Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-06

Each IL set on small board laid with
green velvet grass and enclosed with
stone wall. He makes them for gifts
and sends them with complete ac-
count Of the names and characters of
their occupants written In true Cape
Cod or Old Colonial dialect. one such
cottage, which he presented TO Bruce
Porter. his collaboration in The Lark"
is the residence OF Solomon Handy OF
Pudding Center" and small ell in
dicatd as the room where the old gen.
tleman murdered his nephew with a
knitting needle while pretending TO
lance a boil,
When William r. Lighton, author OF
The Ultimate Moment which a West
ern paper describes as the best Oma-
Ia story ever written" was only small
boy, he tried his hand at all sorts OF
wrltlng--storles, fragments OF natural
history. versesA-and insisted upon
sending them to magazines, To earn
the money for postage stamps, he
nicked cherries "on shares for neigh
Dor, IN pedd'ed his own share a"ounl
the town, He made more than dollar
that June, and invested in a supply OF
stamps that kept his manuscript 90.
ing for several months, Despite this
persevering spirit OF enterprise, II was
many years before his manuscripts be.
gan to be accepted; but with his new
novel Mr.. LEIGHTON seems to have ar
rived.
The increasing popularity OF Gelett
Burgess and VIII Twins fantastic Call
fornia story, "The Reign OF Queen
lsyl," is shown by the fact that the pub
fishers. Mcclure Phillips, received from
one book store last week an order for
five hundred copies
Mrs. Deland's satisfying stories, en-
titled DR.. Lavendar's People, are taking
their place among classics Of similar
character The London Athenaeum
compares the book with the best Eng
lIsh models OF It's kind, and says From
beginning to end this book forms de-
lightfu reading. In the sense that Pride
and Prejudice and Crawford are de-
lightful," The thousands OF readers
who know their Jane Austen and Mrs,
Gaskell, will be thankful to add the
American Mrs, Deland to that charmed
circle.
The Harpers are publishing a new
edition ~ Judith OF the Plains, Marie
Mannings striking novel Of tic big
cattle days I'm the west n story which
has been favorably compared by several
reviewers To the work OF Bret Harte
Miss Manning Is now In Rome where
she expects to remain nntil the spring.
Carl Snyder's successful book, New
Conceptions In Science, has been very
well received In Germany, Johann
Ambrosius Barth, The German PUBLISH
or, has row opened negotiations with
Harper \ Brothers, who publish the
book In America, 10 translate II into
German ana issue Il at Leipalg, AS the
firm Of Rarth has high standing IN
Germany and particularly as publish
ers OF authoritative books Of science.
their appreciation Of an American work
like Mr. Snyder's Is the more notable,
The book IL also published In England
by tn Hampers. and has passed through
several editions there.
"The most delightful picture gallery
of the season" n the Boston Tran-
scripts summing up OF liz criticism OF
Worlds Children Since the books
appearance IN September the Macmillan
company have published another book
by Mortimer ana Dorothy Menpes-
their record IN coored pictures and
vivid descriptions Of THE purhar,"
which had an immediate ana astonlsh.
ing success MIR Mennes Ia now al
work on hla biography OF Whistler
lly reason ~ ita accuracy lia run
moss, and 80 entertaining style, Mrs.
Roger A. pyor's THE Mother ~
Washington and Her Times IA ibely
"a remain che STANDARD authority ON lh
interesting thome Mr Pryor bias ln'
eorppatod INTO her narrative much
valuable, curloua and unusual tosil'
moay from MIs Washington coniem-
p0iarlea az t0 thU people manners. cusf
loUa aed spirit M ihe age ana locality
m which May nall lived s0 thnt the
honk has dnlael historical tauo na
Wpli Az roAl ChArm ai aiile.
ono would ue,ef dream bN moklnF