The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-11
FULL RECORD OF THE YEAR.

Tho New International Year Book: Compen-
dunn of the Worlds Progress for the Tear 1917.
Editor Allen Leon Churchill. Published by
Dodd Mend and Company. Now York.
This fine large volume is the fifth In
the Issue OF this series by the New York
firm named: and every volume Is
marked Improvement over the one before.
The editor expressly invites criticism
upon each volume as it comes out, and ne
would rather have helpful hints or intel
ligent fault-findlng that mere approval
Mr.. Colby explains that The New In
ternationa Year Book" differs in scope
from other annual publications II Is In
tended 10 be an encyclopedia Of the year
II therefore includes departments which
are not to be found IN any other single
annual volume. 1t Is enabled to do so
exclusion OF information not pertaining
TO the year or not derived from the
latest sources available. Among the de-
partments that are either not TO be found
or are less fully treated in other annual
publications. are Biography, Agriculture,
Political History. Societies. and Religious
far more fully treated than in any of the
British annualS- At the same time, oW-
ing to It's international scope, 1t neces-
sarily devotes more attention TO foreign
affairs than do the other American pup
lications, The plan OF the work requires
that the text shall be new each year,
and no part of 1t carried forward and
merely revised. There has been q slight
deviation from this rule in the present
volume In that the paragraphs on Manu-
factures in a few of the articles on the
States In the 1911 volume have been in
part repeated in order to admit Of COM
parison with the statistics OF manufac-
tures for the other States which are now
for the first time included in this volume.
These claims made for this work are
fully borne out in the production of the
volume. There is an especially full treat
ment Of aeronautlcs in this volume, and
OF the new agriculture. There IS l much
events In China for the year are fully
set forth. The title Exploration" is full
of interesting detail. the most sensational
Antarctic explorations. There is an es.-,
pecially good article on geology, with Iull
recognition of the importance OF the dis-
coyeTy Of the Sussex Man heera.u5s anS
there is summary of the troubles in
Mexico that Is full of interest The naval
strength OF the different nations Is fully
Stockholm, Sweden, last summer are well
described. The operations on the Pan
anna canal during the year are. given In
much detail with many illustrations.
The Presidential campaign OF last year,
marking new complexity In American
political history. required and received
unusually full treatment, nearly htty
pains to insure comprehensiveness and
impartiality. Among other subjects which
required special attention are the IL
tanic disaster and the question OF Safety
at Sea. The Balkan war is treated under
the title Turkey and the Balkan Peo-
pies" Railway Accidents, Electoral Re
form, Minimum Wage, Workingmen's $
Compensation, Syndicalism. Surgery.
Synthetic Rubber, Aqueducts. City Plan
Ming, the Parcel Post. with the marking
OF zones, and an appreciative biography
with full page portrait of President
Wilson, are found The article on the
United States occupies thirty-nlne pages.
and includes pictures OF Senators Henry
Cabot Lodge James A. O'Gorman.
Thomas p. Gore and ], B. Cummins, and
portraits of four members Of the House
of Representatives prominent In 1917.
viz, John J. Fitzgerald OF New YORK,
Arsene p, Pujo of Louisiana, William Sui
ger OF New York. and A P. Gardner Of
Massachusetts,.
The general contents of the work are
satisfactory IN every respect and the IL
lustrations are very many and very fine,