The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-12
LITERATURE.

Mrs. Susa Young Gates has occasion to
be proud of her bright magazine The Young
Womdn's Journal, which is not only hand
some In appearance, but is rich in its con-
tents. Every department of the April
issue is entertaining and instructive
1t is charming Pdnsy which comes for
April, the matter being the brightest and
freshest and the Illustrations artistic and
appropriate: This magazine for young
readers is deservedly popular. Address !:
u. Lothrop company, Boston, Mass.
The Chaperons is the title of ST. Louis
monthly, the March number of which con-
tains an extremely elaborate illustrated de-.
scrlptlon of General Sherman's funeral
a unique feature is the reproduction of the
headlines OF the leading newspapers, an
nounclng the death of the general They
are decidedly interesting, and at glance
Tell how the nation was thrown into sorrow
ana mourning by the sad event.
The April number of the Reuietg of Re
uaenS Is unusually interesting in all its de-
partments, and its table of contents covers
almost the entire range of current itera-
ture In the periodicals of two continents,
This publication is rightly styled the busy
mans magazine, for in it the man who
hasn't time to read the many good things
which are appearing in the magazines ana
reviews OF tue day will find the pith and
substance clearly presented The Amer
lean edition of the ReUieg of Reutelcs is pub
llshed at 52-54 Lafayette Place. New York.
The numbers of The Lining Age for the
weeks ending March 2Sth and April 4th,
contain "Forged Literature" Nineteenth
Century; 1.-The Correspondence of an Old
Scotch Factor" Scottish; The Early Diary
of Francis Burney,' Church Quarterly; Lord
John RUSSELL" Contemporary; San Island
Deer Forest,' Fortnightly; 1.-THE Castle of
Alnwick," CornhM; "Crochets," Temple
Bar; I'm the Mountains of Media" and
weighing the Stars" GentEemun's 1.-THE
Story of a French Maid of Honor" Belgra-
ria; Temperature in the Glacial Epoch"
Nature; with installments of 1.-The Flight of
the Shadow" and poetry. Ljttell q Co.,
Boston, are the publishers.
IE bI DIGEST OF RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND
Practice at Law, under the Codes, and in
Equity. By John d. Lawson. San Fran
cisco: Bancroft Whitney Co.
The seven volumes comprising Mr.. Law
sons exhaustive work, "Rights, Rene
dies and Practice" were issued some time
ago. and now comes an additional volume
comprising complete index-digest to the
whole, making the set working library to
the practitioner. Those who have secured
the work as it was issued will require this
final volume, which Is thorough in every
particular
THE VIKINGS IN WESTERN CHRIsTENDoM
A. D. BY c. F. Keary, NJ a. F. S. a. with
maps and tables, New York: G. P. Putnam
Sons. Price, $3.50.
This volume of nearly six hundred pages
covers the period from 7S9 to SSS. and is
without doubt the most complete account
ever issued of the doings of the Norsemen
in that century. That was the century
previous to the formation of the Scandina-
VANS into distinctive nationalities, and it is
of the formative processes of which Mr.
Keary treats in detail. The author casts
aside as NEUROLOGICAL much that has been
written concerning the hardy race of the
north previous to the middle of the eighth
century, when, in his opinion, the history
of the Scandinavians began. Several Of
the first chapters of the book, and they are
not the leas interesting, are given up to
careful sketch showing the condition of the
world in the matter of religion before the
knowledge of Christianity became general,
and explaining the striking difference be-
tween the heathenism Of the north and the
lows the remarkable story of the remark
able people in their attacks on Christen-
dom; tells of their exploits on land and sea,
of their civil wars, of their raids in other
lands than their own-a story which,
though stripped of the mythology with
which it has been associated in the minds
of most people, still reads like romance.
MIR. Keary verifes his statements by fire.
quent reference to authorities. The vol
ume is handsomely gotten up.