Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-17

| painstakinr care of preparation They
! are the work Of one OF the commanding
figures Of the United States senate.
| ana one of the very close friends OF
| president Roosevelt The book may be
| ii,tingly described as "A voice from
now a reading of it is II tonic of
relationship.
The dominant characterictis of the
! volume is It's militant Americanism.
The American spirit is brcathed on
| every page. Few men are better
! equipped to expound this national trait
| than Nh. Beveridge. He took his course
in the preparatory school of adversely.
He started at the bottom of the ladder,
without money, influence or acquaint-
! ances, and climbed tupsat an astonish-,
| sEg speed, He was plow-boy at II, log
|, ger at Ia. plainsmsm, 20. Still later
|, he took up q college course; paid his
way through by selling books out OF
hours; and when he was graduated his
health WIS broken, and he sought res
troation as a. cowboy on the plains
f. There is q discriminating Introduce
ton TO the book by Or. Allen Shaw,
editor Of the American Monthly Review
Of Reviews. In his other published
books and writings Mr.. Beveridge has
shown his literary gifts to be of not
commonplace order. This book OF
speeches shows his power and force as
an orator and lawmaker, and they
show, too, that The secret of his sue
cess Is hard work and sound qualities
of heart and head, The price is $3.50
net and the publishers the The Bobbs-
Merrill company, Indianapolis.
Norman Duncan is Il writer whose
work has been strengthened, its grip,
~ way not now TO be shaken off
The barren land Of Labrador. the black
ness Of rocks. the heave OF the ship.
the dun passion IN a stern breast, and
the irrepressible tide OF tenderness that
shakes rough men-he knows them
We'll Emphatlcally is this true of the
new volume of stories by MI. Duncan.
which has just been published called
Every Man For Himself All OF them
l#afe eloquent with passion, all of them
are intensely romantic Now and again.
is lelt the touch of a mans rare UNI
Iderstanding of children. here and there
| IS certain magnificent religious con-
Niction such as primitive men have al
ways confessed to. ana on each page
IS the seal of some emotion as old as
the human heart Mr.. Duncan has had
an aDpreciative public for his stories
and sketches in! Huper's Magazine.
He is likewise happily recalled as the
| author Of The Cruise of the Shining
Light and DE-. Luke of the Labrador
He Is likely to be even better remem-
hered by Every Man for Himself. (Ncw
fork; Harper d Brothers)
Uncle SAINTS Business. Told for
Young Americans. a new book by Fl.
Crittenden Marriott, Of the Gnited
States geological survey. is bound to
wake young minds to a consciousness
of what the government has to do and
Is doing in the service of the people.
This does not mean merely political
services, but such activities as mall
business and bank business. draining
OF land, tests Of pure food and poor
water, and scores of other devices for
their comfort, convenience and well
fare. The author has arranged his
charters 10 show, first. "uncles sam as
a Ruler awmaier. Judge. ambassa-
dor soldier, sailor. immigrant. and the
like: next as Captain of Industry,
when the question is OF building war
ships or selling public lands or distrlb-e
uting money: and again as Public.
Servant" when Uncle sam is farmer
OF chemist, or forester, or weather man
as the ease may be. The style of the
narrative is clear and simple. WITT,
all the energy ana enthusiasm which
alone can hold the attention of the
yeung. Such u book is a genuine boon
for young peope-and for their elders
too. who are 50 otter called upon to
| give more information on these sub
! 1eetS than they can readily command.
! (New York; Harper & Brothers.)