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A MINERS GOOD LUCK.

The Mascot Of Sweet Briar Gulch. BY
Henry Wallace Phillips. with Illustra-
tions by F. Graham Cootes Published
by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, In
dianapolis.
The story opens with Jim FELTON, sit
ting on a doorstep of his cabin on
Jones g Hill in the great unknown Of
the mining region. where he is working
claim, and so far without success. The
mall-carrier, however, comes and stakes
him to go to the railroad town, and
there an abused little boy, who does not
know any other name for himself than
HBud,' comes under Jim IS notice. the
boy having escaped from a cruel man
and woman who beat and abused him
shamefully. Jim, however, hides the
lad, takes up collection for him, and
takes him home to the gulch with him,
and "Bud' is the mascot. The wonder
OF the boy at the surroundings is very
handsomely set forth, and the strange
ness of it all to him is made very clear
Jim works with great ferceness to get
Mt the gold that he knows is In the
gulch, this because of his desire to have
Anne, his sweetheart in the Eastern
States, come out 20 him, In the haste
of the work he does not make himself
secure, and is caved in on, but Bud
posts horseback a-fying to camp in
the mountains miles away and gets help
there in time so that Jim Is rescued.
Good luck follows thereupon, and the
cap sheaf is letter from Anne that
she is coming right out. Phillips is a
master teller Of Western stories, and
this is one Of the most charming of all
he has written
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SOME GENTLE SATIRE.
The Gentle CRATER, BY o. Henry. The
Mcclure Company. Publishers, New
York

The Gentle CRATER, BY o. Henry. The
Mcclure Company. Publishers, New
York,
This book, by the author Of "The
Voice of the City," "Heart of the
West" "Cabbages and Kings, "The
Four Million "The Trimmed Lamp,
and other stories of the West and East,
is a most entertaining one. 1t is made
up of a series of short stories, in.
GLIDING "The Octopus Marooned,'' ~
cleft Peters as n Personal Magnet
"Modern Rural Sports,n FThe Chair
of Philanthromathematic NThe
Hand That Rules the World ~ "The
Exact Science of Matrimony,' A Mid
summer Masquerade" "Shearing the
WOLF "Innocents of Broadway"
HConscience in Art "The Man
Higher Up," GA Tempered Wind"
''Hostage to Momus, - "The Ethics of
Pjg.O The extravagances, the absurd
tiles, the whimsical views put by Mr..
Henry into the mouths Of the charac-
tiers in these stories are most pleasant
to read, and his fancy was never in
better form than in framing up his
situations and scenes described, and in
depicting the characters that are mad @
TO figure herein. 1t is n frst"class work
and sure to be enjoyed by every reader.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
A NOTEWORTHY NOVEL.

The Cradle OF the Rose. BY the Author
of "The Martvrdom OF an Empress"
etc, officer de rOrdre dc INSTRUCTION
RnSiGue do 6TanGe ii1stsatea ira authnI Msh
Harper g. Brothers, Publishers, New
York.
This is n large, handsome volume,
worthy Of tho distinguished author who
wrote it, There is an appropriateness
in calling Normandy the cradle or the
rose that is evident to those who un-
derstand tho significance Of the rose
cult. The story relates the conditions
in France at present, and hinges. upon
contest with the State. 1t narrates
tho details Of conspiracy in the prov
ince cf Brittany, whore the religious
feeling is deeply rooted and Is COM
ponent part Of the life Of the people.
The population there are even more de-
voted to the church., If such q. thing
could be, than is the population OF
south and west Ireland The opening
gives n forceful and dramatic incident
Of the sea, and interwoven in the story
throughout is a vivid love drama OF
the most intense sort. The heroine is
the beautiful and accomplished wife
of an English diplomat, who is absent
on difficult mission to an AsIatlc
country. During his absence she goes
longing for her land and her people by
a lengthy soiourn there. 1t appears that
she is q person of very great import
ance in the estimation of her people
there, and her relation. to the lnhab-
itants, her name, and antecedents, are
found out and fully recognized. AS
soon as this is the case she becomes
to all intents and purposes feudal
princess through all the domain, which
Of old was ruled by her ancestors. In
the story she is given immense wealth
and she siezes upon the devotion of the
people and uses that wealth extrava.
gantly in Matching up and fomenting
a Royalist insurrection which threatens
no end of trouble to the French Iepub-
lis. Her alder and abettor in this is
@ young Breton nobleman of high ideals
and aims, and of expert training in
the naval service, where he has been
an officer. The novel abounds in crit
ical situations, and the current OF
thought and idea is SO far removed
from the ordinary thought OF the time
that, although this is a novel placed
like one of the medieval romances OF
a former time in Europe. Needless to
say, the author has done her work
superbly, as would be expected from
the experience the reading world has
had Of her former books. These books
wero, besides the one mentioned above,
" Emerald and Ermine. Gray Mist, -
t'The Trident and tho Net, - and others,
and in every one Of them the superb
quality of her intellect, character,
training. and skill, were abundantly
manifest. If any difference, we pre-
fer this present novel to other pre-
decessors from her pen, because it has
more OF the flavor Of the romance and
less of the humdrum and commonplace
about it than any other. 1t is work
that will inevitably enhance the fame
Of this brilliant writer, and the pub
fishers have done well to put it forth
in such excellent form.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
CHARMING SHORT STORIES.

