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Show IS. FARWSWQRTH'S ADDRESS PRAISED Mrs. R. S. Farnsworth of Ogden gave a review of Hugh AValpole's book, "Fortitude,'' last night before the Sunday Night club, as Its weekly meeting in the church of the Good Shepherd. In her opening remarks. Ms. Farnsworth stated that "A History His-tory of a Boy" would have been a good title for the book as It told the story of a boy from babyhood to manhood. She then took up the book in its different phases as a literary production produc-tion The mechanical divisions of It were considered and the importance import-ance of the sea to England and Eng-li8hmenf Eng-li8hmenf as shown in the scory, was clearly explained. An Important feature fea-ture also brought out was the illustration illus-tration given by the book of the effect ef-fect nature and society has upon the life of a boy. The speaker also took up the analysis analy-sis of the characters and the plot In a most interesting way and she also made a comparison of tho story with things of real lite. Walpole, Mrs. Farnsworth said, showed by the book that he had made a careful study of Shakespeare, Dickens, Dick-ens, Thaokeray and Stevenson, and that the real value of his book was found In the fact that It tells truths and telle tbem in an artistic manner. The book review was heard by a large crowd of club members and visitors vis-itors and Mrs. Farnsworth received many congratulations on its excellence. |