The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-28
NEW BOOKS.

Ensign Knightley and Other Stories,
by A z. ". Mason; frederlck A. Stones
company publishers; IS pages bound IN
clOIn, price SI-9J
a. X Derge, salt Lake.
one who viii dip IL Mr. Masons volume
OF snort stories viii be inclined TO doubt
Mr.. HoweIs theory that Jhls class or
notion is necessarily repellanL in collected
form. The stories are lar from being the
hlghIy polished gems o. a Poe or a De
daupdsSant- But the stories are, Tor the
most part, ingeniousiy contrlved and toto
IN sDrlghtly manner that Keeps the
reader interest Keyed up to the enc.
There axe exceptions, and perhaps one or
two OF the stories might have been
omitted without seriously impairing the
NaIue OF the book, but on the whole. the
collecIlOn Is enjoyable and entertaining.
me siege OF 1angier, Just PRIOR 70 Its
overthrow, which readers OF air. Pepys
viii recall is chronicled in his inimita bic
diary, furnishes material for several o.
the Earlier stories. 1t is at Tangier that
the mysUiTylng circumstances surround
ing the Inflated Ensign knightley are
cleSfeu ups II IS from IanSier mat the.
officer comes whose strange disappear
dnce creates the chieI interest IN the
story called THE Man of Wheels" and
TangieT is also responsible for Mr..
MichC- 1Ourne's Last Escapade" in
country house of Suffolk. The Crimea and
the tranco-t7russ.ah wars also LurnIsil
their quota OF stories.
These, with a sea story or two, and an
occasional society tale, make up an as
sortment varied enough in theme and
meet the requirements OF almost any
reader, be he never so fastidious.
"A Maryland Manor "A novel by Fred
eric Emory; frOntispieCe by b. W.
Cllnodinst; Frederick A. Stokes COM
pany, New York, publishers; 449 pages,
bound in cloth, gilt top, price $l.5U.
- X Derge, Salt Lake.
As noted above, Mr.. Emory has written
book Of $40 pages. 1t would. have been
better had he stopped some fifteen pages
snort of this, for, ike many another au-
lnof, ne did not quit writing when his
story was ended. But despite this blem-
lsh and slight tendency to garrulity,
Mr. Emory has given the reading public
hlShly entertaining piece of fiction of
more than ordinary merit.
As its title indicates the interest in
the story revolves around the fortunes OF
an old Maryland plantation. The story
opens at the beginning of the civil war.
IN the hands of "a man in whom is com
blned all the virtues and prejudices of
the old time southern planter with a love
OF ease and loathing of business. the
manor has become heavily mOrtgageQ.
A scapegrace brother Of the owner of
the manor, disinheriJed III his youth re-
turns after many years absence. With
MN ne brings a young woman who poses
as MS daughter, and as such secures a
large fortune inherited through her SUD-
posed mother. With this money and the
power gained by acting as secret agent
OF the government in a disaffected state
the brother endeavOrs to secure possession
OF the manor. interviewer with this plot
anairS OF the young characters.
Inc story Is sStlIully told, the interest
increasing with every page. The char
acters are clearly and carefully drawn
ana Mr.. Emory shows something Of the
Eliot genius in the skill with which he
analyses human motives.
Abstract Identities and Concrete Inden-
tites; two volumes, by William p.
stewart; The Surry Book company
New York, publishers.
Concrete Identities" are the public ad-
dresses and interviews of Professor
Stewart. professional actuary which
nave to do with the subject of his pro-
tession. The volume entitled Abstract
Identities contains Professor Stewards
public utterances on other subjects than
those professional with him. Both vol
umes are interesting thought in this age
OF sDeclalism it is natural that his ut
terances on the subject of life insurance
should be the more valuable and the
more sought for However, the books
cover wide area of thought: the ad-
dresses, the poems. the interviews range
from grave to gay. so that it becomes
evident that this actuary at least deals
not only with the statistics of human life
but with the hopes and fears and the i'm
pulses that move IL.