Many Kingdoms. BY Elizabeth Jordan.
Published by Harper Brothers, New
York.
Elizabeth Jordan is a famous story
writer, and her success is especially
pronounced in short stories. And this
is book of short stories wherein she
is at her best. we have here, "Var-
ick's Lady O. Dreams,' "The Exor.
cism Of Lily Bell, /" tHer Last Day
"The Simple Life of Genevieve Maud, -
HHis Boy "The Communitv's Sun
boam." "In Memory of Hannah $
Laugh" "The Quest Of Aunt Nancy
"The Henry Smith s Honeymoon, f."
"Tbe Case Of Katrina HBart Har-
riugtou. Genius All of them most
entertaining sketches, carrying stories
we'll worth the reading, She has given
the public heretofore, "May Iverson--
Her Book "Tales Of the Cloister,o
WTales of Destiny" and Others, and
her welcome by the public is most
hearty and appreciative. These stories
arc certainly charmingly told, and there
is force and yigor to them that mako
them very welcome. No story reader
can fail to enjoy these short stories.
nor to hope that the author will give
us plenty more Of them from time to
time.
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A BIASED FINDING.

potts. Published by Moffat, Yard
CO., New York,
This author is veteran story teller,
having given to the world ''The Port
reeve, - HThe Secret Woman "Chil-
dren of the Mist" and other novels.
In this story Mr.. Philpotts creates for
US the character Of Rhoda Bowden,
girl with an upright, nnshakaoie, l nn.
hates men, she is absolutely true to her
ideals, she appreciates the man point
Of view, she loves to wander about in
the night, she takes kindly to the rails
ing and training Of dogs, being great
expert thereat; she knows the ways OF
the rabbits and tho night-dwellcrs ev-
erywhero. From little child she was
roaming about by herself. Nothing
could break her of it, and she kept it
up to the last. She is hard. unforglv-
ing, unrelenting, and merciless In ludg-
ment, in speech, and in act. Her brother
David is very much like her, but by
no means so stern and uncompromising
as she; but the two stand very close
together The main story is that this
David married a pleasant, falr.spoken
girl, Margaret Stanbury, and is very
happy with her. BARLEY Crocker, with
whom David fought prize. fight on
account Of his conflicting claim for
Margaret, turns his attention to Rhoda
and wishes to marry her. David and
Margaret have good will to this, and
Margaret meets BARLEY from time to
time to devise schemes to break down
Rhoda's antagonism and get her to
accept BARLEY. Rhoda misinterprets
this and thinks that Margaret wants
BARLEY for her own lover and is be-
traying her husband through her fond
ness for this man. She arraigns Mar
garet sternly and with unrelenting rigor
on this charge, and 4 great tragedy
thereupon ensues There are side stories
OF the Bowden family and others, In
cluding Reuben Shillabeer, Simon Smell,
and many. altogether making it very
complete neighborhood drama of n
South England county. It is vivid
story, most artistically and forcefully
told. and doubtless is fair picture of
English country life in the shire in
which it is placed. a sad enough dramaa
it is to be sure, with few lights and
many shades In IT. There is a vlgor-
Gus description of the prize fight be-
tween David and BARLEY. in which
Rhoda officiates in the ring in sup
port Of her brother David, a thing
that a professional pugilist who was
acting for BARLEY declared be never
heard Of before, and never wanted to
hear of again. All these incidents and
scenes are drawn most vividly, how
ever, and the character picturlng Is
sharp, clear and decided. 1t is q
fascinating book, true, realistic pic
tures
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
IS 1T HISTORIC NAPoLEoN7

