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Show NEW WORK ON" BRIC&IAM YOUNG. DrlEham Voting nntl Itftt Mormon Umpire IJy Krank J. Crninon nml George U Knopp. II-liutrated. II-liutrated. PuhllMie.l by Hcmlm; II. Ilovcll Company, Chicago. Former Senator Frank J. Cannon, who Is Joint author with George L. Kpapp in the latest historical work on the Mormon Mor-mon people, needs no introduction either as a. writer or as a public man. His collaborator, however, is not widely known In this section of the country, although al-though lie has won fame as a newspaper man and as a novelist. In his, first work. "Under the Prophet in Utah." Senator Cannon collaborated with Harvey J. O'HIggins. a most skillful and dramatic writer. Two such writers as the authors of "Brlgham Young and His Mormon Empire." could not fail to glvo us a work of Intense rasclnatlon. Probably no account ac-count yet written of the famous president presi-dent of the Moruion church has had such artistic values. wISai1i chapter is a clear-cut clear-cut cameo. The stylo is direct, vivid and stirring. While the book lias been written writ-ten from the well known .viewpoint of Senator Cannon, It is not often discursive discur-sive and never tedious. In the Introduction Introduc-tion Ilrlgham Young Is presented to us a "a man destined to a career more strange and Incredible than most romancers huv dared o imagine for their heroes. ' lilt Introduction adds: Brlgham never came in contact with the real life of the nation, save to dofv it. and ilout It, and do his best to change It. He set up an Asiatic despotism on American soil. He maintained a Mohammedan marriage svstein In a Puritanical land. Ho built a theocracy In an age which already had witnessed the Milrth of Kenan and Ingersoll. Ho took a broken and dispirited people, led them across a thousand miles of desert, and with them founded Ills kingdom in the fertile valley by an Inland sea. The man who cotmi acnieve these things, oven with sojnc aid frojn fortune, for-tune, was a man of no common caliber. cal-iber. Without a day of military training, he became a very efficient genenil-ln-chlef to his people. With- " out an hour's reading of law. ho mode himself judge and lawgiver and In the main a Just one for a whole community. Where his own knowledge was deficient, he had skllr to uso the ability of others; and to this day. the finance, the government, the merchandising, the architecture, tho social life, anil oven the agriculture agricul-ture of the Mormon community bear the stamp put upon them by Brlgham Brlg-ham Young. , x , He matched his wits against tho might af tho United States government, govern-ment, and did not come off second, best. He Yielded in outward seeming seem-ing to federal power; but in reality ho was emperor of his little realm to the hour of his death, and his subjects sub-jects never doubted his supremacy. He drove federal appointees in disgrace dis-grace from his" kingdom, and took their positions for himself and his favorites. No .matter how overwhelming over-whelming the power with which ho was dealing. Brlgham Young never was a cuppllnnt. He stormed, bul-llud. bul-llud. lied, intrigued, finessed, cajoled lie never pleaded for mercy nor owned himself In need of mercy. He met chastisement with fresh provocation. Knowing polygamy to bo the most offensive of-fensive of his sins in the eyes of the nation, lie lived openly with a score of wives, sent his most honored polygamous apostle to congress as a . territorial delegate, and permitted Ills subordinate priest.1; to debate with Christian clergymen on the dlvlnltv or plural marriage. From tho foregoing words one is able to glean the viewpoint of tho authors. The work is historical, bul.it is ai.so con-trovcrFal. con-trovcrFal. While we have here a slory or Brish.im Young and Ids stirring times, we are also given the opinions of Senator Cannon on polygamy, church and