Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-06-23 | Page 4 | Lafayette Shown in Idealistic Light in Book by Penman

L Lafayette Lafayett f y tle Shown in iii Idealistic Light in Book by Penman I In In Lafayette y e and aM Three Revolutions by John Simpson Penman n Lafayette r fatt tt stands o out t as as an idealist d rather than as a practical r reform form form- er Or Mis His de devotion to his his' his his' p pOlitical cal ideas a and d his fidelity t to his his' principles plea pIes which were an important fac factor fac- fac tor in th s establishment of ot the French republic reveals reveals' him also as s one of or the most attractive V- V per C PerThe ver- ver in in history The Tue book Is not in In the thie strict se sense se a a life of Lafayette Lafayette but but rathell rather rath rath- er ell portrays the part he played In the three revolutions revolutions' which have profoundly affected the social and political conditional of the modern modern JV world While it covers vers the Ue whole range of his his' life It If omits practically practical practical- ly y all the pe personal d details which have no 10 r relation to to hi his pUblic ac- ac L lAfayette Lafavette fa ette played no mean part In these great cOl of so so- so defy says says the t a author or and his l leadership in each of these contributed to a a. great extent in determining mining their direction and torce Luf u a l pan lt in In n tI these e o events has bas t. t always been been in n America and his influence nce has hS be been n associated almost wholly in the public mind with his career In in the American Revolution His Ills much larger arger influence in the Fren French revolutions of 1789 and 1830 has in inconsequence consequence e be been n overlooked yet It has been his work V rk in ln France which give him his deserved place a as one of pf the leaders of the modern movement movement move move- ment which culminated in the es establishment establishment establishment es- es of demo democratic government govern govern- govern govern- ment ent during the nineteenth th century cen cen- century h tury TIe Tle book boole is carefully aref written and viewed through the authors author's an entirely Lafayette becomes eye different personality tron from th the bromidic bro bro- history text version He Ire worshiped by stands out as a a man his friends arid and hated by his foesHe foes He was subjected toan to an Imprisonment Imprison Imprison- ment of five years was f feared by b th the Restoration Restoration Restora Restora- Restoration by dreaded tion and he outlived au all aIt opposition of consolation He lIe had that happy se seeing at atthe the end of Ms l e the thie victory victory vic vie tory of the Ideals ideas of his youth The book Is 15 well bound und and Illustrated Illus The Stratford Company I t 1 rB Boston t Mass l ss d