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

DUNN company, New ! pFk, Cincinnati
and Chicago
y collection of short stories for the
first and second years of German. The
stories are selected from the words OF
modern writers-B aumbuch. i}luthgcn.
-i'sehcnbach. Eschstruth. Frapan,
FronrN l'us Rosegger. Trojun and
Wcr 1ost Of them have not be-
fore cd for school use, They
iuc1' 'll sketches IN lighter Vein,
Wnt an the freshness Of the ma
teri sure tn" sustained interest Of
the srj4cut Notes and full vocabu-
larry accompany the text.
Gunrbers Joan OF Arc-Frcnch COM
position by f. a. Gucrbcr; American
Book company, New York, Cincinnati
ana Chicago. This French prose com
position is based on the principle that
the hest work can be done through the
use Of material that is in itself inter-
csting and consecutive. The present
account Of the life and exploits Of Joan
Of Arc is written in an agreeable style,
adapted to the purpose in view; and Is
provided with copious footnotcs indi-
eating by Encouragement of tho Eng
fish words the equivalent French con-
struction. For the convenience of stu
dents of different grades OF advance
ment, full vocabulary is appended.
.
"The Annals OF Ann" by Kate Trim
BILE SHARPER, illustrated by Paul Mcy-
Ian The BobbsMcrriil company. In
dianapolis. All sorts ana conditions of
fun are to be found in this story ot
life and love as seen through the eyes
OF Il little girl, Ann is at the age
when to gigglc Is as natural as to
breathe and by means OF 4 delightful
contaSion, the reader speedily catches
the habit ana giggles with her. At the
gawky age, as Ann calls it, new ideas
tumble over each other in their haste
to find expression, ana life fairly floods
the young mind and heart New Eng
land "Rebccca of Sunnybrook Farm"
is not more charming than this little
southern girl on her plantation homo
with its big old-fashioned house far
back in the yard. ana alwayssthe smell
Of apples up stairs" But Ann is by no
means another Rebecca--she has hcr
own personality. distinct and cndearing
She is Just as imaginative, but she Is
far more romantic, is less prachticnl.
moro gay, gentle. happy, winsomc. Pow
Crty has never east its shadow on her
spirits nor has i!l-trcatmcnt sharpened
her temper a more normal child than
her New England cousin, she is quito
as full of quaintncss and individuality.
RebocCa has made her way through all
sorts of weather, Ann seems wholly
sun-ripcncd; one girl may claim, per-
haps, more character, but to the other
must be allowed more charm.
With a love story in each Of the
dozen chapters II will be seen that
there is no lack OF entertaining story
material Pretty southern girls, Il lit
tie German governcss, q teacher, an
editor, n doctor, an artist, spinster,
Il minister, an old Colorcd cook and 4
young mulatto from the north are all
respectively courtcd and, welded or dis
missed on these divcrting pages, Tho
reader has tho experience Of dipping
into many lives at the most interesting
period they afford. The cOmlcal court
ship Of AIMS Aunt Laura who IN tho
dark puts on rouge by mistake instead
Of powder, and the way in which Mann
my Lou spnnks her bridegroom and
sends him packing arc two of the most
amusing episodes. Best Of all. Ann
never offcnds us by amy hint of sIli-
ness, but remains to the end Il we'll
bred, unconscious child who tells i'll her
diary the funny things she sccs and
feels ana dwels on romance naturally
since In the south love-mAking is l.,
the air. Nor is the reader limited to
AIMS own observations. for With keen
appreciation she sets down the good
sayings or others as when her father,
having heard hor Aunt Laura's preach
or describe himself as "a humble work :
az in the vineyard" adds, more OF 4
hungry cater in tho bamynrd." We
do not within the pages of AIMS diary,
sec her grow UP. but something much
better happens, wc feel ourselves grow
younger, Mrs. Sharber's story Is more
than cntortaningt 1t is rcjuvcnatinG