Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-01

TO show that the Troubadour OF old was
not a shallow fellow who wandered
about twanglng a lutte and singing pret
ty dlttles to foolish women, but a man
of earnest lofty ideals which often led
him to the shadow of the cloister or to
deeds of valor on the hot sands of Pal
eStine. Those who best sang of joy
and valor and love were often men of
high purpose. of refinement. and or
fine courage, and of these was Ram
baut of the severed mantle. With sew
en- exquisite full-page Illustrations In
color by Arthur L. Keller.
Helen II. Summer. D.. the author
of Equal Suffrage in Colorado" the
report which was prepared for the Col
legiate Equal Suffrage League of New
York state, and recently published by
Harper and Brothers, is actively In
terested in documentary research for
historical ends. Together with Richard
It. Ely. Prof. John B. Andrews. John
r. Commons, and others, she has been
engaged upon documentary history OF
industrial society In America. The work
has been conducted under the auspices
OF the Americn Bureau of Industrial
Research with the cooperation of the
Carnegie Institution of Washington. Dr.
Sumner. who is attached to the United
SldtcS DuIedu VI lSlDoIt tlld ildS ulluc
the labor policies of American democra-
cy a special study, is the only woman
among the distinguished board of edi-
tors.
THE Swiss Family Robinson" uni
form with Robinson Crusoe.-The one
book that has been called the rival of
Robinson Crusoe." Indeed, it is the
success of that other classic which has
inspired this edition In the form of a
companion volume. In these happy
pages" writes Mr.. HowelS In his in
PRODUCTION. there Is never any want of
work or play. never any lack Of sport
How the Swiss Family Robinson"
came to be written, and what It's his
tory has been. is told in n note preced-
ing Mr. Howellss introduction to the
new edition of the story, illustrated by
Louis Rhead. which the Harpers have
issued in time for holiday demand. In
this edition the name Of David, not
Johann Rudolf, Wyss appears as the
author. 1t appears that the story was
written in the latter years of the eigh-
teenth century, not by Prof. Johann
Rudolf Wyss of Zurich. as books of
reference generally state. but by his
father, David Wyss of Berne, chap
lain in the Swiss army. He wrote the
story to amuse his children. and after
his death his son revised and published
it. The first copy was printed in 1872
under the tremendous title, Der
Schi1bruchige SchweitZerprediger und
Seine Famil,e. Elm LehrreicheS Buch
fur Kinder und Kinderfreunde Ze Stadt
und Land" When it came to be trans
lated into French il was enlarged by
Baroness de Montolieu. the new por-
tions being later retained by the Ger
man publishers The English transla-
ton here reproduced IS the standard
one made by Mrs. PAUL in 1858
"Beasley's Christmas Party" by
Booth TarlSington numerous illustra-
tions, various sizes. In color by Ruth
Sypherd Clements One of the truest,
tenderest stories Mr.. Harrington has
written The party is all in play-the
bachelor candidate for governor gives
Ii as a reporter says lust to please
a little sick kid" But his political fol-
lowers do not understand when they
hear of a party to which they have
not been invited and for a moment
it looks as If the party would cost
Beasley the governorship. but it really
swings the vote all his way. This love
of a man for a child Is the heart of the
story. AS for the party itself. a more
interesting group of people was never
invited anywhere before, And the
story is just as unusual as the party
Hamlin Garland, whose latest book Is
n story of Dakota which the Harpers
have published under the title "The
Moccasin Ranch" addressed the Civic
Alliance last week In New York. on
the subject OF "The Lawless West :"
Himself a native Of Wisconsin. and
sojourner at one time or another of
every western state, save one. Nevada,
Mr.. Garland knows the west. and Is
memorable az one of the first historians
in fiction of that section which has
since lent itself so extensively to ro-
nance. BY the lawlessness of the west
the novelist means the general abuse OF
the public lands. the free ranging Of
cattle, the plunder OF the forests. the
invasion of the Indian reservations. and
all the bitter acts of feud to which
such methods lead Il do not alto
gether blame" says Mr.. Garland, 1.-THE
western settler The violence of the
west is partly due to Uncle Sam, who
has been like u country storckeeper.
sitting outside his store. and saying to
every applicant for tobacco OF sugar or
rum, "Go In. boys and help yourself.
took 'em from the InJuns, anyway"
Mr. Garland points out that in urging
the reform OF the west In these re-
spects. he is speaking as citizen about