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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
A FINE HARDEN STORY.

Paul Rundeii Novel. By VIII y. Harben. Pub
llshed by Harper & Brothers, Now York.
Mr.. uarben Is the great novelist OF the
South, his especial field being in north
Georgia, His mastery presentations OF
typical character and typical scenery
there have made him a great favorite
with the American novel-readne public.
The characterizauons in Mr.. Harben' s
novels are mostly OF the primitive type,
showing the individuals possessed of
rough. strong passions and OF fierce
personality that takes forceIul grip
upon the reader by their realism ana
their often unexpected strength. Paul
Rundel, the hero Of this story, has aspiris-
tions. high ideals, and a vigorous, earn
est. honest character that sets him apart
from the common run OF the community.
wards the realization Of his high ideals
and aspirations, there is revealed with
convincing naturalness his high spiritual
nature something OF which is latent In
every human being. and the narration
attracts the readers sympathy In an un-
usual degree. AS in all OF Barben
stories the end, after much tribulauon,
trial. and sorrow, Is a peaceful happi-
ness, so 1t Is in this one. and the reader
cannot lay down this fbe story without
a higher appreciation of the natural
kindliness of heart and sympathetic feel
Ing Of the unframed beings whose types
he brings into play. as contrasted With
tho more complicated individuality OF the
conventional world. The types brought
forward by Mr., Harden are all natural,
all unaffected, all OF the most positive
In all OF his stories there is natural
ness, spontaneity, and an Inevita BILE
charm that his readers have come fully
to appreciate
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
REX BEACH'S s LATEST.

cr, "T1s BaTrls Tho Silver @ Horde ds s'oi ond
por d Brothers, Now York.
rms Is story for the most part laid
IN Naly' put with a sweep over to New
tCraeahs. where are some OF the scenes.
ra ,a1ioen's' ,ioen descriptions, and lively mar
Iatioiis " has much TO do with the
Iotorlous Malta society, in which, as one
OF the characters says. there Is con-
ta unued a eentury-past hatred and an
= eIsTniS,h snsbrnnLs 10 society the Mafa being an
backward state OF society. Norvin
B!ake the hero of the story is q young
american iull OF vim and energy He
SRpears syJiS ioaf IN Italy. and speaking Italian
WIN great fluency. at once makes him
sen at home anywhere. Coming in con-
tact with the Sicilians. and visiting their
lsIahd' he ma turally learns a good deal
ap9ut me M9fa society, about the feuds
ana the bloody vengeance occurring from
tltne 10 Time because OF those feuds AS
Is to be expected in a story from Rex
beaeh. there are number Of love
He0piesi infn and one OF them resolves itself
INTO humorous situation, where the wife
ot native supposes Blake to be in
love with her, and she for a time
imlagines herself TO be in love with him.
Ihen when The exposure Is made and 1t
is found that Blake is in love with an
other woman, the wife seems 10 regret
This intensely. and TO be deeply
chasrined because Blake takes her love
." l'SHIS. lie desperate character OF
number OF the figures who are created TO
eXemplliy The typical scenes. incidents,
and dialogue OF the story Is all well sci
forth, and the whole panorama is fitted
in with the skill OF a master. as we are
always assured that Blakes plots and
creations will do. for he is master
story-tc!ler and falls not TO bring every
thing Into perfect unison and complete
ness. The present story is one OF his
best. although lacking the freshness Of
environment that distinguished his great
Alaskan story, THE Silver Horde
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
FAMOUS AMERICAN SPEECHES.

Noted Speeches Of Daniel Webster, Henry Clay:
and John c. Calhoun. Edited. With Biogra phiosl
Sketches. by Lillian Marie Briggs. Assistant Ia
the New York Public Library. With Portraits.
Aonat. Yard and Company. Publishers. Now
York,
The authors purpose in arranging the
oest-known American speeches In four
volumes which the American History CT
Literature series Will include. has been
TO meet the needs OF the student and
tho public library as well as the school
and the college library, This present vol
ume includes the most important
speeches OF the authors named. AS n
libra rian It's compiler has found that the
excellent compilations which include all
these wel-known speeches In one volume
can meet the need OF but one reader AT
time, while the same speeches arranged
In more than one volume will acconno
date several persons whose requests are
for different speeches. The blogra phical
sketches have been Included for the con-
venlence OF the reader and for the school
boys and girls who are constantly ask
ing for short accounts OF lives OF great
Americans. The little volume is certain
TO be well received by the American pub
lie, for IL Is ono or the most "meaty'
that has appeared for a long time,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
TEMPLES, OLD AND NEW.

