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Show 7T jt:r THE DESERET NE'SVS, SATURDAY, DECT3IBER 11, 110iéi.(ki. of .t0 Best Kitho Poets ,192G SECTION - - - Thomas Hardy Former Novelist Today a Poet' TIMM Our Home l'iriters 1 He Reveals In His Odes, Satires and Epistles More of The Artist: Than The Poet. He Delight; Us With Thi ' Grace and Fineness of His Linea. - IA Child's EverUvoman To Her 13eloved , Without you, I am nothing, Have yo'& not seen a barren tree on a .bleak hill? I am that leafless tree. My dark roots,wither in the led. Even the breast of earth can quicken me no more , ' - - 'It , - - You are the sheepfold And the wide green meadow; The star of evening and the star of , You are the valley, and ,the singing . river. You are the voice of winds In trees And waves on und, You are my bread of longing, And the wine of my enchantment, You are the angel of the seven dreams. YOU are the winged brother of my . - The son of Love and Beauty, Who were wed That you might be born unto them. - - ' You are the city and the desert of my desire. You are the sky above my loneliness, You are my flower and fruit In orchard and in vineyard, You are the snowy hill of my remem- - - You are earth, and time, And beyond all time. And you are freedom, And all free and deathless things. .BARBARA 4., r ii Have- you not beard alost child crying in the night? Crying for home? I am that child you heard, And I am lost and homeless without - Has An Influence On His Character ,!.1) - - Rea-din- child's reading! What magic It. has for the making of men! It Is not only that a child's thoughts ar 'Ong. long thoughts: especial,is reading. but that , long while they last' a prodigious after his reading. About eighty would librarian say. on the years, the average. Ile knows a child. for father." himself instance. first time confronting the for the Iliad- - of Homer, 'merely- chanced ono night to read aloud to his the eight year old son a page of Bryant translation; found. to his surprise, that it "made a hit" with the lad: and so continued the read. Mg, night after night. Much the child did snot understand. as he now In maturity. tells the Librar. Ian; but the Mining verse, he says determined forever bis concept of courage and manly dintç so that no matter how far abort of the heroic mould he fell, at least he had alwaYs high and clear stand. ards before him, which is some. thing better than saturation In the muddled ethic of motion picture ' melodrama. The books need. not be age old classics. A certain sentimental boy tried three times to read Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper: and failed, each time, because he could not see the humorist's words before hie eyes. Tears, for the pictured mistreatment of the young prince In pauper's raga, too much dimmed them. Yet the bid prevailed in the feeling that hernort read the book through, and master his excess of sentiment Finally he achieved this result. but. in the process. he has gather. ed also a hatred of abuse of the poor or weak which stayed with him all his life. His name, were It told, would be recognized by the librarian's readers as that of one of the most helpful. and at the same time judicious. friends the poor of Boston ever have had. Wee Is it important that a child's reading should be all of heroics. The fragrant chivalry, the pleasing gallantry, of Booth Tarkington's "Beaucaire" may do more, through sheer romance, to control the sex.. life of an adolescent youth. and his future ideals of mating and courtship, than may a more substantial book. consciously didactic. possibly could achieve. Of the books written In the past which last forever in ,a boy or girl's life. 'If read In childhood. there are many. and of books of the new times Which deserve to last long there are many. It is pris. madly to help parents and chit. dren find such hooks. new and old, in the seasons of book buying, that the public lib . reties of the land so willingly give their , York A: s YOUNG. In New York T.:1VT , as (BOOKS OF THE DAY - 1 LTTERESMG MYEMERY. THE LUNATIC IN CHARGE: by J. Storer Clouston: E. P. Dutton Compani. New York; 210 poses, 22.00.. Occasionally an author creates a character around which he, can wrtte more than one volume and .the read. hold, the Interest Thir la what Clouston - did be created 1.rancis Mandell This The Lunatic." is the fourth volume which the to the public' author has given In