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Show ' i i r I ; 1 . -...1 1 1 i uUl...wU , " t . t r ; ' ' ' 1 ' . . ::. :Az.:rJ:t l!:.s a '''GeczrLIcd cad Ills-icrlcrl Ills-icrlcrl Granccr 144 Years Oil Tie Item la last evening's Telegram ! rt.'.rrlig t s-i c: t volume In the1 icsseaslon (fa xc-r. Laker. er.U- j tl 3, "An Ar rlc ,zi Selection of Les-J Biz In r.ti.r.g and Speaking," and published In Boston 107 years ago, has i inspired another Salt Laker to bring j forth an ancient volume or two. "William H. Alexander, who, with his tarnlly. has recently set up their Lares -f and Penates In Salt. Lake City, and whose library 1 of fto mean proportions, propor-tions, L&s tw booka of fAlrly ancient date. : . One of tbn LI entitled "An Impartial IT rory of tt Late Revolution In France," and was printed In Eoeton 11 year ago, for the same bookseller who Issued "American Selections," referred to yesterday, Messrs. Thomas & Andrews, An-drews, and others. In the preface It Is stated: , . "Among the numerous publications which have appeared in England upon the subject of the French revolution it Ja a singular circumstance that not one (except this) is to be found deserving the name of history." It Is further stated that "The reason must be obvious ob-vious why the names of the authors cannot be made public" Another 1 volume brought; out by Mr. Alexander is entitled: . "A New , Geographical and Historical Grammer. "Wherein the Geographical Part is Truly Modem," etc., etc This book was printed In London by the resectable re-sectable old house of W. Johnston, in 17W. nearly 146 years ago. The work was published under the. special authority author-ity of George Rex, upon the following preamble: "Whereas, Our truly and well-beloved Thomas-Salmon, Gent., and William Johnston, Citlsen and Bookseller, of our City of London, have by their petition humbly represented unto us, that they have, with great labor, study, and expense, ex-pense, perfected a work entitled," etc The work contains, among other valuable val-uable and instructive details, twenty-three twenty-three "new maps of the several countries." coun-tries." The map referring to North America is devoted chiefly to Old Mexico Mex-ico and the British colonies along the Atlantic, from Florida to and including New Britain (Labrador.) The subdivisions subdivi-sions In the text are: "The Dominions of Spain. The Dominion of Great Britain.' The Dominions of France." with Mexico, Boston and Quebec as the chief citle. Among the many quaint passages In the preface occur the following: "Curiosity is natural to the soul of man: we are Inquisitive and wonderful solicitous to be Informed of everything, and every man's concerns; , even to a fault and shall we be 4ess Inquisitive, less solicitous In the pursuit of useful knowledge, and the moat Inportant truths?" The whole plan and text of this ancient an-cient geographical-historical-grammatical work is both unique and interesting. |
