Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-21

Birds of New England and eastern
New York by Ralph Hoffman; Whit
tier-Land," by Samuel r, Plckard, the
biographer Of Whittier, a new edition
OF AN Island Garden by Celia ThaN-
ter, pioneer garden book which has
for several years been out OF print; n
special limited edition OF "rhe Coleman
Collection Of Facts and Documents rel
alive to the Death Of Alexander Hamli-
ton" originally published in 1904 and
Clarence @. Child in the Riverside
Literature Series.
Josephine Daskam, author Of THE
Madness Of Philip and other amusing
stories Of children, was born in STAN
ford, Ct, on Feb. Il, 1876 At the
age Of IA she was sent to the High
school at Stamford, and remained there
for four years From there she entered
Smith college, graduating In the class
of '9S. Her sense of humor developed
at an early age. She was married a
few months ago to Selden Bacon and
now resides with her husband on Riy-
erslde Drive, New York
1t Is doubtful II discussion OF Thack-
cray and his work VIII ever come to an
end. The battle RACES as furlously as It
did forty years ago, and I'm the current
issue Of the Fortnightly Review, Mr.,
ii. III, Statham says that neither his
admirers nor his detractors speak as
those who can render a reason" His
highest fame, in the opinion Of this
critic, rests not upon Henry Esmond,
as so many insist, but on Vanity FAIR
"Pendennis," and 'The Newcomes'
on the veXed question Of Colonel New
come. Mr. Stratham says. 1T Ia
popular idea again, that Colonel New
come is n simpleton. The advocates
Of this theory must surely have over
looked the commander In chiefs gem
eral orders in granting leave to Colonel
Newcome, when Sir George Hustler
could not refrain from expressing hts
sense OF the great and meritorious SER
vice OF this most distinguished officer
who has left his regiment in the high
est state OF discipline and efficiency.
The colonel was no fool in his profess
sion, at all events, lie did two fool
ish things undertaking business opera
tlons which he did not properly UNDER
stand and standing for parliament,
but he was egged into them both, IN the
one case by rascals, In the other by
friends who he modestly thought were
better judges than himself, The fact
Is, not that he was n gimpleton but
that he was a simple-minded man. thu
two characters are as wide as the poles
asunder, though there seem TO be u
large number OF people in the world
who cannot see the difference All OF
which Is pertinent enough, but II is al
together likely that Thackeray's critics
confuse a simpleton with "A simple
minded man. After ALL Thackeray
himself wrote TO Miss Proctor: "He is
a dear old boy, but confess you think
him something Of a twaddler,'
In his new novel, "The Queens
QUAR-" Mr. Maurice Hewlett has UNI
dertaken to tell the whole story of Mary
of Scotland as she herself knew II; TO
paint her as she appeared to herself and
TO others. to depict her heart her love
her power, her errors. her pain, her
sway through al the six years tragedy
OF her life I'm Scotland. This IL said to
be one Of the great books OF the year
IN It's power, its literary quality, and IT'S
skill.
This Is how Mark Twain came to
write his jumping Frog story Of
which new edition has recently been
published by the Harpers; lie had
reached San Francisco from Nevada
City, where he had been profoundly in
terested In G brand new sport-a jump
ing contest between two frogs, The
trainers OF the frogs and a crowd OF
miners and camp followers formed the
audience. which Twain had Joined. Lat
err, meeting a group Of friends In the
San Francisco mint among whom were
r. ID. Swain, Charles w, Howard and
Bret Harte-Twain told them about the
strange contest he had witnessed, and
the recital so convused his hearers that