Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-24
DEsERET EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY, JANUARY "a, 1909.

book Behind the Line, has proved to
be the most popular juvenile BOOK OF
The season, is, according to the Mime
apolls Times, the one person upon WhOm
the mantle Of G, A. Henty should fall.
Mr.. Barbour has had some novel eN-
periences In his career. lie began WORK
as a newspaper reporter In Boston ana
shas since done newspaper work In Don
yer. Chicago and Philadelphia. lie
ranched in Grand Valley, was chief OF
an irrigation outfit and an artist in
sourdough bread, cowboys delights
and buckwheats.
Then he proved up on n square mile
of cactus and sage brush and tried irult
farming but the crop was so slow mat
he couldn't wait for IT, 80 he went back
to newspaper work to report the Cripple
Creek and Bulf Hin mining riots.
There's more to the story, but Mi Far-
bour is modest
n ali amounts to this he says
"Fm back In Cambridge, where J
started"
Hail Gaines The Eternal city, pub
lshod By d. Appleton and Company,
has reached sale Of S25OOO copies
The Academy and Literature OF
London has been asking a number Of
prominent persons ~ name their favor
he books for the year, and among them
Il. G. Wells and w, w. Jacobs mention
Florence popham's The Housewives Of
Edenrise. d. Appleton and Company
who published the hook Ia this country,
state that It has had an excellent sale,
being the best book OF wit and satire
published since Those Delightful
Americans by Mrs. EVv-ard Cot $
more generally known by her maiden
name. Sara jeanette Duncan which
came out in the early summer
Miss Ponham al first modostly de-
sired To bring out her book anonymous
| ly, but urou the advice Of her publish
ers. who recognized the value Of her
work, she finally decided to allow her
name TO be used.
| Systems and plans for educating chill
dren come and 30, but Jacob Abbott'a
| book ON Gentle Measures In the Man
| agement and Training Of the Young
| stands the test of time and remains a
standard The Harpers complying with
| q demand are bringing out a new edi-
tlon Of this wise and valuable WORK.
Jacob Abbott Is famous, also. as the
| author of that series Of histories OF
| which Abraham Lincoln said; - have
read them with the greatest interest
To them ! am indebted for about all
the historical knowledge ] have
| Under the Rose. a new romance by
Frederic s. Isham author of The stroll
lers, is the first OF the new years pub
! llcatOns by The Bowen-Nerrlll Com-
pany The title strikes the keynote
Of the story, and It's Implication of Sc
crecy has been carefully maintained by
the author in the development Of his
plot Howard Chandler Christy has re-
spected the spirit OF silence in his H.
ustrations and in drawing the actors
and the scenes he gives no hint of the
outcome Of the story.
4 little church in Pennsylvania re-
Gently celebrated the one Thousand
millionth minute since Christs cominl
10 earth In an article on "Piepon
Morgan, His Advisers and His Organic
alton. John Brisben Walker mentions
that Mr. Rockefeller Is popularity sup
posed 10 control one thousand million
dollars and that one thousand milloT
| dollars would represent the labor o
ten thousand men since Christs coming
to earth. calculated at the average
scale Of wages paid during the pas
1000 years. in the same number o
The Cosmopolitan, very interesting
calculation Is made as 10 what the on
thousand millions could accomplish II
the hands Of a thoroughly ambitiou
| man.
A good story is now going the rounds
in regard 20 Sir Gilbert Parker, who's
recent book Donovan Pasha published
by the Appletons, has already reache'
a sale Of 10000 copies II IS said tina
a we'll known Englishman when asket
what he thought Of Sir Gilberts grea
success. replied that his advance wa
simply wonderful do you know sal,
he, that ! sometimes wake up In tn
night, as a person will do withou
knowing the cause, and raising mysel
on my elbow TO listen, il seems that
hear Sir Gilbert climbing climbing
climbing