Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-11
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

BRAZIL. The Amazons and the Coast. Her.
bert Smith. illustrated by J. Wells Champ
ney and Others, Published by Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons, New York. For sale by the st.
Paul Book q Stationery company.
This book is marvel of the typographer's
art. The print is clear and distinct, and the
illustrations are finely executed. This volume
conveys q vast amount of valuable infOrma-
ton in the most interesting and concise man.
ner. The Amazon, first named the Saint Mary
of the Fresh water Sea, which sweeps down
from the slopes of the Andes, and gathering
volume and power as it rushes on aided by It's
numerous tributaries until the ocean is reach
ed, and the river current struggles with the
ocenaic current, tinging the water for six
hundred miles with green tint, is here SO
wildly described as to form perfect picture
in the mind of this great basin which re-
ceives more ram than any other region in the
world of like extent.
The reader, in taking this journey with abe
author, from green water to yellow and up
through the forests and plains of the Amazon
valley, will find rough life, with rough pleas
ures and cares; but there will be glimpses of
Indian villages in their frame work of green
boughs, of curious cities such as Para and San
tarim, and palms, in every form of beauty
everywhere, and over all the bright sunshine
blazing and suivering with a peculiar white
light. There will be no end of adventure, first
to learn the manner of preparing rubber, and
of curing cacao by the natives, followed by
visits to the American farmers of the Amazons
and the coffee plantations. How does this pic
ture of farmers home in Brazil compare
with one in Minnesota? "All around there are
splendid masses of green, cacao-trees, and lime
trees and great pale banana plants and cof-
fee bushes straying up into the woods, beyond
those bit of forest, with giant Brazil nut
tree towering over it two hundred feet at least,
and with never branch for one hundred and
twenty feet from the ground. When
night comes on he swing his hammocks under
the thatch, the air is cool,-a little cold,
and towards morning he has need of thick
blankets" And this is summer. visit to
the coffee plantations not only gives infor-
nation regarding its culture, but many facts
concerning its value, an article of sxporta-
ton, to Brazil. Which inquiry is more peril
nent in view of the fact that Mexico is
likely to be a powerful rival, especially if
coffee is sent, from her ports, free of duty.
The geological features of this region are
minutely described as well as the botanical
wealth of the great forest. The book closes
with collection of the tales of the forest and
its mythical people. as told by the Indians
as they gather about the camp-fres, the day a
work done-the supper eaten-weird shadows
and lights dancing over the trunks and
branches and dark waters beyond.
A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE: By Anna Kath-
crime Green. Published by G. P. Putnam 8
Sons, New York. For sale by the Book and
Stationery company, St. Paul.
This book is one of the series Knickerbocker
novels. This series commenced most auspici-
ously with 'A Mans q Man for a That" and
has added to its list many other volumes of
considerable merit. The last issued, "a Strange
Disappearance" is intensely dramatic.
1t is adetective's story with such story's usual
Accomplishments, mystery and crime. The in
terest deepens as the leaves are turned and
only with the final denoument is the book laid
down.
The nineteenth number of Economic Mono
craps, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New
York, is entitled ANDREW jackson and the
Bank of the United States. It is for sale by
the st. Paul Book ana Stationery company.