Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-27
BOOKS

A yearbook Of poetry. Every Day in
the Year" collected and edited by MI
James L. Ford and Miss M. X. Ford,
promises 10 take Its place with the most
popular OF our antholo9ies OF verse.
The volume, which Messrs Dodd, Mead
4 Co. are TO publish In October, is a
collection OF nearly 500 poems arranged
according TO the day OF the year, and
Intended TO commemorate the great
events In history. Ii is interesting to
note the number OF anniversaries that
fall upon the same day. For example,
July 2 Is celebrated by four or Ave
modern poets who sing Of the battle
Of Santiago; by Winthrop Mackworth
praed, i'm his verses on the battle of
Marston Moor fought in 1914, and by
the unknown bard who answered
President Lincoln's call for 100000
troops in 1862 with Were Coming,
Father Abraham. Three Hundred Thou
sand More" on Oct %, 1912, the ships
United States and Macedonian met In
battle: on the same day in l40O Chauser,
the poet, died: IN l4lj the battle OF
Agincourt was fought, and In 1854 the
battle Of Balaklava. President McKin-
lev. Dante and the Duke Of Wellington
died Sept A. and the same date wit
messed the Fort McHenry bombardment
which inspired The Star Spangled
Banner" There is not day In the
3GG that leap year contains which Is not
commemorated by from one to n half
dozen poems. many OF them gems of
our language
The Life" Publishing Co. has issued
gllprTgn
poems from the magazine Of that
name. the choicest that have been pub
lished within the last two years APP
pearing in its pages The volume Is
entitled RHYMES and Roundelays
'front.' life" and Is embelished with the
artistic illustrations which invariably
distinguish the magazine from others
Of the same aim.
The names Of Ada Patterson and
Victoria Bateman are well known IN
Salt Lake city aud other parts OF
Utah. Miss Patterson was engaged for
some time, several years ago, on the
Herald as society reporter IN which
position she gained celebrity and a host
OF warm friends who recognized her
ability as a writer, She had previous
ly been engaged in school teaching with
marked success. but her incllnations
were toward literature, and aspiring to
better work than reporting social do
irgs she left this state and became
connected with leading papers at other
points and finally reached New YORK,
where her talents obtained recognition
in the columns OF the New York Jour
nal. Her acquaintance with people
here has been kept up by her very
readable letters, published In the sun
day issue Of a morning contemporary
Victory Batemon appeared before the
public here on the stage or the New
drsfri Theater. In company with other
excellent artists. and at once leaped
into public favor. she was recognized
as an actress OF more than ordinary
ability. and as leading lady in a large
number OF presentations gained unstint-
ed applause. The play-going public
deeplv regretted her departure when
her engagement was finished NJ the
Grand. and have Kept some track of
her travels and appearances nj other
points. where she has also become a
favorite 20 lovers OF the drama.
Those ladies' have become associated
in the publication OF work that may
be- pronounced unique. u II entitled
by the stage Door and Is n book
Of realistic short stories OF stage life.
They are presented In a form Of fiction.
are well written. In taking style that
maintains the interest OF the reader
from beginning 10 end. There Is a
charm about them which Il very at
tractive. for the impression is conveyed
that they are IN reality sketches OF ac-
tral occurrences. and the truth g. that
the characters presented under fabric
ated names are real people well known
In the theatrical world, incidents In
whose lives are related with fidelity to
facts and vet with all the attractions
OF romance.
The book ought to be a financial as
well as q literary success. To those
who can recognize the real persons who
figure IN II under fictitious names. the
work will have an added charm, and
therefore Il Is likely 20 become popular
and run through further editions We