The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15
A GREAT YEAR BOOK.

The New international Year Book;
Compendium of the Worlds Prosress
for the year 1903. Edited by FRANK
More Colby: NJ Al with Moitdr Allen I;eGn Penl
lished by Dodd, Mead and Company
New York
This Year Book for 1909 like its two
predecessors. the volumes for 1907 and
1908, is designed TO serve as an en-
cyclopaedia Of the year, placing on
record so far as possible within the
limits of single volume, the Leading
features Of the year S activities IN
every field SO says the preface; and
anv one who examines the work must
necessarily agree that the design has
been better carried out this time than
ever before. 1t is q general, genuine,
and a trustworthy work of reference as
10 all matters Of chief concern that oc-
Cured during the past year.
In examining the book we turn
naturally to the title Aeronautics,
and here we are given all the Leading
events of the year IN flights Of biplanes,
especially as to the latter, including
Count Zeppelin s flights. Alaska comes
in for full treatment, and there is
very fine colored map of that territory
Archaeology, architecture, astronomy
Argentine, all are treated with 5ulis
Battleshins" we have n full page
illustration of the battleship North Da'
kota, and tables giving particulars as
to Dreadnoughts constructed by the
different nations. And so through the
alphabet.
There is n fullness of treatment,
wealth of illustration. and accuracy OF
text that must be In every way ad-
mired. Tho article on ''Drama' has an
illustration of the new theater 10 New
York, and pictures of Clyde, f1tcn;
Helena Modieska, Benoit Constant
Coouelin. and Heinrich Conried. There
is a good illustrated account of the
Alaska, Yukon Pacific Exposition, and
list of gifts and bequests OF the year,
covering ten pages. The different ma
tions of the world are treated on a large
scale. A good many pages are devoted
TO India, with resume OF disturbances
IN that great dependency during the
nection a fine colored map of India.
The death list of the year is very full
and complete. and pictures are gwen or
the leading notables who died, as
George Meredith, Simon Newcomb,
Governor Johnson, Justice Peckham,
and others.
The treatment of the Nicaraguan
question is full and exact, and portraits
are given of Jose Santos Zelaya and
Dr. Jose Madriz.
Naturally the explorations in the
Arctic are given In good deal OF full
ness. and there is a colored map show
ing the route taken by Peary in his
map of the Antarctic regions is given,
with a tracing of Lieutenant Shackle-
ton S great dash for the south pole.
Much attention is paid 10 railroads,
and a fine full-page illustration is given
of the New York terminal of the
Pennsylvania railroad.
There is an excellent map also OF
South Africa, with history TO date, and
prcsen; conditions.
4 full history of the tariff legislation
of last year is given, and also in the
same connection the struggle for pro-
lection in England
The great upheaval in Turkey which
put the Young Turks, the progressive
party, in control of the empire, is fully
treated. and there is fine colored map
of the Turkish Empire.
There is full page picture of Presi-
dent Taft and his cabinet, and a page
devoted TO pictures OF Justice Peckham,
VINO died during the year, and Justice
Horace Lurtop. appointed in his place.
traits of four prominent U. S. Senators,
including Root. Aldrich, Money. and
Hale; another page to portraits. of
prominent Representatives, including
Speaker Cannon, Champ Clark, James
~ Tawnev, and Serene Payne. Numer
GUS pages devoted to the United
States, and pages for each of the States,
are filed with interesting material,
and there is fine picture of the office
building of the United States Senate.
Y page is devoted to portraits of four
university or college presidents, includ
ing Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Of
Harvard University; Marion lie Roy
Barton, of Smith College: Ernest Fox
Nichols. of Dartmouth College, and Will
lam Arnold Shanklin, OF Wesleyan
University.
Altogether the book is one of up-
cyampled richness in material, which is
treated with fullness, accuracy, and
up-to-date alertness worthy of all com
mendatioD.
STRENUOSITY IN LOVE,