The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-25

the translation Of tho hohertU,i,r, 1,i", smh.
moirs. which continue 10 pc III" ,n,arcst In
Gorn,anv win he published In this county
in the Brst week Of December
,roriii .nIIe 10 Maj' John *. powell the pioneer
,,rnInrer Of ih, Grand Canyon. 10 he placed
On the rim nt the head OF Bright anger lTn,I m
az II Tovar. says Lilinn Mh'tng In. " ~;
new book The Land of bncnanIinsn..
Little Brown. md Company. bostoh.o
This most fting plan TO honor tne 1h.Sc m,
Of thc great scientist anG eNPiotrl ;.,;,,
roseurch contributed the mrs. au,no,.inS a',,nn. ~
knowledge OF tho canyon is tho tnoug"'
The American Scenic association, whicn WI
pctstioa Congress TO grant III" reqhlAiUp w.
5ropriation. No monument % humnn grch'
ness could he more ideally placed 'haH tn',
TO pcrpctually repeat 10 every fiStor anu anu
soiourncr the name of the explorer VINO sue
ccssfuly achieved the most starting o,in da
heroic journey in nli mstory-,hn' cs .u"us
through the complete e1ten' OF '"o "'@A-
Canyon.
The Harpe7s arc This week issuing new
editions OF The Awakening OF hcig,@ ...Ti,@
snoIisrs' ard beyond III" ROCKS. 20
meet tho continued demand for these favor
ties
Howard Chandler Christy's American
Girl which MofIat Yard & Co are just
publishing happily Expresses in words. as
bis pictures do in line end in color MS
own personal view Of his fascinating Suclr"'.
Tho book is unique in this double expires
sion OF the artists point of view and ihe
,aoder rill he interested n hnd remark
,bIs similarity Of spirit aud style IN his
two otherwise widely differing forms oi
self. experience
Cen. A " Greely Of the United States
army predicted that rhe revised enlarged
edition OF his Handbook Of Polar Discn7
.res' would hardly he off the press before
Peary would be heard from. Gen. Greeiy
was right His authoritative resume cl
Arctic and Antarctic explorations from me
earliest 7oyagos down TO and lneindinS me
scarcely beer published hy Little, Rrown &
Co Boston when the newspapers heroided
Tho news NJ Pearvs lntcSt polar qnes'.
Ths twelve maps and the bibhosrnphy IN
Gen GracIy's handbook are oi great Salne
to those interested in the subject
An nrticlo OF unique interest in the cur
rent number Of the North American Revlew
is that James Wilson wh" hgareI 90 IN
por;antly in the early dnys Of tho Republic.
bnt whose cercar has been Singularly over
looked until lately. when President Koose
vclt and others have discovered that n" was
not only one of the rlost influential Revolr-
tonary patriots bur that he became later 50
wise an expounder Of tho Constitution that
n; this lntc day his interpretations arc com
ing to be generally adopted
That ,he subject of Lincoln and Gettys-
burg should havo inspired two volumes IN
one season is uncommon coincidence In
publ sbing. Messrs. Putnam have aust
brought out Gettysburg and Lincoln. by
Henri s. Burrage, D. D., and Messrs. A. G.
McClurg g. Co. published somewhat earlier
"Lincoln and Gettysburg by Clark +.
Carr. The two books nrc entirely different.
however Mai Burrase, himself war vet-
ornn, brings together in his volume, which
is illustrated and equipped with tactical
maps tho record OF the battle. the park. the
cemetery and the Lincoln address. Col.
Carr's book is study of the speeches by
the President and by Edward Everett and
analyzes. from his standpoint as an eye.vit-
ness, their comparative power and erect.
cmarkahlc insight is shown in this most
interesting essay.