Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-27

over a road leading through lands OF
many colors. peoplcd with odd char
actcrs. and surcharged with advdn-
ture suitable for the minds and imag-
nations Of young children is the
problem J.. Frank Baum has made into
delightfully."- characteristic story.
Year after year this childrens favorite
inventive genius in the matter Of
characters his Whimsical humor. dry
wit and amazing plots are in exact
balance and form the cornerstones OF
his tremendous success.
Mr. Baum's original Wizard Of or"
contained a narrative Of Dorothy Gales
experiences In arriving at the Elmer
aid city. This required her going
through various fairy lands Of different
colors ana dluercnt people. The new
book for 1909 Is "'The Road to or"
which comes nearer than any other to
going over the ground Of the original
Wizard Of On" Therefore i'm order
20 produce the various colors OF the
different lands through which the road
10 the Emerald city leads. il has been
necessary 10 use various colors Of pa
per. This makes the book very odd in
appearance and entirely different from
any other OF the Baum books Indeed.
all OF the Baum books are different
from any one from the other This is
necessary TO his scheme of enterta in
ingthe youngsters In selecting these
various tints Of paper only those col
ors were used that would be harmless
10 the eye. In fact. the colors selected
are less trying than black and white.
according TO expert advice on this
subject
In the original Wizard OF on"
which was a new scheme Of color work
m books, the tint block plan was used
but ds edition succeeded edition these
tint hlgPKc haFa
cases the text was very hard TO read
All this has been avoided in "Tho Road
To on"
This book Is one Of Mr.. Baum's best
efforts ana John r. NELL has produced
a wonderful series OF pictures I'm aid
OF me text Everything points 10 this
hooh occupying its usual front rank
among the successful juveniles. The
Reilly & Britton Co
'Yama Yam8 Land" Is new chill
dret's book hv Grace Dunie RoyIan.
author ~ Kids OF Many Colors. F" etc
Illustrated by Edgar Keller List price
More than 100000 persons have seen
Bessie Mccoy and her troupe OF tri-
angular Yama Yamas present the
Famous acting song entitled The Wanna
fama Man The universal interest
aroused by this Crotesquelv funny and
NtliN performance mad the effect OF
weaving around the Yama Yamsg "a
wonderful mantle Wanna Yama man
unseen, unknown. hut known 10 he
here, there. anywhere. everywhero
From this mere whisper Of 80 strange
"a character Grace Dufile Boylan has
traced him 10 his queer homo and mis-
equally queer people. In doing this
tho author has given adventures Of The
| rarcst quality % a. fair-haired little
sylvia whose oscapadea win open widc
! the eyes and imaginations OF children
| Of the fairy-tale age.
ln aid NJ the tcxt Edgar Koller's
gorgeous pictures are fun OF humor
and about 100 throughout tho text arc
reproduced I'm colors, besides which are
| J. full page, and two double mage
| pictures in four cOlOrg
Tho theatrical rights ~ this hook
| have already been arranged The stor,
| is to be- utilized ln forming the piot ni
| an extravaganza of the Wizard of
| o. order and is 10 be- produced I'M
| New York city AZ the beginning of
| tho theatrical season Of 1910 Tho Roll.
! ly Hrtton Co. Chicago.