state, the Mormon doctrine, and various social a id political phases ( civilisation In UThe authors believe that a true biog-rnpnv biog-rnpnv of Brlgham Young has nol lilthcr-to lilthcr-to been v;rilten. They say that he has become a central figure of weird and distorted dis-torted legends; Hint he has been made tim ini-fxi ct numberless Invoctlvos: that ho has been made the Idol of a worshiping worship-ing people, but. they declare, he bas never" nev-er" taken his. place in calm. Impartial-history. Those who have written of him,1 they wiv, have been anxious to draw hliw as all white or all black, and they express ex-press the belief that their work sets out In truo jlerspDctlvo the character of Brlgham Brlg-ham Young and the events In which he moved as the principal" nclor. The tlrst chapter deals with Brlgham Young and his Methodist parents, and tells how he read, debated 'and argued himself Into the Church of Latter-day Saints. The chapter concludes with the meeting of Brlgham . Voting and the prophet. Joseph Smith. "In the presence of the prophet, the gift of tongues descended de-scended upon Brlgham. and he spoke In strange sounds," tho authors write. "Thereupon, the gift of Interpretation was vouchsafed to Prophet Smith, who duclari'il.tbat his new disciple was speaking speak-ing in the 'pure Adamc languoge' a dialect dia-lect cn more remote from the ken of scholars than reformed Egyptian.' and having the further merit of variety. The Prophet of Mormonism had met Its Business Busi-ness Manager." The second chapter describes tho spiritual spirit-ual chaos existing In America at tho time the Book of Mormon came Into existence. It describes, with much attention to detail, de-tail, the religious situation in New York and the newer settlements to ttie west. Speaking of the cbaos which led so many who had broken away from oidr faUhs I gjjlnHM lo take refuge In Mormonism, the writers fay. The Roman Catholic church, then as now, had all tho varied machinery which enables a shenhcrd to wuteh over his Mock. l$ut tlic Puritan heritage heri-tage of most American settlers in the Kreat valley was so strong that conversion con-version lo Catholicism was practically out of tho question. The prejijdlcc against "Romanizing" was Invincible. Invinci-ble. A man of Protestant faith might transgress every disciplinary rule of his ancestral church, and nearly every rule of morality. Ho might never go near a church or hear a sermon: or, on the other hand, ho might run after every ragged preacher who lifted the banner of a freakish faith. These things rellecttd In some measure on Ills repute as a man of sense and good conduct, but thoy did not cost him that linlellnalile and Invaluable thing best expressed by the word "caste."' Rut If such a mnn turned to the oldest and most opulent of all forms of Christianity, lie was beyond the pale. The authors then point out tho strong appeal that Mornionlsm made to men who had forsaken their ancestral faith and were groping about for 'spiritual consolation. consol-ation. Tin; elements 'of this appeal arc described In not very complimentary language, lan-guage, and It Is pointed out that elde by side with ttye elements of attracttve-ncss, attracttve-ncss, there arose furious and. unreasoning unreason-ing opposition wherever the new religion came in contact with the non-Ma.rrr.on coMnjunltics. The reason for this opposition, oppo-sition, the writers say. was the determination deter-mination of the founders of the church to "establish not only a church but a government, and a government whose character was opposed to cvory instinct ynd tradition of American life." Succeeding chapters are devoted to Brlgham Young in his dual capacity of prophet and business manager, tho early days of the church In the ISaBt and Middle Mid-dle West and In Missouri, the exciting conflicts between the Mormons and tlulr opponents. "Nauvoo the Beautiful." and the