The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-13
A HISTORY OF UTAH.
Bishon Whitney the Author and DR.. Williams
The Publisher.


iT The Publisher.
y movement which was set on foot by
prominent citizens some time ago. looking
to the issuance of history of Utah, has
been consummated during the past ten
days. The public will learn with pleasure
and surprise that the well known author
and poet, Bishop 0. f. Whitney, has under
taken the work of authorship and that a
publisher of means and experience, Dr.
John o. Williams, will do the publication
and push the sales of the book. The pros
pectuses are already out, and the plan has
an overwhelming number of warm endorse
ments from the church authorities and
many prominent literary, educational and
business men. The prospectus reads as
! follows:
To the Public:
| Believing that the time is ripe for it, and
that the public interests demand it, the
undersigned proposes to write history of
| Utah.
The work will comprise three volumes,
and will embrace all the essential features
OF complete narration and description of
the settlement and formation of the terri
/ tory, and its growth and development up
to the present time.
do not deem it necessary to say that |
intend to make it fair and truthful History
is not history unless it is fair and truthful
The province OF the historian is the field of
facts. 1t is his duty to get at the facts,
and plainly and properly state them shall
perform this duty conscientously.
| The progress of our territory from in
fancy, and the part played by Mormon
and Gentle in the stirring drama of her
development, will be fully rehearsed, and
the social Industrial, educational, political
and religious phases of the Utah question
thoroughly and carefully considered.
Climate, scenery and natural resources
churches, schools, railroads and institu-
tions in genesal: the various vocations and
professions followed and practiced by the
people; in short, all sources of information
relating to the subject will be drawn upon
and no pains spared to make the history
complete and reliable. At the same time it
is the purpose to avoid prolixity and pre-
serve conciseness while emitting no i'm
portant detail.
A prominent feature will be the biogra
phles OF notable men and women. with fine
! portraits accompanying. 1t is the almost
universal custom, in work of this char
acter,t to take pay from those whose histories
are inserted The author proposes to eX-
press his own views, and accept no per
quisites; not line Of reading matter will
be paid for-not a cent accepted for bio
graphical notice. The characters chosen tC
illustrate the work will be placed in the or
der where they belong, irrespective of con.
siderations, which should have no weight
in the preparation of just and Impartial
record of men and events. Other illustra
tions, such as cities, towns, public ant
private buildings, scenery, etc, will like
wise appear.
In printing, binding, etc, it is designed
that everything shall be strictly tirst-class
the work to be published in Utah
DR.. John o. Williams, of Denver an(
Chicago, will publish the history, have per
sonal charge of the canvass for subscrip
tions, and assume the entire business re
sponsibility of the enterprise. All bust
ness communications should be addressed
to him. ORsoN f. WHITNEY.
SALT LAKE CRY, July l, 1890