Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-01
ENTERTAINING BOOK BY -
BISHOP TALBOT. .

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Bishop Etheibert Talbot, d. D.. LII.
D.. who first became bishop Of the ter-
ritory now comprising the states OF
Idaho and Wyoming 20 years ago and
who for IL years was the most ener-
getic and conspicuous divine in the
spiritual upbuiiding of the rugged.
self reliant trail blazers t1sn travers--
Ing the western sage brush deserts
and the rough defiles of the Rocky
to delve into natures
treasure vaults for riches. has writ
ten an entertaining. engaging book Of
Of those hardly days
harder men ana harder
scenes.
Bishop Talbot's MY People of the |
Plains" left the press only two months
ago and reached the readers Of cur
rent literature at a singniarly oppor--
tune time. Many Of the noted modern
writer's OF fiction have recently
chosen the West as an attractive set
ting for viriles romances. President
Roosevelt's strenuous code Of conduct,
wisely promulgated at all times and
ON an appropriate occasions, has
awakened a widespread interest in
forceful study things and places
which the West best typifies. His
.'wfnning Of the West" written not
many years ago, is now genuinely IN
vogue. Owen Wister, in Tin Nc
Lean" and 1.-The virginian." to both
Of which novels Bishop Talbot refers
in his "My People Of the Plains" has
fascinated his readers and ured them
away from the dollhouse environ
ments Of the Eastern coast romances
to breathe the exhf1arating mountain
air.
Hamlin Garland too, in his story Of
1.-THE Gray Horse Troop" takes the
reader with him upon the enchanting
wings of romance over the identical
ground Bishop Talbot travelled afoot,
in stage coaches and upon bucking
bronchos to teach the sturdy noun
taineers and winners of the West how
to reach greater heights than the
highest mountain peaks they so fear
lessly scaled. Charles F. Lummis in
his king of he Bronchos' and other
western books not only faithfully por-
trays the granduer of the visable
scenes of the west as Bishop Talbot
has done, but, like him, has probed
deep beneath the arid parched sur
face of the deserts and the adamantine
formation Of the splendid mountains
until the reader is brought into i'm
mediate contact with the mysterious
spirit Of the wondrous region of thu
wide west
To these the bishop has, through hi
worthiness as a man, strong literar!
attainment and high ecclesiastical
rank, stamped the seal Of verify ant
conviction upon the fundamental
statements upon which these famed
novelists have so delightfully."- wovel
romances of absorbing interest.
my People Of the Plains" has al
interest and attraction peculiarly it
own. 1t Is not a romance, a history
an autobiography a philosophical worl
). or a sermon, and yet it is a happy cor
!, mingling of them all. 1t is bright
!. interesting, instructive and breezy a
the untainted winds and the tumblin
: musical streams of the REGION of whic
:, the author writes. 1t is not cut an
dried and coldly presented but is lik
!. something that just happened, an
- you are glad it did :
The book is not, and it is not ir
tended as, portrayal of the west
today. which has "smothed it's wrinl
led 'front.' with the rapid onwal
s. march and civilizing influences of Il
times. but it is faithful picture
the times and surroundings of whie
the author writes.
!, Bishop Talbot won a lasting pla,
in the hearts and affections Of Il
diocese over which he so valiant
and successfully labored during Il
formation period Of these new state
), and his numberless friends and a,
mirers in Idaho will read with plea
ure and profit my People of Il
Plains" and rejoice that he has a.
ded literary honors to his conspicuo
ecclesiastical achievements. - Boi