Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-13

trays a steeple crowned hat.-Current
Literature ,Novemberl.
Booth Tarkington's turn 20 plsywrlt-
ing, which has been a deprivation TO
numerous readers who cannot find ia
any other writer the quality they like IN
MI Harrington, is 60 be offset bv
piece of Christmas fiction from him
which the Harpers win publish this
Christmas Party" The writer Of
Monsieur Beaucaire" has been so per
sisteutly referred to Of late as the au-
thor Of The Man from Home" that
this monotony ~ praise II likely 20
have happy interruption in 'Boasleys
Christmas Party"
Some Of the things that are said BY
Ann Veronica in r. G. Weiss latest
modern love-story'' CHarpers) by that
name are difficult. n one IS man 10
ignore. or, Il one is woman. 20 deny
a woman wants to be frce-she
wants" says Ann Veronica. 10 he le-
gally and economically free. so as not
10 he subject 10 the wrong man; but
only God who made the world can alter
things 20 prevent her from being slave
10 the right one"
The name OF Margaret Anglin has
been attached 20 the new edition which
the Harpers have prepared Of Mrs. De
land 3 most popular novel. The AWak-
ening Of Helena Richie" now enioyng
such success as . play The Margaret
Anglin edition, besides having many d.
Illustrations showing scenes from the
play, contains as frontispiece an
even more than commonly attractive
portrait OF Miss Anglin. who plays the
part Of Helena. The cover Of the new
book also Is especially decorative
THE Great English Essayists." about
10 be published by the Harisrs Is the
second Ina the series known as The
Readers Library. of which the two
first published volumes were THE
Great English Letter Writers 400
the new volume. the editors, William
r. and Coningsby W Dawson. have
followed their plan of PREDATORY
chapter, and successive Introductory
chapters which trace the genesis Of the
essay and describe It's various forms Of
development such az the classic. tine
familiar, the short story, the blograph-
ical essay, and 40 forth. The main bulk
N the text however consists OF eK-
tracts from the recognized English
masters OF these forms-BacOu Mil
ton, Johnson lamb. Hazlitt Thack-
cray, stevenson. and "A score of others.
II may thus be- Inferred that apart
from the educatlve value attaching tu
such q book. there viii be- contained
| in 10 some of the most entertaining
prose ever written in English.
Not am novels are the result of ia
| deliberate Intention ou the part of th"
author 10 write a book" some of them
are produced almost unconsclously An
! Instance in kind rs Margaret cameron
| lMrs Harrison a. Lewisl's new Harper
1 novel Tho Involuntary Dhaperon.
| Mrs Lewis took a trip to south Amer
4 lca with no thought whatever ui Wrt-
| ing book about H. But Hike most
] travellers. she wrote letters. and when
| she came home II WIS to find that some
I nf them had reached wider audience
l than their writer intended Thus by
] friendly persuasion Mrs. LOWS was
| induced 90 include bon story ihc uh-
/ usual features Of her trip Tho la'i
I that '1he Involuntary tnaprron ID
/ written In the form of letters. peisnhHl
. enough 60 make the reader fDol some
I times az N they were addressed 90 hlnt
shows that the authors friends were
Z her inspiration
VIII y. Harlem, whose latest mover.
! The Redemption of kenneth Gait
has just been published hy the Harp
. seems 10 have placed his Hmpaihl'
/ In his story of trusting love BETRAYED
where the reader needs must place
| nls- with the woman. Mr iarheh 7
description OF his heroine aeemr 'o
carry "a reflection OF the gospel 'i
Thomas Hardy whom b touches up'h
| woman wronged "Sho was. MfllN
Harden, the youthful forerunnel ni t
future army OF women who would ho
Judged by the radiance Of their souls