which this erratic character Is the chief actor. If on. expects to find serious aublects discuamd with a deep meaning, or any new subject advanced which will sive the reader a lot of study to find out what the author really mean s. he or she will be disappointed. he tic in Charge" is not intended as a serious book, but it is an inter. eating book to those who care not for too muck thought on the vol. um& which they are reading. Mr. Eseingtoa is neither a crook nor a lunatic. but he succeeds in keep". ing things on the move all at tile time and in such a way that one is ; kept wondering just what be will de next. who will be his next vie,' tim and just bow he will work them. His ability for getting himself. and others, into trouble. and then getting. himself at least. out. will keep the reader busi guessing jug what Is going to hap-F- a - , a few hours of interesting reading without serious thought The Lunatic in Charge' Is to be ' recommended. A ROMANTIC ourrEn's , FIGURE,. GOLD, by Inds drars: Harper & Brothers. York; 179 pageg, 11.50. Cen- New In 1841 and 1149 the name ,of Sutter rang around the civilized world. Gold had been discovered on land which be owned in California. Of the minions vrho have beard that name. bow many know where Johann August Sutter was born; how he came to America; What he did in various Parts or the United States before he finally decided to seek his fortune in the Vat' West; how he finally reached the land where he had made up mind be would locate. What were his plans before and after Ate arrived in California etc. In the hands of the French author, Cendrars. Johann August , Butter stands out az one of the most and pathetic figures ' In allromantic the history of the West. Yrom a near to death on the steps of a building In Washington, D. C., alone end &Imola forgotten . his life as 'told in "Sutter's Gold" is story one of , fascinating interest. Were it not for the fact that the author gives names, dates and places on almost every page one would be tempted to think that the book was but the 'vivid imagination of the fertile , brain of a clever writer. Cendrars is an unusual writer in' that on almost every page he saysi as much In tour or five - re Dimes. most authors would say Itt almod its maxi,' pages. Those who wish a most interesting ' story of a remarkable character will find 'flutter's Gold to their liking. .of special Interest to the descendents of a number of the members of the Mormon Bata tilos is the fact that a number of their fathers were working for Sutter at the time of the discovery of a fact that Is mentioned more gold. than once In the book. - dottbled come Winter seemed so But I heard a nesting bird Sing -her mating 'would - 1 T - E. Richard Shipp, Casper. , ming. ,Mrs. Eloise Anderson McClure. of word MFY?Pleasiant. has received Writers from the International to League of Chicago, asking her wile a book Of Utah ballads.-h- e volume is to contain 216 pages and most of the ballads will be her own work. only a few outside coo . tributions apeparing in the volume.' Mrs. Me Our has written a number et poems which have been published, among them being, "The End of a Perfect Day." which was set to music.- - She expects to Skr- Of the Year 1917 to for the boo!. mentioned. She Is the one person elected from Utah to do this particular work Their contributions wit' appear will The Chrietmas News, which Dee-abe srdt,liabed next Saturday. IS. They should be read with much interest This year Home Writers were even more generous than in the pact yearswith their contributions.. Hundreds of manuscripts were in many Mewl Of course. test& there were contributions from older and from persons children who know nothing about the art tor 1927. of writing:, perhaps these writer, Albert Cooper Allen, former Salt should net be ncouroged to mit contributions yet on the other Laker. is the author of 'King et hand. they ehoild have the oppor- the Wildentes&" a story with a urge souther Oregon locale and a ttetunity to give voice to the what-in within them and to eevelop fightful love theme. The volume is ever ability they may nooses's. Some heirs published by G. Howard Watt show of the youthful authors of New York:Ilse book is a nature Ise of becoming leadirs among the story. Home Writers of the future. doubt will no Many contributors The December Relief Society maibe disappointed in not winning mine issue. It an the erizes