Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-22
BOOKS.

Miss Olive Durfree is a young resi-
| dent of Utah who has written a re-
markedly able and inspiring little book
| called Self Culture an Essay on m
| dividuality." The main ideas of this lit
| tie book can hardly be called original
| Ralph Waldo Urine, Lillian Whiting
| and others of the many new thought
writer's are suggested In It's pages,
| but the matter withal Is 80 cleVerly
| handled. and the style so delightful
| is forceful and natural that one does
| not stop in reading its chapters to con-
| slider their sources Of Inspiration. The
| expression is remarkably clear ana
| vivid, and not enc chapter In the book
| that does not contain thought enough
| TO upift any soul from dependency,
| doubt, slothfuness or any OF the other
| hogs OF pessimism to peaks OF hope
| and faith. The truth Miss Durfree
| enunciates cannot have too frequent
expression; each city should have
local teachers OF its gospel OF cheer
and each indlvidual---or person~--Niss
Durfree takes all the synonimity out of
these terms-shOuld carry q copy or
her littlo volume In HIS pocket as
constant 1tidOte TO fear, and stlmulant
to hope, health and wealth--fOr a
single page OF Il VIII do all FOR It's
reader and more than all material
medicine, travel and the thousand and
one other remedies for mental, physic-
al and moral ills that have ever dosed
an unhappy world. One Of the good
things In It's pages is the following;
Never think that just anything is
good enough for you. II Is an easy
matter 20 determine persons opinion
Of himself by going into his house;
he Will often oyerwhelm you with
apologies for deficiencies and dis
order. but never think OF apologizlng
to himself for enduring all the time
these deficiencies himself"
Another paragraph Is this: Life
as 1t Is appears to be q hideous con-
fusion 60 those who have not conf
dence IN Gods omnlpotent power 10
bring all things into harmony. All
things work together for good, One
by one we como back into the fold Of
Christ, the worse for wear and worse
for having been guided by the wisdom
of man.
The book is neatly bound md alto
gether is worthy OF a generous patron
age.
A new novel. at the Court OF the
Maharaja," by Louis Tracy author az
pillar Of Light and THE Wings 81
the morning Is Just out. Louis Tracy
has done many excellent things "Thc
Wings Of the Morning and 'Thc Pill
lar ~ Light are each worthy OF the
highest praise and well deserve their
popularity; but In Mr. Tracy's new
book AT the Court OF the Maharaia,'
he has gone ahead Of an his previous
cndeavors and has given us a volume
that ls masterpiece.
In this absorbing romance the un-
der the seamy side ~ India IS royeal-
ed Mr.. Tracy has not scruplod 90
paint the thing as he sces II. and bis
picture while wonderfully fascinating
Is. at the same time, astounding and
thought-compelling II ls the Old plot
OF the unequal mating W man and
woman, only IN this instance tho
woman Is pure-minded English girl
the man dark skinned. dcbased, and
naturally cruel son Of india. That he
II a maharaja makes lttlc difference,
for although well educated he cannot
cutlive the hereditary taints, ana when
he Is on his native soil there IS a real
reyersion TO type, ana the sayagery
OF his forefathers displays Itself IN this
cultivated brute who BY his magnetic
power has won an English wife. IL
Is q strong story. ono Of the strongest
ever written about india There Is
plenty OK action ir It, OF the most
strenuous kind. and IL deal In an az.
tractive way with theme that has
been little exploited Hence II IS rea-
sonable 20 ex0cct big demand for
the book, For sale BY all booksellers,