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Show ROMANCE IN" BUTIOUNDY. "CV.ht i lir-'OKrion." Hy (to inn. I ti Holland. 1 'uljHh':d by Htnry Holt and company, Tli:i t ti:ls utory w;itt thft re.su b. of a. fi'idden in-Hpir Kt iin, when the a u thor wh.i feelm-- In need of relax- tion (tnd fun after he h;id MiilMht-'i 'J'-;tii-("irisioh'," Im rpilt uiulfrtaniliihlo to thr r-ader who found the. trioloKy a work to p. imir rrfl iind "tudled carefully, a well an fnjoycl. Kt Mr. Itniland, In nn effort to ''- awy from the HOinrwhiU tragic almonlirre of "Jfn n- Jlipiituih--," hiiH t;iknn tne Jolty old I-Yeiieh tnii n, Colaa, by tie: bund and fu n a w;i y from all t h: vexatious problems prob-lems that worry rriittiklnd. It Ik evident that they are both havlnff tii'; Hp)) of thtdr liven ; It U an thou nil tho writer hud mad! a wj-er, prh''p.i with th-- Uurtfundbtn hlinlf, that out of i!Vry Hlluarlon which arise on tlila Journey Jour-ney through lift, dome y,ntnfnp., some real happliit-.-'M can be. extracted, however dour I. ho flay. In hiH own words tho hearty old pennant telln the Mtory; incidents of hhs own life n nd of the hii pp:iIiikh In t ho vllbi we of Clatneeey. He In a man content with his world, life find hlmfltdf, for him the sun Hliiii'.-s hrlKh tr r, th rtkyn are blue, and IiIh rhff-rfiil philosophy ciutIoh him HO.fely ov:r the rouf;h plaeeH rind eniibioh hi in to "w-T; the bottom of tho iflnsa" wiien hap- He fli'hcribr'3 hUi hoiiHC, which ho loves, tujcaiiM'i It Is out. side the vD'ao wall where he "t;;t n have elbow room," hln wife, whom hi do-'H not love, hut respects, and flays "ahe l,i fi Having, active, sober, food woman, with all the virtues, but they do not seem to fatten her, and I mu.st con fens, fellow .m( nrier, that 1 llko one plump little fra 111 y better than all the etven bony virtues." Ills four hoys lie can hardly reeotrnlze fiH Ms own, and fee Is that he uuht to Hpolniflze to them, for, after alt, It in his fault tha t. they exist. HIm daughter he In in I im-i with ; t hey uiulerHtnnd each other perfectly, but It Ih hiH work that he love.H above everything elne, for he is a carver and wood worker, and believes that "to work after a food drink and drink after good work, la my Idea of a fino life !" It Ih rtFrcKhinfi in the we troublous times to read ot a Rood Matured, ray-hearted fellow like CoIu.h, even though he lived 8u0 years ayo. Hi a outlook on life in as (Lfor.fi now iih It was then. lie voices hla feelinRB thus: "Man Ih a wonderful cre.i-ture, cre.i-ture, and all Ih Krlst that comes to his mill. HappiuesH, miffering-, feast or famine, fam-ine, ho can adjust himself to any of them, i It; can po on four legs or on one ; he , may be deaf, dumb or blind, he will still ma iinR'0 to get along, and see, hear and apeak in the depths of his own soul." . And again "blessed be the day when I . flaw the light! How many glorious tilings there are on this round ball, things which ami In at you find taste sweet. Iife is good, by the Ixjrd ! I always hunger for more, no matter how much I stuff uy-nolt'. uy-nolt'. 1 give you my word, my mouth fairly waters before the feast spread for mo by the earth and the sun." A STORY OF A POSTWAR PROBLEM "The Invuder'B Son." Iiy William Antony An-tony Kennedy. Published by George Stilly and company, New York. The complications which arise from a crime committed by a German officer during the Invasion of the small town of Ste. Genevieve, during the first days of the war, form the theme for a novel which follows the fortunes of a French family caught in the vortex of the mad whirl of those tempestuous times, and on through the years of reconstruction Incident Inci-dent to the making of Its fortunes. Kaoul Beauvais, like many another young Frenchman, married his sweetheart sweet-heart on short notice and. Immediately the ceremony was over, rushed to Join the colors, leaving his young wife alone In the old chateau with her mother, the only survivors of an ancient family. The GerniHiis come. Count von Essen-he Essen-he nd el, In some ways quite a superior type of German, falls victim to the charms of the lovely Madame Beauvais, and accomplishes his base purpose. At i first Hermance Beauvais has but one thought, that the offspring of the vile 'boehe must not be allowed to live, but the mother instinct proves stronger than her hatred and she Is surprised to find that her feelings for . the child are those of Intense