Tho God Of Clay. By II. G, Bailey; with
illustrations by Alec c. Ball. Published
by Bretanoe. New York.
This is q historical novel Of Napo-
leoa Bonaparte, who is tho God Of
Clay" His fierce energy in revolution
ary times, his Willingness to be par
tisan either Of the Robespierre or the
Barras faction, his final turning Of the
scales TO his own advantage, his getting
command Of the army of Italy, his fu-
tile effort to capture the city of Acre
in Asia Minor, his preparations ostensl-
bly, to invade England, are all set forth
with fair historical perspective There
is q succession of narratives, personal
and discursive, showing the means and
the persons through which Napoleon
worked, and his utter carelessness to
obligation, to love, to generosity, or
even common decency, all depicted in
lifehke form. Napoleon put into use
and did use children for spies, He
would leave those most devoted to him
TO a cruel fate, without remorse. He
took Josephine, knowing her to be q
own interests. He served. despised, and
used in turn the chief men of the Di-
rectory, and altogether he is shown to
be q self-centered, cold hearted, bril-
liant man Of flint. His own ambition
is his ruling motive. He was supersti-
r>ous, ana WAS sWayed oy lmpoStures
and necromancy. The book is a very
powerful one, but it lacks complete
ness. It leaves Napoleon where his
giant guard, Jean Dorton, his body
attendant, leaves him because of Napo-
Icons cruelty and infe1ible harshness
The final scene where an English spy
followed Napoleon to his bed, tied and
bound him to his cot and by threats
exorted from him a clemency that
NaDOleOn was eStrpmalv 10th m
grant, is sensational in the highest
degree, and improbable in the same de-
gree. However, to make historical
novel, improbabilities must come in,
and this is no worse than many others
that have been shown in such works.
Mr.. Bailey has, in fact, done powerful
work in this, and we should be glad to
see him use the blue pencil freely on
this and then continue it to the close
Of Napoleon g career
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REVIEWS OF BOOKS

lens. 1t is fully up to the timos, show
ing knowledge of all OF the best modern
methods, and is really a very fine rext
book.
From the same we have Perry s
"Punctuation Primer with notes on
the preparation of manuscript. being a
manual of first principles or essentials,
simply and systematically presented, so
that they will be easily mastered in
nmples, paragraphing, quotations. capi-
talization. compound words, word divi-
sions, and the preparation and corrcc..
tion of manuscript, the correction of
themes, and several other related topics
of Importance. Carefully prepared ex-
amples and exercises are given through
out. It is first-class little book,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
THE BEARS OF THE NORTH.

The Young Alaskan: BY Emerson
Hough. Illustrated. Published by Har-
per s; Brothers, New York.
Mr.. Hough is diversified writer, his
attention being strongly attracted to-
wards Western exploration, adventure,
md lively incidents Of all sorts. His
'tStory of the Cowboy" his "Story of
the Pioneers Of the West" his HMissis,
sippi Bubble" and others, put him IN
the first rank OF story tellers. This
work tells of the adventures Of three
--Toung chaps from Alaska who 60 to
Kadiak Island on hunting and fishing
trip, and are cast away in dory at
KaIudials Bay, one OF tho widest spots
on the coast. Here they arc in danger
and somewhat in privation, but have
the time of their lives. The killing Of
the great Kadiah bear is stirring in
cident of the book, and then we have
the salmon run, the savage refugee, tho
boar hunt, the silver gray fox, the goose
hunt, sport with the salmon, among the
eagles, and adventures on the gull rocks,
the journey and the storm, the man
hnnt, tho hunt for sea-otter, the search
party, tho deserted camp, and the rest
of it. 1t is all very thrillingly told and
= q book that will surely enthrall the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
A GREAT PICTURE BOOK.