The House OF the Lord Study OF Holy sanu-
sia sgariss ancient and Modesn: Including Forty
Jamos E. Tnlinnse, One Of tho Twelve Apostles
OF @, the Church OF Jesus Christ o. Latter-day
OF l"ttor-day Saints. Tho Doscret News, Salt
Lake City, Utah,
This is well-made volume. In which
Is given concisely a general view OF some
times OF sanctuaries in earlier dispense =
tions: OF the need of temples In the pres
ent dispensation; OF the modern temple
ordinances; OF modern day temples: of the
torical view, a chapter on the exterior
or the temple, another on the interior,
one on the temple block. and chapter
deals with other Utah temples. those at
concluding chapter deals with the offices
Of the Lesser or Aaronic Priesthood
operative In. temples OF today, There
are many full-page plates illustrating the
Salt Lake Temple In general and In de-
tall. these details embrac cling upwards or
forty full page plates; the st. George
Temple. the Logan Temple. and the Man
great temple In Salt Lake City is fun
Of important facts which every one de-
slres 10 know; and there is In the same
chapter full description OF the dedica-
tory ceremonies of the laying OF the cap
stone and OF the dedication OF the temple
Itself. The epIstle OF the First presl-
deucy. the prayer OF dedication on tho
9Th OF April. 1893. are all set forth in
full.
Altogether the work is one not only
highly to be commended. hut II must
be gratefully received by the public. NOT
only OF Utah. but OF every part Of the
country where there is any interest in
these sanctuaries. Mr., Talmage is to
be congratulated upon the success OF his
work, and the publishers OF the book
upon the excellent form in which 1T is
nut forth
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
A VANCE MYSTERY"

The Destroying Angel. By Louis Joseph Vance
With Illustrations by Arthur !. Keller. Pub
l!shed by Little Brown, aud Company Boston.
This author has given the public here
tofore, much TO its acceptance and en-
tertainment, THE Brass Bowl" "'rhe
Black Bag 1.-The Bandboy,' and other
stories This present novel is on the Same
order as the others. with great rapidity OF
action and close succession OF events. The
hero has been given by his physicians
not more than six months to live. and
the heroine. due to a foolish whin. has
placed herself I'm a trying position. They
become acquainted nconventionally, and
the man proves himself a chivsrous
knight. The two marry under unusual
circumstances, then separate. and he
starts on a cruise around the world to
close his life away from the sympa thy
OF friends. But II turns out that doctors
in this case as In some others, are not
infallible, and years later he returns to
New York, as ghost from the grave.
TO learn that his wife has never appeared
to claim his name or estate. A search
fails to find that wife, and then he falls
in love. A narrative of brisk dramatic
events ensues, and many complications.
the story being one OF elusiveness and
battling progress. II Is extraordinarily
well told and the author fully maintains
his high reputation as the prince OF tell
ers OF this sort OF tale.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
LIVELY BOYS IN ACTION.

The Young Crusaders at Washington. BY George
r Atgater Published by Little. Brown. and
Company. Boston
This is the second book in "The Young
Crusaders Series" and In it the young
crusaders make their mark In the Ma
tional capital. Tho first chapters OF the
book give a vivid narrative of interesting
Incidents in the boys lives at home, The
whole military company is taken 70
washington and presented to the Presi-
dent The events OF the camp at tho
capital and the experiences of the boys
in their eventful trip are fully described;
The pilot begins at Portage and is brought
to a conclusion by a series or eXcltinS
adventures in Washington. The story
is filled with humorous Incidents. inter-
esting and entertaining descriptions, gooo.
Jolly fun and stirring events, Tho boy
scouts of the United States have taken
a prominent place in tho life of today
ad they will especially enjoy this book,
But II is a book not for them alone but
for the reading public generally. and is
well written to meet both requirements
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
"LADY MACBETH" PROBLEM.