establishment of polygamy. The titles ti-tles of the chapters will reveal the manner man-ner of exposition. Some of "them are as follows. "Polygamy Made Known for th Glory of the Prophets," "Growth of Church and Clash Willi Civil Power," "Joseph Smith Seeks tho Presidency of the L'nltcd States and rinds if Death at the Hands of a Mob." "Brlgham Takes "Command as the New Prlesl-KIng." "The Persecuted Saints Start on Their Last Exile," "Brlgham Issues the' One Revelation Reve-lation of His Career," "Across the Grcit American Desert to tho Inland Sea," "Zlon Is Founded by Salt Lake Because the Saints Can Go No Farther," "Signs and Miracles Attend tho Colony of the Saints," "The Church Political Begins Building Its Empire," "The Gentile Rush for Gold Brings Riches to the Faithful," "Tho Wav of a Sultan Brlghamlzed Industry," In-dustry," "Analysis of the Plural Wife System." "Troubles of the Saints the King Can Admit Is"o Wrong," "Shedding of Blood s a Moans of Salvation." "Massacre "Mas-sacre of Immigrants nt Mountain Meadows.'' Mead-ows.'' "Clash With Federal Government the Mormon War." "The Church Keeps Its Power a Prollt-Secklng Prophet," "Building Trusts and Crushing Heresies," Here-sies," "Brlgham's Closing Years 'Lion cf the Lord' to the Last Hit; Death." The last chapter is devoted to a resume of the present condition of Mormonism as Senator Cannon sees It- IKISH HUMOR. Here Arc Uidlec II 7 James Stephens. Publlilifd Tli .acmllUn Compinjr, Now York. The author of this volume under the appropriate title of "Here Arc Ladles.'.' will be gratefully remembered for his former production, "The Crock or Gold," and several coIU:tlons of verse. TIiq present production Is (jultu as delightful as any of Its predecessors and far more unusuul. Tho tlrst part of tho volume Is devoted to short character sketches grouped under the headings of "Three Heavy Husbands," "Three Women Who Wept. I'hree -Vngry People." "Three Young Wives," "Three Lovers Who Lost" hihI "Three 7 hippy Places." Some of these consist not only or a single conversation, con-versation, or Incident: others may be classed as stories and record the events of months or years, but nil aro murkod bv the skill of the author In characterisation, characterisa-tion, and abound In rich Irish humor. These are followed by "There Is a Tavern In the Town." In which tho reader Is given the opinions and rcllectlons of a certain old gentleman (a frcouentcr of this public resort) on such subjects ns Matrimony. Dancing, Tobacco. .tlethoriH of Education. Thirst. Poverty. Means or Locomotion. Polar Kxploratlon. Shaving and Kallng. ... The book Is thoroughly humorous and entertaining. A PESSIMIST'S NOVEL. On the feVbor1' A NotoI ot the Htltle IiUnflv From tlif SvrdUh of AuRutl Rtrlinlbrrz Author Au-thor ot "Kaatrr." "Lucky Fchr." .clc. Traru-Islttl Traru-Islttl !y niljabetli nrVe WwiwRftn. Publlihol Dy Stewart & KldJ Company, Cincinnati, Several attempts liave been made in recent vcttrs to establish the Strlndborg cult In "this country. "On the Seaboard: Novel of the Baltic Islands," Is now presented to the American public In a translation by Elizabeth Clarke Wcntor-gren. Wcntor-gren. Tho translation has the merit of being olearcut, easy and elegant In style, but occasionally tho translator lapses into 'grammatical, errors which show that while she 'possesses the; spirit she lacks Intimate acquaintance with the laws of tho language. In our opinion. It Is safe to guarantee anv reader of this novel a severe case of' blues. It Is about o,s cheerful as Schopenhauer or Nlrtxsche. In the prcf- ace by Magnus Weslorgren. it la explained ex-plained that "Life's vicissitudes at Vlcr-waldstatter Vlcr-waldstatter Sec and Berlin, also later on at Paris, from whence his fame "spread rapidly over Europe, changed his realism to pessimism." Following out the idea of many writers, who have sought to ovolvo superman from this common cloy of