Show NEW BOOK BOX ELDER COUNTY AND THE STATE OF UTAH HONORED IN THE PERSON OF DR FRANCIS E ROCHE hoche AN EPIC ON LIBERTY begins with that period of the history of the world when israel was in bondage recounts Li bertys rekindling kindling re the exodus an epic on liberty by francis everard roche Is the title of an epic poem of pages just issued by the gorham press boston one of the leading publishing houses in the united states the author Is dr roche of this county and it is understood that he secured from the publishers a very unusual royalty for the right to issue the book the copyright of which still remains in the author the he poem is divided into twelve books and as its name imports deals with the subject of liu human man liberty and particularly with the rights we enjoy ourselves the author takes the ground that liberty was a gift ot of god to man in eden and in course of 0 time destroyed by the usurpation of tyrants until heaven decreed to rees re es cablish jt it by delivering the israelites from egypt whence came the christian dispensation involving the equal brotherhood of all men and consequent t right to self government and free progress A great deal of attention has lately bee been aroused by magazine articles dealing with th the e assertion that our own li liberties bertle are based on the action of godan good God I 1 ln 5 releasing e leasing the Is israelites ra elites from tha 10 0 ot of egypt and this the author seems to have anticipated in the pages of his poem wherein america is designated as the final home of enduring freedom some eastern magazines are already outspoken in of the poem which is attracting cucil much attention and this is the more remarkable as epic poetry is the most difficult branch of literary composition abild and one in which success has rarely been achieved the poem is written in easy pentameter verse and carries on i a continuous story in n an entertaining manner of the way in which god and moses rescued the israelites from pharoah and is fully annotated the descriptions of the egyptian temples the topography of mt sinal and horeb hareb and the manners and customs of the israelites and egyptians are faithfully written and the poem proceeds like a drama step by step until pharoah Is overpowered and his reluctant consent obtained to the departure of all israel from his land the book is nicely gotten up in green g reen and gold and presents a fine appearance |