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Show IE VIEWS OF BOOKS 1 UTAH STORIES, ft. in Uio Mountain. By no Major. Willi Introrfne-ee Introrfne-ee C. C. Goodwin. The Wishing: Company. New f ., - le which compiles m one li'or of stories tlisil wore i. Major nnd that havo Iprintcd in The Tribune, ton i" the Mountain Hlis .rudcmciit"; "The Met": "the Garment of ,1'he Jsles Thai Wait"; ifo";- '"'The louse of .i'When I'elia JInnii the ftSins of the Father"; TNest"; "What Christ t "Rise of t ho Mor tOath of Vcnceauco", jst of contents, titles embrace a brief ie origin of the Mormon Mysteries of Iho Endowed1 Endow-ed1 toaih of vonjreanee as Professor Walter Wolfe. Xx Colleco at Logan, and 'dowment ceremony, as iim at Washington, on ebruary 7. 1005. before EimUtoe on Privileges and K hearings in the Smoot ono that will not, bo is for bigoted and fanat-but fanat-but for those who wish lie conditions; of affairs !aro heart-searching and he book oncht to have a Son in Utah, because it Br local ideas, teachings, aciples and practicos that ffimiist be broken up be-Me$, be-Me$, in fact and in truth, tfate' j. v n fro excellent readme, t no w6eciallv gifted and hav-2autiful hav-2autiful style. The book treasure to one invest i-uprue i-uprue inwardness" of the tf 1ft teachings, and tho prc-TJiBpgoverning prc-TJiBpgoverning class among .jilarios. ? is HBST TESTAMENT. L Hid, Published by A. C. 6., Chicago. f: able litllo book carries ! 'ic; but it is worthy of !? 3idea is that, during one .2' ythe first quarter of the irld was put in great stir H UBe of the apeparauoo ich the astronomers dc- tl ff tbrec years and a half Bwroy the .earth. But there John, a worker in wood service io all who had not afraid. He kept on tasks without any sign Mheard the warning. He gffttask for the help of Iho Ihwer aud a work of. God. ajpsh to help is a praj;cr," ffevory nail 1 drive is an Htpraycr." iRcult to sec something like mpl tho New Testament in Qinrt in the telling one is-twltficp. is-twltficp. an ideal reprcsenta-1 reprcsenta-1 Christ Himself might do I ifnislances. The great les-ffli les-ffli f throughout is service; lisplavcd in that service rohn and others of The 3 uncompromising and full fcdness. In every situa- refrain: to lo what scrv-!j scrv-!j unshrinkingly and with- of such high thought, nil just judgment, that to. iSjfin a lifetime is eminently gfile. fS, BOOK OF TRAVEL, yg rjJca and Its Problems: an ika Journey from the Rio gfanania. and her Relations jijabore. Bv Frederick Palmer. HPubllsed by .Moffat. Yard ifflpfew York. itf the best books of travel rr&r d in a long time; it is iijiading throughout. It is (resting in its treatment Bes and 1 ho crucifies pcr-fgjlpjdietators pcr-fgjlpjdietators of the Centra' ? The author notes; the )ur' public libraries of any g; Central America; a mini-jg, mini-jg, o'd a generation ago, and Si n't one or other of the live ,1,1 sail states, but none about ft- 16. Therefor?, tho Jack is L is- fine large volume, full md prescning iho finest lit i,author shows that it is J, gsociate the South Amovi-H Amovi-H J American governments I'm ri'10y miVfl language W B,.true. but otherwise thev ,J Rntl basically different in f IJranco.and Egypt. Tho ?t."or side of tho equator iiv ami llioso cm (his ; Mexico, and oxccpling S P' callcd Jml() A",or'' , ijWi1sc,,S3.rs these 1 hemes jyjg. travels iind.?r the chap ters entitled as follows. ''Across the Rio Grande," "Americans in Mexico, "Mexico for Iho Mexicans." "Tho Ro public and the Man," "Into Guatemala," Guatema-la," "Tim People Under Spain," "After "Aft-er Independence," "Across the Highlands." High-lands." "The Unofficial Side," "Salvador "Sal-vador tho .Smallest Ttepublie," "On tho-Ilonduras tho-Ilonduras Road," "Mino Host, Don Alberto." Al-berto." "Tho Most Backward Country," Coun-try," "Into Nicaragua." "From Corin-to Corin-to i.o Managua." "Nicaraquiin History." His-tory." "Conditions in Nicaragua," "How Wc Wont to San Jose," " Happy Little Costa Rica," 'About. Coffee, and Bananas," "Revolution as a Profession," Profes-sion," "Types of Foreign Residents.' ' "Money and Finance," "Panama Under Un-der Tutelage," "Moral Conditions.' "The Real Monroe Doctrine." "Mr. Eoot's Plan, and "The. Puture." There arc three appendixes: tho first giving the general treaty of peace and amity between Guatemala. Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, signed in Washington. Decombcr 20, 1007, establishing tho Central American Court of Justice for the. arbitration of all international differences, , and tho convention putting the same into form and effect. The next, appendix comprises tho let-tor let-tor of Secretary of State Knox returning return-ing tho passports of tho Minister from Nicaragua to tho United States, dated December, 1909. Tho third appendix gives the Monroe Doctrine as formulated by President Monroe on December 22, 1823, in his annual an-nual niessago to Congress. There arc many good illustrations in the worfl, and a colored mnp accompany inc the. same. The book is highly approved, excellent in its eminent readableness, and it is a good addition to any library, giving ox-actly ox-actly what anybody wants to know, and giving it in (lie best possible form. Its highly eulogistic narration of the conditions condi-tions and progress at Jb'ananm will bo read with pride by every American who takes an interest in the tremendous accomplishments ac-complishments of his country. BIG GAME IN AFRICA. In Closed Territory. By Edpar Bcecber Bronson. With Nearly 100 Illustrations from Photographs by the Author. Published Pub-lished by A. C. McClurs & Co., Chicago. Chi-cago. This sprightly author, known to tho public heretofore in his "Rem-iuisccnc.es "Rem-iuisccnc.es of a Ranchman," has evidently hastened to got the public's ear before Roosevelt gets his book on the niarknt. It makes no difference, however, how many undertake to forestall fore-stall Roosevelt; they can do him no harm. This book would be as liablo to do that as any, because it is written in excellent style, is a vivid narrative, and has plenty of good hunting adventures in it. Bronson was after big game. Ho got lots of it. and he gives a wonderfully wonder-fully interesting account of how ho did it. The words. "Closed Territory," mean that so far as the British officials on watch in East Africa can control, no one can go into that region to hunt without, obtaining a special license; and without this" special license it is extremely ex-tremely hard to get tho proper outfit, carriers and assistance of various kinds. So it isn't worth while to try to dodqo requirements. The author tolls of his trip through tho pnthless desert to tho hunting ground, begun in December, 190S: ho got in. therefore, but. a few mouths ahead of Roosevelt, lie tells of his first meeting with the Jungle Warriors, of hunts for giraffe, for tho buffalo, for the hippopotamus, for tho elephant, for the eland, the water buck, the kudu, the rhinoceros, and for the many forms of wild life usually sought by the hunter. He makes particular referenco in this book to what may bo expected from President Roosevelt, and anticipates in a way a good deal of the freshness of the Roosevelt narrative. Sonic of his trophies, such as the big-homed big-homed water buck, could hardly be excelled ex-celled by anything that. Mr. Roosevelt is liablo io bring back. His descriptions of the regions through which his hunting hunt-ing Irips were made are very vivid and enticing to any one who is fond of hunting; hunt-ing; and he shows that hunting is at times apt to be anything but sport; it is extremely hard work, and sometimes exceedingly dangerous work. Mr. Broiison is enthusiastic about the native hunters, and devotes a whole chapter to the description of a might v spear thrust, whore a native drove his great throe-foot six-inch spear blade to entry behind the left shoulder of a rhinoceros rhi-noceros and ranging diagonally through Ihe rhino's vitals towurds the hip, burying bury-ing the spear to the very haft, and yot thai rhinoceros got away; ho must. ha vo died soon, however, but the party did not find him. No sketch of tho African country would bo complete without a story of a lion hunt, and in Chapter XI LI., accordingly, accord-ingly, we liml such a hunt described, and thrilling enough it is, too. in some parts; it shows also that it is .