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Show 105 that wholesome lite ,ute attraetd.Ye. Some cb.!"ac:rter stutU.e$ a.nd any master.ly sayin8$ ot Presi4ant YOt!U'.lg are ,"s.d h.re!n to \)e::oome valuable helps in totming the eharaetes of' trhe ,youth t tHaT_ ib'trorie$l incidents are clua'tel"t4 a'bout the $entrl figure, Joim stevens 61 bi, •. Be is ··1oua, _n trame, tew 'WOMS, a11d stiring deeds •••• The histories of ,- lfJYable girls ar$ in\rie·ate.ly linked with his,These girl ,friends, Diantha Wintrhrop and Ellen Tyler, are strongl,. eon Eli$position. Through h$h!p, re butf, misu.nttlerstanding and t:rs.gedy th$ flame ot J.h1'1 it.vens t lwe bums bdCht ant st.eady. Invinei'ble in war and ippMe1 he trlum)hs at 1&st in love.46 tra$ted in beaDty and • .. • , r$vi_ by Osborne J Ii P. Wid\soe· mlUJ;t be ftlu)'hd ..1;. a. a eympatheUc it is &.' atud.y of :(obn gener$l, lAtngth but it affords eDellent II It is epilogue S'(tyel'UJ. COtU:'t'$hipt 'or many YMrs past it has been my ¢ustom to sp$lAk of the '$ss1bU1Ues of a. home l1ttratu're tor the Homen p.ople. 'Qr t"h.re are sueh po,$sibUltbfh 'the: time will €hJrta1nly • eo... when ""Mormonism" will prod.uce a g:._' literature. • • ,. • • Antengst the ., • • III.any sto;r1'es and books founded upon Mormon life pd. kiatoey, the one that s\.ntls oui ,'rs-esdnently as the lrJest yet produced 'by any hom.e wri tar is tUldoubtedly flJohn Stevens' •• Court-ship," bY' .Stu';$ Young G.:'e$. There is In ttntum.ally go04 plot,. The lives and loves of l)i&rltha, .and. John Stevens, and l1len, and 80yle and the epta1n &;-8 all narrated and: dcescl'ibeci and. Qontrasted the one it $ets IQrth al$() & 14th tbe other with surprising skill , .' moral les$on that Ian never be forg<:ttten by the bey or gid who • .And the great l.imu ef the 'bock Ii .' rea4$ i\. is really werth,. to b$ d.ssed among th$ great climaxes of literature. 1 eert,ainl;y (-0 not wish t. b$ supelr"l.:tiv$ in 1IiY praise,. • A beok is not to b. jud.ged entirely by But let us remember. its style, nor b7 its grammatieal or rhetor1eal corr$ctne$s, nor • • • • , • • • • • .. .. • If' judged too thea$ standards t.he work of even the great novelists will ottM fall to the UOund.. But thb is 't/hat make$ "John SteV'$1'1$ t (ia'Ur'tship" r$ally tbe best or our home produc'Uons) and mo:raover a b()Ok worthy of extensive circulation outside of G'tlr the book gives lasting pleas\U'$ to a large own community c 1llmwer'; it eontains pltf ,of tru\b, of bMuty, and of a.ctive even by the, ,erteetlon of its plot dw$lcpment. etrictlr by to |
