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Show F y f THE BEE. 12 firm, and couimeuted upon by sundry weighty critics, such delightfu A member of Gilders stall on the sketches of Kansas life as those by Critic indulges in a long criticism William Allen White, or such a perfect little gem of a tale as this o' of writers who split the infinitive Yellow7 Pine Basin, e should contending, however, that this is no from writers whose names are worse than to split a past participle or any other part of a verb.' A cor- comparatively unknown, and proceet respondent takes the matter up au( from publishing houses more or less writes that the alleged error is fount; obscure. in the writings of Addison, GoldHe says further that it is a tale smith, De Quincey, Thackeray, Junius, Ruskiu, Macaulay, Holmes, so exquisite in its simplicity and its Lowell, and Curtis, and he says tha pathos, so strong, vivid and true in in the search of an hour he found it its depiction of life and character, more than fiftv times in these vol- - that it is safe to prophesy that, once limes, Xo one of the writers uamei read, it will never be forgotten. It is failed to yield a number of examples the story of two men in a mining from the first few random pages camp, and is almost bare of incident, Macaulay furnishing no less than save that of the most primitive kind, eight on the first page. With the yet so delicate and sure is the literary representative writers mentioned, touch and perception, and so thorough clearness and euphony have evidently the knowledge of the facts on which been the guide as to separating such the fiction is based, that it is safe to verb phrases or leaving them intact. say the book will not be laid aside til read from beginning to end. LaughA book of local as well as genera ter comes here, the tears start there, interest is a neat volume of verses en- as the tale proceeds, apparently withXo authors name out intent or effort on the tellers part titled Alamo. indeed, as natural in its unforced . is given, though the name of the pubdevelopment as though it told itself. lisher, Edward McQueen HOOKS AM) MAGAZINES. ema-nant- ; Gray, may Xot the least noteworthy thing is the story within the story, that of Yank and Zeb, a memory of the war, as beautiful as a patriotic hymn, and which contains some lines anent our countrys flag that, though delivered in rude, dialectic prose, are as truly a poem as any signed by Milton or Homer. This may sound extravagant, but it is the simple truth, and it is also true that you may look far and wide into contemporary literature, tainted from high to low with the cumstances, combining merit with striving after effect, without finding anything more lovely, more touching, Alamo The poem novelty. breathes the spirit of the far south- more faithful to fact, more true to the ideal, than this homely little title of west. Yellow Pine Basin. perhaps be understood to be that of the poet as well. There is no apparent reason why the creator of these dainty thoughts should conceal his That his is a generous identity. nature is shown by the fact that the are proceeds of the sale of Alamo to be devoted entirely to the creation of a free public library and literary institute at Florence, Xew Mexico. A third edition has already become necessary to supply the demand for a work issued under such unusual cir- work on Placer Mining has The opening article in Appletons just been added to the list of such books. It is a handbook for Klondike Popular Science Monthly for March and other miners and prospectors, describes A summer journey to the it is by Prof. Angelo with introductory chapters regarding Sahara Desert the recent gold discoveries in the Yu- Heilprin, of the Philadelphia Acadkon Valley, the routes to the gold emy of Sciences, and is copiously ilFranklin Smith, under fields, outfit required and mining lustrated. regulations of Alaska and the Canad- the title An Apostate Democracy, ian Yukon ; also a map of the Yukon sharply criticises the degeneration of A Valle', embracing all the information American political ideals and statesobtainable from reliable sources up manship. Dr. Fred E. Leonard disto December 1, 1897. cusses the important question of physical training in the colleges ; he points results which have is the title out the good fol-owe- d interesting archaeological paier, by F. S. Dellenbaugh, is entitled The TaxaPottery. tion of Chosen in Action is the title of David A. Wells sixteenth chapter. Harold W. Fairbanks describes the The curious geologic structure of Great Sierra Nevada Fault Scarp; the text is accompanied by instructive The First Thermomillustrations. eters, by M. P. Duliem, gives a history of this now universally used instrument, and describes some of the curious forms in which its principle was first applied to ascertaining temperature. The sketch is of Sir Joseph Lister, the author of antiseptic surThe Claims of Science and gery. The Upward Struggle of Society are the titles in the Editors Table. PITH OF THE STATE PRESS. Fabric-M- arked The Arena for March is rich in great contributions. The first article entitled Trusts : Their Causes and the Remedy, by Senator Marion Butler