in in Black and white and Color BY BY
Howard Chandler Chrlsty. Poonsheo ny
Mofiat. Yard & Co., New fofk.
This is a fne large folio, with wide wide
pages, affording ample space 10 SNOW
the drawings in excellent stSie, anu -
is the best sort of art work throngho9e'
..p, caIuo0Ss tbs Ssa . . "a Portrait, The
Sweet Girl Graduate, - "The Petition, ="
Excess Baggage,' ..oa mA Noonsag tSs sayaTs ney
1t is not only Bullets that Fnsf Wosnn'u sUsau
nPlotting, Alternating Currents -
"Dreaming,'' 'Looking Backward,
"Confession, +" "Sight Seeing, "Last
fTho American Girl in su%mor
Time'' division includes, Our Skip, lr
PeGo,oi "o :! fSs SswpSeff pof Girl TaS Thoir @9asd9
First Hazard" !" GA Fair Commander, J"
"In Deep Water" "20,Love," "A
Raees E1sasI%aH s1 Secrets nu Of the Sea, Hwait,
ing, >" "Two Heads are Better than
One.' "Equestrienne, /" "Poaemng', =,
ga Colonial Girl.''
pemupe npe "a Winter Belle "Tho
American Girl,'' EAU Diner" "Ri-
vals." "Before the Play" cat the
Play" Afternoon" GA Naval En-,
gagement," p" "An English Reception. -
HCartoons on Varied Subjects, IN
slude,, "MTa n~Ihe is BeglTnn,dng Tandt Of me the
the Olden Days. HGold Lace Hath a
Charm for the Fair" A Study in
Expression cover the Cards, -
HSchool Girl Days. "The Hungarian
Tiolinist,' ga Sketch
The book is an edition do luxe, very
fine indeed, and the artist is master
of his art. The publishers have spared
nothing to make the volume attractive,
and it is one Of the finest books to BIO
seen anywhere.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08

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GOOD TEXT BOOKS.

From the American Book Company,
Chicago, we have Carpenter IS "How the
World is Clothed. - 1t traces the eff
forts Of the human race to clothe IT.
self from the earliest beginnings, show
ing the clothing of grass. skins. feathers,
coarse to fine wool, cotton, hemp, jute,
and silk. All is set forth with abun.
dant knowledge, and the work is pro-
fusely illustrated both in large pictures
and in smaller illustrative drawings ac-
companylng tho text. 1T is one Of the
most Instructive works possible, and
nothing better could possibly be intro
ond volume Of series of school readers
intended to give personal and living
knowledge of the great world OF COM
merce and industry. And it certainly
does this well.
From the. same we have Adam 3
"Physies for Secondary Schools"
which is got up in excellent style, with
demonstrations for the teacher and
thorough, giving full explanation H and ID
reasoning out this explanation to the
bottom principles. A broad, general
view Of tho subject is given, and this
general view is reinforced with illus
trations, problems, and explanations,
that give to the pupil thorough. com
prebensive, and working knowledge Of
everything set forth.
From the same we have Collins g
"Practicall Elementary Algebra" A
plain, simple book, emitting the non
essentials and smoothing the way over
the difficulties in the essentials Of this
important study. 1t teaches together
related processes and topics, provides
abundant clear working examples and
suggestions, and encourages proving re.
suits. 1t correlates algebra with phys
ics, geometry, and other branches of
mathematics, and includes large
number Of practical exercises and prob
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
JENNIE ALIENS LETTERS.

The Letters of Jennie Allen to Her Friend.
Miss Musgrove. BY Grace Donworth-
With Sixteen Illustrations by Frederick
r. Gruger Published by Small, May
nard & Co.. Boston.
These letters are in dialect IN part:
and they are very acute observations of
life, or character, of country neighbor-
hood intercourse, and OF tho way things
arc done in the average family of the
country. 1t Is one Of the sort of books
that is becoming very popular Of late
where "the homely annals of the poor
are set forth in pleasant style, with
abundant sympathy, and with realistic
force and vigor that every ono recog-
nizes without any explanation or
prompting. And this denis, also, with
those who are not so poor, either. The
family life in the average American
home has many realistic touches de-
voted to it In this work, its humorous
phasas ara rscogniZed. and altogether
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A FINE MORAL TALE.

