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Show . : . 1 .- - ; I ? IN-THE ; LITERvRV7QRED: j NEWS AND GOSSIP PQO K 5 H A Q A 2 1 N ES,y AU T H 0 R 5, 0 ! -AND PUBLISHERS. ; ' : ' ' ' . t! v'vivT:":? '' ' I 1 1 ii i ' fix . i II- I .. IJ I . . , iw I I II 1 ---.-....-....ll..-.......... - ..UMI...-- - - ' LITTLE S00X tOVZM. , v .. , . . . . . "Walk over to the publle library any! , , afternoon between S and o'clock, look t the northeast corner of the malm ; room the alght there witnessed will con-vtnee con-vtnee yoa that rnultltude of the boy and girts of Salt Lake And amusement, j .instruction1 and profit in literature that ; - indeed, is a far cry from the night-, marish blood and thunder creations of: 'Vm "pllck Cwter" r-enius or tfce wishy-VtradlUonally wishy-VtradlUonally supposed1 to be he 4elight: -of-the school grtrl.. i- i ; : Around . the Juvenile counter yester 1 day afternoon were gathered twenty- ' frve or thirty youngsters, boys and :"-.' Rlrls In almost equal nurnt)ers anglnf .. -.ia aa; from t to li years. ? -?C caste or aristocracy was apparent C there.- A boy in a frayed coat of the .rieapest (hoddy. pressed close to the, -' Ysida-of an heir to a rniUion and a thin, ,1- 'pale girl of W. whose very attitude be-ai'spoke be-ai'spoke Ion hours of toil, touched hands, ,; . .wltlr A Rowland Hall student whose , ' Jewels w-ould have purchased, a small ' . -library. There I some confusion, but not half ; the nolso of a Sunday-school. Every-: one speaks gently and there are few j signs, of impatience even though the - fortunate ones In the front row are long in puking a choice ef books wjien the ' ' one they wanted most 1s "out." ' ' " What do these children read? Not' . , Vhat many people think. -The'morbid and unhealthful tales that foster mental men-tal depravity are barred from the 'shelve. "The Messenger Boy's Delight" i m i, don h ailtv rn. the -rorrs rxvo y. - , a. a ' ' - -.. , - . mmmmmimm- - - , S(3 Go, -songs, fpr-. ended ir our . brief, sweet playj (J) Oo; children of swift Joy and tar- v ' "dy sorrewi' - ' 1 And .soma are sung, and that was yeaterday, ...'" ri ' And some uqsung, and that max c "be" tomorrow. ' . " Go forth; and If it se h er stony . , wa-, - Old Joy can lend what newer grief -.- : must borrow: - - ; And it waa sweet, and that was S . ; yesterday.. , , . , . 'And sweet is sweet, though pur chase with sorrow. f ' ' ' ." . : Go, songs, and come not back from your far wsy; ' ' And if men ask you why ye smile ' and sorrow, , Tell them ye grieve, for your J hearts know Today, - Tell them ye smile, for your eyes know Tomorrow. -FRANCIS THOMPSON. of trying "to b good, and took for its battlecry, 'To Heli with Reform." But reform had come to' stay, and It was rot long before the mothers on the , East side came over to the reformers, for this was the only way to save their ; daughters from utter degradation. And now the philanthopists are doing woq-jders woq-jders in the slums for Tammany is out, and Mr. Jerome is an ud and comlnz of Ala,'' Stewart Culln; 'The People fronC the: East, by Norman Duncan; "The Dutch Fpunding pf NewYork,' by Thoma A. Janvier "Hampstesxl," oy'Arthur Colton. and "Our Tyrol and Its Typea," by Julian Ralph. A fine, poem la "yigllla Alba," pjr John Finlejr. j Tbt March Bookman has an laterest-n laterest-n article, on "Famous; Novels and Their Contemporary Critics,'' by Arthur B. Maurloa. -ihe first novel dealt wltji being "'Uncle Tom's Cabin." Brander Matthews In a scholarly article, discusses dis-cusses "The Future of the Drama." Gertrude Athcrton has" an essay on fThe Novel and) the Short Story-" - Ir. ma Peixotto writes about "Washington's "Washing-ton's Private Account Book." and U a,' Price. has, gn essay oo'Am'rlcan Undergraduate Un-dergraduate Journalism." Harry T. Peck writes about .''An American Edition Edi-tion of Petrpnlus, "apd Mary Mos tells about "A Tenderfoot Jn Orub Street." There are' the usual' book reviews, together to-gether .with he latest literary iew from. London, Paris and so forth, Th current number of Masters in Music is devoted to Frederjc Chopin, of whom it