offered. The Deseret opens iswith aninteresting illustrated poem. News wishes it might give every The Streets." of the by contributor a prize. But as this Claire Shepherd Boyer. Leading teacan not be, "The News" can only ture isStewart The Love Aspect of tn. hope that each writer will feel Atonement," by George IL Bhino. worth that hie effort has been some-diefollows & tory "When hull. Then that he has gained while, Christmas Came," by Mae M. Me. , thing in writing the manuscript. e Allister; sketch of 'Sum' West S that the fun and JOY of doing so Smith," by Alice Louise Reyonlds; haa been worth while, even though Although Hardy Is eighty-M- g poems, 'Golden Rule Orphans." by not win the prize. del years of age, although his- first he E. Guy Talbott, and "The Birth of novel was published fifty years - Better luck next time by Lydia B. Harris; "Ha." ago, be la still one of the most itamodern of the moderns. More than Camilla Woodburt Judd. La Ver- by Coral J. Black. The regular and editorials. lemons thirty years ago. "Tens of the IY. kin . Utah, is winner of second partments, number. the fisaellanY. complete Urbervilles" and 'Jude the Ob. award of SHI in the Lariat litta cure" were the talk of the liter- -' Poetrl prizes. Her contribution. denounced "Her Things," appears In the De-atry world. They were Leading feature of the December derided by the censors of their camber Lariat (Salem.) Young Woman's Journal is "I Am era. they were said to be too ''ad- - ,Lament Johnson. Hunting. Utah the Vine,' 'by Frank C. Steele. need" to be read for no other le represented with an interesting ThenTrue there are: "A tribute to Presreason than that their romantic- LitIn a poem by Ruth May Grant." art'cle "Inspiration ident tem wis mingled with a realism literary and Art,' Fox; Sanity for Santa," a story by that their opponents could not erature a Bessie AllistOn: a poem, The FairLaura Beebe. Salt !Ake, writes undennand. That was the era- of " Beautiful." by Ruth Musser; "Why I aTti the nineties. when Riven wee the poem, Love Brooks. also of this est." Mormon." by Senator a Margaret targetam of opposition in the thee- - city. contributes a poem. "Bar- - Feed Smoot; trerigintl, "Leonardo da Vinci," tre. Hardy was in the 'library. by Little H. Fryer; 'Winter," a They were iptereeting daye, those gains." Poems by near neighbors include poem by Amy M. Rice: Just Annineties, ac Interesting in the re- on Modernism," by Ed o'her Chriatmas." by liar,. Male trospect as they were La their Me. "Traverty win T. Cooke, Mullen. Idaho; Woolsey. "Interior Decoration," by time. "Blind?" by Steve Hogan Butte. Florence E. Ware: "Desolation." a a Picture," poem. by Helen Talmage Parry: Perhaps It was because of these Montana: "I Must Paint Meadows. for Bookish "Book'sh Corner attacks upon him in the nineties by Irene Moyer. New ." Rock." by Jesse Girle." by Frank R. Arnold; that Hardy abandoned the writ- - Idaho; "DromedarY Beckwith Amelia a Laramie. by Wyoming; poem Wallis. Eula ing of prose fiction for good and all. Possibly the world has been "Black Lacquer." by Ruth Bernicen Gatrell; "What Shall I Do?' bY g nein Lovendahl Stewart: "Outthe gamer by hid decision in One Mead, Pocatello. Idaho; "Neigh-waby Lucile Talmage Carliee: in another it has been much bore,". and "Unleavened.' by Grace side." ' Out of the Masses, by Lenore the loser when we consider what Stone Coates, Martinsdale, have been, had the author tans; "A Homesteader's Hills." by Sterling. The usual interesting deof ''Jude the Obscure" continued Harriet E. Cushman. State College. partments and miscellaneous feahie work as a novelist. But it is Bozeman. Montana:. "Memory," by tures, complete the issue. the poet Hardy and not the nov- ley. the Collector. from the paintHOKE. elist Hardy who is before us In this ,,i latest book of his. the Hardy who ,Tis the place where the sins are ing by Zeffany. It must be acknowledge is acclaim- - , forgiven. ed far and wide as the foremost And the soul is lifted above; CAN,TOU BELIEVE THE NEWS PAPERS? , English poet of the twentieth ten- - ma the place where weakness is tury..Probably. be Is, if we qualify hidden, There is a belief prevalent , In '', the word poet with the adjective love. ; Under the mantle of many quarters that most newspapphilosophical or reflective,Bos- er men are a little bit careless 'When death whet come to summon ton Transcript. 