Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-25

under the authors supervision, which
are Of unusual beauty and accuracy OF
drawing and coloring.
A new magazine to be started in New
York ;his fan 10y Doubleday Page
Co. win be called American Country
Life" II is intended for "the lover and
student of nature, the suburban resi-
dent. the man with a country home,
the amateur farmer, the fruit grower
vegetable gardener, florist landscape
gardner-all whose work or play carries
them outside the city" The editor viii
be Liberty II. Bailey professor Of hor-
tlculture In Cornell University, recog
nized as one Of the chief authorities in
his specially
Doom Castle" by Nell Munro, the
Scottish novelist, win be published soon
by Doubleday, Page e. Co, II deals with
the same period and the same country
as Stevenson's David Balfour,' and in
cidentally introduces two Scotch Judges,
oen of whom is a historical parsonage,
Lord Kilkeiran. Neil Munro did not
know a word of English till he was 10
years old, being born and brought un in
wild and remote part Of the Scottish
Highlands where only Gaelic was
spoken. He is a poet as well as a nov
elist, and some Of his verse has recently
appeared in Blackwood's,
Miss Bertha Runkle the girl-author
of "The Helmet of Navarro is de-
voted to her brother and when he went
to Harvard the two entered into close
alliance II resulted in Miss Runkle 3
graduating from Harvard without a de-
gree.
Her brother kept in touch with her
every day and coached her all summer.
Each morning she would receive the
lectures as taken down by him. She
had a duplicate Of every book he had.
She studied as many hours a day as
he did. She mailed him every night the
result Of her work and he gave her
the added benefit Of his examinations.
She went through each examination
with him and passed without condition.
During their senior year she studied
harder than the young man himself,
and the excitement In the Runkle
household at the time OF the final eX-
animation was intense Literary men
and Harvard men We're as interested
I'm this UNIQUE way Of Miss Runkle's
going through Harvard as she and her
mother were yhe brother had aroused
all the interest and enthusiasm Of the
Harvard professors, and when the maj
dav came Miss Bertha Runkle's papers
were examined and L was found that
she had passed with flying colors, She
virtually won the Harvard degree,
Among England literary visitors from
America this spring IS to be Mrs. Wharf,
ton. who Is one Of the few American
writer's whose work is almost as well
known on the other side Of the Atlantic
as at home Mrs Wharton is To stay
with the De Navarros during part of
her visit. al the house of that country
woman Of hers who was Mary Ander-
son. fl is TO be hoped that Mrs. Whdl-
ton will be al the Court Farm. Broad
way at the time OF the cricket matches
which have become an annual feature
of life there. Mr. Barrie will probably
take down his team Of authors to play
against team of artists. Nowhere are
celebrities at play more amusing ana
interesting than at this annual holiday
in Worcestershire.
The first edition Of "The Helmet OF
Navarro" was 100 600 copies The adj
vance orders for this novel, which has
been running in the Century magazine,
warranted such an edition David
Hartim," Richard Caryel," ITO Have
and to lIold" and other best sellers
of the past few years, may well look
To their records There is no particular
reason why 1.-THE Helmet Of Navarro
should not pass the half-million mark
and possibly sell to million copies
The historical novel Of the period has
been assailed with tooth aud nail. Mr.
Howells has Illuminated against II in
vain. II is evidently what people want
anl what people want authors and pub
fishers are only too glad to supply His
torical novels sell into the hundred
thousands aud drop out Of sight In a
year or so. a short time ago 1t was
''Richard Caryel' ITO Have ana 10
Hold" followed then Alice Of Old Ven
cennes." and today IL is THE Helmet OF
Navarro .,
As FOR "The Helmet Of Navarro 1t
"a simply a finely constructed, ANY
written novel OF incident, as tull OF hre
as ITO Have and 10 Hold as tull OF eN-
citing happenings possible and impos-
siblc. II fulflls all the requirements OF
its type and may bt HlShiF iNN''i'''N
ed 10 those who care for the type The
hoy hero. Felix Bronx, who comes 10
Paris TO serve the St Quent.ns, Is
worked a BIT hard to be sure, but hs
defeats the enemies Of his master ana
comes out with glory. incidentally
there is considerable bloodshedding
and n matinee girl finish that sends the
reader away happy. The author Miss
BERTHA Runkle, has a clean style anu
there are more crimps In the plot man
is usual.
one Of the most interesting and IL
Eliminating chapters IN the book on
Substitutes for saloons, which hough-
ton. Mlniln & co. announce for this
sprlng. Is that giving the testimony OF
labor leaders Of the attitude their or
ganizations take toward drinking places
and the drinking habit. statements so
authentic and decisive have seldom pe-
fore been presented.
For those who do not ma tne hoSei
. OF incident satisfying, there Is Inc Ds-