The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-04

Z Heroes Of California The Story of the
r.l, founders Of the Golden State as Mar
| .iames. Published by Litiie, Brown,
"nd Company, Boston
Tho author Of this work is well
known TO the public. and is very
/ fTontiy admired from his former
works, Through Ramona S Country, -
'mhc Old Missions Of California;
ihe Wonders of the Colorado Des
crt, and i'm and Around the Grand
Canyon" He gives as tho motto or
kernel of bis idea in the book, the
sentiment, FAs one candle Iighleth
another and diminishcth rot in hamc
SO pobleness enkindleth unbIencss. .
Ine dedication is "To those heroic
men and women of San Francisco who
after the earthquake and fire Of 1906
ms they 2azed upon their dcvnst ted
homes and business houses. then and
there began to plan for their improved
restoration, which now. 1910, is more
than accomplished -; this y" "As a sin.
ccrc expression of appreciation and ad-
| lnliratiou.'
In his introduction the author speaks
Iot the thrill which strikes tho mind
"a the recital Of brave and heroic
| thrilled by the narration of the great
| things dono by the early settlers of
| California. Wherever possible, the
SUBJECTS OF these narrations have boon
allowed TO tell the stories herein i'm
their own words. Wherever this was
not possible, the best information al.
talnabie was used, and for tho most
part used to excellent purpose; be-
canso Mr.. James knows that region
well, and he has absorbed the condi,
tons, the atmosphere, and u close
touch with the personalities of the men
whose character he depicts in admir-
able form. Tho book has fortv-threo
chapters, and it takes four pages to
name the illustrations in it.
The early explorers, Alarcon. Mel,
Gh'er Diaz; Junipcro Sierra, Captain
do ANA, Padre Sarria, arc all we'll
recognized, each having a chapter.
james o. Pattie, .Jedediab Smith, John
B'dwell, Charles 4. Stanton, Virginia
Rcod ("thc midnight heroine of tho
plain ~, Manly and Rogers, the un-
known heroes of Death Valley; Car
son and Beale, Sailor Heroes, James
!. Beckwourth, the Pony Express and
Overland Stage men; William Taylor,
William, Thomas Starr King, Thomas
Capen Adams, Snow-Shoe Thompson
1iarcnce King and Richard Cotter.
Theodore ID. Judah. Huntington, Stan,
ford, Crocker and Hopkins. builders of
the Central PaacigGc railroad; Stephen
j.. Field, James Lick, Adolpb Sutro.
Johu Wesley North, J. ". Powell
Andrew Smith HalIidie, John Gill
Lcmmon and Sara PIummer Lemmon.
John Muir, Helen Hunt Jackson. Hubert
Howe Bancroft. Luther Burbank,
henry George, Thaddeus s. C. Lowe !:
Lockwood and Chaffey (the reclama
tlon heroes OF tho Colorado desert1 :.
Edwin Markham, Stephen M. White,
William Ellsworth Smythe. and the ad,
dress of Judge David Belden Gu .sThe
Pioneer Heroes of California - There
is an extensive photography aud A
good working index The book is
worthy of high praise, but in one or
Two. matters the author has overdone.
as IN giving undue praise to Smytbe
and rating Edwin Markham much
above his deserts.
IL is good to find books like this
w1ttcu' and printed. They give con.
nccted stories of great things done and
OF great characters, while vet the ma
terlal exists from which the writjno
can be made, and Mr., James is TO be
thoroughly congratulated upon the bril-
l1ant work he has done in this and in
bis former books.