'Tie the haunt of the sweetest about facts, and that they would us memories. at last, rather print something interesting I the than something That linger so long some will remember children THERE'S FUN IN strictly true. In Davy Crockett had little schoolIOM instances. I am afraid that and the sound FAMOUS BOOKS, has ing. but hi. language in describing chill world When of the the this is deserved, but it .4 reproach litt!to footsteps hallowing the hardened. his fird love a'ffair la preemie if Of very seldom deserved in connecSAYS ERSKINE And ones dear haze drifted tion with really important news or not fultroll grammatical. While As driven tmdwflakee hallow eft - apart. with news reflecting upon the charLiterature is not being taught in the ground; Crockett was working for John acter or reputation of individuals, rooms ot the of the ckas ,m malority Kenremember sunlight &me will Ms the place where manhood is or institutions. The constant aim on Kennedy. a Tenneseee Quaker. United States. but history. For it is nett:ea Waco came for a visit. ''I ITIOU Med. the part of-- both reporter and At fence: , falsely aaaumad, that soon found myeelf bead over heels absolute accuracy...this -biossonts of breath HAnddraamsof SOMe the tuttirti are the And of the history of a book will someIn love with thie girl." he wrote in , is their only protection if there born. in the rain; how help us to wnderstand and to When I would big autobiography. should be a any sor- t-of the ,nation, glimpse stars. And sal Jove it., This is the opinion of Mr. When theliesstrength think of saying anything to her my &Mt will They really want to printthings folded- , hence his famed for the Erakine. John going heart would begin to flutter like In the arms of a mother at right. and usually when they print biographs of Helen of Troy. of these will be a wishing to, duck in a puddle; and if I tr;eJ them wrong it is becature they have dawn. A study of the author's life, he main. to outdo it and speak, it would been lied to by some more or leas LEIGH BUCKNER HANEL underto not essential the is ear& interested party whom they creditget right smack up in my throat of his work. Nor is it nezed. The reader would be eurprised and choke me lite a cold potato. It Itut some wPI think of One who atanding essaYY to know the public circumSCRIBRS MAGAZINE. said. "And to know how many lies are handbore on toy mind in this way till has been book a me iewhich to stancs draw will lifted be up If I The Christmas number of Schib- ed, to reporters and editors In the at last I concluded I must die if I And when these latter produced. nor the Mites and erne. ner's didn't broach the subject: and ao I All men." Magazine (New York) features coum of the day's work and how lions of its period. For that is hiscome to die. determined to begin and bang on not literature. By," a story by John much trouble they take to arrtve end tory. to lifted Eternity. With faces to speak till my heart conscientious atudent." Galeeworthy, and 'Another Wife." at the truth behind these false una "Many with calm, forth hall go one would get out of my throat way They he says. "has completed an elabor- by Sherwood Anderson. There are stories. I have observed that it is troubled eyes. or Cotber. And so one day at it I of languages in the hope contributions by twenty Others. the very people who give out to Lilco children harting to a gial ate study went. and after several trials I know Among them are: "High Momenta." reporters tales that do not square end he would at the that surprise.' the facts who are always saycould say a little. I toll her hew something about literatureonly to a poem by Louis Dodge; The with HELEN FRAZEE BOWER. well I loved her; that she was the ing, "Yon can't believe anything deal Cross," a story by Kenneth find that he knew a good Grigg" in see you papers nowadayit" to The darling object of my soul and body. about aoproach language. lierr'll; 'The Stranger Woman.. von see in the the paper's nowadays. and I mart have her or else I should - GEORGE ADES BIRTHDAY and if a by literature is throuris Harriet Wells: Am"Padre Don tile and to celebrated Marquis Yale Review. nothing book no longer reflects our life it t rosins." just recently pins down George by Parks: Leighton away with consumption. But she his sixtieth birthday anniversary will cease to be generally read. no "Where Can I Find the Rules for SHADOWS was an honest girl and d'cin't want on his farm in western Indiana. matter what its importance for anituecess?"1 W. Edward Bok: by me Bbe told to deceive actiody. Ades autobiography which is tiquarian purpose& The essential "Two Souls at War in General Within the shining orbit of the sun can not she was engaged to her cousin. now being published be lost. 