The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-02
NEW BOOKS.

NEW BOOKS.
The Herald is in receipt of Professor (
Marcus i. Jones' Utah supplement TO !
the Tarr s. McMurray series of /
Biographies. IT is the most valuable |
publication of its class that has come |
10 the notice Of the reviewer 1erse |
in style, admirable in arrangement and |
complete in its data. il is more than
text book in the interest il attracts
and in the range Of in 3rmation it COM
Veys. The geography OF Utah. its geo. ]
logy physical features climate, life
zones, system OF government, educa-
tional system-all these general sub
1ccts are treated in most interesting
way retaining the instructive value Of
the matter and at the same time af-
tording an entertaining story OF the
states structure and history. The
maps are novelty in that they are
the authors own revision. new in every
particular and accurate in detail. An
instance Of their up-tO-dateness is /
shown in the disappearance Of san
Juan county. which was wiped out by
the last legislature. All the new branch
lines Of railroad are shown, including
the bennington cut-oh, now in course
of construction. and in the detailed
map of the chief agricultural sections,
every town. canal and wagon road is
given, and the mountains are sketched
IN with mathematical accuracy. A
feature Of great value TO the schools
is an italic summary at the close OF
every important section, reviewing the
most important facts set forth in that
section. The chapter which covers the
origin Of minerals and describes
smelling and mining processes is OF
special interest and is so simply writ
ten as to be easily comprehensive by
the laymen, whether he is a mining
man or not. The appendix gives all
the latest data concerning population,
products. mineral output. etc, and is
OF itself a noteworthy example Of con-
else cOmprehensiveness. All in all, the
book is not only high-class text book.
but an Invaluable reference work. (The
Macmillan company, publishers; Mar
Gus Z. Jones, NJ. A, author)
The American Newspaper Directory
for 1902 is just from the press and is
/ by far the most exhaustive and salts
factory compilation of the class ever
issued. IL contains LA pages. cover
/ ing the name, place Of publication, cir
culatiOn and class of every publication
in the United States, Canada, cuba and
Porto Rico. The magnitude of the com
pilation may be judged by the figures
it gives. In the United States alone
/ there are 20,l56 regular publications.
Cuba has thirty-eight. Canada. $685.
Each of these is accorded space for the
title, town, population, geographical To-
cation and descriptive classification,
! with publishers name and address.
The book shows just what publicatio
give exact figures as to circulation. and
notes those which do not furnish the
data required for an exact rating.
Practically. everything OF interest con-
! corning the publishing business of the
/ country as affecting a publications
standing is shown. The accuracy Of
the Directory has so long been estab-
lished that it is known as the best au-
| thOrity extant The Directory is in
| valuable, and covers the whole field so
cOmprehensively and carefully that il
| is practically without a competitor in
I its line. (The American Newspaper
/ Directory for 1902; George P. Rowell
& Co, New York. publishers. Price. So
The publishing house Of Kinds &
Noble, New York. has placed in the
| field a volume called Songs of the
| Western Colleges" which is exactly
what its title indicates and which will
Volumes and volumes have come
] from the press on the songs Of the big
eastern colleges, but these many years
/ the western colleges have been singing
1 their songs unnOuced. Notwithstanding
| that they possess many Of the gems
/ Of all this class Of music literature.
! The compilers have succeeded I'm Sc
curing all OF these songs and have
placed them in a book which will not
only reveal these native western songs
TO the east, but give TO the western
colleges, from Chicago to Stanford
what they have heretofore lacked, a
book containing the songs familiar to
their alumni, as we'll as the under
| graduates. Many old favorites which
/ are not, technically. Of the college, but
which have been linked by tradition
| with serenading parties, good fellows,
varsity chaps have been included,
making a thoroughly attractive volume
and one that is a credit to any collec- |
! ton Of music.
To the average consumer Of ephemer-
al writings il would seem that George
AIDES production would supply all the
wants of those partial to very poor
subjects grandly dressed in the slang
Of the day. That there can be nothing
/ enduring in such work, even where the
matter itself is of lasting moment, !
must be apparent, because it is appar-
/ eled ia a costume which changes early
/ and which 1--WE may rejoice in the as
| surance) will never return. That DorO-
/ thy Dix should undertake to rival the
unrivaled AIDE may be a credit to her
ambition. but it in no wise compli-
ments her judgment. and may give rise
J to doubtings whether she has really
deserved the reputation formerly en-
4 joyed as a result of her writings. In
/ Fables Of the Elite" she discusses a
I remarkable number of topics similar
+ TO each other vastly poorer than those
! of George AIDE. and also handles them
/ in a way a deal poorer. Her fables are
/ chiefly remarkable for the repetition OF
7 slang phrases and words Of infrequent
use which jar ones nerves even as
some Of Opper's cartoons Jar" 1t
/ must eventually follow that in writing
so much there are some good sentences
/ and some fables that are not so
worse" as the balance; but the fearful
drOuth one must endure for the few
/ drops Of genuine moisture Wearies one
nigh unto death, and makes the quest
for anything worth the pursuit dis
/ heartening indeed. Yet there may be
those who will like the little volume
delight in AIDE. Taste in writings is
about as uncertain as the direction of
the winds. and for those who like that
sort Of thing, Fables Of the Elite" is
the sort Of thing they like.