Show WHITNEYS UTAH VOL IL II every hope which the appearance of volume I 1 of this great undertaking bout about a year ago excited fur the success and excellence of the entire work has bag been most abundantly fulfilled in volume II 11 every compliment or commendation bestowed at that time arje gifted au ther her and the hand booie book which the engravers engraver und printer print erps and binders art had assisted him to produce la is again deserved now indeed it Is ia more than likely that tha those who from ss or nar criticized vol I 1 as so devoting row does too much attention and space to the founders of nisai siu and to the etem system itsel itself prior to its establishment in the bacay mountains sticklers klers for technicality who argue that the stream oboy of any history in its source has baa no and that it must be do de oribel merely as 82 to its appearance whose it flows through their particular nabow it is likely we say that even these wilt will find their criticism turbe j their desires anticipated and their admiration com compelled by the now new and elegant volume chion lies before us for in this instance the theme I 1 is utah all the way through etab men man in utah affairs other men in utah aff affairs lairs even the aborigines in their wars contributing an interest ing page honce hence historical rather than biographical biographic alt and in all respects toque giaque t fascinating and reliable it if bhore are allusions to mormonism MOrmon niam ismal there are also many to liberalism the anew new movement la is as conscientiously depicted as is the organization organisation of Z C M I 1 or the zealous reorganization of the the church stakes kotakes prior to 16 the death of Pros president ident young the iri endly feeling shown by guv gov anor arnor axtell and others to is not dwelt bob excessively neither Is ig it partially ignore in comparison with the ultra attitude of general connor judge dwean and others of that turn of thought the author has treated these thaw contrat rac phases of official temperament tempe pe with hold bold fairness without adulation and with nice tion without a dueer in fact the aim and nu we feel bound to say bay it has been achieved has baa been to give an honest narrative of the events le lealnd taing from the commencement of our territory and to judge the actors in the scene more by their motives than by their mistakes in no other way coin can the historian deserve his bis name he cannot 16 beat at once a special advocate and a just commentator there are unpleasant occurrences in the lite hie of every corn yet these thase may not be over looked by nim him who asp roe res to be the biographer it is high praise of bishop whitney to say MY that behas he hai sensed and acted upon this fundamental fact and that in no ao page or paragraph of his admirable work has he anything extenuated or aught set down in malice the volume treats of the now new era which dawned upon utah with the coming of the telegraph and the railroad of neaomi neo essi ty the commercial social and political changes ensuing receive much attention it close with the death of president brigham young and a fine fille eulogy of his life and character the authors style is in always pure at times it approaches the grand the steel engravings are numerous and excellent constituting a portrait gallery of utah notables of all parties i and both sexes and the typographers pheris and press mans work to is again a triumph of the art arc preservative 0 O 91 a caking the praise ol of the publishers the george Q cannon sons company |