give tka Bovy medallion portrait, por-trait, with its "high, thoughtful forehead, fore-head, prominent aquelino noae and finely fine-ly chiseled mouth, with protruding low-, er Hp;" a comprehensive and interesting' sketch: c symposium of opinions on his art-selected from good sources; a Chopin Cho-pin bibliography, and a sufficient number num-ber of his compositions to give a fair Idea of his taltnta and style. These composition are the nocturne in F minor, mi-nor, the prelude in. D nat major, the O flat major etude, the sonata in B minor, the waits in D flat major, the two ma-surkas ma-surkas op. 17, Nos. 1 and 8. the polo- man. Anyone who is at all familiar with Mr. Rlls .writings, knows that this book of his is made very winning by his delightful personality. He writes very simply and earnestly, and tells a story With such skill that the reader laughs and cries with him in a most unaccountable unac-countable way. No not unaccountable for the sorrow is the very bitter sorrow sor-row of the wretched, and the fun the fun of happy children. "The Joy of It to have the story to tell.". Mr. Rlis says, in speaking of some of the sunshine that has come into the slum. It is this spirit that we feel in his books and that helps to give them a distinctive literary quality. The book 1s beautifully made and profusely illustrated. The frontispiece is of a "Valiant Battle with the Slum. Theodore Roosevelt." (New York: The Macmillan Co.) "121 THE MORNING GLOW." Kenton's first novel., will be published In March by the Bobba-Merrlll company. com-pany. It is the story of emotional characters a' man ' schooled in the world of today, a young girl cherished in an isolated and forgotten island' where civilisation has not. come, and a woman cultured in- the graces of modern mod-ern society. These are the actors in a romance whose keynote Is artistic ambition. am-bition. An unabridged translation of Senan-cour's Senan-cour's "Obormann" will aprear from the publishing house-of Brentano s, New York, by April 1st. This book promises to attract much attention. Senanoour was the Frenchman who died with the famous saying. "Eternity, be thou my refuge!" on his Hps. Since the remarkable series of letters gathered gath-ered under the title of "Obermann." In the early years of the nineteenth century. cen-tury. Its authdr has been widely dls- nalse- ln A major. Preceding these are -explanatory notes to aid In their interpretation. inter-pretation. The March Century starts out with Ray Stannard Baker's "The Great Northwest," which gives a fine opportunity oppor-tunity for a colored frontispiece. Articles Arti-cles of interest and value are "The Prologue Pro-logue of the American Revolution," by Justin H. Smith: "The Chicago Board of Trade." by Will H. Payne; "An Outlook Out-look Into Space," by William H. Pickering; Picker-ing; "The Great Business Combinations of Today," by George B. Fife; and "The Organization of Capital," by Cale Young Rice. Two articles under the general head of "What Shall We Be?" are "The Coming Race in America," by Gustave Mlchaud. and "Comments on the Foregoing." by- Franklin H. Gld-dings. Gld-dings. Short stories are contributed to this number by Anita Fitch, Alice C. Hagen. Llllle H. French. Onoto Watan-na, Watan-na, Elizabeth C. Wahi and others. ' mances inseparably associated with a "" - diet of chalk and pickles. Prime fa. . vorita among the boys are the stirring . ,' stories of history by Henty. Hla books are always engaged a week or more in, - advance. Alger. Castlemon, Kirk. Monroe. Mon-roe. Otis and Trowbridge all the boy's .books of these authors are eagerly Bought, "We used to have books not . so meritorious." explains Miss Price. . who has charge of the Juvenile depart-ment,-"but when they were worn out. no effort, was made to replace them." Alcotfa "Little Men" and "Little Women" Wo-men" series, the "Elsla Books," Susan ' Cooledge's stories of home life, the ."Uttle Pepper" stories and fairy talea from every land are what the girls like - . best. Little demand Is there for "love stories." Far more often is the request made to Miss Price, "You pick me out .something good." -. .