Show the Tisco intes view it will be remembered that last year a distinguished french noble man diplomatist and author the Vis comte d scion of I 1 a great old house visited utah being while in ogden the guest of judge aaron F farr the gentleman had come to america as one of the guests of the government of the united states at the yorktown Centena ial As soon as lie returned to his home in la belle france he undertook to fir fix his and picturesque impressions ra pres while crossin crossing the continent in a book which fai has recently been published under the title of A travers lei lea elata unis notes et impressions iacross JA across cross the united states notes aud impressions 0 the new york world book book reviewer reviewer speaks of the work of th eFrench writer as follows his object is to strike a happy mean meau between praise and blame iu a these notes jotted down at sit ran random domin in tho the country itself the author has certainly attained his aim bothi nothing could u ld be more impartial more admirably admira afcin lio ra bli than liis his picture of america and american life the bok book ia is full of appreciation full of light and shade BO so point of our complex social and political lif fical world escaping bis his keen observation or observation how he lie ever managed to understand and explain the intricacies of party ration is beyond comprehension ilij account of stalwarts Stal warts and half breeds the spoils ternand so on is clear and to the point but what will be of most interest tn to public is that part oca ou tra vers which deals with the Vis comte views on ou our territory and its inhabitants babi tanta on this section of the tb work the the author anthor takes a hurried trip to san francisco stops a night at a 1 mormon mort non household at 0 ogden den goes to salt lake city and salt lk lake and eita a glowing description of mormon prosperity ity and hospitality |