Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-29
BOOK NEWS

The Shadow of a Great Rock" by
William r. Lighton, is a tale of a
journey overland along the Great Salt
Lake trail in the middle sos, from
Council Bluffs. He is young eastern
er bound to the coast for a fortune;
she is girl trying to reach California.
They journey together and he is the
great rock" in whose shadow she finds
rest for life in "a weary land" There
are other characters and the whole
makes a good story of the times.
The Shadow of Great Rock. By
William r. Lighton. New York: G. P.
Putnams Sons.
In 'Tle British City, Frederick c.
Howe carries out his series of studies
begun in volume on American cities
Mr.. Howe takes rather a pessimistic
view of American political institutions
but is more pleased with the status III
England. He thinks the British city
free from corruption-a statement open
to doubt in the light of recent revela-
tions-and it's organization simple, di-
rect and democratic. He likes it be-
cause suffrage is limited to taxpayers
thus there is no boss, no machine, nc
spoils system" He forgets the rotten
boroughs. Great Britain has achieved
what we in America have long prayed
for" he declares. This seems, in his
mind, to be government of mass by
class The whole book is interesting
If not wholly in accord with accepted
conservative ideas.
The British City. By Frederick c.
Howe. New York: Scribner & Co.
in the Trilogy of Rome, by Antonio
Fogazzaro, the first Of the romances is
an impasSioned story of lovers strug-
plincr tn o-r-inrS Of nj or
cratic prejudice that oppose their mar
riage. 1t is also a story of patriotism
of the freeing of Italy from the Aus
trian yoke. In THE Sinner" the sec
ond book of this Trilogy, just issued
one reads the dramatic story of PierC
Maironi, the son of the hero of 1.-The
Patriot" and OF his love for the beau
tiful Jeanne Dessalle-a story that pre-
sents a vivid picture of the Italian
world of rank and fashion, and involves
too, a stuly of political and ecclesias-
tical life. In 1.-The Saint" the conclud-
| ing novel in the series, the hero of "The
Sinner" and the lover of Jeanne Des-
sale appears as penitent full of re-
ligious zeal that finds a double outlet
in asceticism and works of mercy ano
in an attempt to reform the Church OF
Rome from within.
The Sinner BY Antonio Fogazzaro
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
In "Herrick's Textbook in Genera
Zoology" by Glenn w. Herrick, B. S
A, each branch of the animal king
dom is introduced by familiar and ac-
cessible type. The discussion of this
type expresses IN an organized form
the details of the work already sup
posed to have been done in the labora-
tory and field and brings out the char.
acteristics of the branch of which the
type is an example. After the various
forms of the branch have been studied
their characteristics are summed up
their adaptations to environment anc
their economic significance are dis
cussed, and lastly, a clear, concise clas-
sification of the group is given.
Herrick's Text Book in General 70
ology. BY Glenn w. Herrick. New
York: American Book company.
Carpenters Industrial Reader" by
Frank G. Carpenter, is the first of q
new series of supplementary readers
written by the author of the geograph'
ical readers. The book will give chill
dren a knowledge of the production ant
! preparations of foods and show how