Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-12-14
Literary NOtic -.

! BY Elias Colbert and Everett ChamberIin
This work will be complete in one volumn of
about five hundred pages; embcllishcd and
illustrated with about thirty cngravngs in
Chaplin Il Gulick's inimitable style. Mr.
Chapin was stopping at the sherman House
| the night OF the lilc, and was hence an eve
| witness of the great coaagration, and he used
buttons to lIarper'S Weekly. His views OF
| the "Conlagraton from the Prairie :" of the
"R,ish across Randolph Street Bridge" and
| his graphic pen picture, published in the i!rst
| number of llarpcr's after the fire, bcspeai:
! both the artist and the author.
| The present volume is intended to supply
| the widespread popular desire to obtain full
and accurate information in permanent form,
about Chicago in her prosperity and alliction.
| IL contains concise resume of her previous
history Il statcmnnt of her condition Just
| before the fire a graphic account of the great
conilagratlon a carefuIly-reyised summary
OF losses of life and property; a description
of the aspect of the city after the sad event :;
! a history of the cxcr,ions made to al the
sufferers with review OF he subsequent
| efforts made to rebuild the city mid the shes
of its former greatness. The work is not a
| cheap catch-pcnny ailair, but well digested
| mature production, condensed in part from
Mr.. Coiberts carefully prepared and wei
written history OF Chicago, published three
years ago in part from notes and observations
made ut the time of the conhagration, and
partly from the most reliable data attainn bic
during the calm of the succeeding weeks data
collected with that rare intelligence, fidelity.
and care, which educated and experienced
city journalists know best how to exercise.
In fact the publishers were peculiarly iortu-
nate in securing the very best men for writing
the work the country could afford,
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FEyr FgoZgy. AIR. Schoopendicker,