Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-16

father being Hoprictor OF tho celc-
I brsted Birdwood In Albcrmarlc county.
| For short time he lived In Louisiana.
and then was sent back to Virginia,
whore, his father having died he be-
came the ward Of President Thomas
| jefferson and was brought M at Mon
| ticello lie married Virginia Randolph
Ohe Elisabeth Churchill OF the novel;.
| who was Jefferson's granddaughter and
the daughter Of Gov Mann Randolph Of
Virginia. Trist was. as Mr.. Hough rep
resents him. intensely patriotic. lie
served as secretary both TO Calhoun
and Jackson and no man Of his time
was linked with so many important
characters I'm the nations making
Though a Nrginiau, though ~ deeply
devoted TO Calhoun and his cause. he
was himself an aboltionist The nov
elist needed but little coloring from his
Imagination 20 render Mr.. Trist a fur
Pledged hero Of romance.
A stage version OF The Making Of
Bobby Burnt" the novel by George
Randolph Chester. will be produced I'm
November. with Wallace Eddinger in
the title role Henry b. Harris Is the
producing manager and the playwright
IL Winchell Smith. Mr.. Eddinger, II viii
be remembered. played Howard JEFF
ferries, Jr., IN "The Third Degree"
Bobby should present an engaging OPP
portunity for his talent The book
continues among the most popular OF
the day.
On Saturday. October is. the follow
Ing notable list Of books will be pub
lishcd by Houghton Mifflin company:
THE Severed Mantle" a novel Of the
troubadours, by William Lindsey:
''The American People" a study in ma
tional psychology. by 4 Maurice
Low, "Recollections' by Washington
GLADDEN.: Astronomy from a Piper"
a Popular little handbook by Eliot c.
Clarke; "The Autobiography" a cri-
teal and comparative study. by Anna
kobeson Burr; a prose translation OF
The Nibelungenlied" by Prof Daniel
y. ShumWay Of the University OF
Pennsylvania; Fifty Years I'm Con-
stantinople and Recollections OF Ro-
bert College" by DR. George Wash
hurn; The Story fthe Greek Peo-
pie" in Introductory history for young
people, by Eva March Tappan:
Changing Conceptions OF FducationH
by Prof. +. p Cubberley; and a River
side Press Edition OF Atoms Com
Tleat Angler limited to 400 number
ed copies for sale.
Mr.. William Lindsey whose first
novel THE Severed Mantle" is 20 be
published by Houghton Mifflin Co. on
October 18th, has made special
study OF the troubador period, and in
his visits 10 Provence he has explored
the ruins OF old castles where once
lived fair ladies whose beauty inspir-
ed 20 song. He has been about five
years IN the writing OF THE Severed
Mantle" but the romance has made
such n favorable impression on the
booksellers that their advance orders
have made three prlntings Of the book
necessary before publication.
Miss Mary Johnston has tust re-
turned TO her home in Richmond
after a spring and summer spent in
Egypt and Europe. She IL well along
In the writing Of a new novel, which
Is 70 be published by Houghton Mi
film Co, during the coming year. The
book viii be awaited with special in
terest because II deals with the Civil
war period, the most modern setting
OF any Miss JohnstOn's books, and one
which she OF course treats from init
mate knowledge. Miss Alice Brown Is