The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-01
LITERATURE.

BUFFERS BooK.-Autobiography and Persona
| "reminiscences of Major General Benz F. But
Ter, Boston: a. M. Thayer & Co. Sold only
by Subscription James A Beard, Agent for
| Salt Lake City and County
| 1t created something of a sensation q
| year or two ago when it was announced
That Ben. Butler was preparing his auto
biography for publication. and at intervals
ever since the sensation has been revived
as 1t came out that he would deal with such
an incident or give the true inwardness of
certain proceedings. We imagine that the
| appearance of the book few weeks hence
will justify the apprehensions regarding it.
Butler IS one of the most courageous and
fearless OF men; he was always q
man OF very decided opinions Of
men and measures, and never
feared to express them. For quarter Of
century he was probably the best abused
person in America, every body feeling at
liberty to say mean things of him, to crit
lolse his actions and utterences and i'm
pugn his motives. His reputation is that
OF man who never forgets or forgives,
hence why should he not take advantage of
his present opportunity to revenge him
self upon at least some of his critics! The
few pages comprising the prospectus con-
vince US that the book will be- one of the
most interesting Of the time 1t tells the
story of the career of the remarkable au-
thor as lawyer, politician and soldier, and
relates the history Of the most exciting
period OF the writer's life The volume
will be not merely entertaining, but ex-
tremely valuable to that generation which
was born at the close Of the war. The
book is handsomely gotten up and is pro-
fusely Illustrated with views, portraits,
maps, etc.
THE Young EMPEROR WILLIAM II. OF GER
MANY, study in character development on
Rtr
traits. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
MIR. Frederic gives US more than a bioe-
raphy. Not only does ihe detail the life of
the young man who now stands at the head
OF the mighty German empire, taking US
through his boyhood and his school DAYS.
but he traces the formation and develop
ment OF Williams character as the pro-
sspective ruler and finally as the monarch
IL Is an interesting study, too, and
gives the reader new conception
OF the man whom destiny brought to the
throne long years before he would have
reached there in the ordinary course of
events. The popular opinion Of William II
Is that he is hot-headed, ambitious fellow.
veritable fire-brand whom it Is difficult to
restrain. Mr.. Frederic pictures him as
man OF brains, full of far sightedness and
caution, and disposed altogether to do good.
The closing words OF the author are: "At
present what can be fairly said Is that he
stands out with clearness from among Euro
pean sovereigns as living and genuine
personalities young man or imagination.
OF great activity and executive ability, TAX
ing gravely serious views Of his duties and
keenly anxious to do what
be believes to be right, and increasingly
disposed to look to wise and elevated
sources OF Judgment for suggestions as to
what Is right"
THE SOCIALISM AND UNscoc1ALIsM OF
THOMAS CARLYLE. A collection of Carlyle's
social writings; together with Joseph MAJ
zinT famous essay protesting against Car
lyle views. Numbers and of the Social
CSctehce Library. Price. 25 cents each The
humboldt Publishing company, 10 Astor
Place, New York.
Carlyle had much to say upon questions
over which we are still racking our braine |
and he said it with a VIM It is in this |
that his value to all speakers and writers |
greatly lies. He had knaok OF making |
people listen, which is exactly what we |
went. The record will show that there is |
scarcely country in which there Is 40 |
much genuine, earnest thought upon |
social questions as there is in England, and |
that the sturdy work of Thomas Carlyle |
nas been one OF the main factors in bring
ing this about. For, as the editor very
properly says, he was "the great un-
nasker." He was not what we shouId
call nowadays man of science, but he had
what is at once the characteristic of
modern scientific thought and the secret of
is success burning love of truth. a
hatred OF all shams. AS such he is ALWAYS
thoroughly wholesome tonic, however
much you may differ from him. A most
interesting essay by Mazzini on Carlyle is
,iyen as an appendix to the second volume
HINTS FOR THE MILLION. A Handy Book for
the Household. Chicago: Rand, McNallv
Co.
This little volume comes in the Globe
Library series, and is made up of collec-
ion of thousands of valuable recipes and
uggestions in medicine, hygiene, business
fairs, travelling, the laboratory, the work
hop, the home, the kitchen, the garden,
he farm, the stable, etc., together with l
Illustrated directions for carving. The
Hntents are alphabetically arranged, so
hat any recipe may be easily found.
ATLANTIC MONTHLY.
Miss Isabel F. Hapgood has translated a .
srge number of Tolstoi's books and Miss