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Show A FEB 10 1898 LIBRARY. UNWERSSTY OF UTAH. Official Organ of the Utah Federation of Womens Clubs, $1.00 YOL. 3? 23 33 TTZEj-A-I- PBICE FIVE R. SALT LAKE CITY, FEBRUARY IIL The Evolution of the Third Re- 12, 1898. He says that the French republic is not a creation, but an evolution, and public, by M. de Conbertin, is a book which will have many peculiar points must evolve its own individual life in of interest, both to the student of its own way not after a model set for it by any other nation. history and to the student of educaThus, the instability of its political tional and social problems. constiAlthough, by family, the author of offices and the elasticity of its this book belongs to the old French tution, which may be changed, almost from day to day by the popular fancy, nobility, with all its love for traditional principles, regularity and order a state of affairs which to any other nation would prove disastrous, in his in government, he has zealously esopinion, has been especially for the poused the cause of the French Republic. These dual sympathies have good of France. The republic, with especially fitted M. de Conbertin to the impetuosity of its youth, would present the condition of France to the not endure the restraints of an inflexworld fairly not with the pessimism ible constitution like that of America, of the aristocrat, who can see nothing nor would the long continuation in but disorder and chaos in the struggles office of one who did not respond of the new republic for life, nor yet readily to the popular will be tolerwith the optimism of the extreme ated. In fact, another revolution French republican, who, with eyes would be the result of stability in the dazzled by the glorions light of liberty governmental affairs in France, and which has recently shown in upon this very instability, which under him, does not yet realize the truth of other conditions might be disastrous, facilitates the unrestrained growth of Ruskins wisdom, It is of small importance to any of us whether we get the infant republic. He believes that the parliamentary liberty, but of the greatest that we deserve it, and the sorrowfulest fate form of government is better suited of all that we can suffer, is to have it than any other to the development of without deserving it.1 the French Republic, and illustrates The writer of this book looks at it this forcibly by the fact that, of the fairly from all sides. He considers ten differens ... constitutions - which it no disloyalty to his country to acFrance has had durinfflSone hund-re- d and eight years dgt&ational knowledge her faults, and yet believes that they are the faults of youth and existence, the two parliamfi?ary constitutions have lasted flfty-qinexperience, and that a strong, deyears, pendable, natural life is gradually while the other eight, in all, lasted growing up in the heart of the country only fifty years. A large part of the book is made up a life which will some day convince the world that France deserved the of a very skilful portraiture of the liberty which she gained. great men of the French Republic, . . ht CE3STTS. NO. 6. and the part which they have played in forming the national life. Judging from his estimate of such men as Thiers, MacMahon, Jules Terry, Carnot and others, whose lives have been devoted to or sacrificed for their country, we are led to feel that France, perhaps more than any other nation of modern times, is happy in the possession of unselfish devoted patriotism in her great men. The chapter on the Jules Terry Ministry, is especially interesting. In this M. de Coubertin draws with skill and pathos the life of that noble man, whose words, when enduring unjust accusations from his fellow countrymen, seem to sum up the principle of the lives of those devoted men who When retiring have made France. I know from the ministry he said, well that this system of incessant at- tacks and daily battles wears men out, but what are men good for if not to be worn out for the good, for the beautiful, for republican liberty and for country? One feels convinced after reading this book, that, if our great Republic owes its existence and prosperity to such men as Washington and Frank- lin, France has been equally fortunate, and that there must be a promising future for a Republic which has had among its founders a Jules Terry, a Gambetta, and a Carnot. His closing chapters on education, ideas and habits, and the social question, show that he has studied those problems deeply in other countries, , t ? MUSLIN UND6RW6HR SKLe An. Elegant flew Stock just received, fill put in tuith out Great Alteration Sale. NEW STORE, OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE |