Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-20

began this past year to dispense with
serials, and instead has given a long
complete story in each number. The
new series viii include "Sir Marrok.' by
Allen French: "The Cruise or the Daz-
zler," by Jack London; "The Boy and
the Baron" by Adeline Knapp; 1.-THE
BOYS Of the Dincon Ranch" by II. 5.
Garfield, and Tommy Remington's
Battle" by Burton L. Stevenson-all
richly illustrated and issued in uniform
and attractive binding, at a popular
| price.
Albert lowering, who made the UNI
usually clever and original Illustrations
for John Kendrick Bangs's "Olympian
Nights" Is a southern Indiana man
who started in the West, doing work
on the Minneapolis Times and Chicago
Tribune and finally settled In the east.
with q sole view to illustrating, he
studied art at the National Academy,
Munich.
Arthur W. Marchmont, the author OF
"In the Name of a Woman" "A Dash
for q Throne" and "Sarita the Carllst,
has been making his first visit In
America, where his novels have gained
for him a wider number OF readers than
in his own country.
"The Romance OF the Commonplace"
by Gelett Burgess, Is said 10 marx n
distinct advance In the work OF Its au-
thor. In which one sees the real SELF
OF n philosophic life The book is an
nounced by Elder & Shepard, San Fran
cisco.
The man who paid sl,1lO last March
for the UNIQUE" copy OF Charles
Lambs bit OF nursery verse THE King
and Queen Of Hearts," must look upon
his purchase now with some searching5
Of heart, for q second copy appeared
and now the price has come down to
s25!
Mr.. Hornungs new novel will take
fits readers back into the Crimean war.
We are told that there is one thrilling
scene at Inkerman. where the hero and
the villain fight In the same company.
Both are captured and shut up In the
same fortress In sebastopol. The char
acters also have adventures in Austral-
Ia.
The re-establishment OF Poland as q
kingdom and the plots laid for the pur-
pose furnish the machinery Of Henry
Seton Merriman's new novel. "The Vul-
lures" These "Vultures" are intro
duced as men In the service Of strong
governments whose mission II Is 20
find themselves where things are STIR
ring-to be at the seat of war"
Paul du Chaillu has been living IN
Russia for the last year, busted In the
collection OF ma terial or book dealing
with that country. He means TO de-
vote three or four years more TO this
preparation. perfecting himself in the
language. OF which he already has an
excellent knowledge. and living among
all classes Of the population. He has
had an interview with the emperor.
who is greatly interested In his plans
and who has promised 10 provide the
author with n particularly useful spe-
cial passport.
When Conan Doyle had a knightly
handle added TO his name, he chose to
revive. for the better accompaniment OF
the sir" his almost forgotten baptis-
NAL name OF Arthur. so that he Is now
20 be address as Sir Arthur. The big
work that won his title FOR him. THE
Great Boer War;" comes out In single
volume on oct. ?. AS soon as he had
finished correcting and bringing the
earlier part NJ TO date he went to work
on a new series OF the "i3rlgadler Ger
ard" stories. which win be cause for
rejoicing among admirers who had
feared that his extraordinary departure
entitled "A Duet With an Occasional
Chorus" slgnified the rise Of new kind