Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-22

DESERET EV EFT
nearly a score Of years ago. When II Is
remembered what a long and honorable
waiting list belongs TO the Athen-
Wum, one realizes the rarity Of admls-
sion 10 it's charmed and charming cir
Gle. Professor Matthews "Nignettes Of
Manhattan" Is very generally known,
and his most recent novel The Action
and the Word, was brought out by the
Harpers last fall He was born IN New
Orleans. ana was graduated from Col
umbla college where he Is now profess
sor Of literature.
Publishers complain Of The scarcity Of
good books for girls. and their readers
say that no successor 10 Louisa Alcott
| has vet come Ia view Books like Lit
tie Women are as rare as "Trilhys."
| vet such books sell away up In the
| thousands. and with the large rewards
| offered It Is indeed difficult TO under
stand why lrst-class stories fer girls
are not forthcoming, A recent article
| I'm newspaper made the statement
that girls read boys hooks" rather
than the so-called girls books The
reason for this may be found in the fact
that no namhy-pamby sentiment Is put
into books for boys and II Is a mis-.
taken idea 10 supplse thlt girls require
| that sort Of reading Such books as
| Young LucIeua ny WIHs NilKlns'
| and the works Of Kirk Munr0e w. L.,
Alden, Ellen Douglas nrnnd,and others
| ora IN constant demand because they
| are sensible Wholesome stories. Inc
Harpers' selects Juveniles ana New
| Young People Series. Include these ana
| many olher BOOKS Whlrh r,plescnt the
| best TO De had Tor young lolks htera-
ture.
-.
| uv PVvSt''N ~ to WY 'l,'r NV,
| Whpm ne mas known, or mas merely
| uiaWh from nus general experience COM
! posll' luploslaphs Oh hulhueI ol m
dlNlQuals' Us always question LOT us
| euSsI!n pafliculaliy so Nhen llie uu-
! lh"I is ilIiAScl wen Know" neNeNIl9
! are haNins sood tlhe sNesslhs ~ tle
| ghdra'ltla IN Days Ike hese' Mr'
! EDWARD w IoWhsenu ne" mover JUST
! p1o.lSheo NY the HaIHe,s' Fol eEanl.
P'' q 'onspiegous Nt" lo'N Go"S
"''. nt' .iat, NJ 90,
| perlenCe es q newspaper nun ana VI
| ihe many uhlNerSAHS hhosT NuN V , n
! uroplr VINO appear ~ lays LIN,
These very rev are llKely 10 De P,easeu
over their porualts. ne mas
taken as MS originals people Whose
| names ana eccenultltles are known
wherever an American newspaper IS
| read ana he mas descrlped lhem WIN
| unllatterlng ndeilty mat leaves not
| yestlge of doubt II ms be true
| we may saillN assume mat MT IoWh-
! send has no intention OF applying Tor
| a political Office IN New YORK as sew
| eral Of the characters in his novel are
| politicians.
! Henry Wat,erson, in writing for the
| Louisville Courier-Journal a long re-
view Of "a Sailors Log Rear-Admlr-
al Evans autobiography, says; "The
| Appletons bui'ded wiser Than they knew
autobiography and they made "A verit-
able contribution 10 the patriotic spirit
Of the time in its publication No Amer
lean how can read it without wishing at
| once to serve his country, u not TO run
away IN sea
sss
Messrs Harppr q Brothers are about
to publish new novel, entitled Heart
| and Soul" by the well known author
"f oEsTiritn santo" Mrs Henrietta
Dana skinner Mrs. skinner is the
! daughter of the late Richard III. Dana,
Ir who wrote "Two Years Before the
| =.
some of the scenes of her new novel
are laid The character of the story
is not Altogether historical-in fact the
onlv actually historic sketch IN the
book is that of "I.acordare" The
main theme of the narrative Is the de-
yeIopment Of the hero's character, who
is tried as hy fire. through series Of
mai the book xviii be found OF especial
Interest TO the people of Detroit. who,
ON July oath. win celebrate the BIZ
centenary of the founding of their city
by La Mothe-Cadillae
According Ia the returns received by
tbe New York State Library. I'm re-
sponse 10 letters of inquiry addressed TO
libraries throughout the country, the
following titles, with the votes received,
annear as the best six books Of the
Wear 1900 in a preferred list of ffty
"Blograpby of a Grizzly" By Ernest
Seton Thompson (The Century Coz,
Igl votes.
"To Have and To Hold" by Mary
Johnston (Houghton. Miflln & Coz, 1870
votes
"Eben Holden" by irving Bachelor
I.athrop pub. Coz. l27 votes.
"An American Anthology" by +.
c. steaman (Houghton. Mliin & Coz,
alice of Old Vlncennes." by Maui
rice Thomson Bowen. Merrill Coz.
I9l votes
Eleanor" by Mrs Humphry Ward
GHarper q Brotbers). lOS votes
In Mr.. win n. Harbens novel yves.
terfelt" which the Harpers will issue
his month. as the sixth of their Amer