ours, Strindberg has produced an abnormal ab-normal lyiio In Ills Commissioner Borg, the chief diameter of "On. tho Seaboard." Borg is a philosopher, a scientist and a keen observer or lire. Ho is also or me Introspective typo and he turns his great talents to a scientific exaltation of his own character In other words, he seeks to produco out of the raw material of his character a perfect typo of man. The llrst half of the book Is devoted to psychological psy-chological analysis jif this effort and Its results. The last mi If of the book, however, how-ever, is a ghastly antl-cllmax, for this great man Borg meets "the woman" who Is to play tho principal feminine, role In the drama of Ills lire and ho devotes hlm-seir hlm-seir to itolhlng higher than to sclentiric seduction. She turns out to be a sort of vamplro and they part. The last chapters chap-ters of tho book show tho crumbling of the superman's Intellect, and the end Is tho blackest despair. Wlrat good such works can do in the world it is difficult to conjecture: rather. It seems to us, their mission must be one of harm. A- OTIBISTMAS STORY. In the Heart of the Christmi Tlnci. Dy Iona Dalrympln. Author of "Undo Noah'n ChrUt-mnit ChrUt-mnit Inspiration," "Traumorel" and Other Stories, Sto-ries, ruhllalicd by McIlrMe. Nat . Company, New York. "Aunt Cheerful," so named by her neighbors and friends for her deeds of charity and helpfulness to those In need. Invites a young lady stranger in tho village vil-lage to come in, and so charming and. homelike is the Hltlc cottage and so motherly and kind the old lady, that the visitor prolongs her visit. "Lord Chesterfield" Chester-field" a homeless waif, so named by the old ladv because of his manly qualities. Is one "of "Aunt Chccrful's" charges. Tho old lady expects a visit from her ton In the west, but learns shortly before Christmas that he cannot pav tho promised prom-ised visit. "Lord Chesterfield" anxious to repay his benefactor for her many kindnesses to him. "writes to tho son urging urg-ing him to pay his mother a visit. Through this letter the boy Is enabled to present "Aunt Cheerful" on the eve of Christmas with her son as a Christmas present. The son proves to be tho fiance of Jean Varlan, the visitor, and a happy climax Is reached. The IHtJe volume 1b rich vIth heart Interest and human sympathy, nnd the author, who Is a well-known writer of Christmas storic?, is here at her best. A CHRISTMAS IDEAL. Tho M"n Who Fonml ChrUlmfl. ny Walfr PrlcliAni Kaion. Author ot ' "Dar.i Door and nywayit." "The American SUrc of Today' and Other Stnrlci. Fronttuplee by Walter Kins Stone. PubJIahed by Mcllrlde. Nail X. Compnny. New York- Wallace -Miller, a young bachelor clubman club-man of New York, together with five of his companions, nil disgusted with tho conventional idea or Christmas, formed a "To-Hcll-Wlth-thc-Merry-YuIc-Tlde Association." As-sociation." which met every Christmas eve, and dined. Just previous to tho fourth celebration by this association. Miller being reminded of the happy Christmas times of his youth, determined deter-mined to sot forth In search of. and, ir possible, "find Christmas." Selecting at random thu little New England town of North Tops ville. l.o Journeyed there, and busied himself In the sports of numerous small boys of the village. Ho soon found that tho true Christmas spirit was to be found In contributing to tho happiness of others. Hero also he meets a girl of lovely cha racier. Norn Woodford, and a strong attachment between the two springs up. nnd all ends pleasantly as good Christmas stories should. The true Clu-lstmas spirit Is displayed throughout In this little volume, and for a short season of lnlpfi"cadlng there can be no better jT A ROMANCE "cTlpLS0N. A Rote of Old Qiebec. Br Mhe Uolllnpiworlh Wharton. Aulhor of 'Tlir(t Colonial Door-wayf." Door-wayf." "Italian Uia and "In Chalrau Mud" and Other Storlra. With Eight Illuitra-tlona