Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-26

week two of their recent books: The
Heritage of the Desert" by Zane
Grey; MARY Cary" by Kate Langley
Bosher. and also "a Humble Ro-
nance" by Mary Z. Wilkins Free
man.
The editors of the Lawrenceville
Lit" published by the students at
Lawrenceville school are showing COM
mcndablc enterprise in issuing a special
owen johnson" number to celebrate
the success of the author OF THE Var
mint" The Prodigious Hickey" and
The Cumming Bird" Mr.. johnson
was also the founder of the Lit
William Dana circuit, author of The
SPELL received this comment on his
novel from Beacon street friend
travelling abroad: Il confess it leaves
me cold; but then l think the fault
Is mine. once, on an October night, |
saw II bring tears to the eyes of 4
Swiss waiter in u Soho restaurant
Mr.. circuit believes it was not the
quality of 'rhe Spell" which was re-
spons!ble for the walters tears. but the
character of unclo Peabody who pro-
claimed Horace Fletchers well-llnown
IDEAS on tho subject of frugal eating.
Octavia HOLSTER, the charming
aunt" in Meredith Nicholsons now
fantastic novel "rhc Siege of, the
Seven suitors," has caused the coin
ing of u new word. "holstcrized"
which Mr. Nicholson defines rs fol-
lows: "a thorough yielding TO the
playsprit Devotion TO the improb-
able ana whimsical. The complete OBJ
scuration of the probable. possible
and actual. Pertaining to a system Of
life believed to be greatly conducive to
longevity. in which devotecs meet &C.
currenccs the most l.ntoward in II
mood Of gentle ana slightly hayward
and irresponsible playfulness.
K. +. Outcault. the originator of the
Buster Brown" pictures. never al
lowed his own children to see them, it
Is said; and parents and educators
throughout the country are beginning
to realize that colorcd newspaper sup
PIGMENTS destroy childrcns respect for
their elders and often appeal to them
through their curiosity and tendency
to cruelty The Farm Book, ,
CHoughton, Minlm COB written and
illustrated BY Il. Boyd smith is u new
venture in Juveniles, Its object Is to
arouse the interest of children in II
lnuttcr which they can try for them
selves ard to impress them with the
dignity OF labor Bob and Betty visit
II farm ana watch tho men blowing.
rcaping. milking. etc, The illustrations
have bc"u made 81 accurately that all
the Incidents OF farming can be fo'-
lowed through them. 1t viii be pub
iishcd Nov, &c.
Napolcon's recognition Of the tickle
ness of public acclaim ana urestisc Is
we'll shown In II nassagc from THE
Corsican; a Diary of Napoleon'r Life
in His own Words written on his re-
turn to Paris after one Of his carly
victorious Campaians: Paris has II
short memory. II ! remain longer do
Ing nothing am lost. IN this great
Mabylon one reputation succeeds an
other. After have been seen three
times ut u thcater. shall not be look
ed at again; shall therefore not SO
very frequently
Nal McLauEhlins MY Friend Tho
Indian" an intimate study of the rcd
mans nature and history, has been
accepted by the department Of the in
terror for the list of books furnished
Indian schools for supplementary
reading.
Marie Hay. which Is tho pen name
of Baroness Hndenburg, author of "a
German Pompadour," "Diano dc Polt-
iers" etc. has Just published. through
Houghton Mlfflin Co., Tho Winter
Queen" In which she tolls tho roman
tic history OF Elizabeth Stuart, dauEh-
ter OF King james of England and
wife OF the Inflated Elect Palatlne.
How she happened to write about this
unhappy queen of Bohemia she tells