-just a matter of luck whether you get the lion or not, ami sometimes the lion turns the hunter in place of the hunted. Thorn is a ory good map of British East Af riea, showing ihe. closed territory, and the route of tho author's. "safari" (or caravan) journey, taking him into the same region where Roosevelt hunted, and meeting many of the samo people. The book is a rarn (real., and ono that nny man fond of outdoor sports can rovel in with tho keenest satisfaction. FLOWERS IN THE HOUSE. N'ndoor Gardening. By Ebon E. Rcxford. With Thirty-three Illustrations;. Published Pub-lished by J. B. Llpplncott Company, Philadelphia. Tho author of this fine practical work says that he docs not intend it for a scientific treatise on plant culture, or for the work of a professional plant-grower; plant-grower; but in it he aims to givo 'such information as the amateur gardener5 stands in need of. This information the writer has gained by personal work among flowers. His success has been en-couniging, en-couniging, and tho methods whereby ho obtained that, success aro given here. Ho has a very thorough appreciation of the spiritual and esthetic help that this sort ot work will bo to those who engago in it, and naturally having such a good opinion of that work, he wishes to cji-cpurage cji-cpurage everyone, and put them on tho right road to 'obtaining Iho succoss de-sidor. de-sidor. Accordingly in his thirty-throe chapters he noglects nothing, as tho following fol-lowing list of captions demonstrates: "Soil for Pot Plants", ''Pots and Saucers". Sau-cers". "Drainage", "Potting and Repotting", Re-potting", "Tho Use of Water", "The Use of Fertilizer", "The Rcsting-Spell of Plants", "Plant Propagation", "Pruning and Training", "Tho Diseases Dis-eases of Plants". "Tho Insect Enemies of Plants", "What Windows to Grow Plants In". "Wintering Plants in the Cellar". "Tho General Care of House-Plants", House-Plants", "Tho Summer Care of House-Plants". House-Plants". "Plant; Rooms", "Seedlings in tho House", "Getting "Ready for Winter", "How to Treat 'Frozen Plants". "Window and Veranda Boxes". Box-es". "Begonias", "Tho Fuchsia", "Tho Geranium", "Tho Chrysanthemum", Chrysanthe-mum", -"Roses and Abntilons", "Palm-Cullurc. "Ferns". "Tho Azalea and the Amaryllis", "Other Desirable Plants for Amateur Culture" (two chapters), "Some Good Decorsitivo Plants". "Rules for tho Winter Window-Garden", "Vines for House Culture". Cul-ture". "Room Decorations". "The Knack of Bouquot-Making", "Tho Parlor Par-lor Fernery", "Tho Amateur Gardener's Garden-er's Implement Outfit", and "Hints and Suggestions." The book is written in a clenr. practical prac-tical style, demanding nothing that any; one cannot easily obtain, and cannot easily apply. It is first class in every way, and trustworthy in every respect. IN ANCIENT ITALIAN CITIES. The Cardinal's Pawn: J low Florence Set. How Venice Checked, and How tho Game Fell Out. By K. Ti. Montgomery. Published by A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago. This is a novel of stirring adventures and is a fit and strong addition in the new field of fiction opened by these progressive publishers. Novels heretofore costing $1.H5 to $1.50 they put forth at tho price of 75 cents. This is ono of tho scries, following "The Woman and tho Sword."' which took so well with tho public. "The Cardinal's Pawn" is a talc of tho Florcnco and Venice of the end of the Dark Ages and the beginning of tho Rcnnissance. Tho Cardinal is Fordinando, scion of tho blackened Mcdicis, and he is represented represent-ed as an adept in tho infamous methods meth-ods attributed to that house. His pawn, as was to bo expected, is a human one, but ono of quite an unusunl sort, a fighting fight-ing girl. Keen, venturesome, well