The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-08
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MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY
The April number of the Magazine of
American History CA. S. Barnes & Co,
New York and Chcago) now ready for de-
livery, opens with an article from the pen
of Colonel Ward, on the continental Con-
gress before the Declaration of 1ndepend-
ence," in part drawn from the private pa
pers of his ancestor, Samuel Ward, Cover
nor of Rhode Island and Member of the
| Congress This is a purely historical decu-
ment and supplies important detail for the
Use of students of a period the data for
| which are extremely sparse. The biograph-
ical sketch is of the celebrated Colonel
Peter Force, the American annalist Gather
of Judge M F. Force, of this city,, whose
| monumental work, a manuscript collection
of the American Archives, is now the prop
erty of the United States. The patience
and industry of Colonel Force are graph
ically told by the veteran historian, Prot
| George w. Greene, of Rhode Island.
| The heart of the illustrator will be glad
dened by the portrait of Colonel Force, now
| first engraved The original document this
month is an account of a visit of the No
hawks to Fort Penobscot in 1862 printed
from unpublished manuscript at Albany
amusing in its quaintness Of thought and
language. For reprint, the editor sup
plies La Salles account of the American
Indians, translated for the Magazine from
Margry's recent publication of documents
on the early settlements of the French in
the West and South of North America, not
yet given to the public.
| Particular attention is now invited to
the Notes and Queries department, which
is developing rapidly and increasing in en-
| tertanment to the general reader as well as
| value to the student whose questions and
doubts are now answered and solved. We
| find the usual literary notices, which are al
ways treated with care and judgment
| GAsoLoGY,
a satire by John Donkey, Philadelphia, is
| Just published. 1t has some rare bits of
humor. The book contains good likeness
of the author, and is dedicated Ito his nu-
merous progeny throughout this great Yam
kee Nation"
WESTERN wILDs.
and the Men Who Redeem Them" by j. H.
Beadle we'll known as newspaper CORE
spondent of great ability and excellent rep
utation, is just published, and is book of
great information and thrilling interest.
| 1t is an authentic narrative, embracing an
account of seven years travel and advcn-
ture in the far West, wild life in Arizona,
perils of the Plains, life in the canon and
i death on the desert; thrilling scenes and
romantic incidents in the lives OF
Western pioneers, adventures among
the red and white savages of the
West; a full account of the Mountain
Meadow Massacre; the Custer defeat; life
and death of Brigham Young, etc. Mr.
Beadle was an actor in and an eye witness
to what he portrays with such beauty and
force and has in that respect greatly the ad
vantage of most others who have attempted
! such task. 1t is rarely that so brilliant {
writer is also the immediate observer of SC
much of real interest to the public. The
book is published by Jones Brothers & Co.
publishers, Cincinnati, Chicago, Philadel
= phia and Memphis, and is issued in the ar
= tistic style for which this house is famous
Price $3 and 50 so, according to binding
s Messrs Jones Brothers & Co. offer liberia
e terms to agents, and the book is one tina
will sell in every community.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
The school-book question is one of grea
u u interest, and anything that tends to a solu
ton of the difficult problems in connection
: with it will be hailed with delight Of til
/ great number of books issued few com
r near meeting the purpose for which the
are intended, and nearly all entail too grel
n an expense on parents. Messrs. Jone
Brothers & Co., of Cincinnati, Chicago, Phil
y adelphia and Memphis, are issuing serie
l. of school books which seem to us to bette
combine all the requisites of such publica
> tions than any that have heretofore bee
u offered to the public. By their adoption
4 children will be furnished with eXcellen
: books and the cost greatly reduced. L
mathematics they have published milne
r Arithmetics," inductive series, unitin
e oral and written arithmetic in practice
: method of instruction. The series embrace
a practical course in arithmetic in tw
u books, entitled respectively, " ", "Firs
n cal Arithmetic" The examination W
:, prepossesses us in their favor. Besides the
$ are sold at reasonable price, which
+ unusual in a school book. In history the.
y have issued "Redpath's History of tn
) United States" which we pronounce un
i guestionably the best-wrtten school histor.
of our country that has yet appeared. |
isn't the "dry history" of which we hav,
) heard so much, but is an accurate and bril-
: liant narrative, in which the story of ou
| country, from its discovery to the presen
. time, is made alive; every paragraph il
freighted with fresh and living interest
a while every statement of fact has been veri
: fed from the latest and most reliable
sources. Teachers, School Board member
: and others interested in securing the bes
: school books at moderate prices shoulC
+ communicate with Messrs. Jones Brother
. & Co., Cincinnati, who will give all particu
ars.
a THE EXPERIENCE OF MANY.-Said younl
husband whose business speculAtions wer'
Z unSuccessful: my wife's silvertea-set, th'
i bridal gift Of q rich uncle doomed me L