/ Your versatile genius authorizes
/ The ba bible of ba bes and the jungle roar,
/ Tales YOU tell Of the crew and corps,
! The old official and young recruit:
/ We've read all these, and we peg Tor
! We want the Blue skalallatoot."
| \ Christian rOudeau In Absence -
/ in more tender vein:
/ ION Christmas day, as far and near,
! The bells ring out their message clear
| Your thoughts will turn 10 me / Know
! And mine to you as swift Will go,
To tell you that l love you, dear;
! And those whom you may see and near
/ win not give greeting more nor .s sincere
! Than this / send across the SNOW
/ On Christmas day.
! It is needless to say that Mr.. Herford 3
/ Illustrations leave nothing to be desired
/ in that direction
| 1.-THE Animal Alphabet by Henry Nor
ron Hyde. illustrated with photographs
/ from life by Charles c. Cook. Tne
rhymes Manufactured by r: J. Gampoeli-
/ Published by the George NJ mn COM
pany. Chicago and New YORK ,-
| The rhymes and pictures IN TINS DOOR
( were originally printed in the chicago
/ Tribune. They cater TO the time-hOLored
| appetite Of the youngsters Tor an a4p ils5
| bet book. and for animal pictures ana
/ stories The rhymes are up-to-date ana
/ the pictures have the merit or oeing &C
1 curate studies Of the animals, hla ;l "a
/ as they are photographs taken with an
/ artists appreciation of pose and environ
! nent To each picture IS appended pc
I sides the verse description OF the creatu t re
/ in prose within the comprehension OF the
! young readers.
..EIsie's Young Folks" by Martha Fin
| lev. Published by Dodd, Mead Co,
New York
! This latest addition TO the Dlnsmore
/ series follows the same lines OF the EARN
( est volume Elsie Dinsmore, and IS q
| story Of the old-fashiOned Sunday scnooi