Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-11

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! ed persuades his old friend. Kitty Nc
| Nell, to play Bella's part before tho
aunt. Just after this arrangement has
| taken place the real Bella steals into
| the house-could things be moro
charmingly mixed?
VIII y. Harlem. author OF the new
| novel The Redemption of Kenneth
Galt' one of the latest publications
or the HarpcrS, has come to be known
| as tho Georgia novelist-a cognomen
which has reference not alone to Mr.
| Harben's birthplace, but to the fact
that Georgia has been the scene of all
his novels. In Kenneth Gait" this
background is repeated in a novel
which goes deeper into the realism OF
life even than its predecessor, Gil
bert Neal" The man Gait. brilliant
and able. with theory OF life which
| pretty much allows human beings
to make their own moral laws, pro-
viding they call them by highsounding
names betrays young girl in his
village: Instead of righting the wrong,
he deliberately conceals his RESPONSE
bility. fearing the effect on his pros
poets, and quits the village. Shutting
| herself away from the world with her
boy. the girl becomes a woman, and
when the day the man who betrayed
ner seeks her out because he has been
captivated by the beauty of his child,
the woman faces him as women from
time immemorial have faced the men
who have done them wrong. If any
thing else were necessary to keep the
story human. that something Is Its
kindness of heart and cheeriness OF
humor, The way In which Mr.. Harden
tells the story. which has often and
| skilful ramifications of plot, the SIM
| pie naturalness of 1t. its unconscious
power as plea for lawful living.
make the book one to invite discus
sion-which is In Itself a form of
| praise.
| The plot IS one of society flnesse
| rather than tale of mystery though
| mystery there is, and one that the read
| err can not penetrate. but must allow
| the author to solve for him. The whole
| is as light as a bubble, a joyous piece
| of foolishness, what charming woman
! once described as "a most egregious
lark" This is from every point of
| view, tho best story that Mrs. Rine-
| hart has written. Considering the tre-
| mendous success OF her earlier books,
one can but expect When Man Mar
| ries to break all records in the sale Of
! popular fiction. It's seven days are
crowded with fun and thrills. with
| final squirt of climatic jollity in the dis
closure that the burglar-but really.
| one must let Mrs. Rinehart tell this in
her own capital way.
Selections from Byron. Wordsworth.
| Shelly. Keats and Browning. Edited by
| Charles Townsend Copeland. lecturer or
| Dnglish literature In Harvard univer-
| slty, and Henry Miner Rideout, Amer
lean Book company New York, Cincin-
| natl and Chicago.
This, the most recent addition to tho
| Gateway series of English texts, tho
| general editor of which Is Henry Van
Dyke, contains 90 selections. all of
| which are included in the college en-
trance requirements In English. In con-
| noction with the selections from each
| of the five poets Is an introduction CIV
| ing a short biography and some ac-
| count OF the authors work and Its ten
| dencles Tho notes are brief and supply
| only needed assistance. The poems In
| cluded are such as every scholar should
be familiar with, and as here presented
| they are in a form which makes them
] clear, interesting and helpful to those
| who are beginning the study of litera-
ture. At the samo time, they supply
| the knowledge which the student needs
| to pass the entrance examination.
Dumas. Le Compte de Monte Cristo,
I Edited by C. Fontaine. B. LID. chair
man of French department. high school
of commerce. American Book company,
New York, Cincinnati and Chicago.
In order to avoid the excessive length
OF Dumas famous romance in the orig
inal form, this edition gives In an Eng
Nsh resume the plot OF the Introductory
portion OF the story. leading up to the
| Imprisonment OF Dantes and omits tho
latter portion, dealing with his VEN
~ r1 90 1,l1a
test so constituted therefore gives COM
plete the main story-the dramatic cpl
sodcs of the Chateau diff. the escape,
and the discovery of the treasure. The
notes are ample, but concise. and the
vocabulary Is complete for all matters
OF translation and usage.
A new book by Kate Douglas Wiggln,
"Susanna and Sue" illustrated by
Alice Barber Stephens and n. C.
Wyeth.
Mrs Wiggin has sounded a new note
in her latest story. From her full and
sympathctic knowledge OF the life and
customs of the Shakers. she has por-
traycd these quaint people as few 9TH
er writer's could do; and against this
drab background her two leading char
ncters, Susanna and Sue. stand out
with all the more brilliant contrast.
The captivating personality of little
Sue VIII dt Outt Bldte dluohB biit
most delightful OF Mrs. Wlggin's i'm
mortal childreR The story itself has
to do with the solution of the prob
lens of married life and duty that rack
Susanna's conscience and drive her
from homo The book makes a genu
inc appeal 10 the heart OF every reader.
It is issue II most attractive holiday
style. wit -'ir exquisite full-page H.
lustration color by Alice Barber
Stephens, text pictures in pen and
ink by y. G. Wyetn. and tinted marg-
Inal dccorati ons and cover design by
T B. Hapgood.
Copies supplied In special reinforced
binding, as recommended by the bind
ing committee of the American Library
association. at 10 cents extra
''Farnsworth's Education Through
Music" by Charles Hubert Farnsworth.
assistant professor OF music, Teachers
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