'Hamlet of drama serial?, sPanes rilislY shadows This news was worts to me than might well have been called either whether it be played in modern or Dawes." by Silas Bent; "Three Mad- In 'Othello' on the men of the Theatre," IIKean, war. pestlience or famine: but still of the present names of recent ancient-dresSkinner; "When the On earth. at eve, the gatherthg other hand. begins to be out of by Otis I knowed I could not help myeelf. popular volumes, The Mauve darkness lay. saw quick enough Eny cake was and badly needs re- Rough Breaks," by Edwin Dial of the Cen- date. Tarn "The or For night is but thlo shadow of the as , off cool writing. Torgerson; "The eough and I tried to are which those books "The a 'Catherine Garrhion great fast as possible but I had hardly tury.' day. poem by "A breath-takinIntriguing. ro- are capable of reinterpretations. Chatiln. safety-pipA. day Is but the brightness of enough, as my love was which surprise us by remaining so hot as mighty Wei to burst mance is The Flame of the sun. There also appear "The Lonewith Mr. Gibbs has joined history boliers."--Detr- olt stew our of even News. when true point my towering romance in a very happy proportion- changes. We should all like to seem some Christmas Tree." a story by The drifting clouds. the summits cast McLean: Fisher ."--New York EVening Post. modern in our books. but the real- Margbarite " a poem. by John Finley; A penciled Outline of the light gone Moon, --- ists who have tried to be modern --Thug Pine Tree," a poem; by TWO Arrnons contoMeerant by being strictly Yet. speak of glories that behind "Back to gone down with the fashions Elizabeth Morrow.Arthur Among Broadway visitors from have anchored Mason: them play. by in. whereas the writ. they the far reaches of the country has era John J. Soldiers," by of other days who still seem "Singing been ona Gale, who fetched down modern Helen a darkened $o "Drums." hearts. the blackness us by must poem have Niles; provided from Wisconsin-Ataof despair. the first with something more- Choate; The Lamb," a story by Roberts Rinehart hu re- from "IP and Minor Are but mists that past before the like a mirror of life than a photo- McCready Huston; turned to her Wuhington home stars Mauve," by Elizabeth 'Trowbridge; after spending the summer on a graph." books. says Mr. --Old Adam," by Charles C. IOU. The rounded shadows of those endgreat In reading . Montana ranch. , Erskine. do not be awed by their Jr. e less bars greatness. Read without any other The departments, 'As I That fre the eager soul with earththan life has given Like It."regular Lord Morley's Boyhood preparation outerienee ly care by William Lyon Phelps. is reflected you. If your --and 'This Field of Art.," by Bois" Until, like mists. the shadows roll some parts of the book and not Cortianoz. article. John Morley had his first lour. in usual and the away reread it laterfor a Alexney in a railway train when he In others. book is one that grows with The Financial Situation: by the And bring. once more, the glory was twelve years old. Ws father. great of the day. ander Dana Noyes -complete extierienet.-e-From t our maturing who was a surgeon and a lover of Delineator Magazin& incue. By HENRY F. books, took him from Blackburn by Towne le Charles Salt Lake City. Utah. Frontispiece and Bolton thenee coach to gag COBB AND DAVIS ABROAD. by train to Idanchuter. where they Irvin S. Cobb and Bob Davis caught a glimpse of Queen Victoria and the Duke of Wellington. have been spendirg the summer In In his forthcoming "Earty Life Italy. During his stay there Mr. of Lord Morley." Francis W. Ere Cobb visited his daughter. Mrs. tells of Mortey's student days at frank M. Chapman, Jr.. who has Hoole's Academy In Blackburn. been IIvIn In pleassult old villa noted private school. H. writes: not far from 'Rome. and was permaster. head When Boole, their mitted to read the manuscript of was elected mayor of the town, the her first novel, "Failing Seeds." boys decided to elect a mayor of which will be rublPhed in the the school and chose John Morley spring by Doubleditg, page & CO. at