Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-23

plates; and the regular monthly Illus.
trated part in their large Poultry
Book"
Other publications soon to follow are
by Ezra $. Brudno Miss Carolyn
Wells, Robert Shacketon, Mrs John
Van Worst, Mrs. Burton Kingsland.
Miss Mary e. Burt and Miss Blanche
Ostertag.
The first novel Of the new year, from
the press OF Doubleday. Page & Co, win
be Miss Ellen Glasg0W's new romance
of the Virginia tobacco fields "rhe De-
liverance, Illustrated in color by Frank
Schoonoyer, January Is the date set for
publication, and in this apparently o.
season" the same house has before is
sued some Of their best novels with un-
usual success, 80 they no longer con-
slider 1t an experiment Last year their
first novel, which appeared on the same
date, "The Pit
Jerome Il. Jerome and Mrs. Jerome,
who seldom are to be found in Eng
land during the winter have selected
Brussels as their abiding place this
year and there the author is at work
on series OF short stories. Jerome
and W. Pett Ridge are intimate friends.
and the author OF "Erb" went over 10
Brussels the other day to spend the hol-
days with his fellow humorist Mr..
Jeromes proposed lecturIng tour in the
United States this winter was aban-
doned owing to the death Of Mai. Pond
but the writer hopes 10 appear before
American audiences next year.
A nightly interesting little glimpse
Of Darwin and his ways was given by
Francis Darwin, third son Of the SCI
enlist In the course Of a lecture the
other day, Mr.. Darwins subject was
"The Movement OF Plants" and he re.
marked that the fact that they were
affected by tuning fork seemed to
show they had certain sense Of feel.
ing, Apropos Of this he wnt on:
Many years ago my father made me
play to plants on the instrument which
| am In the habit OF practising upon
a bassoon. He had got It into his head
that plants were sensitive TO sound.
This experiment was most character
istic Of my fathers plan Of having a
forlorn hope in the way of expert
ment lie was never afraid Of trying
any experiment however idiotic Il
seemed, He had a name for that kind
Of experiments, lie called them fools
experiments Well, he made me play
the bassoon to those seeding plants"
one Of the most fascinating little it,
erary relies that have come to light for
some time Is n spoon which once be-
longed to Pepys, the dIarist, and which
recently fell into the hands Of Alfred
Quarltch, the buyer Of rare books THIS
IL plain old English spoon table size,
worn slightly with ace, but otherwise
perfect. The handle Is straight, and at
the broad end on the diverse side Is
engraved In dotted lines the words,
"Saml. Pepys. 1876" Mr.. QuarItch, who
bounced on the relic at a sale. supposos
that the spoon was present to the
dlarst as a boy
One Of the choice books Of the new
year Is Fanny Burney's "Eyelina," In
the Macmillan new Crawford series,
with an Introduction by Mr. Austin
Dobson and illustrations by Mr. Hugh
Thomson. They are ideal men for their
Nulh w TINS NOluUt, W. i'OpAOn "
wonderfully well versed IN the social
lore Of the eighteenth century. and has
lust written the biography Of Fanny
Burncy' IN Tho English Men Of Let
ters series. Mr. Thomsons dainty pen
drawings show the grace Of the period
to perfection.
Apropos Of the appearance In Eng
land of Mrs. Minnie Gresham Machens
book on 1.-THE Bible In Browning" pub
lished here by The Macmillan company
an Englishwoman relates the following
Incident, told TO her by Browning him
self A friend OF Mrs Browning, n
young girl. had painful episode In her
life. To divert her mind Mrs. Brown.
ing urged her to write tale She did
so, and produced what was mainly her
own story. II was successful, and
again. urged by Mr., and Mrs Browning
she tried to write another story, but
could not She said II have no I'M
aeination' give me story and can
write II up" soon after Mr. Browning
picked up on a bookstall in Rome an
old manuscript (or II may have been
an old printed tale) He thought II