( r 4 The children visiting the library dally number mora than 100 and there are . about 1500 under 1 years of age who .hold membership cards . and are regular ..patrons. Three thousand volumes a , : " month are carried home by the boys And girls and It Is a conservative estl-T1 estl-T1 mate to say that each has three or four traders and the net result is equal to y the placing of 10.000 volumes monthly in their homes. . CALLAHAN'S CATALOGUE. A most comprehensive and interest-kig interest-kig catalogue Is that Just issued by Callahan's "Old Book" store. In addi-. addi-. Hon to the stock usually carried in a . first-class book store, it contains de-! de-! scrlptlon and prices of many rare and costly works not usually found on the shelves of a "Western establishment. Many bargains are offered that will quickly open the purse of a true book lover, and collectors of the unusual In literature can find opportunity to add something desirable to possesions. THE BATTLE WITH THE SLUM. Says Jacob RIIs, "The way "to fight the nlum is to head it oft. It is like fighting a fire." "Slow work, yes! but be it ever so slow, the battle has got to be fought and fought out. For it is one thing or the other; either we wipe out the slum or it wipes out us." And. "We shall 'get there' if we don't give up." Give up! You would as soon think of Jacob RIIs giving up as George Washington. Wash-ington. He is "ever a fighter" a man- cussed. I ... Miss Mackle's new book is one of-temperment of-temperment nnd environment. The scene is a little town on the Arlaona desert and the atmosphere of the sunburned sun-burned dusty village is given with peculiar pe-culiar realism' and' fidelity. The spirit of the desert is a leading influence in the story, and its effect upon the Episcopal Epis-copal clergyman Dlspenard. the leading masculine character, is Indicated with finely subtle and suggestive touches. His absolute subjugation by his dreamy, mystic surroundings lead to a separation from his wife and precipitates precipi-tates a poignant tragedy. Miss Hop-kin's Hop-kin's book is interesting for the human reality of its story and for the delicate and rare literary quality of Its conception concep-tion and workmanship. Roy Rolfe Gllson'a volume of sketches, "In the Morning Glow," takes the reader read-er back to that beautiful "once-upon-r-tlme" when he was a little boy. "Ob. it was golden in the morning glow, when you were a little boy," the author fervently fer-vently exclaims; and truly, it is a golden gold-en picture that h gives us through the eyea of a child. The little boy'g memo, ries of grandfather and grandmother, mother, father and little sister, are very real and very winning. They have all the delicate beauty of a simple garden flower. Each one Is a picture of a sweet home life, and Involuntarily brings the dear old song to mind. Mr. Gilson makes us see the fine old grandfather, who walk with a cane because be-cause of Johnny Reb's bullet makes us love the dear grandmother with her unlimited un-limited supply of sugar pie. ' The Sunday Sun-day grandmother is especially lovely. "Grandfather- would creak UP and down in his Sunday boots, up and down, waiting till there was a rustling on the stairs and grandmother came down to him in- a glory of black silk. There was a little frill of white about her neck, fastened with her gold brooch, and above that her gentle Sabbath face. "Her face took on a new light when Sunday came,, and she never seemed so near, somehow, as on other days. There was a look In her eyes that did not speak of sugar pies or play. There w as a little pressure of the thin lips and a silence, as though she had no time for fairy talea or lullabies. When she set her little black bonnet on her gray hair A NEW BIOGRAPHY OF R L S. Sidney Colvin was the literary executor execu-tor and lifelong friend of the late Robert Rob-ert Louis Stevenson, the beat-loved literary lit-erary man of hla time. Every one familiar fa-miliar with the two vojumes of Stevenson Steven-son letter edited and commented on by Sidney Colvin hoped that- Mr. Colvin