a meeting In the playground. But "Curiously enough," says Mr, Cobb. when called. on Jar a speech he "I like it." , There are lots of ways of nein'. if you wart ta have some fun. gave it to them in Greek and was mobbed for this untoward &spiv,' MYILIICLE. You can try your band at elfin w ben you walk and when you run, of learning. One example of his hand at belts' greedy, like the dog we read about or at bein' your try end and seedy like a good for nothan" trout. boyish humor is preserved. Being I went into the woods today But I'd like to acme du Unnerved: deputed on a fine day to plead for pielln' In a kind of prenchin' way- - boat the wty that I'm my strong on he was askei by My brain was tired. a the questions of the day. Lois of fellers have been wadln' into faith Hoots for a reason and reptId: muddy lakes' of aim. thinkin" that their o'caks was ahrd.n' crooked Swerved Is He hand. 011.011 "The at oyster ways in high to win. It has coAt a lot of money for to 0...- Bur: Ord ' Lorimer, wee a favorite with lioole, who oaId That thre got the milk and hoary ro one beggars out the son Of George Horace Lori- after. he left 'John Morley was the I came out of the woods today est doubt.- - But they're pavin' m'ght y r ir and byvft tthay proys'inbi mer editor of the Saturday best English scholar I ever tad In Calm; mare. I can pee that very clearly from ms. tele My spirits soother. and In my I've reached the name conclunine that 14"- Evening Poet. wrote, a story under my class. ' an assumed name tro the story This new book on Lord Mori." heart Crook IS"nusiift.ren'T hake:nc; IiI117. that A psalm. would tend on its own merite) and will be publishesoon by Macliii fit:', has for ;ZOO. Itself It to 4CAROLINE L. GOVORTIL . 1 e. reward.----Willia- 1 , 2- 1 writer, Nevertheless.- through the more than half a century during Which he has been writing prose poetry. be has focuased at- tuntton upon himself with a direct- tees achieved by no other British writer with the possible exception of .Wells,,nhow And, Barrie,,whees tame hes come to them for rea- eons utterly different e from the of his repute. , I A 'volume- - of the - "Collected Poems of Thomat Harilly.", pub- lished by Macmillan. extends to than eight hundred pages. and brings together the entirety of his poetic work. They were from time to time issued eeparatelY seven volumes. "Wearax Poems ISSI: and Other Verses" lu of the Past and Present' in 1909. "Satires of Circumstance," in 1911: "Moments of. mien" in 1,VII 'Late Lyrics and Ladies" In 1,22; and "Human Shows and Far Phantazies" in 1924. The per- led of their writing of course ef- tends over the whole course of liardrp literary life, 'before and during the years when he was atthe height of his career as a nee- nd - --- - f e - vote-tno- es sub-mo- re - prom-"Poe- d. - task-wor- ti - , trans-:nazi- pt "Ad-we'd- Mon-mig- ht . ot Davy Crockett's First Love Affair Who Goeth Hence , - - , -- , re -- ; I doubted In mankind, Jostle was so rare Then I saw a kindly act. knew that Co d was there. Once -- in the come-back- , - eat-Rit- es ht Notes and Newslets About Workers Local Literary Field. - A BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY. REGINALD SWEETLAND. WIVES, by Gamine Bradford; Harper A Brothers. New York; of more than Passing Interest and pagea, I3.50. well worth a careful study. The author throws a number of While books and articles Innumnew rable have been written and pubsidelights on the life of Dorlished concerning the actions and thea Payne (Todd) Madison. "Domotives of many of the leading men lightful Dol lie." who rnied the in the past history of the United White House as ft regal queen durStates. littleor nothing 1. said ing the administration of her bus-baas president of the Vnited concerning their wives. What kind of women- they were, bow States? Among the outstanding characthey helped or hindered their illustrious husbands. To the student ters of American histori. both of whom aspired to he president, yet of American history this cznnot fail to be one of subject more never realized their ambitions, are than passing interee, and it hi this Benjamin P. Butler and James O. interest that Mr. Bradford has un- Blaine, What kind of wive did Were they dertaken to satisfy. - these two men have? of The author is a well known bi- In accord with the ambitions husbands or were they wives ographer. having given to the read-lo- g their public