The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22
SPLENDID WORK IN AFRICA.

THE Last Frontier: The White Mans VA
for Civilization in Africa. BY 70. Alex
andcr Powell, i. i, 9. =. late OF IN
, Published by Charles Scrlbncr's Sons
New York.
This is fine large volume, which
treats of actual Journeys and opscrNa
lions by the author in Africa. He rs
fdull of enthusiasm for tho work Of The
white man done in Africa, aud is pro
nounced IN the opinion That Afrlca II
1.-The last frontier This, however,
tneglects South America, which viii
patcr offer another ''frontier' for
1.-The energy of white men in opening up
'IniniDg, agricultural, stock raising, ana
other industries.
Mr.. Powell explains fairly aud graph
,icaIly the situation in the following
paragraphs: 1.-The conditions which en-
iist in Africa today closely parallel
those which were to be found. within
the memory of many OF us, beyond the
Mississippi. In North Africa the
French are pushing their railways
across the desert In the face of Arao
opposition, Just as we pushed onr rail-
ways across the desert i'll the face OF
Indian opposition forty years ago. As
su EI Dorado the Trausvaal mas taken
the place held by Australia, and Cali
'4oruiu, aud the Yukon in their turn.
The grazing lands of Morocco and the
grain lands of Rhodesia viii prove Tor
midnble rivals TO those OF our own
West in much nearer future than most
'of us oppose French and British well.
drillers are giving modern versions OF
the miracle of Moses in the Sahara
aud the Sudan. and converting deserts
into rich domains thereby.
''Thc story of the conquest ot n con-
tiuent by these men with levels and
trausts, drills and dynamite, plouShs
aud spades, forms a chronicle OF cour
age, daring resource, and tcuarity uu-
surpassed in history. They are no
idlers, these pioneers of the desert. the
jungle, and the veldt; they live with
danger and hardship for their daily
mates: they die with their boots on
from spakc-hitc or sleeping sickness or
Somali spear: and remember. please.
they are making new markets and new
Fairgrounds for YOU and me. Morocco,
Algeria, Tripolitania, Eqnatoria, Rho
dcsia, the Sahara, che Sudan. the Con
go, the Rand, aud the 1ambesi
with Your permission ] will take YOU |
10 them all, and you shall sec. rs
though with your own eyes. those
strange and far-off places which mark |
the line of the Last Frontier, whore !
Tie white -bclmeted pioneers are fight |
ing the battles and solving the prob |
lens of civilization.'
The descriptions arc carried in
eleven chapters; 'Thc Third Empire
being q fine description Of the French
acquisitions and government IN Africa.
Then there is Il description of Morocco
under the title 1.-The Passing OF the
peacoclz's Tail - In ''Sirens of the
Sands We have the authors account
of "A visit to the Ouled-Nail country
ard a description of the woman-liic in
that region, unique and most interest
ing. Then we get an account of what
italy is doing in Africa under the
chapter title ''Thc Italian White
NJ IN s Burden - The chapter entitled
The Land of Before and After tells
al the great work the British are do
ing in Egypt. There is n chapter on
progress in Zapzibar, and then the
chapter. f<The Spiked Helmet i'll At
rica - tells Of the German effort in the
kaser s colonies in that country. "All
aboard for Cape Town' is a lively
chapter of the extreme southern Al
rican state The other chapters are:
The Last Stand of the Pioneer, -
The Country of Big Things and
= The Forgotten Islcs.'' the latter the
Seychelles, off the coast Of West Af-
r"a
II is fine large book, illustrated
with forty.cight full page pictures and
having a color map Of Africa The pub
fishers have done full Justice to the
author S excellent variations.