The Hyateris OF Lady Macbeth. By I,sdor H.
Soriht NJ D Published By MoHat. Yard and
Company. New York.
Tho author OF this study into the char
actre and acts OF Lady Macbeth has
shown himself to be a close student of
abnormal mentality through his former
works Abnormal Psychology and RE
ligion and Medicine" He holds (see
pages sc and CD that Lady Macbetb's
procedure is to be explained through
'suboonscious automatism." and he
ranks that with other somnambulistlc
phenomena az accounting for the close
linking Of association of ideas that are
machine like and automatic In their repe-
titlon. A good many theses have been
written on tho subject Of Lady Macbeth.
all practically pointing to the same gen
oral conclusion, that she acted In a sort
OF hysterical. hypnotic. soinnambulstic
state which twisted her mentality and
eave her over to Influences 10 which a
normal woman would not Yield The
present book is probably close study
an das correct a solution as any, and Il
certainly Is we'll conceived and we'll ar
Cued.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
POWER OF PERSONALITY
by MoHat. Yard and Company, Now York.

The Seer. BY Fcricy PooTc Shechan. Published
by Monat. Yard and Company, Now Tork.
This story Is a succession Of scenes in
troubles and revolutions, The book is
supposed To offer solution for any man
troubles whatever those troubles may be
The story Of IT Is that country preacher
making a tremendous impression upon his
excitabIc and easlly-influenced ca comInu-
nifty In the impresslonab bic South, Is trans
ferrcd from that field to a position OF
fame and power In metropolitan con-
gregation and maintains himself in DO
sitioh of influence and fame through
the sympathetic and hypnotic application
OF the old srciptural truths, and is able
to sway men and women regardless Of
croed or race. The characters are odd
out OF the usual altogether, and they
have rarely been brought forward 70
public notice in literature. The swift de-
vclopment OF these characters Is real
lstic and dramatic. The quality Of the
work Is fine. tho writer's Influence Is
both strong and deep. 1t is work OF
great power, sure TO be received with
favor by tho American reading public.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
A RILEY MoNTH-BooK.

All the Year Round BY James whitcomb Riley
VITA Twelve Illustrations Cut Wood and
Printed by Gustaye Baum11n The Bobbl- Ter-
f'll Company, Publishes. indianapolis
This Is a book de luxe, In which Riley
appears In a sort OF calendar way. Now
that Riley's birthday has been so gen
orally celebrated throughout the coun-
Try, this book is importon, and OF the
tlmeliest possible interest. There is a
stanZa In 1t for every month OF the year
and an appropriate illustration In color
Tor each month. The stanza for Octo-
Der Is accompanied by an orchard seems
and is as follows:
II I'd ben asked for my advice,
And thought the thing out cam and aober.-
Szn the months all once or twice
Ia 'neh'd tho year out with October
All Nature then Jest veiled and dressed
With ripe-fruit-Ee Eems-a and kssin' jest
New invented!
The book Is excellent in inception,
form, and execution. The author has
done his work In first class Riley form.
and the publishers have done their best
10 meet that form. the result being q
hne. artistic work, sure to be popular
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
matches. Penfield comes into the proper
Iewaro cue TO one who does first class
work In the proper spirit.

"onie' a american Captain. BY Frank T. Chan.
III Illustrated by William ETkpat.iok Pub.
'Ihhoa by Little Brown. and Company. Bor,on
This is A book in "The Henley School
poys series, In which an American bow
ooes himself great credit In tho English
aSnooi mo" Wnlch he attends The boy Is
81 cleVer athlete and the most popular bov
IN inc sixth form. He is elected can
ram OF the school. and In this position
Iias the usual problems 10 solve com
phcated with the doings Of another Amer
lGah poy OF very different type, the son
oi inilnonaire, obstinate and irascIble.
,Wnony ignorant OF English school tradi,
OF the customs of the school, The story
IS iatsely made up OF football and rowing
ma!tches. rla!. an exciting sea trip. a vacation
incidents Of lively school life. In II al,
s1e 5he mliIionaire's son is seen at a great
Gtisaayantage, and the athletic, manly
ntnpltcdh Iiath hoy AT corresponding adj
nHhtaee; and the author describes il all
IN excellent style. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
MARITAL INFELICITIES.

why Lett Ny Husband. and Other Human Doc
urnonta or Married Life BY Virginia Terhune
Van de Water Published by ModaL, Yord and
Company Now York.
This book is made up OF succession
OF stories. ''Why / Left My Husband" 2"
"Why / Left My Wife," why We Arc
Living Together" ''Whom God Hath
Joined" ''Why l Left Home" ''Why /
Married Again." and "The Tie That
Binds" The human documents, which
these stories are fairly said to- be. cover
thus pretty much all of the jars and dis
opations Of ma rried life. The stories are
a series of narrat tives OF the topsy-turvy
relations which cause disastrous results
in married life. They have appeared IN
magazine form before. and therefore the
public know something about them.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
AN EXQUISITE BOOK.

