Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

unpublished record OF adventure may
yet be given to the public. No gift
would be more certain Of warm vel
come,
Following the accession OF Edward
VII b. llttle more than week. the
| Appletons will publish as a timely con-
| tribution TO current literature, THE
Pralvate Life Of the Prince Of
| Wales by member Of the royal
household, This book is said to lay
| bare the real daily life Of him who was
! Prince Of Wales behind the official and
| ceremonial life that was revealed to
| the public. II tells Of his personal in
| terests, his occupations at home ana
| his amusements not presenting him as
| a saint but conveying, perhaps, more
sympathetic and attractive idea Of his
personality than has often been given.
OF Hall Gaines novel about Rome,
| which Is just begun in serial form in
| this country IN Golfers Weekly, It is
| reported, that II is written with a finer
| sympathy, for the past at least Of the
| eternal city than was displayed in
| Zolas Rome" although the never.
| ending struggle between the Vatican
and the Qurnal is thoroughly threshed
| out from a somewhat cosmopoitan
| point Of view. With the death Of the
present pontltf, Mr., Game looks for a
mere liberal, more rational church.
| This he regards as inevitable the result
| principally OF what Is termed on the
| continen, american Catholicism"
|
An interesting discovery In the Erie
public library few days since was an
autograph letter of John Browns,
| penned the day before his execution, as
| follows; james Foreman, Esq--My
| Dear Friend: / have only time to say
| got your kind letter Of the 10Th Novem-
| Der this evening, Am very grateful
| for all the good feeling expressed by
| yourself and wife May God abundant
ly bless you. | am very cheerful In the
hopes Of entering a better state OF ex-
lstence In few hours, through infinite
grace In Christ Jesus my Lord. Re-
member the poor that cry and them that
are in bonds as bound with them
Your friend. as ever"
Winston Churchill's new novel will
be Illustrated by Howard Chandler
Christy-a happy combination Of author
and artist The author says that while
In Richard Caryel' his story was
based on the origin and character Of the
cavalier and the contrast Of London
and colonial society, the plot Of 1.-THE
Crisis VIII turn on the cavaliers his
tory hundred years later.
just before the war Grant was living
In ST. Louis as poor farmer. as a man
who had apparently outllved his useful
ness; he hauled wood from his farm 10
the residences Of the prominent citizens
there. Sherman was at that time presl-
dent OF small street car line in st.
Louis, and across the river in Spring
field, ILL.,, Abraham Lincoln was a
struggling country lawyer The story
shows men, and later gives the contrast
perhaps the greatest contrast in the
history OF this nation Lincoln as Presl-
dent of the United States In the most
trying period Of our history, Grant as
the greatest general in the army OF the
United States, and Sherman as the next
greatest general, and perhaps the more
picturesque character of the two. The
heroine Of the book Virginia Carvel. Is
the granddaughter Of Richard
Caryel, a branch OF the CarVel family.
Ike many other branches OF tdewater
families. had emlgrated westward over
the Blue Ridge Mountains into Ken
lucky where they stayed for few
generations, and thence made their way
10 st. Louis, Virginia Is. by every In
herltance, daughter Of the South.
He who may be called the hero Of the
book Is stephen Brice, young New
Englanser who has gone to ST. Louis
10 make his fortune as a lawyer. This
Is also typical Of the other stream Of
emigration which has been settled into
MigGnI1Ti and Illinois 20 i,,,n
The actual play Of the story is between
these antagonstic elements II will
probably be published IN March
Gen, Charles King better known by
his earlier title Of Capt. King, has given
us another Of his characteristic novels
OF army life, Rays Daughter" The
scene is laid In Manila this time, and
there is the usual mixture Of love. in
trigue and fighting commonly found In
this authors tales. If there Is some
thing Of a sameness to Gen. Kings plots
and characters he, nevertheless, always
manages TO make HIS stories interesting
The new scene Of the present one gives
him more opportunity 10 vary his Incl
dents and 10 get in some effective bits
Of description. The J b. Lippincott
company is the publisher
W. Clark Russell has written a new
sea story for boys 1.-THE Crime Of the
Pretty Polly" which Is also published
by Lippincott It relates the expert
ences Of four boys who went on a cruise
one for his health and the others to
learn how they liked a sailors life. II
Is well illustrated and sure to delight
the average boys heart,
Miss Helen Hay, the beautiful young
daughter OF the secretary OF state, has
repeatedly given evidence of desire
for more serious renown than that
which Is already hers by virtue OF her
social prominence. She has inherited
her fathers literary tastes and has
written some poems which have at
tracted considerable attention. Within
the past week well known musical
publishing house has issued q collec-
ton Of songs. the words Of which are
by Miss Hay and the music by Mrs.
Berence Thompson.
The songs are interesting by reason Of
the fact that neither in the words nor
In the music Is there any attempt at
reaching the popular standard" Both
the author and the composer have set
themselves TO attain a high standard
and to do work which Is worthy Of a
serious place.
As Miss Hays book bore the title
"Some Verses" the song collection Is
modestly entitled Three Songs" The
songs are entitled respectively, Tones
Passing" "The Everlasting Shows"
and "Sleep. My Heart" The composer
Is a New York young woman. who until
her removal to Washington was a stu
dent at Columbia university under Prof
f, A. Mcdowell and was the founder
and president Of the Columbia Unlver-
sitY Musical society at that institution.
The possibility Of setting Miss Hays
poems to music has been more than once
suggested by those who have heard her
read them AT entertainments for char
table purposes In Washington last win
ter She has full, rich contralto voice
and her poems had peculiarly musical
effect as she read them. II has been
pointed out that her poems easily lend
themselves to musical setting, because
Of her remarkable facility in writing