Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-24

chesty, tall and muscular Individual. In
the story the author speaks of Mr..
Harton, the lawyer, us q '.dried-up lit
tie man. Mr., Harton. friend and
could he do? But Mrs. Rinehart will
not go against the code again.
When the newspapers print a story
from real life that resembles the plot
Of a popular novel of the hour. people
lisher's press agent. Sometimes, per-
haps, he is guilty of perfervid mag
nation. But sometimes he Is not. Tho
book-booster can prove an alibi in the
case of the story recently published in
certain New York papers of the theft
OF diamonds worth $4,000 from the
country home or Commodore Frederick
G.. Bourne at Oakdale, L. I. The
Springfield Republican points out the
palpable resemblance of this sensa-
tlonal story to the plot of the novel
OF mystery. entitled The Circular
Staircase" which was published this
month. The details of the alleged Sc
liar.
Mr.. James O. Pagan, the author Of
Confessions of Railroad Signalman"
will make an address before the New
York and New England association Of
month on Neglect of Employees to
Observe Signals and Obey Rules" a
matter on which he lays stress in
| his book.
| Houghton Miftlin company reports
| edition of the Life of Alice Freeman
Palmer" by Professor George II. Pal
mer: fourth edition OF THE Lighted
Lamp by Charles landlord Hender-
son; third editions of Though Life
Us Do Part" by Elizabeth S. P. Ward,
ford and John Cecil Clay: second
editions of 1.-THE I4eaven of Love-" and
THE Quest Flower" both by Clara
Burnham. and 1.-THE Fair Mississippi"
by Charles Egbert Craddock. They
are adding to their list the recent
Of Tribullus." by DR.. Theodore c. VIII
liams, headmaster of the famous Rox-
bury Latin school, His new transla-
ton of "virgirs Aeneid" will be
brought out next month by the same
house.
Fcrrie Greenslet says in his Life of
Thomas Bailey Aldrich:- THE passage
in The Story of Bald Boy describing
his little ballroom lin the Nutter
house, the books he found there and
the use he made of them is of the
lfSt geographic -lHlpolldlSG. ,rt.. y
"A washstand in the corner, n
chest Of carved mahogany drawers.
a looking glass in a filigreed frame.
and a high-backed chair studded with
brass nails like a coffin. constituted
the furniture. Over the head of the
bed were two oak shelves, holding
sperhaps a dozen books--among which
we're Theodore. or The Peruvians.
Robinson Crusoe. an odd volume OF
Tristram Shandy, Bakers Saints
Rest and fine English edition of the
Arabian Nights( with 500 woodcuts by
Harvey.
I first overhauled these books? do
not allude especially to Bakers Saints
Rest. which is far from being lively
work for the young, but to the Arab
ian Nights, and particularly to Rob
inson Crusoe. The thrill that ran
into nv fingers ends then has not
r,n out vet Many time did steal
IN to this nest of a room( and, taking
the dogs cared volume from the shelf,
glide off into an enchanted realm,
Where there were no lessons to get
and no boys to smash my kite
apropos of Aldrich's illusions to
Robinson Crusoe, Houghton Mifflin
compnny are just bringing out a two
volume edition of this classic story
which will be a delight to all DOCK
lpverS u5s