Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-28

head over heels in love with her The
ordinary reader OF fiction will find this
an absorbing story. But 1t should APP
peal also to the religious thinker, to
the scientific inquirer and to the seeker
after truth. Certainly, it is a contrast
to many books OF the day. and on this
ground will arouse curiosity.-New
York Harper & Brothers.
Miss Betty of New York is a charm
ing story, adapted for children oof II
Or IA, of the friendship and adventures
OF Betty and Chris. They encountered
strange experiences in leaving New
York for the country, and were res
cued by Betty's quick wit. OF the Incl
dents of country life. Chriss loyal
stand for his fathers memory, and his
plunge into the world alone, there is a
series OF pictures characterized by SYM
patry, vivacity, and hunor. For the
closing adventures and the outcome
the reader must turn to the story. The
quaint and sunny character OF Miss
BETTY, the peacelnaker, and the lovable
and manly figure OF Chris represents
examples which will enlist the inter-
est and sympathy of older readers, and
fascnate the chlldren.-New York;
Harper & Brothers.
Under the Great Bear, is a new story
by Kirk Monroe to add to his great
books for boys. A young mechanical
engineer goes off to Newfoundland and
Labrador for an iron and copper com
pany. On the way an iceberg wrecks
the ship, he drifts alone on a raft, and
is picked up by schooner, likewise
bound for Newfoundland. but for an
other port. On these shores the French
and English have an exciting rivalry
in the lobster canning business, there
are some risky smuggling enterprises.
and n few rousing fights among the
sailors. On board the Sea Bee young
Cabot sails north, and spends some
months marooned by an iceberg that
jams tho passage. Later he is captured
by the Indians and rescued by q mys-
ferrous creature, the ''man-wolf." who
is wrapped in VOLTS fur and does not
speak a word, but who turns out to
he a noted scientist who is fortune
has very strangely afflicted. After a
winter among the Icskimns, where he
gets lost in a furious blizzard. the hero
pushes on to the mines, finds them
packed with ore, and returns to New
of the mining company. The story is
adventurous. lively, and convincing
q real book for boys.-New York;
Harper & Brothers.
American boys and girls are all
proud to remember the history of our
country at seattle famous packet
ships and clipper ships. and other pas
senger and merchant marines. that
cruised before the day of steanl.-and
especially to recall the valor of our
fighting fleets in all the American
wars. All the varying destinations of
the sea and its sailors are felt in
Adventures at Sea. new book in
the Harper's Young People series
Here. for example. are some OF the
stories by name: How Perry's Kite
Saved crew-The Tale of a Wreck
on the Long Island Coast; "a Cargo
of Burning Coal-Alone on the Mer-
was Lighted-The Tale of Nat Mar
BILE of Mitchells Lodge; How st.
Regis Lost His Name and Found It.
Stranded off Puerto Rico: and The
Wreck of the Maria Helena-A True
Story of the Hawaiian Coast The
T. II. Stevens. f. II. Converse, John
R. Coryell, Maria Louise Pool. and
others.
Jolly tales are In the Open, of ex
ploits and youthful pranks in the free
life out-of-doors. The stories tell of
Indians fishing, hunting, camping,
roaming the broad country under the
open sky. They are not desperately
adventurous tales, but breezy, exciting.
and decidedly enjoyable events such
as the young blood leaps to when one
is anywhere from seven to IL. During
their reading. also. many useful points
may be gained as TO how things should
be done out-of-doors. Such stories
as these will appeal to all young peo-
pie: "Mufned--Ambushe by Indians;
1.-THE Owl Creek Bridge--How Put
Saved the Sugar; "A Wild Black
berry, picker--The Bear Who Stole
the Pals; "a Ripper, and How 1t
Steered Itself" Through Barn
How a New Station Was Made: and
Setting the Brnok at Work--Wllat q
water-wheel Did, The book Is by
William o. Stoddard in the Harper's
Young People collection of Stories of
Outdoor Life.