The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-18
LITERARY NOTES.

Tho Rev. Washington Gladden's book. Tho
ont myw M iaoIatTM Which has Just been brought
tcst against the commercializinG OF govern
mrnt. OF education and Of religion; against
Tho growing tendency OF church and stntc to
worship power and forget the interests OF
Justice and freedom, against the dothronc-
hent oil God and the enthroncmont OF Nam
mon Several Of the papers evoked In
INC recent controversy respecting the rcla-
''o"' oi 'ho church TO ,'.So"en wealth
g Hsvolock I9IIs's analysis of The Celtic
spirit In Literature" In the Living Ago Tor
March 10 Is an ncutc md thoughtful presen-
tation OF an extremely interesting movement
c1n Ihe Lady and tho Ladder" by Harrieon
Garfield Rhodes which Doubleday. Page Il
Co have just published denls with tho ex-
perience OF rich and clever American woman
who breaks into exclusive British nociety,
Hero she learns that 1t is considered good
form 10 pick ones teeth at the dinner tnblo
with implements passed around for that pur-
pose. The rivocious American lady does
wins royal notice and the topmost rung OF
the eocial ladder The manuals OF social
etiquette VIII all need revision after this q,tlro
on English and American Eocsty becomes
known.
Down tho northeastern coast OF Maino
there lived n native fisher girl whose trans
I9rmation from the Wild. free lie in which
shc grrw 10 womanhood TO far different life,
as result OF the influx OF summer visitors
from tho city, is romnntically pictured by
April
Mr. Van Dykes ,'sto7, Of the Other Wise
Man, muy Justly claim to be the most popu-
lar little classic ever written 1t was first
published In lS9S yct announcement comes
this week from tho HurpSrs that they ore
printing an edition OF 20 900 copies, and this
II Is said. IL no uncommon order. A number
of bindings carried In regular stock 1t
is worthy or comment that the Easter de-
mand is very nearly great Mt Christ
mas, although tho story ia especially appro-
priatc 10 the lntter season
oh
publication this spring Moro Stories OF Mar
red Lifo." by Mary stewart Cutting whose
corllor stories OF suburban life, Little Stories
OF Married Life" and Little Stories OF Court
ship have been SO successful
In the Living Age for March s there is n
spirited and interesting account OF tho sig
nlhcRncc and results of tho recent elections in
England, under the title The Flood" Tho
author. Mr.. Herbert Paul hrs personal reason
for eNult2tion, for he Is OF tho Liberal
members carried In by tho flood which he
Tho most brilliant contributors TO the English
reviews.
According to statement recently made by
Hamilton w Mabie. good novel should be
able 10 successfully withstand threo testP.
matter how able II may be. dull novel is
q orcary failure: second. that 1t shnl either
tell q story well TO command attention,
or describe q character with such insight and
feeling as TO create genuine dramatic inter
est; third. that It shall be, in point OF style,
clear. strong, picturesque, or stirring. The
Eve novels OF the year just passed mentioned
by Mr. Mablc arc The Masqueradcr," Tho
Conquest of Canaan" Tho Debtor Tho
Divine Fire" and '"rho House of Mirth.'