Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-24
NOTES

Edwin Milton Royle's novel of ranch
and reservation, THE silent Call" pub
llshed last spring by Charles Scrjbner's
sons with great success, will be put on
the stage this month with Dustin Far
nun in the part of Hal Calthorpe. the
SQuaW Mans son. Mr. Farnum
proved his adaptabllity to play such Il
part by his success in the title role of
The Nirginian'--a play from n novel
which in many ways resembles The
Silent Call" But 1.-THE Silent Gail"
while as full of romance and adventure
as novel could well be. has also 4
great theme to suit 1t for the stage-the
struggle of the Indian, studied by Mr..
Roy!e from boyhood. to adapt himself
TO civilization: tremendously drama
NC struggle of q simple, direct nature
IN new and complicated conditions. here
set forth through Wah?nagi, the In
dian heroine.
In an attempt to solve the question
OF what kind of books boys like best, IL
request was sent to the library assist
ants In charge of childrcn's rooms in
New York city, asking them to make u
list of the % books Of fiction most pop
liar among boys of u to 10 years old.
ne lists were made after careful con-
Sderation and without consultation and
represent very fairly the preference OF
me boys. The following are the %
books: Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain;
"fluckeberry Finn" bv Mark Twain:
cadet Days" by General Charles
King; '"The Adventures OF Buffalo
Bill by Col: w. +. Cody: Robinson
lures of Sherlock Holiness" by y. Conan
DOYLE; Treasure Island" by steven
son; "Crimson Sweater" by Barbour
Behind the Lines" by Barbour: Jack
Among the Indians by Grinncll:
,"Halfback." by Barbour; Fast Mail"
by DrNsdale: Substitute" by Camp;
Pete. Cow Punchcr," by Amcs; ivan
BY kiplinE; "ltcdskin ana Cowboy" by
iehty: story OF Fad Boy" by Aid
rich; robin Hood" by Pyle; "Yalc
Gun, by Dudley, "Oliver Twist" by
dickens; "Montc Cristo," by Dumas;
twenty Thousand Leagues Under the
Sea- by Verne; "'rhe Spy" by Coop
er; kidnapped" by Stevenson.
Mcssrs. A. c. mcclure & co. an.
hpancc that they have made arrange
ments with Mr.. Charles Carver well
known for his Naturalization of Mrs.
ENans's at the Mercy of Tiberius."
i"r dranalizations Of several of their
books. namely. Randall Parrishs "My
lady OF the South ana Rob IIamp-
..
silver Blade" and VIII Lillihrdge's
zen lslnir." Mr.. Carver will take the
hooks up in the order named, ana the
ifSt play Will be ready in the spring.
The Rise Of Silas Lapham" has Just
hoen published In the Riverside Liter
allure Series Prof. Brandcr Matthews
writes I" the publishers, Il am glad
10 soc that this masterpiece of fiction,
L t..,t tt..,,
american life, Is now put within the
roach of our youth and that the sug.
EcStton IL thereby made that II reading
OF II Is essential to culture"
The text of the edition OF Shcridan's
The rivals" just published by Hough
lnn Miftin company in their Riverside
Literature Series Is the first accurate
reproduction of the rare First Edition
200, which, since no manuscript ex-
lists, ana since Sheridan himself pre-
pared 1t for tho press, Is the only Nu-
thcntic version of the play.
Tho use Of stories in dramatic form is
NVlng marked Improvement to the oral
reading in many school systems. Book
~ of the series issued by Houghton
Mifilin company, entitled "Chidren's
Classics in Dramatic Form" Is Just
published. Among the citi-.s now using
this series by Augusta Stevenson, for
morly teacher in the Indianapolis
schools. are Springfield, Mass, Hart
FORD, Conn. Buffalo, n. Y. Toledo. o.,
Paterson, n. j.. Erie. Pa. Calumet.
Mich, Los Angeles, Cal, and Seattle.
Emerson Housl was horn in Iowa.
His people We're southerncrs and the
family II very old one. dating back to