Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-14
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FRANK w. JENNINGS AS A MILITARY CADET

promptly dubbed the place Moon
shine, and "Moonshine' il is today,
as any settler within dozen miles can
tell you.
Amoung letters of alexander Hamn-
tons which Gertrude Atherton will in
clude In "A Few Of Hamiltons Let
ters,' are the famous Andre letter. a
copy Of the deed Of separation Of Ham
iltons grandparents, the Fawcetts
copied from the records OF Nevis. one
letter Of great interest Is that which
Ms. Anterior has herself unearthed at
Copenhagen, y which Hamilton des-
crlbes the terrible tornado which de-
vastated his home.
A distinct debt OF gratitude is due
TO Julian Ralph for perpetuating the
only newspaper ever published on the
field OF war which was entitled The
Friend issued during the Boer War II
Is published by D. Appleton and Com
pany under The title Of Wars Bright
er Side and abounds with humorous
anecdotes, of which the following is
sample;
"C1ESTNUTTY-BUT GOOD.
ITO the Editor OF the Friend: Sirs-
IL this a chestnut? Johannes Paulus
Kruger sent commissioner home to
England to find out II there were any
more men left there. The commission
err wired from London TO say that there
were 100000 men and women knock
Ing about the town that there was no
excitement, and that the men were beg
ging TO be sent to fight the Beers. Kru-
ger wired back Go North The COM
missioner found himself In Newcastle
evidently, and wired to Kruger. For
Gcd's sake, stop the war, England is
bringing up men from he'll eight at a
time In Cages!'
"He had seen a ooal.mine."
d. Appleton and company announce
that the lOlst edition OF David Harura
Is now ready The Tooth edition was
iesued in special form as souvenir edi-
ton. being printed from the illustrated |
plates and containing eight illustrations |
by b. West Clinedinst. and bound in |
heavy cloth. with gilt top. This edl- |
tcn, consisting Of 10000 copies, was put |
on the market about November !, and |
was exhausted in a month.
The regular issue has now assumed |
a different form, as the publishers have |
decided TO print future editions from the |
Illustrated plates and inserting the IL.
lustrations, although going back TO the
familiar yellow cover. This makes
thicker book. but one superior In every
way to the earlier editions, although the
price remains the same,
with the publication early this spring.
by Mcclure Phillips g. Co.. OF mem
or!al volume on George Douglas Brown.
the curtain will be- rung down upon d
brief literary tragedy The sum Of the
young authors contribution TO the
world OF letters will be complete-sadly
email as TO quantity hut greater In
promise and quality This new volume
will give to the admirers Of the Inflated
young authors "The House with the
Green Shutters. IAN opportunity 20 know
how great was the breadth OF his lit
arary craftsmanship. 1t will contain
his more serious efforts. most OF them
never before published, among other
things essays on Hamlet" on Burns,
on Meredith, short stories IN Scots and
verses.
The publishers record shows that the
most popular book OF the last year was
Mrs Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch" OF
II least that the sales OF the little green
'clored volume containing Alice Cald-
Aell Hegan's account OF the sayings
md doings OF Mrs Wigs exceeded In
number those Of any other work Of nc
zen reported during the whole year
The cheerful spirit. the homely kndli-
,ess OF action. and the wholesome hu-
rQr and gool sense OF her talk made
VS. Wisss K-itviSi fayorite s'''sas
'caderS az well as among her humble
icighbors OF the cabbage patch. That
low famous locality Is actually squat
q part OF Louisville OF which city Miss