The Better Treasure. BY Mary Raymond
Shipman Andrews. With Illustrations
by II. NJ Bunker. Published by The
Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis.
A handsome book this, with embel-
lished pages, the figures being in tint
and illustrative of the text 1t shows
the case OF supposed degenerate from
ders back to the home place, hopeless,
desperate, and with criminal intent.
With tho usual luck Of criminals he
lights upon a chance to rob man of a
large sum of money. But through the
exercise Of faith and the prattling inno-
cence Of children his better nature is re-
vived. and he is restored to usefulness in
society. 1t is wcll-told, charming
story, tending to the elevation and puri-
fcation of the mind. The author has
scored distinct success, both artistic
and moral, in the writing Of it.!
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
A BUSINESS GUIDE.

Little Letters to Boys Grown Tall: or. the
Secret OF Succeeding. BY Uncle Ned"
The Abbey Press. Chicago.
This is a book calculated to help the
young man to get start in life. 1t de
scribes what business life IS, indicates
the sort Of education one should have
to enter upon it, gives practical points
in choosing vocation, and inculcates
diligence, industry, honesty, and a stifI
backbone IN the moralities and prac-
tical conduct, 1t shows tho advantage
of being prompt and reliable, in using
administrative adm ability, In being cour. our
teous, sociable, and fair. minded toward
all. 1t is a book that must necessarily
be of great service to those who will
give it timely consultation.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
PUNGENT HUMOR,

All In the Same Boat. Text and Illus
trations by James Montgomery Flagg
Life Publishing Company, New York.
This is book of catchy little rhymes,
with pictures occupying the most of the
page. The inscription is.
Tho smart and the stupid,
With Cap'n Dan Cupid,
Arc huddled together afloat;
Tho some travel Storage.
While others go sneerage,
We're all of us In the Same Boat!
1t is all very fairly done. with good
natured wit and sharp savings.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08

Ellen Terry's long-cxpected volume OF
memoirs. whose almost immediate publi-
cation will be one OF the literary events
Of the year. is the record OF Il distn-
guished life spent among famous people.
Born of family Of actors. put to sleep
as a baby In her mothers dressing room
at the theater, she passed a happy child
hood among people who regarded the
trained their children carefully in Its
traditions. From her FIRST appearance at
the age of eight In Charles Keans COM
pany. she practically lived at the theater.
Her marriage at sixteen with George
Frederick Watts introduced her into a
goodly company. where she came into as
Browning, Gladstone and Disraeli, The
unhappy outcome of her marriage. her six
years retirement, when she was dranlati-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
LITERARY NOTES.

The Christy Book for 1908, now ready,
harks back to the model OF three years
ago and carries the tito of The Christy
Book OF Drawings In Black and White and
Colors." 1t reproduces most of Mr..
Chrlstys most popular cartoons dnd other
drawings OF recent years which have not
appeared elsewhere in book form, pre-
scnting them In larger size and exquisite
printing. Tho publishers expect very
handsome Christmas sale OF this eXcep-
uonally llne book.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08

Perhaps the most amusing passage In
the planchette, recorded by Mrs, Here
ward Darlington, who at the time of the
experiments was Miss Helen Wildman,
and just published In the Occult Review.
is one In which the Ingenious little mech
anism told the young lady some truths
about her future husband, author Of THE
Physical Phenomena of Splritualism," and
other standard works. Part OF the record =
ed dialogue is as follows:
@. What do you think Of Hereward
Darlington?
A. Liar Just like his father.
Q. Who Is saying this?
A. His mother,
In the circumstances II Is not strange
that Mr.. Carrington in offering some
comments on the planchette records, in
sists upon the fact that tho pencil ap-
pears TO have its moods. including occa-
sional displays Of bad temper and bad
taste.
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duced to return to the stage again form form
a dramatic story OF great interest,". Iier
elections OF Bernhardt, Duse. whistler,
Sargent, Burne-Jones, Joseph Jefferson
and Saint Gaudens are OF great lntereSt,
THE book is illustrated with photographs
from Miss Terrys collection, reproouc,
tions from notable paintings of Terry and
Irving and special drawings by Albert
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08

success of her observations and her
skill and power In reducing them to
good readable form, as has been done
in this work. which is sure both TO at
tract and to entertain