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

of u familiar situation of heart interest,
makes it especially appropriate for
holiday gift Evidently recognizing this
the publishers have isused it in most
attractive dress. Mr.. Alonzo Nimball
contributes nine pictures In his best
manner. They are reproduced in color
pkctugravure, the first time this elabor-
ate process has been applied TO book
observation-disclosures Merrill Co., In
dianaDOis.
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow. that exceed
ingly clever young write has hitherto
laid the scenes Of her stories IN one of
two settings. The drama. has been
| played either in the midst OF the I'M
| tanned western wilderness or amid the
| ultra-fashionablc society of New York.
| Readers have some times questioned
| the ability Of any cultivated woman
| who has knowledge of the latter to
secure a first hand acquaintance with
| tho former of these extreme environ-
ments. AS a matter of fact, Mrs. Wood
| row has actually lived in IL raw min
| ing camp. and spent one whole winter
| high up in the mountain passes. her
| little cabin driftcd over with SNOW.
| Ii her new book, 1.-THE Silver Butter
| fly" these two elements have been adj
micably combined to romantic purpose.
| The action to be sure, is placed eXclu-
| siveiy in New York, but the plot turns
| on mnc of fabulous wealth, and
| love of the wilderness is a compelling
| force In the lives of more than one of
the interesting and strongly individual
| tied characters. TO the tense social
| drama Is IN this way added adventure
| Gus vigor and unconventional freedom.
THE Silver Butterfly" has the great
merit OF a concrete object for its center
| of Interest," delicate. fanciful, roman
tic object. The idea Of tho wonderful
lost mine. POLITICALLY named, itself eS-
u
that Robert Hayden, the hero, has long
been interested in the mysterious story
/ OF the mine, that he has indeed dis
| covered it's whereabouts. that he is
| searching for its present owners who
will not reveal themselves-as these
| gold-colored threads are one by one
played into the readers hands, and
he instinctively connects them with the
charming young girl for whom Hayden
has conceived instant love, and who
] wears the shimmeriug silver wings in
I her hair and on her cinderella slippers
well. by that time the readersis lost
| to the world and its cares. Forgotten
ara debts. doubts and dyspepsia. Life
has anyhow this one good thing In it,
and the pages fly.
| Well named Is ''rhe Silver Butterfly"
| There could not be Il better symbol of
the darling sWiftness, the eager love
plot. the elusive mystery and the flash
| Ing wit of this altogether fascinating
| story.
II is worth adding that Mr., Howard
| Chandler Christy's best and boldest
| color work has been done in the illus
| trations for this hook.--The Bobbs-
| Merrill company, Indianapolis.
"Colonel Greatheart," by Fl. C. Bailey,
| illustrated in photogravure by Lester
| RaIlh, is a novel of romance, of love
| and adventure, written in the best
e.. ~ ,.t -
| In time it dates back to Cromwell and
| Charles T., to Roundhead and Cavalier.
| but il, method and quality of thought
| 1t belongs to the day of Stevenson and
Hewlett. Its 400 clean and clever pages
are n delight. a wonder Of craftsman
| ship, al token of the accomplishment OF
| our age. II recalls great and beloved
| titles In historic fiction--Lorna Doone
| and Henry Esmond, David Baifour and
Richard Yea and Nay--and beside them
seems an achievement not unworthy OF
! its place.
There is much In Colonel Great
heart of the strategy of love, of the
the clash between men scheming for
opposed objects. There is variety
movement, action, color Alike in
splendid battle pictures, in the subtle
fencing OF couI1iers. in the flashing
duel of the sexes, q remarkable crea-
tive imagination Is at work, speaking
nuently in deeds and charmingly in
dialogue.
At the touch of this Imagination a
hos1 of characters spring into being.
The dry bones of history take on life.
Each person introduced-and many of
the famous men and women OF the
time are introduced--is etched in with
an unforgetable sharpness and pre-
oision. This amazing gift of portraiture