would be Stevenson's biographer. Ste-venson Ste-venson himself seemed to hope this, and Stevenson's family desired It. But Mr. Colvin, who is a busy man, employed In the British museum, had to decline the project for lack of time, and In 1901 the official biography of R. L. S. came out, having been written by Stevenson's cousin. Graham Balfour. Now, although Balfour was a very dear friend of Stevenson, Ste-venson, and evidently found the writing of the biography a labor of love. It cannot can-not be denied that the charm and intimate inti-mate qualities that marked Mr. Colvin's Introduction to the letters was altogether alto-gether wanting. It Is evident now that Sidney Colvin was not satisfied with Balfour's work, for he has now announced an-nounced that he has decided to write a new biography of Stevenson. One may feel certain beforehand that It will be a fine book and a notable addition to biographical bi-ographical literature. Colvin knew Stevenson Ste-venson more Intimately than any other man; It was Colvin's fine literary touch and critical taste that kept Stevenson, in the early days. In the right road, as every one who has read the letters will acknowledge. LITERARY NOTES. The second volume of Leo Werner s "Anthology of Russian Literature" Is announced by the Putnams. This volume vol-ume Is devoted to the authors of the nineteenth century. "Castle Omejagh." a new novel by F. Frankfort Moore, author of " The Jessamy Bride." etc., will be issued this month by D. Appleton & Co. e Benjamin Swift's new novel, "In Piccadilly." Pic-cadilly." in spite of the author's recent tirade on the general run of contemporary contempo-rary fiction, made its appearance ast week, bearing the imprint of G. P. Put-nam'a Put-nam'a Sons. The second edition of "Lay and Lyrics." by Mr. Thomas S. Smiley of Indianapolis will be Issued at onre. The first edition, issued In June, 1902. has been exhausted. AAA alum and the more fortunate have every reason to bless. , i -In this big. beautiful book of his, Mr. Rlis has given a faithful account of the battle with the New York slum up to date an account so full of the misery of the poor that it will bring tears to f " very hardened eyes. Fpr it is all true, this story, though some of it seems like a nightmare. And It is not all a story f i wretchedness, because of the good : -orks pf men like Jacob Rils. It is a kfood, book for. us all. to read. We need ihe kind of hock that it will give us we need the Other Half as much as they need us. This may sound ss If the battle were raging to no effect. Pray do not get that impression. As Mr. Riis cheerily remarks. re-marks. "The world 'do move." " Ama-ing Ama-ing things have been .done for the slum ' and more amaxing things are doing every day. The heaviest odds in the - fight are the old-time tenement, and the criminal alliance between the politicians politi-cians and lawbreakers. Mr. Riis storms with righteous indignation when he and lifted up her chin to tie the ribbon strings beneath, you stopped your game to. watch, wondering at her awesome-ness; awesome-ness; and when. In her black gloved fingers she clasped her worn Bible and stooped and kissed you good-by, you never thought of putting your arms around her. She was too wonderful this little Sabbath grandmother for that." t Then there is the poor Jittle sister, whose childhood is one long delightful shiver because of the teasing of the boy. Best of all. we think, are the sketches of father and mother. "A mother is a person what takes care of you and loves you, and sews and sews just enough-all enough-all day." These bits give you an Idea of Mr. Gil-son's Gil-son's winsome style. This volume, like . his earlier volume, "When Love la Young," is a.reatful and grateful change from the school of Tushery. -The Illustrations of Mrs. Alice Barber Stevens Ste-vens are very sympathetic interpretations interpreta-tions of Mr. Gilson's ideas. (Harper & Bros., New York and London.) Two ' histories of the literature of America are shortly to appear. One will bear the Imprint of D. Appleton A Co. and will be by William P. Trent. The