The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-05
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.

stanford Stories" by Charles D. Fle19
and w H Irwin From me press %
Doubleday, Page & Co., through - L.
Derge 81 Co. ,.e.-. - I'll
Against the picturesque CallIoInla pan pan
ground these stories Of lie at lhe c st1-Io
ford university are projected, IN styls
that has something of the dlreclhSSS u
KipIing and the breeZiness OF bret I1Sar 'e e:
College fiction has become very pop,uIda - u
late and this western addlIlon 10 S r,1c Tho
lection brings a charm OF ITS own t ne
charm of the Santa Clara valley, OF the
peoples, the redwoods ana OF lIe 49, So
Gus young life of the great arcHeu ulli-
yersfty buildings. AS for the JeleS them,
selves. college boys are college boys-ahd
girls are girls, for the coed is al stan
fOrd-but these western coIese OSo--0
seem a little more so than thier eastern
brothers and sisters -, -,
The first story tells of glee club nap
pening. and the last, of the Stanford boys
who went to Manila. There Is one niue
glimpse of Mrs stanford and the SenaI0E
with tender tribute to the memory Oh
Ali of the Stories have the genuine
flavor of college life. They are not nld a
to order. 1t is Of interest TO note thdI one
of the cOIlaborators, Mr.. Charles X. REID
is a nephew of the late Eugene Field.
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Primer of Parliamentary Law by Jo-
seph T. Robert. Doubleday a Mcclure
Co, through A. r. Derge * co. ..,
The present work is in harmony WIN
Roberts Rules interpreting and iHusI[ rat
ing their meaning and IS very heIpIuI
book both for study and reference
The Black Cat for August contains the
$500 prize story called The Train HUNT
at LoIdos" and a half dozen other short
tales.
James G. Huneker's biography Of emo
pin. the Man and His Music is reviewed
by Lewis NJ. lsaacs in the Boohman LOT
August The Italian Theatre mas us
turn in the series on The Foreign Stage
in New York" There is an interesting ar
ticle on 1.-The Modern School of Canadlan
Writer'S by Winifred Lee wendell II Is
names come in the list Among the we'll
known writer's who hail from Canada are
found Gilbert Parker, Jean MeIlralth' 1T ET-
nest Seton-Thompson, w A fraser, VII
Carman and c. G. D. Roberts The last
named poets lines on Canada are quoted;
80 Child of nations, giant-limbed.
Who standest among nations now
Unheeded, unadOrned, unhymned,
With unanOinted brow.
How long the ignoble sloth, how long
The trust in greatness not thy own
Surely the lions brood is strong
To front the world alone.
''How long the Incidence ere thou dare
Achieve thy destiny. seize thy fame,
Ere our proud eyes behold thee bear
a nations franchise, nations manner
George Bird Grinnell gives the first
of much-tO-be-deSired series OF
Indian folk lore stories in the
s A6EpSt cae 2TPs T6e Punishment 0iG Of i6s
Stingy,'' a legend belonging to the Indians
of our northwest coast The serial fcUiOn
| in this magazine includes Mrs humphrey
Wards Eleanor ZangwilIs The Man
tie of Elijah Stephen Cranes 'Whllom-
vile Stories three noteworthy COntrtbu-
tons to current literature. The short
stories are by Brander Matthews. Marga-
ret Sutton Briscoe, Mary E. Wilkins, Viz
GINA Fraser Boyle and Frank r stock
ton. Captain Welby gives part third OF
his Journey to the Abyssinian Capital"
''Rhythms and Geologic Time" by G. X.
Gilbert, is the first OF the articles in the
new Popular Science Monthly, followed by
The Photography of Sound Waves, by
by Havelock Ellis, Chapters on the
Stars" by Professor NewcOmb, and a
number of other contributions suitable 10
the field ably covered by this monthly
The international Monthly for August
contains: The Trend of Modern Agricul-
ture in the United States by George
| William Hill; American Literary Crit
/ Cism and the Doctrine of Evolution" by
! William Morton Payne; Recent Advance
/ in Psychology" by z. B. kitchener;
/ Man and the Environment by Patrick
/ Geddes: Modern Political Germany by
/ Theodor Barth.
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/ Major R. W. Young contributes to the
; Improvement Era for August an article
/ on Jesus and Joseph" Dr. Tanner dis
cusseS THE Revolution in China" Nal
I colin Little has An Opinion of Paul
! Kruger" and 3. H. Roberts continues his
/ "Nephite's Commandments to His Three
Sons"
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The Forum for August has a number of
articles of immediate and intense
/ interest. Charles Conant continues
his work on The United States
minister TO China, Charles Den
/ by, tells How Peace was Made Between
J China and Japan Canada and Imper-
ialism" is discussed by John Charlton, ".
P. and member Of the Anglo-American
! joint high commission: the Negro Prob
lem in the South" is the subject of a pa
per by General GrOsvenor, and J. Kier
Hardy. chairman of the Independent La
+ Dor party in England, gives his views on
i Labor and Politics in Great Britain"
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! Littelrs Living Age this week selects
for its leading article Poultney Bigelow S
paper in the Contemporary Review on
/ Germany. England and America" The
/ various serials in progress and a story OF
Madame d Eplnay nearly complete the
contents of the number.