CaidwclIs Boys and Girls at Home: stories and
Verses by Mary e. Mann. Theodora Wilson VII
Hon Alice TalviD Morris. G. l. Whitman. jessie
Pope May Byron. Helen Broadbent, and others
Picture, by Gordon Browne. Il. l.. II. r. hillar.
Frank Adams. r. fIeath Robinson, Helen STRAIT
ton, and Others. Published by II NJ Caldwell
Co, New YorE.
This Is a beautiful. well-made book
The stories are new the ilustra tions are
exquisite. the Ideas all through. both In
text and picture. are fresh and enjoy
able. There are seventy-seven stories
in the book and more than one hundred
Illustrations The Skill and art that have
gone 10 the making OF this fine large
volume are OF the first order. and old
folks as we'll as young are certain to be
charmed with this exquisite book.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
AMERICAN woMEN's WORK.

woman In the Making OF America. By II. Ad-
dington Bruce illustrated, Published by Lit
tie Brown and Company. Boston.
This is n book OF very serious pur-
pose and OF much historical value, 1t Is
review OF the part played by women In
the making of the United States, from
the first settlement to the present day.
The author I'm the course Of special re-
searches for his projected history OF the
expansion OF the American people. has
gathered the material from which this
book is made. The activities OF Amer-
can women in the Colonial period. in the
period OF the Revolution. IN the social
unrest and political conflict preceding the
Civil War. as well as in the period OF
that war and in our own times since, are
strongly and well set forth, The book Is
distinct contribution TO a special phase
OF American history, and is put forth in
nrst- class literary form.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13

mas given the public heretofore "The
isS,L range RIDERS" 1.-THE Two-Gun Man"
OF old-time range life In the valleys,
hiils' and plains. There Is in this the
same open-hearted. Independent char
acterlzation as In the former works OF
tnis author, every character standing ON
It's own basis and every individual being
MS own rule and guide. That old life
was great, and its echo yet survives In
DOCKS such as this, and this story is
most worthiiy and skillfullv told
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
Folk Tales Of East and Wcst. BY John HarriuE-
ton Cox. A, NJ Published by Little. Brown
nd Boston

This is story In '"rhe Knighthood
Series" OF which the public has had sew
eral from the pen OF this excellent writer
The present Is collection OF old folk
tales, so old that they have become new.
They are collected from Sweden, Japan
tho England OF Chaucer, earlier Medieval
France, and from other primitive sources
Most OF them have not been available
heretofore to the general reader, as their
original form Is too difttcn)t for any but
the cultivated scholar TO enjoy. The
story OF the Phoenix has been translated
from the original Saxon, that OF ''Tho
Lay Of the Bird from the old French
There is a Swedish folk tale. "The Old
IRON Pot" which has probably never
been printed before oven in Swedish, but
has come down through the centuries by
word OF mouth. There arc other tales
cminently worthy Of the acceptance ana
approval OF the American reading pub
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
INTIMATE HUMANITIES.

Tho Honorable Mrs Moonlight. BY Oooto Wa
ianns. Published by Harper Brothers. New
York.
This is very intimate story OF Japan,
by the author who has given US here
tofore "A Japanese Nightingale" TIA
ma" and other fpe stories. The scenes
are altogether japanese, the charac-
ters are Japanese, and the customs and
manner Of thought are Japanese, But
even so the art is delicate. fresh, and
charming. and throughout there is pre-
served a wholesome religious atmos-
phere, not Christian, to be sure but none
the less religious for that 1t Is win
ming story, giving one altogether an ex-
quisite picture OF Japanese life.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13