Illuitra-tlona I'ublWhfd by J. U. Llpplncott Company. Philadelphia. Tills Is a charming romance with the setting In the quaint old town of Quebec, Que-bec, Just after the English had wrested tho coun'ti-v from the control of tho Froncli. The principal charactorn, are Captain Nilsou of the British navy, who was desllno- to attain such high rank and promlnfhro In the sen-Ice of his country, and Mary Thompson ' A Ttoso of Old Quebec." The lovo affair betweon thee two. which resulted eo unfortunately unfortunate-ly to both, is beautifully told, and the reader will bo loth to lay tho book aside until the climax- is reached. This world-famed naval genius loses non of his heroic caste In being depleted de-pleted by this, author, who Is or high repute re-pute as a writer of fiction stories baeed on historical event. BOOK OF ST2TONYM3. uyoonymi and Antonym. An Alphabetical Lltt ' of Word In Common Ute. Grouped With OHiera of Similar and OppoMtn Meaning. Ily Edith n, OrdHoy. Author of "Th Ktlquelte of To-day To-day " "ellpa of" Speech and Punctuation and Other -Work. Published by Sully and Klela-ttlch. Klela-ttlch. New YorV. About flvo thousand leading words are given In this book, and tho synonyms and Rnlonvms comprI?c several thousand more different words. In the abridged form In which tho work is prepared there H arc necessarily many omissions, but it 1 will be found helpful for tho purposes M THE ART OF FRIENDSHIP. A Key to Ilapplseai Compiled by Pace Pel H 1 08. I-ubllihed by Sherman, lrench Com iH pauy. Ponton. IH In compiling this book th best tlm' ,H haii been written on friendship from 1 ancient times down to the present day lias been carefully gathered together bo M that the reader may have tho thought of the world's greatest minds focused upon H this precious theme. Here wise men, who H have proved In themselves the truth of H their prcccptt Robert Louis Stevenaon Balzac. Socrate.3, Carlylc, Plato, Phillips H Brooks, Ruskln, George Eliot, Thoreau, H Longfellow, Elizabeth and Robert Brown- H lng, Madame do Stael, Holmes, Tcnnysop. H Whlttlcr. Cmersou. Bccchcr. Shake- spcarc. Disraeli. Sir Walter Scott, 'M Thomas a Kempt?, and many other guide tho choosing and treatment of 1 friends nnd beautifully express tho sober nnd lovely aspects of tho master passion. H A true friend la perhaps the most won-derful won-derful thing In the world next to God, nnd the study of so great a theme In H surely good, especially In the present nin- jH tcrlallstlc tlmo when tho scramble for nr IH many possessions us one's neighbors have seem to threaten the art of friendship a iH priceless possesion. King Midas, though every tiling turned to gold at his tour H was the moat wretched of men. for Ills 1 very touch robbed lilm of his friends. 1 Tills volume makes an admirable gift book, yet. It In more than that. It la a book to be seriously road and well con-sldcred con-sldcred for the enlarging of one's own capacity for a high and deep and true friendship. A NEW STORY, OF THE WEST. Tho Comluc of Canldy and the oth'ra. !! H Clarence K- Muiford. Author of "HopalonK Ca H ildy," "Dar-it) Daya" and Other Klorlei. Itlu H tratloni by Maynard Dixon. Published tfy A. I H McCIurff Jk. Co., Chlrago. H Claronce 12. Muiford Is far-famed as a writer of western stories, stories dealing with the period when thcro wl-re no re-striding re-striding wire fences nnd tho ranges were free: while the "Indians, nnd. even worse the cattlo rustlers, were "plentiful. The present production, "The Coming of Cos.-sidy Cos.