skilled in the uso of manly weapons of war, she undertakes to save her brother from death through tho intrigues of a faithless faith-less wife, and enters the Cardinal's game disguised as tho brother. Tho resultant re-sultant events servo to depict tho dissolute dis-solute life of the time, the local coloring, color-ing, the remorseless deviltry, the savage, sav-age, relentless feuds, tho treacherous intrigues, in-trigues, and the general falso and scandalous scan-dalous conditions of life af that ago and place. Tt is all verv absorbingly told, and tho reader -is willingly carried along on a swift current of narrativo which both entertains and instructs. It is a master story, told with great feeling feel-ing and skill, and whilo there are tragedies trage-dies in it. all pass the heroine, (hough at times sho has exceedingly closo calls. NEWEST ON THE OANAIi. Panama and the Canal. By Alfred B. Hall. Instructor In History In tho Hotchkisp School. Takeville. Conn., and Clarence j. Chester. Traveler and Explorer. Ex-plorer. Published by Newson & Company, Com-pany, New York. The introduction to this work gives a glance at the earlier records, which show that, the old name of tho 1st hums of Panama was "Golden Caslile. " It narrates the great events and activitlies that havo been seen on that narrow strip of laud, .and tho many efforts that ; have been mudo io cut a waterway through it. First Spain, then Scot land, then Englnnd, then France, poured out mono3' lavishly in vain cflorts to build this waterway. Last of all eamo this new and vigorous nation, which under Roosovelt's leadership took up tho task; he pronouncing it tho greatest engineering engineer-ing work tho world has oven seen, and added, whilo noting tho mnny difficulties difficul-ties and tho cost involvod, exclaimed, "But tho canal shall be built! ' The. authors have attempted to present pre-sent tho history of Panama and of tho Panama canal in a manner which will be interesting and intelligiblo to younger young-er renders. In this they have mot with good success, and older readers as well will Jjo interested and instructed. The facts aro given in clenr form, and as up-to-dato as could be expected in any formal book. It is an aclmirablo little volume, well illustratod tind indexod. A "PROBLEM" NOVEL. The Day of Souls: a Novel. 'By Charles Tonney Jackson. "With Illustrations by Paul .T. Mcylan. The Bobbs-Morrill Company, Publishers, Indianapolis. Tho writor of this story is a man who, deprived of tho schooling enjoyed .by most authors, has sorvod in the great school of humanity and the world. Ifo enliflted in tho war with Spain, served bravely in tho war in Cuba, and then proceeded to San Francisco, intending, to enlist, and go to the Philippines, but a bad knee defeated that, and ho took to crutches and writing.-with but eight dollars in his pocket; and the crutches lasted a good deal longer than the money. This is an interesting story of tho "problem" order. Tho hero, "Jack Arnold, Ar-nold, makes a desperato effort to break. nwa3r from a degraded and distaste'ful past, and is Jielped by the heroine, Nellie Nel-lie Free, whose surname describes' her life. But; sho buckles down to helpful work like a heroine indeed. Her development de-velopment is of quite as much interest as that of the hero. After having gono tho pace, after wearing silk stockings and diamonds, sho comes to a household where every inmate needs her, where Lhoro would be nothing to eat. wcro sho not there to cook it; whro a blind vot-oran vot-oran of the Civil war, an orphan kid from tho country-up-in-back, a friendless friend-less man fighting to keep away from the old life, and a homeless dog all arc dependent de-pendent on her; dependent, on her labor and love, her courage and her sympathy. sympa-thy. Tn serving and saving others, sho saves herself, though she doesn't at all understand it. The call of tho great white way ceases to luro her, the spirit of unrest departs, and through toil and Sacrifice sho finds eaco and happiness And the heart of