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Show iiIIITMA'H III All, 0U II. .veryhoo which tha appaarauce of Volume 1 of this great undertsklng about a year ago oxcltad for tba success and excellence of the outlru work, haa been most abundantly fulfilled In Volume II. Every compliment or OJiumeudatlon bestowed at that time upoiilbe gifted aulfaer, and the handsome hand-some book which the engraver's and printer's aud bluder's art had assisted him to produce. Is again deserved now. Indeed, It Is more than likely that those who from csptlousntts or nar. rowneucrltlolzed Vol, I as devoting loo much attention and ) ace to the founders of Mormonlam and to Iba system Itself prior lo Its establishment In lliu Itocky Mountains sticklers for technicality who argue that the stream of any history In Its source baa no algtilflcance and that It must ba described de-scribed merely aa to Ita appearanco wheru It Hows through their particular meadow It Is likely, wosay, that even these will find their criticism allllej, their desires anticipated and their admiration compelled by tba new and elegant volume which Hoe before us. For In thla Instance thu theme la Utah all the nay through-Utah through-Utah men lu Utah affaire, other tneu In Utah aUalrs, even thu aborigines In their wars contributing an Interest lug page hence historical rather than biographical, and In all respects eloquunt, fascinating au I reliable. If theru are allusions tu Jtormonlani, there are alto many to liberalism; the "now movement" Is as conscientiously depleted as Is tho organisation of 'A. C. M, I., or the zealous reorganization reorganiza-tion of the Church 8takea prior tu thu death of l'reeldeiit Voung, Thu friendly feeling shown by Governor Gov-ernor Axlull aud others Is net dwelt upon exocsslvoly, neither Is It partially Ignored In comparison with the ultra attitude of General Connor, Judga McKeau aud olbera of that turn of thought; the author has treated these contradictory phaiea of cfllclal lorn perament with bold fairness without adulation, and with nice discrimination discrimina-tion without a sneer. In fact the aim, and we feel bound to say It has been achieved, has been to giro au bouust narratlNo of the events leaulug from Ilhu tomraeucement of our Territory, and to Judge tbu actors litthoscenu more by their motives than by their mistakes, In no otbur way can tho historian dreervo his uaini; bu cannot bo at encu a special udvocate and a j ust commoutalor, Theru are uiipleaeaut occurrences In thu Ufa cf every community, com-munity, yet those may not bo over, looked by hint who nqilrua to be thu community's blorMphrr, It la hliih pralivof HUliop Whitney to say that he has tented and acted upon this fundamental fact, aud that In no page ur paragraph of bis admlrublo work has be anything tixtenualtid or aught mt duwu lu mailer, Thu volume treats ui tho new in which dawned upon Utah with the coming cf tho telegraph tele-graph and tba railroad; of necetsl-ty, necetsl-ty, Uncommercial, toclel and political changes ensuing rtcelvu touch alien tlon, Itcluaes with tbu death of l'rca -dent Htlghaui Young, and a lino aul rry of bla life and Character. Tho author's atylo Is always purr, at times It approaches the grand J tha steel engravings are numerous and excellent, excel-lent, constituting a portrait gallery of Utah notables of all parlies and both aexei; and the typogral bet's and prass man's work Is again a triumph of the "art preservative," a) raking thoptalae cl the publisher the George (J. Cannon Can-non & Sons Company. |