-sidy and the Others." Is probably th(T author's best. In it' an; many of tho characters that wcro so prominent In "flopnlong Cussldy." Incidentally, we H have also the long-deferred account of iH how "Ilop.ilong" got his hop. It was In tho early seventies when a Buck Peters stopped his wagon on the JM banks of Suako creek, and began the I making of the famous Bar-L'O ranch. To him camo at Interval Hopulqng Cussldy, the best fighting man of the southwest; Red Connors, whose sorrel top indicated the quickness of Ills tempor: Skinny ThompFon, six-foot-four nnd as thin as "th shadow of a chalk mark": Lanky Smith, a small man, not much to look at. but a wildcat when aroused, and the others, of tho greatest outfit over got together in Texas. They came mostly H In various Interesting ways, no one be-lng be-lng admitted to the brotherhood until he JM had proven hi mettle, and it In cf these episodes of the early days at Bar-10 that Mn Muiford writes. The book Is well presented by the pub-Ushers, pub-Ushers, contains numerous Illustrations in colqr, and altogether ndvenlurc-Iovlng renders will hardly care to mlsa Mr. Mul-ford's Mul-ford's latest Ktory of the old west. Every chapter contains a sensation. ESSAYS ON LIFE. Monica of Truth In Nature. Ily ClU Merrick Grivct. ,rubllbed by Sherman, French ft Com-pany, Com-pany, noiton. J These essays arc. as the name Implies. symbolic bits of color frqm life's expert- enecs Interpreted In terms of the naturo world. Fitted Into every life mosaic are gems of Joy and sorrow, love and hate victory and defeat, faith and doubt, tn;sc and fear, searchings for truth and qucs-tionlngs qucs-tionlngs as to the mission of life and death. And in the center of each design fM deep in every hcarU Is u yearning toward a higher power. When they aro set in one harmonious whole, these gems form the great mosaic of truth. Such n set-ting set-ting of helpful thoughts, each gathered from i-ome experience which Is common to the heart and thoughts of human na-lure, na-lure, is found In this book. In come. bit. each one will find reflected his own experience. . The persornl note Is uppermost. One jH fels that ho Is not reading a printed pago. but Is listening to tho voice of. another unEccn friend of great sympathy who has been just where he lo standing Friendship inspired many of tho mo-sales: mo-sales: others nre the outcome of earnest senrc.hlngs Tor truth. All will be helpful to thp earnest pupil In the hard school or experiences in lire. MEDITATIVE POEMS. A Snnr of the Deep and Other Verae. By A. 5. Cent. Publlihed by Shennaa. Xreneh & Com-piny, Com-piny, rtoaton. H The author or these poems meetn the deep and tragic problems of human t pcriencc with a serene faith In the kJs- tM dom and goodness of God that l uns to prove an Inspiration to like faith In. IH the Jives of those who are dUcouragod or grieved. Pastors will find It especial-v especial-v well adapted to tho needs of many in jH their parishes as well an a we come and sugcestlvo aid In their sermonlc work. The book contains inme slxiy poemF, varying in length from n fow lines to rnnnv TlHCeS In al Of which Will DQ oiinu quotable Hum which will linger lorn: In the memory. Tho. pooms arrj markiidly dissimilar in form, theme and treatment, yet all are 'If'fned and adapted to nsplre a confident optimism in the mindH of thos-o who have met with the stern realities of life and aro In dan-per dan-per of losing their grip on God becauw of I their experiences. It Is not thetook for a day. but for a generation, a bewildered by tho doubts ind difficulties of life and ready to welcome fane .and Inspiring lcadoryhlp. BOOK FOR LITTLE GIRLS- Marr nil:" Wonder-Life. A Story About lb MTve'Delle". TlilHK'- Mn Otora S: Darlt. i'ubmhed by ghermn. Ptencb t Company. Uot- Tittle Kirls around the ages of 10 and 12 will bo hlu-hly entcrtHlned In reading Ar "Mary Kl tea's Wonder-Life- rite niot l! vcrv slight. Just the ordinary hap-nenlncs hap-nenlncs of an old-raehloni-d farm, where Pirn trees awl flowers aro beautiful, where Sro a?e dolls and friend to love, and where God .-.ecms very ne.tr. But per-haps per-haps becauso Jt is all so simple, the fair-Wmo fair-Wmo out to play with the broken old th trccH are not ntrald to toll stori. and 'there is time a-plenty for a little glta to love them an |