Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-08
BOOKS,

Mary Hallock Foote never disap
points the anticipation Of her readers
In giving them anything less tllah
strong IN her literary efforts. In 'Ihe
Desert and the SoWu, She has written
what Is perhaps her strongest WORK OF
fiction. Like the most Of her books, II
deals with western scenes, but makes
"a departure In the present one in haN-
ing the principal home Of her dramatis
personae laid In a military post Hel
characters, always foreelul are capped
I'm that of Adam Bogardus whose IRE,
puful, and failing In the worlds sense
OF all achievement, yet makes mas
terplece of heroism In his sacrifice lor
his wife and children. The meeting OF
the son with his father after the years
in which he had pictured as nun deau,
the struggle between them hoth' Wneh
each realizes the truth, and ils ineVlta-
BILE outcome il followed by disclosure
Is fine piece Of emotional portrayal
and the rest of the story win lts DRAM
attic ending Is full Of absorbing interest
to the close. Paul and Moya come close
to one as companions Of VeritaOle ilesh
and blood and the other characters
though inferior In place and lignuy
drawn are none the less convincing
is a book well worth the reading, as all
the authors books are and VIII per-
haps hold q higher place In literary
sense than any Of her previous ones
The book Is published by Houghlon'
Miillin Co., Boston,
The last volume which Bret Harte
completed before his death was col
lection Of new CONDENSED Novels
which Houghton, Miniin & Co. have
lust published. They bear abundant
testimony to the fact that Bret Harte's
humor kept It's flow undiluted and un-
diminished to the last Here, with
freshness and zest that recall his ear
Hest sallies OF wit, he makes genial
mockery Of present-day authors. I'm
der the happily conceived title Of "Ru-
pert the Resembler' he travesties An
thony Hopes Rupert of Hentzau;' In
"Golly and the Christian" he rldicules
Hall Gaines christian" and "Danl
Borem' he has a sly laugh at David
Harum." Kipling also somes In for
some amusing parodying In stories
Three" Stevenson is the victim OF the
satirist IN John Longbowe;" and The
Stolen Cigar Case" takes off Conan
Doyles Sherlock Holmes" very neat
ly. The book is in fact, a body of
criticism combined with humor,
"By Force Of Arms" IL the title of
a new book of fiction dealing with early
colonial times. The author, Howard r.
CARTS. is a wel-known newspaper man
of Newark New Jersey. He has had
many short stories published, that have
attracted attention, but this Is his first
effort at novel making. The book,
which Is full Of life and stirring incl
dents, is founded on the Salem witch
craft craze While historical as re-
CARDS the date, and correct in facts,
there is no exploiting of historical per-
sonages. They are only dealt with
briefly, as they appear naturally In the
story. The tale is one Of love- Of fight
ing among Indians, and OF one mans
warfare against another, all for a
woman. The characters are live peo-
pie The description OF the days where
the colonlsts were witch-mad is strong
ly done There Is a number OF exciting
scenes described in the novel, the style
Of which is clear and pleasing II is a
story written to interest the reader
the dun pages being left out. There
are several illustrations.--J. 5. ogilyie
Publishing company, 81 Rose Street
New York.
1.-THE Strongest Master" Qoughton.
Mifliin & Co.)-the most striking piece
Of work we have found from Mrs Helen
Choate Princes hand suggests in its
intensity the problem novel. Its mo.
tive, however, is no less personal
than a social one The hero, a young
Harvard man Of good family, begins
his life under q cloud, having been ex-
PEELED from college, Sincere In his re-
gret. his strongest desire is to reform
his own character Under the influence
Of a visionary labor leader, this desire
grows into a passion 10 reform existing
wrongs tolerated by society, chief
among which, in his opinion, is the in
stltution Of marriage. The working out
OF his theories forms much OF the In
terest Of the story. The characters are
unusually well ndiyldualized, and,
while the theme is a new one for Mrs.
Prince, the book has all her usual fine
workmanship.