love and n desire to keep It always by her sid?. The Frenchman and the German meet in a hand-to-hand tussle in the trenches, fight until exhausted, and declare a truce until they shall chance to meet on another battlefield. On a scrap of paper Kaoul writes a scrawl to his wife, using a stick and the blood flowing flow-ing from a cut in the count's wrist, in lieu of a pencil, and the latter promises to deliver the missive. The war over, Kaoul goes back to his native village and accepts the situation as father to the alien child, Paul. Meanwhile Mean-while the count, through the signature on the note, makes some interesting discoveries, discov-eries, suffers something akin to remorse for his dv'ed, and determines to make amends to the woman, whom he fancies he i loves, and his son. Usins'a Jew as his agent, he sets ' Beauvais up in a very profitable business, with the idea of putting put-ting his own son at the head of H when ho is old enough. The French family is blpssed with four children, they live In affluence, but Raoul can never reconcile himself to the presence pres-ence of Paul, especially as he far excels his own sons in brilliance of mind and strength of character; In fact, he represents repre-sents all that he would like them to be. He resents his every action, even his love for the charming daughter of one of his best friends, whom Paul saves from death by snatching her from the back of a runaway horse. Here the author has a vision of world politics twenty-five years hence; the universe uni-verse is again in danger of an Invasion by the yellow races and a war which promises to far eclipse the one of 1914, Paul attains rare distinction as a statesman, states-man, and evolves a constitution of Internationalism Inter-nationalism which proves the salvation of the nations, large and small; a modification modifi-cation of the league of nations idea. Through the machinations of his German . father, he assumes a place in the busi- ; ness, much to Kaoul Beauvais' disgust, 1 and makes so gocxl a showing that for a while he circumvents the schemes of the count, who desires to squeeze his French rival out of the project. The climax Is reached when the count appears, discloses his identity and demands de-mands and pleads that his son acknowK edge him as his father, which Paul refuses re-fuses to do, declaring that he is a French- i ni:in and knows no father save Benuvais. i The count is obliging enough to die at ! Ihis moment. There is a reconciliation ! between Paul and his foster father, the i former gains the love of his sweetheart and a place of power in the affairs of the "International Republic." The story, which is somewhat "cut and dned" as far as the plot goes, yet deals very effectively with some of the vital 1 principles of life In an entertaining and j romantic manner. i SOME SIDELIGHTS ON MEXICO. "Not All the King's Horses." by George 1 Agnew Chamberlain. Published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis. For some years Mr. Chamberlain was consul general of the United States in Mexico, and doubtless had many opportunities oppor-tunities for obtaining accurate inforrna- : tinn concerning conditions in that country, coun-try, as a novei, his book has verv little ; merit. It is poorly constructed and poorly poor-ly told. He undoubtedly has had ample cpnortunity to study conditions in Mexico and is actuated by a very sincere itesirc to place before the American people a truthful plot ure of that much -harassed and devastated country, ruled by a murderous mur-derous and tyrannical government and peopled by all manner of irresponsible fact Ions. The fortunes of the ligby family serve the author as an illustration of the t rent me nt accorded to foreigners. With small capi tal and an enduring faith, 1 lghy and his partner, Eilerton, obtain the right to mine some abandoned ore dumps, and, by means of the cyanide pru'-cs:, IP's ke th proposiM-m pay. Th-i former hi.: I Id: a Ihhhc, and f-jr .son: e year -J t h-y prosper and nr contented. Th- trit'.'ic spectacle of tills one happy family fam-ily brought to poverty, d alh and n'..ame; thj deMiruo'.lon of the rnlil and hoi.ie and final dea t h of the owner, snot down by I wo Mexi- an pickets, is not a pleasant picture. That this is only one e x a i n of the many outrages perpetrated in tne IhMt few years U a fact with which mo.st ar- familiar, and many citizens of '.he Unifd State-- realize that something