Show I LITERATURE WILD FLOWERS OF DSSEBETV A Collection Col-lection of Efforts ia Verse By Augusta Au-gusta Joyce Crocheron Pp 240 Price leather 1 50 Salt Lake The Juvenile Instructor office Mrs Crooheron is not without local fame as a writer of verse the productions produc-tions of her pen having quite frequently fre-quently in years past appeared in the city newspapers henee we need not say that ehe has been much favored by the muse That she is not better known to the literary world is due rather to the circumstances surrounding surround-ing her than to a lack of real merit in her poetry for much of her writing is genuine poetry possessing high merit If at times the style is somewhat some-what faulty and a shallowness appears ap-pears in the next line or following verse the true genius speaks put in every word disclosing the poet most admirably It is said that poet do not like to have their production criticised cut altered or even corrected cor-rected by prose scholars before it goes into type if this be true then poets are guilty of not liking something that would sometimes prove highly beneficial Many scholars are not poets but there are few of them who cannot readily detect errors in poetry and point out crudities in rhyme Before Be-fore a book becomes a book it may pass through many hands and gain from each scrutiny and it is better to be reviewed then than when it can do only harm to point out errors and indicate what changes would have been improvements These remarks are not intended wholly for Mrs Creoberon but for all authors who happen to read them Wild Flowers of Deseret comprise some 125 or more flowers that ia to say short poems poetic pictures fancies personal per-sonal lines invocations etc and we do not hesitate to say that as a colleo tion it is equal if not superior to any volume of the character that has come from a Utah author In a not very careful perusal of the pages some gems have been discovered One of these itt a descriptive poem ParSnthaB Ride in the 200 or more lines 01 which there will be found pure and thrilling poetry the music of the pen that comes unbidden unbid-den from the soul but cannot be coaxed Many others are deserving of special mention yet the reader had best obtain the little volume and if he does not find ito pages crowded with brilliants he will at least find in them sometbing that will make him glad that the author has put her writings in a form in whioh they maybe may-be enjoyed and preserved ATLANTIC MONTHLY The August Atlantic is specially noteworthy as containing the first chapters of Dr Breens Practice o serial story by Mr Howell which will continue through several num ber It has all the charm of description de-scription and felicity of characterization characteri-zation for which Mr Howells beat stories are distinguished and promises prom-ises to be no lees delightful than The Lady of the Aroostook Mrs Mary Hallock Foote who ia so widely known as an artist contributes to this number of the Atlantic the fir < t part of a story entitled In Exile It is to be completed in the September Septem-ber number and those who have been delighted by her marvelous designs de-signs for Longfellows Skeleton in Armor the Hanging the Crane and Hawthornea Scarlet Letter will be glad to see that she is as skillful skill-ful with the pen as with the pencil Mr Stodman prints here his striking poem Corda Concordia read at I the opening of the session of the Summer Sum-mer School of Philosophy at Concord July 11th Mr Whipple contributes an exceedingly interesting paper Recollections of James T Fields which will be read with eagerness and gratitude by the many admirers of both Mr Fields and Mr Whipple John Durand writes an interesting chapter on French Domestic Life and its Lessons Richard Grant White furnishes an interesting paper On the Acting of lago Those who know how admirable are all Mr Whites studies of Shakspearean characters will understand how interesting inter-esting this article must be Octave Thanet writes a eecoud paper on the Indoor Pauper presenting many facts and suggestions of tho first importance im-portance to all students of social science sci-ence Rev James Freeman Olarke reviews Partons Life of Voltaire which he pronounces Ua standard work of great value ft storehouse of facts for the history of Voltaire and his time JJ Henry James7 Portrait of a Lady is continued through four engaging chapters M G Van Roes selaer writes of The New York Art Season there are poems by H Hand H-and Edgar Fawoett a review by Mr FH Underwood of Wards English Poets some excellent short essays in the Contributors Club and a chapter chap-ter of notes on the important books of the month ends a thoroughly interesting inter-esting number of this standard magazine mag-azine Houghton Mifflin Co Boston HARPEIiS ° J HARPERS MAGAroEi Harpers Magazine for August is magnificently illustrated It opens with a frontispiecean illustration of Margaret Veleys poem Almond Blossom drawn by Arbey and engraved en-graved by Cole In its marvellous delicacy this cut seems almost to transcend the possibilities of wood engraving Mr Arbey contributes also a fine fullpage illustration of Herricks poem The Parcae or Three Daintie Destinies Henry P Johnston contributes a timely and exceedingly ex-ceedingly interesting paperon The Surrender of Cornwallis which is j richly illustrated from paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds Gilbert Stuart oiouel Trnmbull and J 8 Copley and drawings by W Sheppard Mrs Champneys Portuguese papers are also concluded in this number Among the illustrations this part are some excellent views of Cintra Coimbra and the convent of Santa Clara and Alcobaca T B Aldrich concludes his charming sketch of Tangier entitled UA Day in Africa k beautifully illustrated A brief paper of a retrospective character entitled Then written by James T Fields during his last illness id one ol the moat delightful things in the number Richard M Johnston contributes a humorous Georgia sketch entitled The Various Languages of Billy Moon Another short story contributed con-tributed anonymously Miss Pick ett is a strong delineation of New England character The serial novels by Thomas Hardy and Miss Woolson are continued William Pope Darney tells a very significant anecdote of President Madison and his discussion with a Baptist preacner concerning the ratification of the Jonatitution discussion which removed re-moved the preachers opposition to Mr Madisons election to the constitutional consti-tutional convention and thus bad an important effect upon our national history Mr Curtis in the Easy Chair writes most charmingly of the Newport belles of a century ago ef the Greek play at Harvard and El win Booths welcome in London The other editorial departments areas are-as full and interesting as usual New York Harper Brothers Salt Lake City James Dwyer THE CALIFORNIAN Contents of the August number ClAn Esthetic Family Edgar Faw cett Sophia Perowakaja Joaquin Milier 49 and 50 John Vance Cheney The Seclusion and Isolation Isola-tion of Hawthorne WS Kennedy Little Miss Gilliaa Protogee G HI Addis At the Tomb of Carlisle i Charles Edwin Maikham Corporations Corpora-tions in Politica Andrew McF Davie Da-vie Question D S Richardson A Knight on the Frontier Frances I Fuller Victor The Sorrow B R Wall The Winds of the Darien I II 0 M Wozencraft Away Down East E A Note BookScience and Industry Art and Artists Drama and Music Books Recehed Outcroppings San Francisco The California Publishing Company 408 California Street GOOD COMPANY Good Company 300 u year Springfield Maaa JNo 22 opens with a long complete story filling seventeen pages by Ellen W Olney entitled A Pair of Silk Stockin sIt s-It has another of the Arctic papers by Lieut Frederick Sohwatka under un-der the heading uln the Land oi he Midnight San There is an article by Mrs Gen Lew Wallace The Land of the Pueblos The Pimo an instalment of the serial story now in course of publication Midnu Caprice a 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