a number of sketches of in name only? reader the lives of well known men both Through each sketch the is uncomI n America and Europe- - In "Wives"I will find that the author 'Me he undertakes a critical etude of promising yet sympathetic. the lives of a number of women. volume is well worth a careful, reading. thoughtful whose husbands, at least4 are well known to students of history. Mr. BOOK BY TERMER& Bradford has had access to sources of information . authentic and MY FRIEND. THE DOG. by Albert Paysoa Terhune; Harper A reliable, whit are not open to the general public. This adds itireitat Brothers. New York; $II page to these sketches. While giving few of his own opinMI who love dogs will prize this ions as to just what kind of characters his subjects were, be also beautiful edition. It should prove a give a mass of heretofore unpub- !ender in Banta Claus' pack this lished history from wbichthe read- Yuletide. fillof great beauty in make-u- p. er may draw his own conclusions. Was Mary Todd Lincoln a real ed with loose leaf illustrations tettwith en marginal from real life, help to the Emancipator in his' climb to eternal fame. or did she 6paces which add to ease in readhinder that outstanding characterA ing, the book in its format leaves of history? Whatever may be the nothing to be desired. The etory concerns itself with a reader's conclusion he will likely agree with the author that bets most "human" collie. one of the breed noted for Intelligence beyond was a puzzling, tlagic figure. What hind of a woman was Mar- ordinary dog minds. In bringing the material togethDid Arnold? she Keret Shippens know that her husband had at- er for this volume Mr. Terhune best dog tales (no tempted to betray his country in drew upon his so one finds a enIts darkest hour of need prior to Pun intended) best he the time that be made the at- Perb collection of the verywe have written, than which tempt? Did she remain loyal to has America in none today. better him and his memory after he had Ilistrated drawings are by Marturned traitor? What, if anything. did she do after his death guerite Kirtnee. to have his children boner the STOCKLElf--WORLD memory of their father, or did she CYNTHIA ROVER teach them to forget? To many the sketch of the life-Othe noted Cynthia ' Stockier. Tbeodosia Burr Allston. sister of writer of South African romance. the brilliant but erratic Aaron has spent most of her life in South Burr. will be of more than passing Atrica. At present she lives near Interest, because so little is known. London. but each year she returns or has been said of this brilliant to the romantic country She writes woman: who sympathfaed to no so beautifully about Mrs. Stocksmall degree with many of the wild ley's interest is not confined to dreartra of her brother. either England or South Africa-ShWhat kind of a woman wee Tarhas travelled extensively in im' Howell Davis. wife of the pros-!de- Europe and has visited almost of the Confederate States of every Odd corner of the world. She America? Here again is a sketch has just finished a short novel of a little known woman, which which will be published aerially. - Hoe is not one of the great eould go on repeating himself forpeels of the world. tut he is, em- ever. and the repetition should nevPhaticaty. one of the best known. et. weary you. You would scarce', Re does not overawe us with a I think of its being repetitiontuts vastness in his genius. But be continuous now from form to tot us with perfection of the same ideas. in the shaken In hie workmanship. kaleidoscope of Horare's verse. . . It Hower. if Virg if Dante. If Poet the world will always eat Milton. are each like a great statue, Horace, and poet indeed he was. like a Midst is nits But, as In his odes was still mere an exquisite cameo. delighting us. Ian artist than a poet, so in bis and epistles be was Ian! not oith masa, but with fineoeso wot With majesty. but with grace. more an artist than a poets. so In his , satire and epistles he was still not are his lines large, but they Ire clean and c.ear. You may use 'more an artist than a, poet. so in the inicrescope and discover no I1 satires and intones be Wall tar flaw. One must not look for the less a poet than a wit. He herein the matiric load great thought that 'strikes along 1 resemble Poos,esaa the brair end flushes all the epistolary .de of his genius Hirbests ace's To Horace English analogue. Both