Books

Books The Era acknowledges receipt of a handsome book on Soil Alkali, its origin, nature and treatment, by Franklin Stewart Harris, Ph. D., director of the experiment station and Professor of Agronomy at the Utah Agri- cultural College, with the compliments of the author. It is published in the Wiley Agricultural Series. It is an exhaustive treatise of some 258 pages, with index, on the subjects indicated by the title. It should be welcomed by western farmers who are frequently troubled as to what to do with alkali-impregnated soil. Among the subjects discussed are: Crops for alkali land, alkali water for irrigation, the origin of alkali, practical drainage, methods of reclaiming alkali lands, movement of soluable salts through the soil. etc. The book is dedicated by the author to "Dr. John A Widtsoe, pioneer investigator of arid agriculture, teacher and friend,''' and is published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.

The Great Experience is the title of a story by Julia Farr, author of J eniia Hastings. It is a story of some 224 pages, with illustrations, and is of special interest to Church members. The characters are Latter-day Saints,and the narrative depicts missionary experiences and the strug- glebetween truth and error in the world for the supremacy of the souls of men. The author is a convert to the "Mormon" faith and gives her ex-

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periences, particularly after her arrival in Utah, where she received her first welcome and her first friends in Zion. The book is printed by the Deseret News Co., Salt Lake City and is an interesting addition to cur- rent literature.

Science and the Gospel, or Joseph Smith as Scientist, by Dr. John A. Widtsoe, is the title of the Senior Manual of the Y. M. M. I. A. for the present season. A book of 160 pages full of intense interest to young men between the ages of 17 and 22, for whom it is especially designed. It is readable for everybody, and the Senior classes this year should be very interesting and attract much attention among the young people. A few copies with index will be bound with first class binding, and will be on sale separate from the manual, These books should find a place in every library in the Church. This is a revision of the first edition which was printed some years ago, with such additions as were necessary to comply with the gropress of science since the first publication. Price of manual, in paper, 50c.

Campfire Stories is the title of the Junior Manual. It includes a num- ber of interesting and well written pioneer stories on scenes and inci- dents of the plains and pioneers in the west. It will be very interesting to the boys of the Junior Class for whom it is designed, between the ages of 12 and 17. Price 25c.