Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-07

amid thens plains and mountains. seems
unnecessary. The boy Jim is adopted
by the man Jim after he has run away
from the cruel people who call them
selves his parents, but who obviously.
are not, and whoa have beaten and
starved him in the slums of New York
The partnership and the mutual de-
Notion of the two Jims--thats the
story, plus the woman in the case. OF
course. She is Big Jim's sweetheart
back In the east, and his love of nc~
Is the underlying motive of all that oc
ours.
Well. 1t just weaves it's spell around
Your heail, until you're laughing one
minute and crying the ncxt or, more
likely. doing both at the same time
And when Little Jim rescues Big jim
from the sunken shaft. you want to
get UP and Yell your delight and you
actually do 1t when the girl decides she
will have Jim after all.
So The Mascot Of Sweet Briar Gulch
is one of those rare stories that have
the happy effect of making people
think bettc of themselves and of each
other, of lifting ones estimate of hu-
man nature, of unconsciously melting
barriers and of leaving q sweet taste in
the mouth. 1t is. therefore, particul-
arlv appropriate as a gift in the holi
tractive appearance of the volume in
creases and hightens this appropriate
ness. 1t IL long since we havo seen
in any book better illustrations than
Mr.. Cootes' charming pictures for MIR.
Phillips charming story.--Bobbs Mer
rill company. On sale Deserct News
Book store.
"Cupid's Almanac" the latest work of
the always-amusing Oliver HEREFORD aud
John Cecil Clay seems likely to be the
holiday hit OF the season, Besides cata-
loguing many flowers and plants known
to all lovers, there Is a page of expert
suggestions and advice for each month
of the year which will be of the great
est help to all apprentices i'll heart
culture. In bringing out this little
booy," say the authors, I've feel that
we are doing a great service. We know
it Is needed; the world has needed 1t
for long time. Adam. even might
have been a better gardener had this
book been available. Who can say?
Perhaps he would not have had to give
up the old farm and move away, had he
had this Almanac to guide him. And
then there are Hero and Leandcr. Paris
and Helen. Abelard and Heoise, Paolo
and Francesca and so many, many
otherS-how different it might all have
been had we only published this little
book few thousand years ago. We
are filed with regret. The one consol-
ing thought it that We are better fitted
for the work now. We are older and
we think wiser" The Almanac is dedi-
Gated ITO Lovers and Lovers of Low
ers,n especially at Christmas. The H.
Illustrations include II full-page pictures
in color by Mr.. Herford and an equal
number by MIR. Clay. besides numerous
smaller sketches by each artist. On
col Ia of
Hawaiian Idyls Of Love and Death
is the title of IA new book by tho Rev.
Herbert Fl. Gowen. F.R.G.S., MR.S.A.,
GLond0. author OF THE Paradise of the
Pacific" THE Kingdom of Man." etc.
1t Is not always that the dwcllcr in
foreign lands possesses the gift OF gath
ering It's most marvellous mysteries,
and translatlng them into superb Eng
lish Such a combination Is essential
to true rendering of the historical
myths and idyls of any people; and it
is not too much to say that the gifted
author of Tho Paradise of the Pacific"
and other books. in this last series of
prose tales is surpassed by no writer
on similar themes. and equalled by few.
Every line of the little book is q de-
light and an Indictment to deeper delv-
ing in the poetic history of the simple
savages OF the Pacific isles. There are
eleven idylls in ALL and their poetic IT,
ties afford but faint suspicion Of the
charm of the narratives so eXquisiteiy
told Here Is the list: The Poison
Goddess of Molokai the Story of the
Kiha-Pu. the Splintered Paddle, the
Slandered Priest Of Oahu. keala, Pele
Declares for Kamehameha the City of
Sweet L.eilihua. the Spouting
Cave of Lanai Lono's Last Martyr,
Tleova, q Story of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Pub. Co., New York.