The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-11

The Pets by Henry Wallace Phil
lips. Published by Mcclure, Phillips &
Co., New York. Readers of McClure's
Magazine will remember Red Saun-
ders and Mr.. Scraggs and then they
will recall that remarkable trio Of pets
the hawk, otherwise The Judge; Tom
my. the snake. and Bob. the young
wildcat. Their garnbols and the way
they finally finished the Englishman's
bulldog are recounted by Red himself
in his own inimitable way. Mr.. A. b.
Frost's able pictures are as good as the
story.
"A Whimsey Anthology" collected by
Carolyn Wells. Published by Charles
Scrloners Sons, New York The au-
thor In her preface tells us that a lit
erary whimsey is not merely the ex-
preston OF whimsical thought or
FANCY, but an odd or capricious form of
tnat expression. 1t is Whimseys of
manner, not matter, that are offered in
this collection. We know of no one
more admirably adapted for this spe-
chic work than Carolyn Wells, whose
own Wnlmseys are so delightful She,
IL any one, knows a whimsey when she
secs one She has searched the hooks
from Robert Herrick's time on down
the list of writer's, including Lewis Car
roll-ln many selections-Leigh Hunt.
CharieS Lamb, Austin Dobson. n O.
Duiher, EDWARD Lear, Wallace Irwin.
Thomas Hood, of course. and MANY
others whose names are familiar The
whimseys are classified. Here are some
OF the headings: Logical Whimseys.
AlllteratlYe Whimseys, Acrostics.
Iongue Twisters and, of course. a long
list of Limericks. 1t is a Temptation to
quote from the book. so MANY of the
verses are quotable. but choice among
the many good things would be so diff
cult that it seems best to leave the
lover of whimseys to hunt up the book
for himself
"A Modern Madonna" by Caroline
ABBOT Stanley. Published by the Cen
fury company. Mrs. Stanley needs no
Introduction to the people of Salt Lake
city. During and since her residence
here her many friends have followed
her career in literary work with inter-
est and admiration. Order No IT" was
widely read in this city, and the public
VIII be glad to know of the success of
her last book, '"The Modern Madonna. I"
ms DOCK shows the growth that one
expected In Mrs. Stanley. The new story
IN MOTH and in character drawing is
even stronger than was Order No. H.
IL deals with the tragic possibilities of
the law-fOrmerly existent in the Dis
trict of olumbia-permitting a man TO
viii away the custody of his unborn
child Mrs. Stanley is quoted as saw
ing:
Two years ago last winter" Mrs.
Stanley says, 81 was greatly interested
in the Smoot trial before the senatorial
committee, and was in close attend
ance upon it. Many earnest women
were there, and naturally our talk be-
fore and after sessions was not of bench
shows and bridge. After the startling
testimony of some of the witnesses. a
stranger, a w. G. T. u. woman. turned
to me and said, This is all very dread
full, but 1t is no worse than MANY an
iniquity cOuntenanced by law. Did You
know that in number of states a man
can Will away from its mother her un-
born child? Did you know it could be
done here in this district until a few
years ago?'
Il did not know it, and I only half
believed 1t, but it was a startling
thought and it stayed with me- That it
was true / found out later upon inves-
tigation. 1 talked with different women
who were instrumental in bringing
about repeal. The more I pondered
it the more the dramatic possibilities