the man sho loves. It is all told with a vigor and power that creates the warmest sympnth' in the heart of the reader. A STUDENT'S DICTIONARY. Students' Edition of a Standard Dictionary Diction-ary of the English Language. Designed to Give the Orthography, Pronunciation. Pronuncia-tion. Moaning, and Etymology of Over fiO.000 Words and Plirnscs In the Spcoi-h and Utoruturo of the English-Spcaklng English-Spcaklng Peoples, with Synonyms and Antonyms; Containing also J22S Pic-torlal Pic-torlal Illustrations, an Appendix rrt Proper Xamcs. Foreign Phrases, Faulty Diction. Disputed Pronunciations, .Abbreviations, .Ab-breviations, etc., etc. Abridged from the Funk Ss Wacnalls Standard Dictionary Dic-tionary of tho English Languago by .Tames C. Fcrnald. L.. IT. D.. Editor; Francis A. March. IX. D.. Consulting Editor: John W. Palmor. M. D.. William Wil-liam It. Cochrane, Francis A, March, Jr.. Ph. D.. Emma Flsk Roberts. M. A. and Frank Ii. Vlzctclly. F. S. A.. Associate Asso-ciate Editors. Published by Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York. Tho above from the title pago describes de-scribes accurately and well the contents of this; book. It is a new do luxo edition; edi-tion; it follows in general scopo aud intent tho scheme of pronunciation, and of phonetic marks and . indications adopted by tho Funk & Wagnalls company. com-pany. This stylo asks us to- pronounce the "a" in monarch, in final, in sofa, and tho last "a" in breakfast, precise-lv precise-lv the same, which most pooplo will find difficulty in doing. It is si semi-phonetic scheme not rocognized by the best Iexicographors and orthocpist's, but is supposod to have some relation to advanced ad-vanced or phonetic spelling. Tho volume is a liaiidsomo ono and doubtless will bo found useful to many in search of quick, though not the best, reference. LITERARY NOTES. Hnmllii Garland has delivered the manuscript of a now novel into the hands of his publishers. Messrs. Harper & Brothers, who will bring It out probably probab-ly within a month. It is to bo si talc of the mountain west, that will boar hard, upon a situation of national importance, and Mr. Garland has been impelled to write by the force, not only of his convictions, con-victions, but of bis experience. Arthur W. North, tho author of "Camp and C'amlno, In I-owor California." had led an adventurous life. Horn in California Cali-fornia thlrly-llvo years ago, son of a Callfornl pioneer. lie shovcd an early Interest In western history. Ills travels havo led hlni all over this country and over largo parts of Mexico, and bis book carries tho spirit of tho true lover ' of outdoor life and adventure. i A new book of vital importance to every corporation making a. return Is the 'Treatise on the Federal Corporation Tax Law." by Arthur W. Machcn. Jr., which Uncle. Brown & Company have , just brought out. It contains the text of the act of con gress, the regulations of tho Treasury Dc- pnrtmcnt. and forms of returns, together with a discussion of the important questions ques-tions arising from the law, and full citations cita-tions of the decisions under previous Fed-oral Fed-oral laws taxing income of individuals or corporations. All the perplexing questions ques-tions thsit arise concerning corporation returns arc carefully discussed and explained ex-plained so IhaL the necessary procedure is clearly evident. Messrs, Little, Brown & Company are finding the book in active demand throughout all sections of the country. A very grave subject is thoughtfully and sympathetically discussed In Stephen Ste-phen Roynolds's article, "What the Poor Wunt," which the Living Age for March 11) reprints from the Quarterly Review, Every page of It is alive with human Interest. Messrs. Henry Holt and Company have engaged Mr. Dcltus Malln Edwards, the New York Horald's special writer on Arctic affairs, to write for them a book, "Tho Toll of the Arctic Seas." which will set forth the heroism and adventures of the most famous Arctic explorers. Mr. Edwards 1b husily engaged on the