Arizona republican., 1906-11-24
DIARY OF A BRIDE"
 SCENE LAID IN PHOENIX
A Little Book Telling a Beautiful Love Story Which Is Being Widely Read With Pleasure.

The Diary of a Bride" is a dainty little blue and white book recently is sued by Thos. Crowell & Co. New York. Part of the romance is laid in Arizona. as the bride meets her Jack" under the blossoming Oleanders of Phoenix.
 The book is published anonymously. which only serves to rouse curiosity as to the identity of the author.
 Here are some characteristic bits de- scribing Phoenix.
 How enchanting Arizona seemed to us-the sky blue and cloudless. the air soft and clear. perfumed by the pink and white blossoms of the oleander trees and by the aromatic odor of the burning mesquite wood. The Odor of burning mesquite wood is a character istic of Phoenix as salt odor from the ocean is of a seaside town. For me It had an indescribable charm, suggest ing the luxuriance of the Orient, where precious sandalwood is burned. Surely parts of Arizona have fulfilled the Bible prophecy that The desert shall blos- som like the rose
 "A year ago this Christmas, Jack and were only sweethearts. We were in Arizona. Christmas eys was as balmy as a night in June. We sat on the balcony listening to some Mexicans playing and singing across the street. Jack and l slipped out unobserved. and in the glorious moonlight strolled over the little bridge. and under the cotton woods. along the Grand Canal, then slowly home past the orange grove. The air was ravishing: redolent with the scent of those orange blossoms. Then Christmas day with it's joyous, delightful drive across the desert those giant cacti. standing like senti- nels along the way, seemed So wierd and strange a growth. and over head the great buzzards were wheeling their graceful. stately flight. We drove back at twilight; a pink glow was over the desert; old Camel's Back stood h. bold relief against the sky. and seem ing very near. Softly ;he coiors melted into dusk. the evening star appeared and the spirit of Peace and Love seem ed to enfold the desert and us"
 Jack and I picked out little adobe house down there which we decided would quite satisfy us. It looked sG
  anda. and hundred of Maiechal Mel roses blooming round it. The yard was very large, with palm. quince. al- mond. orange. and pomegranate trees growing in it. The place tempted us to enter every time we passed it, with or without invitation. It looked like d home. a place where people were happy. Of all the houses we saw this one-story adobe cottage will remain longest in our minds. and just to recall it to memory is a pleasure
 The critics praise the little volume very highly as the following extracts show:
 "The Diary of a Bride" reveals a wealth of tender sentiment that re- minds one of James Lane Allan's Kentucky Cardinal" It is a book that warns the heart.-Pittsburg Ga- zette.
 Undoubtedly one of the most orig inal books of the day. It is full of gen. uine modern philosophy. practically ap- piled to everyday life. Humorous experiences in housekeeping and sens ible thoughts on the bringing of hap piness into work-a-day life. make the book enjoyable to men and women alilIe.-ChicaCo Record Herald
 The contents of the beautifully bound volume is refreshing and full of thoughts that uplift and entertain. Every one who reads the book must feel the elevation that it's pages in- spire and also its literary beauty. IL is a book not to be read once only. but to return to lovingly again and again. Dayton (Ohio) Daily Journal
 The charm and naivete of "The Diary of a Bride" would penetrate hardened cynic.-St. Paul Dispatch.
 This beautifully told history of an ideal married life cannot fail to be appealing and ennobling. It is full of humor and feminine wisdom and is as spirituelle as the Christmas snowflake or the subtle fragrance of the white carnations. so mystically interwovep in the romance.
 There are glimpses of ardent nature