Show wonderlands WONDER LANDS OF THE WILD WEST WE have before us a copy of a new book which aside from its ite general value ought to have a decided local interest the bare mention of the name of the author A B carlton would indicate this of itself its title the wonderlands wonder lands of the wild west with ake sketches aches of cf the mormons cormons Mor mons is further suggestive in the same direction the contents are of wide variety so that the reader to la not wearied by hav aug to dwell too long jong upon one theme A portion of the he work is descriptive the subjects being the grand and scenery of the generous went many of f the word pictures are vivid portray als of utah landscapes and all are the results of the personal impressions and observations of mr carlton Carlf con he d wells dwells briefly upon past mormon history and then comes down to his own time in this Terri territory fory from his bis first appearance here as a member of the utah commission Coja mission racy bacy details are given for the purpose of showing that frequently that body owing to the abrupt political divisions existing in the community often found themselves between the deil and the deep sea 4 the narrative and combined comment atory parts of the book not only make refreshing refresh int reading but renders it valuable for reference besides various rulings and instructions of the commission upon local political questions the work embodies the congressional legislation in reference to utah and dwells upon some bome of the peculiar judicial proceedings in cases coming under the edmunds act conspicuous tt among which to is the legrega tion proem process which was wac finally smashed am bed by a decree of the supreme court of I 1 the united states mr carlton is a man of genial and sociable bables disposition and being from bile hl first coming to this territory noxious to learn something by personal investigation concerning the mormon P people he be took the only con COD sifi tent course to satisfy his curiosity jad fie mingled with them attended some of their social gath gatherings erlings their meet ings ingo held for public worship their holiday celebrations celebration ap etc he gives in a pleasing way in the volume before un UP the results of his investigations and scrutiny he speaks from an independent stan standpoint dupoint the desire to be fair dir permeating his statements throughout he generously asks that the mormons cormons Mor mons be ba accorded ordinary fairplay and in treating upon the manifesto on the subject of polygamy he condemns the bare suggestion that the latter day saints are not sincere upon the question it involves the book boob contains a number of excellent illustrations among which are portraits of joseph smith brigham young john taylor wilford woodruff george Q cannon and joseph P F smith the others are scenic with here and there pictorial cepres representations of indians indiana george Q cannon and sons of this city are general agents for the sale of this work which covers nearly pages its price is two doll dollars arp and it ought to have a ready sale it is a suitable book for utah people to send to their friends at a distance as well as being excellent for home consumption |