manuscript, manu-script, which he 'expects to turn in to his publishers in a short time. Dr. James L. Sullivan, principal of the Boys' High School in -Brooklyn, has written writ-ten the introduction to Crittenden Marriott's Mar-riott's volume, to be published by the Harpers, entitled ".How Americans Arc Governed." He has also supplied a supplementary sup-plementary list of questions which adapts the book for use in the class-room, where It Is likely to havo vital influence in a period when citizenship Is so impressed upon the growing lad and girl. It is significant sig-nificant that the last division of "How Americans Aro Governed" Is" devoted, as Dr. Sullivan points out, wholly to city government the origin of its powers, the exercise of these powers over public health, building, streets, water-supply, schools, charities, and various publlc-servlco publlc-servlco corporations. The organization of city government is explained, the courts, police and elections, and there is a chapter devoted to the uso of civic opportunities op-portunities for selfish purposes which Is commonly termed "graft." Quito a novel view of the British political po-litical situation and Issues Is presented In an article by Edward Salmon on "The Peers as Democrats." which the Living Age for March 5 reprints from tho Fortnightly Fort-nightly Review. This view, novel as It is, is cleverly developed. For a first novel by a new author. Wilder Goodwin's "The Up Grade" has .already attained an enviable success. Published January S. this virile story of the southwest lias already been sent to press for the fifth impression, and the book is appearing in the lists of the best sellers. Mr. Goodwin is the son of Maud Wilder Goodwin, who wrote "White Aprons," "Sir Christopher," "Veronica Playfalr," and other historical romances that met with great favor. Graduating from Harvard in 1907, this young authpr spent many months tn Arizona, whore the scenes of "The Up Grade 'are laid, before bo returned to New York to take up the study of law. Australia, which has become an Important market for typical American novels, has already consumed a large edition of "The Up Grade." Juliet Wilbor Tompkins, whose "Tho Top of the Morning" is one of tho most successful books of tho season, is spending spend-ing the season in New York, where she continues her literary work. The leading article in tho Living Age for March is is upon English and American Amer-ican elections. It is by Sydney Brooks, than whom there Is no writer better Informed In-formed upon both English and American politics or with a happier faculty of expressing ex-pressing himself. His comparisons and contrasts of English and American election elec-tion methods nro extremely Interesting. The growing practice of exchanging gifts at Eastertide makes tho publication publica-tion most fit nnd timely, of "The Book of Easter." full of interest. This little volume has an Introduction by Bishop Donne and decorative drawings by George Wharton Edwards. Tho selections, chosen chos-en from a great variety of authors. Illustrate Illus-trate tho customs and ceremonies in different dif-ferent lands in the springtime, and the beliefs which' have given rise to them. Beginning with the old hopeless view of life, tho quotations gradually change In character until in the final section they depict tho Joy and bopo which the Easier season Inspires today. There Is a section sec-tion on Easter plays, with special reference ref-erence to Oberamniergaii. ono on Easter stories, nnd one on Easter hymns. Distinctive Dis-tinctive customs such as tho giving or Easter eggs and the Washington egg rolling arc treated of and explained. The aim throughout has been to touch the universal note in human experlenco which mado the return of new life in tho spring a world festival even before it received Its fullness of significance on the morning morn-ing of tho Resurrection. Humors of all kinds are prolific of worso troubles. Thoy may bo oxpelled by a thorough course of Hood's Sarsa-pari Sarsa-pari 11a. |
