Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-08

necessary articles, That he managed 10
get over the route and back again be-
fore most other correspondents were
fairly started He was thus able to re-
late the first really authentic story on
the Klondike, describing with precision
the various routes and trails and the
extreme difficulties Of the gold hunt
long before others had authoritative
tales to tell.
When Palmer got back from the
Klondlke the war with Spain was pr0c-
tlcally ended. However he started inn
mediately for the Philippines, where he
saw Il great deal OF the early fghtin6
with the insurgents, and when the Chi
nese trouble broke out he left Manila
Immediately for the scene and accom-
panied the relief column on its memoir
able march TO Pekin
1t was In these experiences that Pal
mer gained his knowledge Of men and
| war. The experience Of the Greek wal
| enabled him to see with understanding
eyes the operations Of the Philippine
| war. Having already laid his foundd.
| ton he was able to devote much Of his
| time to the study Of men and women
and the social and other minor aspects
| of the nation at war. In this way he
| Illuuf lllN FluuANN NHlAll Itl NN lNHhlANN
| IN the delightful stories which are find.
ing now so large an audience.
|
Some time ago a Mrs Voynlch pub.
| lished a novel called THE Gadny,
which attracted a good deal Of atten.
| ton. The same author has now is
sued tremendously strong book en-
| titled Jack Raymond"
| ManN Oannla no plna1la1 hN tli
| history of q great nature struggling
with adversely. There are passages
so frank that they will inevitably hor-
rfy those who think that much truth
is better concealed than revealed.
There are suggestions and more than
suggestions of appalling things; there
are accounts OF physical cruelty that
make the blood run cold, and yet the
book is In many respects noble one.
| Jack lives, lie Is a memorable and
| touching creation The bit of his life
| we are shown is hideously tragic, but
| It convinces one that Mrs Voynich
| possesses ruthless power OF presenta-
| tiOn and has a certain fierce audacity
| that recalls the work of Emily Bronte,
but there is nothing crude or young
| In her genius.
The Mall and Express Of New York
| says that the Bowen Merrill company
| the publishers of Maurice Thompson s
| latest novel, "Alice OF Old Nincennes,
| lead the list OF American publishers In
| the number of great successes dlscov-
| cred by them. For Mr.. Thompson s
book was preceded by when Knight
| hood Was In Flower and "The Re-
| demptiOn of David COrsOn"
The last issue Of Modern Mexico, ST.
Louis and Mexico City, appears In the
| form of a Pan-American Exposition
| number, and represents by far the most
| credItable production that excellent
! publlCation has ever turned out The
| issue contains siXty-two pages ana Is
| carefully edited and lavishly illustrated
| throughout. A striking feature Is the
! full-page reproduction Of the equestrian
| portrait of President Daz, by Cusachs,
| the celebrated Spanish artist. Consld-
cradle space In both English and Span
| ish departments is devoted 10 MeXi-
co.'s interests at the Buffalo exposition.
| involving fine half-tone portraits of the
commission appointed to represent the
republic at the great fair
Mr. Edwin Markham, writing with en-
! thusiasm of Zola's new novel; Labor,
| describes IL as "a panorama alive with
| notion with passion, with every hui
| man interest A dozen love stories are
| tangled in the movement, No touch
| of grossness mars the book. yet terrible
realities are dealt with. Hola's graph
ic. realistic strokes make us know the
| two towns 0n which the scenes are
laid as we know our Thrums, 1t can
| not fail TO excite the interest of all
! readers Its dramatic movement viii
| interest even the unthinking, while the
passionate purpose of It ought to be
| stimulating and suggestive TO oil who
are studying the labor problem from
humane motives"
1.-THE Love Letters of Bismarck has
everywhere been received with an en-
thuslasm which has only been equalled
by the reception given to the Brown
| ing Love Letters This is not 20 be
wondered at, for the surprise that meets
one on the very threshold of Bis
marcks House Of Love comes to us
with the startling effect Of a transfg'
| uration AS the London Times, In a
| long and admirable review OF the Love
| Letters" says: They throw new
light upon his character; they present
a very complete and attractive picture
of the marriage of true minds, and OF
the relation which a perfect home life
may hold TO the life of statesman at
whose bidding momentous events were
unrOlling themselves and incidentally
| they illustrate those events and express
In very racy language Bismarcks opin-
! ions upon the actors in them. To his
wife he was always frank, and In these
letters we have a series OF delightfully."-
unreserved and caustic judgments as tc
/ most OF the prominent people they came
| across
Another edition Of 10000 copies OF
( Tarkington's Monsieur Beaucalre
the eighth edition in a few months has
been issued by Mcclure, Phillips a Co
The book is now on its flfty-frst thous-
and
We are apt TO think, nowadays that
the great quantity of spurious litera-
ture which continues to flood The coun'
| try has spoiled the appetite of readers
for the masterpieces of literature, and
yet II Is remarkable how the taste fol-