Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-14
AUTHOR Of NOTE
VISITS THE CITY.
Or. Guy Carlton Lee, Historical
Writer and Editor
Here.
HE WILL LECTURE TONIGHT.
Believes There Is Great Feeling of
Social Unrest Throughout the Coun-
try at the Present Time.

Dr. Guy Carlton Lee, author Of 4 HIS
tory Of North America, and q number
Of other well known historical works,
Is a visitor in Salt Lake today. Dr.
Lee was formerly member OF the fac
ulty at John Hopkins and the Colum-
bid universities, but lately he has been
more active as a historical writer than
as "A teacher. At present he is ending
q season on the lecture platform prep
aratory to taking a summers rest on
the Atlantic in a yacht which he hopes
soon TO have IN commission. At the
end of his vacation he viii commence
work on matter for which his present
lecture tour has afforded him means OF
collecting data.
DR.. Lee is editor Of the Baltimore
sun, ana when seen this morning at the
Knutsford he was in the midst OF
preparing his daily article for the edl-
toral page. II see he remarked
that your committee here has chosen
my lecture on THE True Jefferson Da-
Wis" in preference to another lecture
which ] offered on THE Man of Sor-
rows" ! was greatly surprised az
the choice, because never before hae
] had that lecture on Davis selected
outside of the south To be frank with
you, it is q eulogy on Jefferson Davis.
aud ii was not many years ago when
northern people would hardly care to
hear a lecture of that kind.
ON JEFFERSON DAVIS.
How did you come to get interested
in the southern leader" was suggested
M mr. 4 ap ia1
at first he had thought Jefferson Da-
Wis was not an exceptionally great
character. This was when he was
writing a history Of the civil war. He
stated II so IN the volume, and later
when he was engaged in the work In
twenty volumes on the history Of the
North American continent he had oc-
casion to study the work Of Jefferson
more fully, and then gradually he ac-
quired a comprehension of what his
work meant, and gave him much
more important position.
II wanted to get out In America
continued DR.. Lee, and mingle with the
people OF an sections. and all kinds,
to secure data on a new work In which
| am now becoming more and more in
terested TO do this | thought the lee
ture platform presented the best fielii
and | prepared a number OF lectures |
thought would secure a hearing in the
different sections.
mn Jefferson Davis lecture has
not happened to be chosen north OF
the historic line before but | think
just now the line Is getting so dim
that even the people north of II may
be willing to learn something about
the men who fought In the country
south OF II.
SOCIAL UNREST EXISTS.
When asked what the new work
was which would take up his future
interest. Mr. Lee stated that several
years ago he had become convinced
that there was a great feeling of So
Cial unrest throughout America and
that IL was growing stronger,
"A vital question right now he
said with emphasis, rs how far reach
ing Is this spirit OF discomfort and how
dangerous is II possible for 1t 90 be-
come. Can II be cured and what are
the causes for 1t? ! have been out
among the people from one end II the
nation to the other, and | can't an
sWer the questions. That the feeling
of unrest Is there Is certain, and 1t
seems to be increasing In many Sec
tons 1t has the same cause, and in
other sections entirely different condi-
lions bring II about. The dissatiatac-
| ton. however, whatever It's cause, ia
generally prevalent but what is re-
| suits will he ! can IN no way predict.
AS study the question is inter-
| eating, and next July | shall start out
| again to continue my work along that
| line, but ] shall then start TO write and
speak definitely upon the subject \
| close study Of the mind Of the people Ia
my most important object while de-
| llvering these lectures, and lecuring
| itself Is secondary in that It Is un-
| dertaken largely to serve the other
| purpose
Or. Lee will lecture tonight in Bar
| raft hall, on the subject Of The True
! jefferson Davis" the lecture being
given in the Mutual Improvement
! course After leaving here he will re-
( turn to his home nj Baltimore, filling
| in a few dates IN route, and will then
leave for summers CURSE In his own
70-foot yacht of which he himself Is
the skipper, returning In July TO take
up his work on the causes OF the popu-
lar unrest I'm America.