Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-15

der" which Is a light ana sketchy
form OF verse, IN Ultima rma, based
| on BrownoN's account Of Mary Stuart
In what Mr. Gwynn is at his best may
be inferred from this gallery Of royal
| portraits,
THE RIVAL HOUSE OF ORLEANS,
Kings and the seed Of kings, they sit
From royal charge exempt
! Yet earn IN many restless fit
Their tribute of contempt
/ Rich, lettered, leIsured, IN their band,
No strenuous soul is known
! They hint their mission. hat in hand,
Mendlcants for a throne.
Merchants of hate their game they
play
With couuterfeiting face
The blood Of old Egallte
Still rankles IN the race.
Like him. they hail the general wrack,
Like him no sword they draw
! But tempt a frantic folk to sack
The citadel of law.
One kissed in court the branded cheat
O brave bid for a crown,
with justice trampled in the street,
He flung their lilies down,
Not theirs the path Of France to shape.
| To speak her mind aloud,
Who culdly in their wisdom ape
The madnes Of a crowd,
Whatever shame and black mlschance
May, liz the scheme Of things
Await distracted, staggering France.
God send her no such kings
A book unique In its character and
| of rare charm both in its treatment
/ and style, is Maurice Maeterincks
volume on THE Life Of the Bee"
which has been admirably translated
by Alfred Sutro, the translator OF 9TH
or Of Maeterllnck's works. Those who
read IN the years gone by Michelets
books on "The Insect and "The Bird"
will under stand how scientific obser-
vduon and brilliant description can be
combined TO produce a book which de-
lights While It instructs. II Is TO that
class Oi works Maeterlinck's study Of
the bee belongs In successive chapters
he taxes his readers to the threshold
OF the hive makes him acquainted
with the mystery Of the swarm, views
the fOundati0n Of the city, pictures
the life Of the bee and gives an ac-
count of the young queens" the nup-
tlal Hight" THE massacre Of the
males, and iscusses the progress of
the race Mr. Maeterinck has for
twenty years kept bees, studied them.
experimental with them, and carefully
noted the results Of his observations
and experiments. but he reserves the
practical information he has gathered
for a more technical work.
Every season brings with II its popu-
lar noyeis-the books Of which people
talk the most and which everyone
must read-and far up at the head of |
the list for this season Is a book recent |
ly brought out, THE Potter and the |
CLAW by Maud Howard Peterson.
The period for the swashbuckling ro- |
lnances OF year or two ago seems to |
be Passing and this new book Is OF the |
style Of The Gentleman from Indiana |
and THE Darlngtons.' a simple story /
Of the present time with characters |
whose lives and motives. whose pas
sions and sorrows we can Understand .
appreciate and admire one Of the |
best bits Of work in the whole book is
the rrologGc, but the interest holds tin |
the last word has been read The STYLE
Is simple Chect and forceful. There
are no long descriptions either ~
scerCry or OF character. Everything is
worked out through the action of the
story II IL a book which bears read
Ing aloud-the test before which so
many fall
The power Of the book. the wonder
ful handling Of the character. and the
knowledge shown Of human nature.
viii rs weakness. its passion. and its
strength, seem wonderful when one
knows that the author is yet young
woman-not comparatively young" as
reviewers are apt to say, but really
young stll under twenty-five. And the
book has been written for nearly a
year II Was written for serial. but
never appeared in any magazine. Miss
Peterson r. not one Of the unknown
geniuses who leap into sudden fame
She has been writing and having her
things published, too, since she was
fourteen, end az eighteen she Joined
the staff Of Munseys Magazine. 10
shortly ftcome one Of the associate
editors. While there, her stories and
poems were some of the most attrac-
wv 0NfA ~ Aht ldbth Ol lfle magazine, ]
and attracted much praise. Her best
known scroll is "The Keeper Of the
Books which appeared In the maya
zine now known as THE Junior Nun.
sey' not long ago. Life" "The Criter-
ion and other well known magazines
have also published much Of her work.
Miss Peterson Is the granddaughter
~ the founder Of the old "Peterson's
Magazine which enjoyed so many
years OF public favor here IN America.
Though she has lived in New York for
the past nine years she Is a Southern
or IN oil ner tastes and loves the
South as only a loyal laughter Of Vir-
ginla can. Her hapiest days are spent
In the Blue Ridge mountains and her
series If articles. Through Virginia
On Horseback" which have been APP
pearlng IN Recreation" lately tell
some Of her own experience there.
Miss Peterson Is a charming girl
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