other will be by Prof. W. B. Cairns of the University of Wisconsin, and will come from the press of G. P. Putnam's Put-nam's Sobs. e . The volume of Henry James' tales and studies in fiction, which Is sure to form a curious contrast to his recent elaborate romance. "The Wings of the Dove," will come from the press of Charles Scrlbner's Sons next week. The collection will be called "The Better Sort." H. Arthur Colton is faborably known to the discriminating through his books. "The Delectable Mountains" and The Delectable Land." and through his stories in the Atlantic, the Century and other magazines. Messrs. Henry Holt A Co. will issue shortly his "Tio-ba" "Tio-ba" and other tales of American life, with a frontispiece by A. B. Frost. . The remarkable success pf George Horace Lorlmer'a "Letters from a Self-made Self-made Merchant to his Son," reaching 60,000 copies within three months of publication, is another proof of the wholesale demand for humor of the first class. Mere imitations of humor moet with nttle appreciation. Publishers Publish-ers have learned that a book by a genuine gen-uine humorist always is sure of a heavy sale. - "What Manner of Man," M"isa Edna " t considers me uie or me tenement child. - "Think of living babies In such hellholes, hell-holes, and put a brand upon the murderer mur-derer who would smother babies In dark holes and bedrooms." He thinks that the battle with the Blum will be prac tlcsJly over, when tenements art built ... by Christians with common sense, and when there Is no more "devil's money" paid as blackmail by "saloon-keepers, gambling hells, and houses of ill fame." And this is not bo much of a dream , as it seems to be. Owing to valiant fighters like Rlls, the poor of New York are at last getting their innings. School-houses School-houses are being built, so that hundreds hun-dreds of children will not have to be turned away every year, parks and playgrounds are being opened, model tenements are being built and many of , the - worst tenements have been torn down. 'Listen to Mr. Rlls graphic account ac-count of the taking of the outworks of the slum: "The community has asserted as-serted Us right to destroy tenements that destroy life. We bought the slum off in the Mulberry Bend at its own figure. On the rear tenements we set -' the price and set it low. It was a long step. Bottle Alley is gone, and Bandits' Roost, Bont Alley.. Thieves',' Alley and Kerosene Row they are all gone. Hell's Kitchen and Poverty; Gap have ac- V quired standards of decency; Poverty Gap has risen even to the height of V neckties." .'., - The 1me pf greatest- discouragement in- the battle was after the Tammany victory In 1897 and during Us truly Satanic Sa-tanic regime. It .was tha more discouraging discour-aging because the slum itself waa tired AKONO MASCH MAGAZINES. The March Cosmopolitan opens with an article on "Beauty In the Modern Chorus." Avery Andrews describes "The Police Systems of Europe." Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley writes on "The Young Napoleon." Charles F. Thwlng offers some good advice in "Ma-klng.a "Ma-klng.a Choice of a Profession." .Besides the article on "The Real Booth Tarkington." which leads the March Pearson's, and which has already al-ready been noticed, the number contains con-tains "A Glimpse of Venezuela," by Daniel Glbbone; "Scandinavia's National Na-tional Sport." by D. M. Somervllle; and "FUhlng Through. Ice,", by Marcus Woodward. It hai alto a number of short stories. LIpplncott's for March has for its long novel "Julian Meldohla," by Mary Moss. The feat of the magazine is made up of short fiction contributed by such writers as. Florence E. Coatee, Charles Mcll-valne," Mcll-valne," Clinton Dangerfleld. Clara E. Ward,-Albert B. Paine. Edgar Fawcett, Cy Warman and others. The Indiana "poet," Alonso L. Rice, has a poem, "The Four Graces," in the number. , Harper' for. March haa a fine article on "King Richard II..". by Algernon C. Swinburne, and the frontispiece is a gorgeous painting of King Richard, by Edwin Abbey. Serious essay in the number Include "America, the Cradle |