Show RARE BOOKS ARE PRESENTED TO U Professor Y Youngs Young's s r Valuable Collection Donated to Uni- Uni U niI ni- ni i y o of Utah ill Museum PrO Prof Levi Edgar Young Youn of or th the de department department do- do of dC history has donated a collection collection collection col col- lection of rare books R to tho the University of Utah museum The Tho ho old books bocks have been heen the tho property of Professor Youn Young for tor some time and were purchased In Vienna Paris 1 Berlin and Switzerland An old Calvin Bible was found In the thet cellar rellar t of a peasant living near Berne SW Switzerland Some of oc the books hooks are arc the History of or orthe the Ethiopians published hed in Paris ParI In IG 1626 G Orations 1642 History of or Philip II 1679 Lectures on the tho Holy Hoh Bible Dible h by try Johann 1695 Calvins Calvin's Bible an original edition of 1570 Blue Back Dack Spelling Book Dook h by Noah oah Webster ebster I 1776 and the original Luther Bible 1590 The rhe first cOP copy of or ortho tho the Now England Courant is also In Included Included In- In eluded in the list as w well as various copies of ot old newspapers published Inthe In Inthe Inthe the west wesL The hc New Courant was Wa ono of the tho earliest papers of or Boston Doston It was originally a single 10 pa page e twelve b by eight and a half Inches Tho The copy cop Inthe in time the museum contains information concernIng concerning concerning con con- various questions then before parliament as well elI as His Isis Majesty's Most tot Gracious Speech to Both Houses of or Parliament of ot October 11 11 1722 An interesting advertisement ad also appears In the last column which Is as fol tol- follows lows A servant boys boy's time for four y yards ars to be bc disposed of or He lie Is about 16 years ears of ot age ne and can keep accounts Inquire at the tho Blue hall In Union street and know lenow further x t The museum also has collected a n large number of oC journals j and documents docu docu- ments ment pertaining to carl early da day history of oC Utah Recently Professor Young had placed in n a n glass case tho the original Journal journal Journal Jour Jour- nal of William Clayton Claton tho the historian of oC the tho orl original company of Mormon pioneers In 1847 1547 This Journal is fundamentally fundamentally funda funda- mentally the mst most Important document In tho the history of oC Utah It Is beautifully written and constitutes a scientific re report report report re- re port on the tho fauna and ond flora lorn climate and meteorological conditions o of tho the country country coun loun tr try between Salt Lake and tho the Missouri Mis sour I river I S S |