The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-04
CURRENT PUBLICATIONS.

an dTllSllc Work, aDOunQlnS IN pretty
pictures and glowing descriptions of
through it the golden thread of ro-
nance and love. 1t is a better produc-
ton than the novel In Golden Shack
| less. but scarcely up to the standard
set by the same author in "A Daughter
of the King
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and
London.
w. H. Williams has written scien-
tific treatise on the Law of Life" He
takes the position that out of motion
and number all things proceed. Bal
Fac held the same opinion. Vibration,
upon which the author places particu-
lar stress, is motion modified by num-
Der. From this is built his theory. He
claims that his book furnishes nothing
less than solution of that enigma
of the ages; mastery of the motor
power by which the human machine
may be kept running and in perfect
repair as long as we please to use it.
The June Bookman contains the usual
comment on timely topics, selected
poems and original sketches of James
Payn, Thomas Sergeant Perry, one ar
ticle on the war and another on Cuba,
besides a complete review of all the
new. books and recent publications.
The July number of the Ladies'
Home Journal will be named for
President Mckinley and devoted to
booming him as a great leader and
military genius. Eastern publications
are making a special effort to lionize
leading gold overwhelmingly for the
Republicans and Fitzhugh Lee for the
Democrats, in order to be thoroughly
prepared for the next presidential cam
paign and have their readers properly
educated by that time. Lillian Bell is
now in Russia for the Home Journal
and will contribute illustrated articles
on the Car and his people.
Golfers Weekly is keeping up its rep
utation as an up to date periodical, pre-
senting a superb assortment of war
pictures and articles. Eight portraits
of Mr.. Gladstone were shown in the
last number. Then about a month ago
Mr.. Hare, of the Weekly's Photographic
staff, went, with two other journalists,
to the camp of the insurgent general
Gomez, with the first news of Ameri-
can intervention in Cuba. Mr.. Hare
wrote a description of the trip and took
scores of photographs; the first install
ment. of his narrative, with about 20
OF his pictures, have appeared. There
are camp scenes from New Orleans,
SudltdnooSd ana tampa, as we'll as
from some state camps. A good map
of the scene of naval maneuvers, fine
portraits of Admiral Cervera of the
Spanish fleet, Commodore Watson (who
fought with Farragut on the Hartford)
Captains Barker Philip, Lamberton
and Dickins of the navy, Ensign Bag
ley. who was killed on the Winslow,
Cadet Pettingill, who fired the first
shot of the war, Colonel Fred Grant,
Governor Black of New York, and pic
lures of several vessels that have
achieved distinction in one way or
other, add to the value of the number
The June number of the Century
magazine contains a paper on "The
Spanish Armada, with an introduction
by Captain Mahan; Ten Months With
the Cuban Insurgents" describing the
experiences of a major in the Cuban
army; and an article by the electrician
Of the torpedo division in the Confed-
crate navy, who laid the mine which
blew up the. first gunboat ever de-
StrOyed bV this means