should have been done and must be done to remedy conditions in t hat HI-fa ted country. But the author offers no solution solu-tion of the question ; he makes no constructive con-structive criticism n I'd advances no theories for the betterment of the Mexicans Mexi-cans and the strangers within their gate. One point he does make clear, and that in, that It In the American -japltallst class which HufTers the- most both from t ho corrupt government and from the ravages of the marauding tribes that rovy the land, seeking victims and plunder. One can only wish that Mr. Chamberlain Chamber-lain had put his message in some other form, for he has much to reveal that is of paramount interest at this time. Unfortunately, Un-fortunately, the dummy characters of hla novel givo a tone of unreality to the , narrative. SEVENTH SESSION LAWS. The Shepard Book company, Salt Lake, announces the publication of the Laws and Ordinance of the State of iJeseref, enacted during the seventh annual an-nual session of the legislature of the territory of Utah, which convened on December De-cember 14, 1857, and adjourned on January Janu-ary 22, ' 1S5S. Owing to the presence of General Albert Al-bert Sidney .Johnston's army in Ctah In isr7, these laws have never been published, pub-lished, but have remained on Hie In the office of the secretary of the territory and state of X'tah in manuscript form, from that time until the present. To complete the (lie of the published laws of I'tan, the laws of the seventh session have been printed for the first time, on account of their historical value and to preserve an unbroken Hie of Utah's published pub-lished laws. This publishing company has also issued is-sued a pamphlet containing the acts, resolutions and memorials passed by the legislative assembly of the territory of I'tah during the. soventh annual session. Only a limited number has been printed and the type has been distributed. REGULAR STORY FOR BOYS. "Watty and Co.," by Edward Hall Putnam. Put-nam. Published by the Macmillan Company, Com-pany, New York. Given one wooded Island, blessed with a snug little harbor, dock and cabin, off the coast of Maine, one "knockabout," one sailing dory, one rowing dory, one dinghy, two months out of the heart of the summer, and three boy pals with an unlimited capacity for work, food and fun, and the combination promises all sorts of interesting adventures, enough to 1111 a book. Watty, Lanky and Cookie, so dubbed at Exeter and sometimes called the Damon Da-mon Twins and Pythias, or the Triumphant Triumph-ant Triumvirate, jjcause of their athletic prowess, agree to spend their vacation together on the island, owned by Watty, senior. While having the best of times, swimming, swim-ming, sailing, fishing, they are discovered discov-ered by tho Hardys, mother and daugh- j ter, Georglna, and a young man named ! Wallace, whom Watty rescues from the j confusing embrace of the fog, after they have been hopelessly rowing about In an ! open boat all day. 'Pie takes them home j with him to the comforts of a blazing j fire and a wonderful supper of lobster, creamed potatoes, gingerbread and ,tea, : prepared by Lanky and Cookie, and this Is the commencement of many pleasant parties. A shipwreck, Lanky's fight with Pierre, the fisherman; Georgina's lighthouse ad- i venture and the way in which the boys and t'nele Dick provide for the future of old rheumatic Luther White and his daughter, likewise the chastened Pierre, all contribute to make a regular story for boys. BIO GRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. Andrew Jenson, assistant historian of the Mormon church, announces that the third and last volume of the L. D. S. biographical encyclopedias will be ready for publication shortly after the first of the year. For more than twenty years Mr. jenson has devoted much of his spare time collecting Interesting and valuable data concerning persons prominent in the history of the church. The books cover a period dating from 1S05, and include 4000 biographical sketches and tales gleaned from mission fields all over the world, which Mr. Jenson Jen-son has visited from time to time during his extensive travels. The encyclopedia is the only one of Us kind in the church and contains much material of historical and human interest which has never before been printed. In this work Mr. Jenson was assisted by his son. Parley p. Jenson, and his son-in-law, Alvin Olson. |