Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-15
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Miss Florence Warden, besides being
a productive writer Is, TO some extent
q versatile one, She made her fame as
puryeyor of novels of the startling
and sensational type, and she shows IN
her latest tale, The Lovely Mrs Penn
berton, that she can with equal success
turn out a pleasant ana wholesome So
ciety story The narrative interest
which Is very slight, Is conferred eNclu-
siYely on the experience OF Mamie Penn
bertOn, the daughter of a poor curate,
| and the wife OF an obscure county So
licitOr. Gifted with large sense OF en-
| joyment, an attractive spontanelly OF
manner, kind heart and fair share
Of good looks, she unwlttngly draws
upon herself the notice OF the county
magnate, Lord Thannington ana he AT
once insists on having her absorbed INTO
the smart set Of which he Is the lead
err The young wife takes the good
the gods provide without any fear Of
finding a serpent In her paradise, ana
| II is not TN nearly the close Of the tale
that her eyes are rudely opened, The
thousand and one distinctions, some
broad and obvious, others subtle and
apparently trivial that diferentlate the
life OF the county people from that OF
the dwellers In provincial towns are
cleyerly utilized to form an Interesting
background to an unpretentlous story.
The herolne's character Is carefully ana
fully developed and Is noticeable rather
for its evenness and justice Of balance
than for any prominent idiosyncracies.
In his book which he calls What Is
Shakespeare % Professor H. "A, sherman
introduces us to Shakespeare by tur-
nishing a working approach to the
great plays some fifteen In number,
First the complete drama of Cymbellne
Is made over into something Ike nov
el The Winters Tale similarly fol-
lows, but the treatment Is stopped az
| the point where II Is practicable for the
reader, by appendix helps, to carry the
Interpretation forward for himself
Since these two plays are among the
latest that Shakespeare wrote, Romeo
and Juliet, his first great tragedy, IL
also analysed i'm part to show what the
author was, In ideals and purpose, at
the beginning of his dramatic career.
A chapter follows on Shakespeares
manner Of constructing plays, showing
| how makers Of other literature, without
| intending Il. have followed the same
general plan What is known OF
| Shakespeare's life is then reviewed IN
| his already considered character as an
author Preliminary analyses OF the
remaining plays generally accouhten
greatest In both comedy and tragedy,
| follow, with some photographic ana
| other helps for unassisted students ana
readers.
MIR. Thomas f.. Watson calls his new
| book Napoleon: A sketch Of His Life,
Character Struggles and AchleVe-
| ments. He approaches his subject from
a popular and democratic point Of view
| using the word democratic In It's broad
est sense. Nepoleon's personality is
studied rather than his campaigns, and
his political system, his laws, nstto-
| tlons and civil administration are con-
| sidered by Mr. Watson as his most I'M
| portant and enduring work, and his at
| tempt 10 reconcile modern liberalism
| with the absolutism Of a divine right II
looked upon as his fatal mistake 80
| long as NAPOLEON was the soldier ana
| tho organizer of liberalism as typlned
| i'm the best work OF the French reVo-
| lution. Mr.. Watson holds that he re-
| ceIyed the support Of the French ma
| ton. and also the sympathy OF tht
/ nations OF Europe; but his downfall
began when he came 10 terms with the
pope and put France again under the
| heel of Rome, created u new hereditary
nobility and married the daughter OF
| the Austrian emperor Here, says Mr..
Watson. Napoleons system changed,
and he shifted his supports from rock
| 10 sand. MIR. Watson entorces his opin-
ions with much spirit and with his al
ready welknown power OF language
| and STYLE