The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-07

Prof George Wharton Jamess new book
entitled THE Wonders of the Colorado Des-
ert (Southern California;" will be published
by Little. Brown 6 Co. in two octave volumes
Instead OF one, with colored frontispleee'
thirty-two full-pngo plates, and over coo pen
andslnk sketches by Carl Eytcl
Grace MacGowan Cooke the author. and
Peter Newell. tho artist. have collaborsted in
making rarely funny book. Their First
Formal Call" which the Harpers will pub
lish at once, II is the story OF how two boys
paid their first real cali on the girls. One
OF them has fortified himself for the ordeal
by q careful study of Helps and Hints to
Young Men in Business and Social Rela-
tions," and his awkward application OF the
principles he has memoriZed for guidance. as
well as the desperate attempts OF both boys
10 appear at case. are ludicrous in the eN
trcme. Mrs. Cooke has related the narrative
with rare zest and Peter Newell's character
istic pictures are as funny as they can be.
Messrs. Thomas y. Crowell & Co. are add
ing several important titles to their popular
Thin Paper Classics"-a series which com
prlses some of the largest books In the most
compact compass. Among the prose uues
are: Boswells Johnson. Carlyle's French
Revolution. and Don Quixote. Among the
poets are: Burns. Keats. Scott. and Shelley
IN complete editions.
James Clarence Harvey, author OF In Bo-
nemia," has written "a bright, catchy little
volume OF toasts and bon mots, over the
Nuts and Wine" which will DO published
during tho month by III. NJ. Caldwell Company
OF Boston. Unlike most OF the toast books
OF the day the matter IS entirely original,
and no better author could have been pro-
cured than Mr., Harvey. one Of tho best
known OF our cosmopolitan after dinner
speakers. geographically thc book is most
attractive with its dainty border designs In
light green. The volume Is bound in the
shape OF a bucket. showing the top Of a
| bottle protruding from the ice, and there is
| enough bright, sparkling wit inside the covers
| TO warrant the OF the champagne bottle
| represented In the cooler,
| A somewhat unique book is announced by
! Doubleday. Page Co. in Tine Arab Horse. ;"
| by Spencer Borden. Mr., Borden has for
| try and be gives here for the first time, It
| is said, thoroughly reliable volume on this
| much debated subject. The real merits Of
! the Arab, his distinct differences from other
| horses, and the true history OF the pure
| bloodcd animals In America combine TO make
this yaloabls book sae0 There is preface by
icun Museum OF Natural History.
| A book that promises TO be OF importance
| as summary of the results OF modern re-
search and higher criticism Is about to be
published by Herbert b. Turner g. Co. undor
| the titie OF THE Historical Bases of Re-
ligions: Primitive. Bobylonian. and Jewish "
It's author, Hiram Chellis Brown. sees In
! from the crude and cruel conceptions OF
primitive man To the refined and highly
| 3pIritualtEeu religious sense OF cultured Chris
| tauty. TO explain the religious sense nc be-
| llcyes It unnecessary TO look beyond purely
natural causes. His critical review of Baby
| lonIan and Jewish religion VIII be instructive
! aud interesting to both loyman and clergy.
The Century Co. has two lots of books
| scheduled for October, the duties OF issue
| October II and 27. The art edition OF
! Maria uornor Lapsdale The ChatenuS Of
| Touraine" TO be beautiful with many color
reproductions oil Jules ,Gucrin. drawings.
tober Is is also tho date o( the book publ
| cation Of Frederick Trevor lIill's Lincoln
| tho LAWYER Ammo WorDGr's humorous
Seeing France with Uncle John and II.
! G. Weiis's lin tho Days OF the Comet. -
On tho same date will appear Henry NJ.
readers. Helen NlcolSy's The Boys Life
OF Lincoln, Ralph Henry Barbour's Tho
! OF Fairy Stories from St. Nicholas"
October 2T will bring the issue OF Richard
| Watson Glider new volume Of poems. a
Book OF Music" and the three new Thumb.
nails. This is tho date also for Queen
House ;he Grst Of rho series OF fairy. tales
Inv Frances Hodcson Burnett. There will ap-
pear also on this date John Bcnnctls new
novel "peyyc Gaillard and Dorothen Dca'
kin 5 ''Georgic.
Ia Europe. in Belgium especially. aAton'
i,bjna results have been accomplished in po.
in 1899 ton dog policemen reduced might
| crimes In the outlying districts two-thirds.
| Tho night service Of the city now includes
| Rfty or sixty pericrty trained dog police
fed housed. aud trained with tho greatest