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

Historic Towns Of the Southern
States, Edited by Lyman P. Powell.
published by q. p. Putnam's Sons New
York For sale at Derge's
This is the latest in the series of Amer
lean Historic Towns The accounts of
lhe various places are from different
pens, but all are edited by Mr.. Powell
In The list sill be found Baltimore, An
napOlis. Washington, Charleston. Savan-
nah, Mobile, Montgomery. Nashville.
Louisville, St Augustine, Nicksburg and
others, eighteen in all and all written
OF WITH the loving interest Of a native
son There are numerous illustrations
from various sources. The mechanical
nnlsh Of the book leaves nothing to be
desired In that particular
Episodes from The Winning of the
West by Theodore Roosevelt. Published
by G. P Putnam's Sons, New York. For
The six Volumes Of Governor .Roose-
velts Winning o. the West" are here
cut down to The compass of a single
book, containing many interesting cpl
S0Qes from the original WORK
The more dramatic incidents are select
ed and are presented in a form that can
not fail 70 interest anyone who has left
in his breast a spark of the spirit OF
adventure or Of venerauon for the hero
ism of the pioneers.
Clark, Boone, Todd, The Indian Logan.
St, Clair and other leaders figure in the
pages which deal especially with the
stories Of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio.
Governor Roosevelt says Of his work:
1T has been to me emphatically a labor
of love to write the great deeds OF the
border people" and the critics have given
high praise to the history for its evi-
dences Of scholarly research and its dra-
matte narrative.
The Circular Study" by Anna Rather
Inc Green. Published by Mcclure, Phil
lips & Co, New YORK
M Grvce' is discovered in the open
ing lines Of this story. bordering over the
details OF q mysterious crime. Miss
Amelia ButterwOrth steps in in the
course of the first five chapters with some
light on the mystery. and tho two detec-
tives. professional and amateur, whom
Mrs. Rohlfs has used to more or less
advantage a number Of times before pro-
coed to unite the tangles. The results Of
their shTewdness are disclosed IN the last
pages, Of course, and the reader is told
the how. the why and the wherefore Of
the death Of Mr.. Adams in The Circu-
lar Story" To tell more would be to an
ticIpate the fun for the devotee Of the
detective tale.
THE Powers That Prey" by Josiah
FIvnt and Francis Walton Published by
Mcclure Phillips & Co, New York.
Josiah Flynt viii BE- remembered as the
young man who studied the tramp as a
tramp himself, dubbed Cigarette BY his
friends OF the field. and wrote most en-
tertaininEly and appreciauTely Of weary
Willie" MS haunts and his habits In
private life he is Mr. willard and is a
nephew of Frances +. Willard, and, what
is of more local interest. is a nephew also
( =.
More recent than his tramp studies
have been some stories of criminal life
in New York City that have appeared in
the Tragazines. Some of these are In
Guided in the present volume. but there
are number Of new ones by Mr.. willard
and by Mr. Walton. As studies in
criminoIogy they are of much interest,
and they are written in : vigorous, dra-
matte style that commands and deserves
a Bill from TiGany's." 1t Will be re-
mernbeFed- presents a picture OF the pro-
fessfonal burglar in his domestic and fra
ternaI relations: also in his relation 10 the
notice and detective force. The Revenge
of the Four describes the harmless lit
lie games OF chance attendant upon a
great circus frcm a new point of view,
} mat OF the men who live by touching
The crowd.
Most of the stories should contain val
uabIe suggestions to the men who are at
present inaugurating war upon vice in
our great cities
Fore, Lies Book for Golfers" Life
Publishing company.
This latest addition to golf literature
i7 sure TO be a great fsvorite with the
enthusiasts when the links are covered
with snow and the sticks with dust. Turn
ing its pages. through the medium Of the
artists pencil they viii be able TO re-
call and cIluckle over the happenings OF