Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-23
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

A recent local publication is the
senealugy Of the Stevens family corr
piled by DR.. Elylra Stevens BARNEY oil
this city embracing branches OF the
family descend "a from Puritan ances-
try. New England families not trace
able to Puritan ancestry, and misCel-
laneOus branches wherever found. II
includes an extended account OF the
line of descent from 1850 10 the pre,-
emit time. The book is neatly bound
and contains an excellent portrait 81
the author for frontispiece and
opens with design OF the Stevens
coat OF arms with a short sketch at
IL ana the family motto, IT Live In
Hope" Then commences the gene
alogy, Including In it's separate sketch
es some exceedingly interesting ma
tertal, which the authox has dealt with
in a style which shows remarkabls
literary excell snce Following the
genealogical part, the author gives a
biographical sketch OF herself, and her
life. efforts and experiences, the en-
tire volume making record OF great
interest which will no doubt prove Of
value TO generations or the family yet
to come The author is to he con-
graduated upon the excellent result OF
her painstaking la.bor. Shelton COM.
pany of this city are the publishers
In the April number Of Human Life,
story OF Mrs. Eddy's life. Tells Of her
interview with the son OF p 2. Quirpby
her request TO soc the Tnuch-dlsc usseJ
manuscripts, his refusal to show them,
and her conclusion that these nlanu~
scripts are a tradition only, and not
fact The Aprll instslr1ent says IN
part THE Qnimby tradition, or more
exactly the Quinby manuscript tradl-
ton, reminds one OF certain Mrs.
AtrT x1rhf
a. beautiful myth while she lasted and
very effective. but she ceased to BIZ
when Sairy Camps bored and irate LIS
tener declared at laSt her absolute
cnayic ton that there was no Mrs, Ar
ris- The picture of a lady brought for-
ward at this juncture might have still
bolstered UP the myth, but the so~
called fac siInils of a part OF q manu-
script OF Phineas p Gilniby, printed
In a recent ma sazne, does not sustain
the Qulmby manuscript tradition. be-
cause It Is not the photograph Of n
piece Of writing by Phlneas p, Quinn
by, and the writers of the magazine
article never saw Qulntby manuscript
This assertion the writer has from the
lips OF the man who claims TO guard
and own the much-discussed papers.
"Ths Man Who Was Dead" Arthur
w, Marchrionts new novel, begins in
tho Popular Magazine for April, IL LII
the story OF an assassination In Servia,
and how one man narrowly escaped be-
Ing murdered. and was compelled to as
sumo the personality OF his would-ba
assassin. 1t Is a wonderfully absorbing
story, and one that, Judging from the
opening chapters, 10 going TO hold tho
interest Of the readers--Street a. Smith,
Seventh Ave, and Fifteenth ST.. New
York.
The following interesting features ara
part OF the list OF contents OF Harper's
Bazaar for April: Tho Fashion Out
look Spring Hats and Wraps"
"House and Evening Gowns" and
Simple Fashions" by Marie Oliver;
New Jewelry." Autolnktte p. Van
Hoesens New Spring Neckwear." a. u.
Ciorrnans' lessons In Economical Dress
Ing Flora Mcdonald Thompson; 1.-THE
Manners of American Women part I,
Henry James: Through the Valley a.
story The Land OF Old Age ~, An
Elderly Woman; Making Mother COM
Portable story. and many others
New York.