:" HEN / say that in very full
w and rather long experience
of playgoing "Steve" is the most
repulsive drama / have ever seen,
please do not misunderstood me as
branding it the worst. Far from
1t. If Mr.. Mcintyre had not
shown considerable skill In the ex-
position Of his rotten crew Of
characters the effect would have
been less unpleasant. Although
rather thin in plot. often over
emphasized in expression and OBJ
scure in its foundations, "Steve'
is a promising first play Mr..
Mcintyre should feel outraged
to make a fresh start, but should
carefully avoid a study which in
evitably excites revulsion without
interest. Reprehensible characters
frequently vitalize the most effec
tive and enthralling plays. Rich
ard Mansfield and Sir Henry lr-
wing are memorable instances OF
actors who reared enduring fame
on the depletion Of villalny; Mr.,
DAILY doubtless was influenced in
this case by that fact, But there
was indomitable courage in spite of
all the crafty filth of Baron
Chevrial; a delightful cunning and
grim bumor running through the
dastardly conduct Of Louis XJ; the
fire OF a righteous revenge and
. racial devotion in the homicidal
schemes of Shylock. That Steve
was devoid Of every redeeming
trait is not so much responsible for
the failure OF the play MS that his
worthlessness was still so passive
as to excite little interest and retain
none.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
DOROTHY BRooF- AT SCHOOL,

Dorothy Brooke at RIdgcmore. py Pr,rres r
spsrhawk. Illustrated by Frank T Morrill, Pub
lishnd By Thomas Y. Crowell Company Now
York
This is n book In the Dorothy Brooke"
series, OF which the author has given the
public three volumes heretofore and
doubtles one or two more Yolumes OF the
same series Will follow. Dorothy HrooJre
In fine young woman who, after pass-
ing through the scenes and experiences
Of the former books. enters Rldgemore
time. the book depicting the reality of
college ljfe for girls in excellent fashion,
Dorothy has tho usual struggles and
disappolntmeDts. but her sound heart ana
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13

A LACK of loyalty to native
"A makers of plays is not one of
my shortcomings, but / would be
carrying my Americanism too far
TO deny that. had the Yankee au-
thors of the books of "Tantaliz.
ing Tommy and HThe Charity
Girl" done their work so well as
the German composers OF their
scores, a heartier prophecy Of met
ropolitan success might be made.
AS it is, the entertainments rea-
sonably may hope to please pub
lies that have not such An over
supply of theater as New York,
with their unprecedented galaxy
Of popular plays. Mr.. Edward
Peple, agreesbly remembered for
his comedy of "'The Prince Chap
should not be blamed too serious
lv for the spoken part of ''The
Charity Girl inasmuch as he ap-
parcntlv set out with a coherent
idea and was forced to abandon it
to the claims of vaudeville. He
began with suggestion of satire.
hitting off the sort of "uplift
work that penetrates the slums in
motorcars and condescends TO hold
out gIoved fingcrtips. rather than
hearty. helping hand. And he
introduced an engaging. if strong
1y reminiscent, central character
in an innocent, dcmure. refined and
pretty settlement-worker. How
ever, this belle of New York, EN-
bodied plcasinglv by Miss Marie
Flynn, is no Salvation Army lassie,
but the petted daughter of mil
Gonaire, and presently she largely
loses her identity, in any case, be-
ing caught and almost swallowed
up in whirlpool Of vaudeville.
That the second act was in At
lantic City and the third in tho
gold ballroom of New York man
sion did not deter such trusty,
tried and true performers as Miss
Blossom Seeley, Miss Ray Cox
and Mr.. Ralph Hers from giving us
numerous variants of their familiar
specialties.
The scenic and sartorial investurc
Of TheCharity .Girl'' is not merely
opulent, but is eloquent of that ex-
cellent and very individual taste
for which Mr.. George Lederer has
long been held in very high esteem.
The success of his part Of the en-
tcTCdlUn6nL is SeCOuu only 10 hCTi
Victor Hollaender g. The composer
Of so piquantly suggestive setting
for an Oriental pantomine as his
" Sumuruu score. which intro
duced him to America, might have
been expected to have approached
the task Of ragtime and harum
scarum music of that grade in
mood too superior for success. Not
so, Herr HoIlaender. His score
achieves that rare, delightful COM
bination, the simplest of melodies
expressed in the skillful terms OF
the experienced and resourceful
musician,
DR.. Hugo Felix, as I have init
mated, deserves the credit for
whatever success "Tantahzing
Tommy" may attain. His music
is gracefully expressive of the elu-
sive airiness Of romance. AS an
he makes the fourth in
The international quartettc of .au-
the play being IN adap-