this height cheek," does not aspire. One must not as man, and as man of letters. Horace was of the world. aniinenteven look for plentitude end varie,y of ly so. and the world will always easily Horace ht wise. but be is nar- love its own. His lame will lasts-last as long asi the world rowly. he is. as it wet, penuriousof Luca world the or fashion as the wwe. worldly-wisHis lie is ly. acee reflections cling faithtfully to the And no one will grudge and so agreeable a man ground. Occasionalty there la a eemplisited merited bold etretcit of wing. and a rising his as Lt to try the eaglets flight. But . Cleaver Wilkinson. The following is a sample of the the poet soon' recollects himself. from the tenth of and deecentis. with eoreclotut grace poetry of Horace The translation is to the eats lower 1 the second book. of end is fairly the Cowper by poet level that be loves. lionsce's odes are, many of them. characteristic of the Latin poet, Editor. t perhaps the most of them. occaOP THE GOLDEN sional poems. Few escape the IELOGY-ISEAN. that (hue naturally belongs quality dear trienda, tho truths tet them as being done to order. teach. '. They are Works of labor, quite as So shalt thou live' beyond the reach much tut works of love. But then Fortune's power; licrace's genius was so wel NotOf adversetempt the distant deep. trained, so obedient to Its owner's Nor always always timorously creep will. that there he no revo't shore. ol,' treacherous the Along k apparent. Deliberateness almost becomes spontaneoushold's the fast Her that golden mean ness. The artist's delight in exelives contentedly betweenN cution almoort becomes equivalent And The little and the great. to the poet's delight In concepnot the wants that pinch the tion. Art, In short, Is nature. with o Feels poor. Horace. e that haunt the rich . It follow. teem this character Nor, plagues man's door.- . In Horace, that he suffer, more Imbittering all his state. s. than most other poets from There is not, and there The tallest Pines feel most the can not be. any adequate - tranpower script. In another language.- of his Of wintry blasts; the loftiest tower verse. Thought, image, you can Comes heaviest to the ground; traneate, but you can not trans- The bolts that spare the mountain's late form. And form is more, than side -. is anything besides form, In Hor- His cloud-caeminence divide. ace's odes. There Is considerable around. And spread the ruin monotony of topic and sentiment. And the sentiments that keep re- The philosopher curring are not very numerous not Rejoices with a wholesome fear. very yrofound. not very novel. o And hopes in spite of Pain; They are In truth the obvious, the If winter bellow from the north commonplace itself. of Pagan life. Boon the sweet spring comes data. is uncertain. "Life is short, ing forth. 'Death ends all - It is not best to And Nature laughs again. , fret. Take things se they come. Be contented., Moderation is wis- What if thine heaven he overcast? mean. dom. The dark appearance will not last; Keep the golden Wealth will not make you hap- Except a brighter sky. The god that strings a silver bow These Ideas revolve constantly Awakes sometimes the Muses too, And lays his arrows by. Into view. aa you read the odes of Horace. But you do not see them in this bareness and baldness. As If hindrances obstruct thy way, In a kaleidoscope. they undergo The magnanimity display. And let thy strength be seen; of arrange-movarious permutation on beauty. But! Oh If Fortune fill thy sail take and they when Horaee sings them for you in d With more than a propitious sale, Take half thy canvas In. hI. verse. This magician in metro I a. Vie fatal and the inevitable is I the note in Thomas Hardy's' nn Deseret News takes pleas- poems. as IL is In his novels and ure In announcing irawbere shore storied. Ile 'has la him Mello todaa paper the winners of The supreme gtt of the tragic. from Deseret News prize stOTI and poem arAreelY anything bit writes Is the coniera. Etna Wolf Hickman is awarded lirst prize of 569 for her tragic not absent It May there.," store, "Crack O'Doom." and Edith fore that while he is '7herrington. first prize of $211 for a great writer he la not a popular her, poem, The Gift Supreme" In , ONCE I DOCBTED. Once I doubted dee would break Dark and sad the night, Then I heard a cheertial voles, Saw passing ight. 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