The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-07

Nowadays the evening paDer goes to
press early in the morning and appears
on the streets about the time the busi-|
ness man reaches his office Some call
this feature of Journalism great enter
prise The book publishers have to fol-
low similar method of procedure, but
in their case. the method is not born of
enterprise so much as of need The pub
Usher must prepare his Christmas hooks
during sizzling hot July and August davs
II he has uuderestimated the popular de-
mand, IL is possible that he NAV be get
ting out second and third editions in
September. out as rule the book sellers
are supplied in plenty by that month It
Is during December, however, that the
heaviest purchases of books are made.
it is the harvest season of tho business
For the present reaping of the trade there
is an unusually attractive lot of volumes.
and, quite as it should be. books for chill
dren head the lists Never before has it
been possible to. buy so many different
Christmas books by well known authors
books which were written, in most
cases, for children-books which deal with
the heart of childhood. and thus make
the best kind of reading for the grown
up people.
Kipling Howells, Riley, Chambers.
Wiggin, Daskam. Mrs. Martin, Carolyn
Wells and a host of other good writer's
have made very successful efforts to
please the children Besides having Civ
en- us excellent stories the publishers
have had the volumes illustrated by the
happiest illustrators. Peter Newell, Fan
ny Cory. Reginald Birch, Oliver Herford.
Alice Barber Stephens, c. l.. Hinton.
Florence Scovil Shinn and many other
we'll known artists have contributed to
the various books and in many instances
these contributions have been the best
part of the books. Kipling has reaped
double credit for himself by both writing
and illustrating the Just So Stories"
Some of these ehildren's books deserve
special mention. Riley's THE Book Of
Joyous Children" is filled with delight
full bits of verse, which to read Is to be
a child again. The collection is the first
volume of children's verse which
years. The Emmy Lou stories
win take high rank for two reasons; they
will attract the young people and they
will delight the other folk. The latter
class will understand and appreciate
them better. but that these stories OF
Emmy Lou in school are also well liked
the news from Baltimore that a number
of school children there have organized
an Emmy Lou" club, the object being
Ito have nicer teachers. Through
series of stories, Emmy Lou is conducted
from the primary class into the high
school and through all. her creator. Mrs.
Martin, has shown a marvellous reaifZa-
ton of the child mind. Strange things
happened in the primer world
must get up suddenly when a bell rang
was strange. And to copy digits until
one s Chubby fingers. tightly gripping the
pencil, ached. and then to be expected To
take a sponge and wash those digits Oft,
was strange. And TO be told GROSSLY to
sit down WAS bewildering. when in an
SWCi 70 G d. I. one SAID GuSSN- anu
vet there was Pussy washing her face on
the chart. and Miss Clara's pointer point
ing TO her.
1t would be difficult. however. to select
the best of books for children from the
present seasons list. One has HowellS,
aenty, Carolyn Wells, Josephine Daskam.
Katherine Pyle. Kipling, Thomas Nelson
Page. Ruch McEnery Stuart and dozen
others almost equally good. OF adventure
tales. there are many. books of travel
ana books of the home and an unusually
large list of nonsense and picture books.
Fairy tales have not yet gone out of
style. even "Chatterbox- of which fully
2 half million copies have been sold in
THIS country and in England continues to
appear. The Adventures of Don
Qulxote- old Mother Hubbard and
Through the Looking Glass make an
other appearance with new pictures
Need one lack for appropriate books to
Christmas