Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-22
NOTES.

!, rive in this country In March for a
hong postponed visit. She will be the
lpuest of Mrs. Frederick W. Whitridge,
spf New York, who being the daughter
IN Matthew Arnold is her cousin. Mrs.
Wards novel, THE Testing of Diana
mallory" running in Harper's Nigga
kline. will reach it's zenith during the
authors sotourn here. The visit will
be the first Mrs. Ward has ever made
To America,
The appearance of Mr.. Winston
.Churchlll's name in connection with
|ihe disagreement between the president
ianu lue senate witn regdru 90 the APP
.pontment of pension agent at Con-
Itord, N. H., proves that Mr. Churchill
HAS by no means abandoned politics.
lndeed, 1t Is said that ne rs "A more I'M
.portant factor at the present time I'm
'ihe politics of his state Than ever before
sepce he entered into the campaign for
3the governorshIp nearly two years ago.
sHe has learned the political game thor
Roughly, ana the machine politicians
egho began by laughing at his efforts
hare now said to have a wholesome re-
Espeet for him. incidentally, they are
wondering with some uneasiness wheth-
Ia Mr. Churchill's new novel, Mr..
<Crewe's Career" which is to be pub
. lshed this spring, has any political
Slyelations.
II was an effort to escape from
Iwetched weather In the south of Eu-
slope rather than any definite intention
tthat drove Madame Helene Philippe
10 the "Gardan of Allah" country near
sBlskra, and resulted In the series of
charming photographs which are re-
sproduced by Frederick A. Stokes COM
4Jany in the new gift edition of Robert
Kitchens masterpiece. Up to the time
10 her arrival Madame Philippe had
6neyer read The Garden of Allah" but
she was told about il by some fellow
#trayelers. The fascination of the desert
land the pictureSqueness of its inhabi
5tants were so strong that Madame Phil
zlppe stayed far longer than she in
blended and experienced the same de-
flight that evidently compelled MIR,
Kitchens to write his book. She says
3 that he must have been in every place
2he described, or 1t would have been i'm
POSSIBLE to make others see so clearly
zfvery scene that he mentions. or to en-
Fable her to illustrate by photographs so
] precisely the phases of life and the
very descriptive expressions that he
fuses.
& What stories do children prefer to
4 read? Interesting answers 10 this
4 question have been obtained from the
children of today themselves by Claude
U, Leland, librarian of the board of
4 education OF New York city. At his
request teachers in the grammar grades
IN the public schools, especially those
I IN charge of the work in English, col
ieeled and sent to him reviews or opin-
IONS written by pupils on favorite au-
lhofs or favonte books, which gave
Z reasons for the choice. About 1000 such
reviews, representing the higher classes
N nearly every section of the five
Doroughs, were obtained this way The
E reviewers were between thte ages of 10
anu ~ years Little Women" headed
.he usl The 10 favorite authors in
,he order OF their preference were:
LOUISA NJ. Alcott, X. ID. Wiggin, l.. H.
burnett Charles Dickens, III. A. Henty.
Sonh Long, ii, r. Stowe. II. w. Long
IeuoW' Sir Walter Scott and A. r.
hdrr' me 10 favorite books in the or
uer OF the preference were little
momen (Aleotp; Sarah Crew"
thurnetD; Uncle Toms Cabin"
..S5oWe)i Black Beauty" CSewelD:
.o blTds Christmas Carol (Wiggin)
h9olnson Crusoe" Oefoe); "Rebecca.
VI suhnybrook Farm (Wiggin); odd