is a powerful exposition of the great theme now occupping the attention of the public. Senator Butler sounds a keynote, the echo of which will be heard far. In the article The Victory of the Vanquished, Hon. Charles A. Towne reviews in a trenchent manner the results of the presidential election of 189G, showing that the victorious party was in reality vanquished, and that the defeated party was in reality triumphant. The significance of the electiou of Senator Hanna and the means by which the same was accomplished are set forth in a manner to awake the indignation of the American people. Under the caption of Studies on the Money Question Anthony W. Dimock, of Wall Street, defines his views of the best methods by which currency reform can be effected, and to this the editor replies in a controversial article against the gold standard and the propositions of the monetary commission. Francis E. Woodruff contributes an interesting and suggestive paper on A Single Standard for the World, advocating the restoration of silver by the concurrent action of the nations. Commissioner Harriss is ably Statistics and Socialism reviewed by George Wilson, who dissents from the conclusions arrived at in the Commissioners publication. A stirring article is entitled The Epic Opportunity by Dr. William Bayard Hale, who shows that America has in the swift march of events come to the threshold of a great transformation. The plan of Potato Culture suggested by Governor Pingree is ably discussed by Hon. Law, LawCharles A. Robinson. lessness, and Labor, is the title of a valuable article by W. II. B. Mackay, dealing with the Lattimer massacre and government by injunction. A number of other excellent articles and a poem by Dr. Ridpath are included in the number. . The Commonwealth: The Bee has winged its way to our office. It was brought out by the warm and It is a big genial Utah sunshine. Bee but full of vigor and bent on gathering honey from every quarter. It has twenty pages of well arranged matter. Its editorials are keen and crisp and will now and then raise a blister. We bid it a joyous journey. The Bee, a Ogden 'Standard: weekly journal edited by Xoble War-ruof Salt Lake, has reached our table. For sarcasm and vigor of m style Teje Bee is without a duplicate in the state. Provo Utonian : TnE Bee, pub lished once a week by Xoble Warrum Jr., is a bright, spicy paper and should receive the hearty support of all classes. Success to The Bee. The Commonwealth: Persons who have been watching the trend of the editorials in the Tribune and ,the Deseret Xews, incline to the belief that both papers will support a fusion movement, and that means the of Senator Cannon, if those two papers can effect it. re-electi- Xephi Republic : The Utah newspaper men dont seem to want the news syndicate If Sunshine Ike wants recognition let him run an advertisement in the papers and pay for it like a man. i i! Brigham Bugler : At the present time we cannot see wherein Utah can better herself than by the Hon. Frank J. Cannon for Senator. We also concur with the Utah State Journal in its suggestion for Hon. F. S. Richards to succeed Judge Zane on the Supreme Bench of Utah. Both are native born sons of Utah, of whom any state in he Union might be justly proud. g The Mercur Miner is good enough to say : Warrum is a vigorous and independent writer. There are plenty of subjects in this state that are good targets for a fearless and independent writer like Warrum sub-- ! jects that a partisan paper will not touch upon, or if it does it is in a partisan spirit. It takes a good deal more brains to run an independent paper than a party organ, and the remuneration is not as large. War-- j rum has the ability to run that sort of! a paper; he can make it interesting! and we hope he will make it profita-- j ble. We welcome Tiie Bee to curj sanctum . May it gather much honey j and use its sting whenever necessary. Told in the Rockies, its general introduction, and of a set of pen pictures of the West of the methods a compiled by A. M. Barbour and pub- gives general survey lished by Rand, McXally Co., Chi- in use at different institutions. The fioneer scientific society of the west, cago. The Academy of Xatural Science at The book reviewer in Murat Hal-sted- s St. Louis, is described by Prof. Fredthe erick Starr, of the University of ChiBrooklyn paper says of YellIn a World Half as Large called story of a prospector cago. ow7 Pine Basin, a western romance is the title of an article by the late from the pen of II . G. Catlin : M. J. Delboeuf, discussing some of It seems a curious fact that, while ;he inconsistencies of Laplaces Exa mass of so called fiction, morbid or position du Systeme du Monde. The Provo Utonian : Who is this Isaac erotic or fanatical or foolish, as the concluding chapter in Prof. William Logan Journal : The Bee, Noble case may be, is dished up for our de- Z. Ripleys series on The Racial Trumbo that he should be brought Warrums new paper, has appeared lectation by some conspicuous novel- Geography of Europe takes up the aefore the public gaze at this particu-a- r for review upon our exchange table. 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