The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-18
NEW BOOKS.

maynard company Boston.
The motif of this dainty little vol,,r,e
Is indicated by its title. It is a book for
sWeetneartS, younger and older The
quotations are most of them new exeeDt
70 J0,, me students OF Omar, though the "a
mllar ones viii perhaps seem the best
alter all We find the one beginning
Inc Book OF Verses underneath the
Bough." ~
and that other,
Iihe bird of life is singing on the
and again,
let, al all that Spring should vanish with
and
"Ah' Moon OF my Delight who know'st no
With these old favorites come MANY new
ana exquisite lines. Yhe quatraines arc so
aIIahgeo as TO have some unity and Sc
quence. They are drawn from the hest of
the Observation-Disclosures &c C;ailiep-
nth Garner S and the rendering of
The Lovers Rubaiyato is an addition
10 the library of TRANSACTIONS of the great
Fersian 5 great poem.
Her Fiance," by Josephine Daskam.
Published By Henry AIfemus companv
Philadelphia.
Her Fiance" is the first Of the four
stories OF college life written while Mrs
bacon was still a student at Smith col
lege, her alma mater. and now repub-
HsHed- Ihey are clever as the work we
would expect from the pen OF Josephine
Dodge Daskam. Mrs Bacon, even in her
salad days. They are bright and witty
ana an interesting revelation of college
girl life and interests. The last Of the
stories, called The Point of View" will
find anpreciative audience especialIv
among students.
'Cabbages and Kings" by O. Henry
Published by Mcclure Phillips and COM
pany. New York
The frequent revolutions i'm our sister
republics OF Central America SAVIOR some
II hax hAx
endless rOmances and stories of adventure
it has remained for Mr.. Henry to take
heavals and TO write a series OF clever
and amusing stories involving the attend
ant Incidents.
The reader is sure of several good
laughs as he follows the fortunes of the
American consul. called johnny. and
associates. with Keogh and Clancy two
amusing Irish adventurers. The thread OF
romance surrounding the planter. Good
WIN and the opera singer and the refugee
president lends an interest The native
maiden, the American bankers daughter
Inc peon. the various presidents, ''ins ana
outs. pass across the stage to an accom-
paniment of farce-comedy with an occa-
siOnal touch or the serious, and all en-
pertaining and divertins.
Small, MAYNARD & Co. Boston have is
sued a holiday edition of their "Wit and
Humor OF Well Known Quotations" edit
ed by Marshall Brown. The publication
is one Of the best compilations of humor-
Gus literature issued in recent years. IL
embraces the best of old classics and ali
of the modern humorists ranging alto
gether from Ecclesiastes. Pliny and
shakespeare down to Burdette and BIZ
tNSe. An lhValuap Die part of the book Is an
index OF the best known quotations. which
covers most of the phrases in common
use as aphorisms, but which few people
can trace to their original source. The
book is we'll printed on good paper, is ex-
ceilenuy bound and has an attractive
cover design. Public speakers and stu
dents VIII find it particularly useful.
Walt Whitman, by Isaac HUI Plat.
published by Small, Maynard & Co,
graphies of eminent Americans being
edited by NJ. A. De Wolfe Howe There
nave been many essays written about
me good, gray poet They may be d.
appreciation and essays of abuse. Mr..
Platts little biography must come under
the first head. Perhaps we are still too
close 10 Whitman to hope for anything
else; at any rate the critical faculty
seems 10 desert a man when he begins 10
talk OF him Nevertheless the book in
hand is Of considerable interest and
says This little book is an. attempt
10 bring into brief compass the salient
features OF one who is among the most
picturesque figure in American letters
The man Whitman. in his salient fea-
lures, stands revealed as was promised.
The biographical data is selected with
discrimination and is suggestive and inter-
cslmg. The storm of criticism that as
sailed the first publication of the Leaves
-ot Grass receives much attention There
" an interesting analysis OF fhe lincoln
UhTonOdy which is generally recognized
now as Whitmans MASTERPIECE Who
can forget the beginning lines?
When lilacs last in the oooryard
blOomed,
And the great star early droop'd in the
western sky in the night
The comments upon the poet of the
distinguished men of MS time are
quoted at length. Emerson Burroughs
HOwells and others.
For nineteen years Whitman was an in
valid, but his martyrdom gave opportun-
ity for him 20 enjoy the ample reeogni-
ton of his genius that is not always the
fate Of such men as he. This letter bio
graphy Of Mr.. Platt's is not the final
word upon Whitman, nor does Ii claim to
be. but II is an interesting and sugges-
a Prairie Infanta. by Eva Wilder Broad
head Published by Henry Aitemus
company, Philadelphia
Here is a story for girls simply told
with a wholesome lesson I'm a sugar
coated form. The scene is laid in
Colorado mining town. the first of the
persons of the drG ma is the infanta who
is the child of a Spanish mother dead
ut the opening Of the story and care
less, well meaning prospector father,
Texan. Then there is the foster mother.
Miss Jane Combs who hides a noble
heart under a homeiy exterior. some
Mexican neighbOrs. and a good doctor.
There is little incident but enough to ac-
count for the development in the young
girls character and 10 lead up 10 a happy
denOuement
Far from the Maddening Girls. by Guy
Wetman Carryl. Published by Mcclure
Phillips a Co. New York
The quaint humor Of Mr.. Carryl's fancy
is as marked and as individual in this
new story as in his earlier works The
hero. n young man of thirty. having fall
len heir. unexpectedly. to a modest COM
Potency, proceeds to arrange a home for
himself. He is weary of land ladies' and
table d hote dinners; he aspires to be a
bachelor and explains that one cannot be
a thoroughly authentic bachelor under
g 600 a year. Short Of that income one
may.of course remain unmarried: but TO
remain unmarried means nothing more
than TO be a single man. and our hero
wishes to be a bachelor. His scheme of
life involves a residence far from the
maddening girls, in pursuance of which
many amusing things happen. with
the curtain rung down at the las on our
bachelor being much in love with one of
the maddening girls who has promised 10
be his wife. In the meantime. however,
there are many amusing experiences in
the housekeeping Of the hero in his en-
counters with his cook Calvin and his
bOy-of-all-WOrk Darius. Peter Newells