Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-14
BOOKS

"The Devils Note Book" is the IT,
tie Of an exceptionally ingenious and
clever book written by Mr.. Oliver Balm
bridge, in which his Satanic majesty
is pictured as making Il trip from his
dominions to fraternize personally
with the people who carry out his will
on earth. These include several of the
great rulers Of the world, and a num-
Der OF prominent men and women in
public life, whom the author does not
hesitate to depict in frank and unmis-
taxable terms.
Leopod's reign of carnage in the
Congo and his odious private life brings
forth a hurricane of denunciation. Mr.,
Bainbrldge follows his footsteps, which
reck with blood, and death, and de-
bauchcry, and describes him with a
picturesque and awful realism.
Dog women, depraved society para
sites, lynchng, gilded dens OF vice,
and few of the colossal grafters in
the United States, all come in for their
share. This fearless attack Is given
material emphasis BY the powerful II
lustrations of Mr.. Vet Anderson, of the
New York World.
pet name by ,si1ich the czar Is known
among his friends) would like to de-
ceive the world into believing that he
is floating on the lotos pond or virtue
| and peace, but the overwhelming facts
which he has gathered show him in his
true light, that of n yulture lowering
over the scene of slaughter.
In searching into the characters and
motives of those who are depicted in
the Devils Note Book" the author
presents to our adherence their depraY-
ity in it's yilest shapes.
Lucas Malet( the youngest daughter
of the late Charles Kingsley, knowing
! Mr.. Rainbridge's hatred for Dog Wo-
men" took the precaution to add in a
letter of invitation to dine with her
that mo women of the dog-loving order
would be present.
Mr. cambridge regards formulas and
cleeds as saVagery and the mcrest
shadows of the truth which he recog
nizes in the Great Gospel of Human
Brotherhood. He shows his belief In
his pledGlings for the hundreds of thou
sands of starving men women and
children in London. New York and
other cities, for the millions of natives
who are suffering in the Congo, and
the unfortunate Jews who are massa :
cred in Russia by the ozar whom he
refers to as a bloody tyrant, who should
dress in scarlet or some red stuff to
harmonic with his wholesale murders
and crueltiea, which have rendered
him the terror or all his subjects.
He has read the story book OF nature
very closely ana knows something of
the world Of men and women. THE
DEVILS Note Book" is a careful cru
mcration of undeniable truths. Mr..
Bainbrldge who has climbed the heights
and left all superstitions far below, is
not cralnped by caste or creed.
A volume which will doubtless meet
with a wide popularity as a seasons
gift book is THE Chariot Race from
Ben Hur." containing the thrilling sto.
ry of the contest which II nothing elst
in Lew Wallace's masterpiece woult
bring his memory to fame. The covel
is beautifully done in green, gold anc
purple, and has for its design the chart.
OF and hero in the great race. There
are beautiful Illustrations in colors by
Sigismond lvanovski. and the whole
makes a most attractive volume.
Published by Harpers: on sale at the
Deseret News Book store.
Tho Bachelor and the Baby" is the
title or story by Margaret Cameron,
first appearing in Harper's Magazine
and now published in book form by
the Harper Bros. 1t is the amusing but
withal cxnsperating and somewhat Sc
man, whose gallantry in assisting a
lonely young mother and her child from
train at q remote railway station
leads to unforeseen experiences. 1t is
neatly bound and between its modest
covers is compressed a continuous
laugh from the first TO the last page.
Carpenters How the World is
Clothed, is IL valuable book by Frank
George Carpenter, author of Carpen-
ter'S Geographical Readers. Cloth 12mo.
80 pages, with Illustrations. American
Book company. New York, Cincinnati,
and Chicago.
This is the second OF a series of read
ers on commerce and industry. and
takes the children in Il personally CON
Quoted tour around the world to in
vestigate the sources of their cloth
ing. They start out first TO those re-
gions which produce the vegetable f.
bers of commerce. Including cotton,
fax, hemp, and jute. Then comes
the stud OF animal fibers, such as wool
and silk; of leather. rubber, and furs;
and this plan is followed as to every
other article which forms a part of
clothing including feathers and jew
els, needles and pins. Tho book takes
up not only the production of the
raw material, but also it's transporta-
ton and the processes of its manufac-
ture. The personal element Is never
absent, the style Of the narrative Is
simple. and the subject matter most in
teresting The illustrations are num-
erous and novel. Tho book will be
valuable. not only for teaching the chill
dten about the industries described. but
also IN giving them live geograpin-
ica knowledge which can. not be im-
parted by tho ordinary Textbook,
M o,,Il icJ,i t,ty ~
New York, have recently published
THE Mad Scientist" a tale of the fu-
ture, by Raymond Mcdonald II is q
startling and sensational tale Of thc
now century on the order OF the Jules
Verne romances, and the possibilities
of modern science are made manifest
III this volume.
The mad scientist discovers new
powers of nature, and celebrities the