Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-10
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very interesting nlhiOI ltdl NcCVuhN VI
the status OF woman. through the
Christian ages. The author maintains
that the statements so often heard
that woman's present position In So
oiety Is entirely due 10 Christianity,
that 1t Is superior TO that OF her sex
during any other age OF the world are
not true either In regard 10 family,
church or state, The author proceeds
10 argue the case well. and controyerts
many modern fallacies In regard TO the
woman's rights problem The subjects
discussed embrace celibacy. canon law,
witchcraft, wives. polygamy, woman
and work, and the church Of today, and
they are discussed with many direct
quotations from ancient statutes eccle-
siastical and civil, II is volume which
every thinking woman Will md OF prac-
tical value, and will add 10 her library
shelves FOR future reference.
Some Of the interesting reprints Of the
winter season are THE Buckingham
Letters which have created
not a little comment as they
have appeared from time to time, on
both sides OF the ocean. They repre-
sent the supposed correspondence be-
tween a brother and sister about any
thing and everything connected with
the life Of an Englshman Of culture
and refinement, and they posses lit
erary flavor as well as a spirit Of COM
radeship which has made them alto
gether delightful examples Of familiar
and intimate letter writing. The mans
part Of the correspondence has
been the work Of Sir Frederick Pollock,
the well known leader Of the English
bar; while the woman's part has re-
celved the attention Of Mrs. Ella Fuller
Maitland Aside from being personal
and charmlngly fragmentary glimpses
OF English life, they are perfect and
unique examples OF fellcltOus letter.
writing. The letters are bright, reiiec-
tive full Of gossip and have a strong
verisimilitude and are just such natur-
al, easy graceful and eloquent pro-
auctions as might pass between cores
pondents who have a good deal To say
to one another and know how TO chat
ter effectively.
"Robespierre, Victorlen Sardou's
play. which was recently brought TO
this country by Sir Henry Irving. has
been adapted and novellzed under Sar-
dous authority by Ange Goldemar. il
Is a novel experiment, that OF turning
a play into a story. the reverse Is the
usual thing, and the result In the pres-
ent instance has been both successful
and satisfactory. The many parts not
only hang together well. but make an
interesting whole. That strong, moral
and reflective story. Esther Waters
by George Moore, which called
for much praise and some censure at
the time OF it's publication, has been
reissued I'm an enlarged and carefully
revised form. There is also new
edition OF Hamlin Garland's Main
Travelled Roads" one OF the
best examples Of his literary crafts.
manship that has ever come from hts
pen. Some new stories are added TO the
present publication. zone OF Cleopatra s
Nights" together with other fantastic
romances Of Theophile Gautier
is given new dress By Lafca-
do Hearn, who first translated them,
nearly twenty years ago.
Under the title OF "Coontown's i00,"
+. w. Kemble furnishes thirty humor-
Gus drawings. with brief colloquies,
which serve to bring out the fun OF
the sketches. Every one knows how
Kemble draws the Southern negro, with
that touch Of exaggeratlon in which
there is no malice. While the old weak
nesses OF the colored gentleman are
played upon, there are some new con-
oeits in the way OF social aspirations
that are very amusing. The book Is
dedicated 10 The Lambs OF New York,
The Rohemians OF San Francisco and
The savages Of london, three clubs OF
artists and writers to which Kemhle
belongs.
A New French Course. comprising
ing the essentials Of the grammar with
a series OF illustrated conversations
in Paris by Edwin +. Bacon, Phi. B.,
has Just been published by the Amer
lean Book company, New York.
one may study the French language
for years and yet be quite helpless and
al the mercy OF hired guides In going
about Paris. The phrases and stories
OF the usual textbooks however well
learned. do not enable the foreigner TO
order a dinner at a restaurant. 20 do
his shopping, or 20 pronounce the names
Of the streets. churches. museums, etc,
- =. a. 10 upAarctoo1