Show FLY LEAVES yale college has now a course in modern modem novels dr phelps who has charge of it says that the novel is at present the most important form of literary art and the best literary thought of the day is going into it the course is the most popular one in the college students being enrolled the prospectus of the improvement era is out ever since the suspension of the contributor the young mens mutual improvement associations have not had a representative magazine the era promises to be a fine thing for the associations the first number will be issued november 1897 it will consist of 64 pages a little smaller than those of the contributor and of but one col column the era is published by the general of the Y M M 1 I A the editors are joseph P F smith and B H roberts 0 ye poets listen to this song from aroch robert Bridy ies in life poetry as an at present practiced in this country has several important functions that are not put down in the boo books ks it is very good gymnastics for a young writer giving him exercise in the choice of words with precision and in their melodic value and significance this is invaluable when the young ter has few ideas but abundant energy moreover po poetry etry is a very verr safe outlet for youthful sentiment you can say almost anything to a young woman in rhyme without entangling yourself in a promise of matrimony it is as safe a present as a box of candy then too in the modern magazine poetry is an indispensable gap filler it is just as useful as mud in filling up the chinks in a log house the july number of the illustrated american devoted much of its space to utah senator cannons article on new utah is illustrated by a full page photo of the writer F L dents denis writes on utah and its people in an unusually fair manner the editorial gracefully acknowledges the patriotism of new utah whatever might have been the feeling among the pioneer mormons cormons Mor mons it is not often the author of such a book as looking backward lets nine years elapse between books edward bellamy did not take advantage of the immense popularity of his former book to flood the market with works by the author of looking backward he was satisfied with the copies sold but meanwhile was not idle he has recently issued another volume called equality this book la Is a continuance or sequel to the first the same characters and scenes being used the work deals with those high ideals of socialism which so char charmed ined the reader in looking backward mr Bell amys book came as a sort of revelation to the world yet over fifty years before the law of consecration was revealed to the church of jesus christ of latter day saints by the prophet joseph smith and the world has had ample opportunity to know about it mr Bell amys man made scheme following somewhat the revealed law on the same subject received the wonder and applause of the world the heaven revealed order makes no stir receives no attention what a strange order of things the possibilities of the future are subjects of interest upon which to speculate mr G P lathrop gives in a recent number of an english magazine what he claims are mr Edi sons views on this theme the writer has followed mr Bell amys plan in presenting his ideas in that he introduces them in the form of a narrative of which this is the substance the art of preserving life in a state of suspended animation is descove di discoverer A man is treated and laid away after three hundred years he la is restored to life and finds some wonderful improvements especially in the means of locomotion he takes a journey to wisconsin and from thence to mars the train from new york travels at the rate of one hundred and fifty miles an hour it never slope but passengers are shot on cal board some spring contrivance horses are aa out of use some few being kept as pets all sorts of flying machines are in use the whole country is beautifully laid out in small towns with perfect roads leading from one to an other every acre of farming land to Is thoroughly and electrically tilled vegetables are produced that contain sustenance like that of meat apples and peaches are a foot in diameter to those who like to read fiction with a purpose I 1 recommend a story by amelie E barr entitled prisoners of conscience it to is a powerful piece of fiction and the evident purposes is to show th hideousness of the old confessions of faith and religious teachings which have made hopeless prisoners of so many people the characters of the story are fisher folk on the shetland islands island nanna sinclair to is a young woman who to Is married to a good for nothing husband the husband comes home from the sea and dies of a fever cousin and frien dDavid borson has befriended her in her troubles after the death of her child the young woman becomes more than ever overburdened with sorrow she seems to lead a life of despair david questions her handshe and she reveals the fact that little vala had never been baptized and therefore according to their accepted religious views was a lost soul their confessions 0 faith which these simple children know from their childhood reads some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life and others fore ordained to everlasting death and their number is so certain and definite that it cannot be either increased or diminished the minister confirms this doctrine and the poor mother is made to understand that her child is among those foreordained fore ordained to everlasting death the mother mourns and refuses to be comforted A strong love at lasts springs up between nanna and david and he asks her to be his wife A scene is the result she acknowledges that she loves him but refuses to marry him she fears to being pressed for a reason her answer is this is what I 1 fear if we were married david I 1 might have another child I 1 might have many children can you can the minister can any human being give me assurance they will be elect children lf if you can I 1 will be your wife tomorrow if you can cannal cannot nol as the god of my father lives I 1 will not bring sons and daughters into life for sin and sorrow here and for perdition hereafter the devil shall not so use my body to people hell no awill not even for your love david david cannot answer her they separated he roves the sea and to is shipwrecked while in the hospital after his rescue he is convinced of the error of the confession and is shown that the bible teaches no such doctrine when he gets well he hastens to shetland nanna is dead she went to her grave still in the dark bewailing the loss of her baby and praying up to the last that god would have mercy upon her after reading such a story the lat ter day saint who does not send a grateful prayer to god for the restoration of the gospel with all its life and light must be dead to the principle of gratitude |