The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-11-20

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t'Why, tie one written BY One Of the
FOdis' and idedieatsd 10 other members
Of the family You must get that
it's a stunneTln
Your best friend suggests it as the
most enjoyable thing he knows; the
chance acquaintance and tie stranger
refer 10 II at once as the uppermost
topic. For weeks the newspaper cor
respondent has dipped his nimble pen
into every possible item Of gossip con-
corning the author and fame Of this
book. The great daily newspapers
devote two, three and four columns
to extracts from it and 10 comments
on the elements of its power and
popularity. II has even aroused the
most staid and sober OF the monthlies
and quarterly reviews, and ELECTED
their warmest admiration. The later
national Reriet1 says:
1t is nothing less than an extraor-
binary work. In matter, it is intensely
interesting; in manner, IL is foreibe and
vivid 10 a rare degree. English litera-
ture contains no similar picture. as,
indeed, probably no material at once so
picturesque and $ terrible has ever
been offered to any society with which
English writers have dealt.
President Hayes sat down to read
this remarkable story Of recent events,
and without waiting TO complete it sent
for a dozen copies to present TO officials
or personal friends.
Representative southern men. includ-
ing Postmaster General Key and Gen.
Wright, have taken hold of it with I'M
expected zest, pronouncing it the ablest
and truest book ever written OF the
south.
II Is only about once in a generation
that a book appears which Is Mt once
and universally accepted rs a marked
element In the life and literature OF the
world. About thirty years ago Mrs.
Stoves "Uncle Cabin" aroused the
world with Indignation over the wrongs
Of race, and inaugurated the norel Nth
a purpose. Aud. now has appeared
another book, "A FOOLS Errand. by
one OF the Fools,n which has seized
upon the popular Imagination and run
through edition after edition, rs fast MS
1t could be printed. 1t is the marked
book of this generation.
II is n tale of life at the south since
the late war, and is full of the racy
humor II the country people, the rich
and laughter-proyoking characteristics
Of negro fun and the pathos of negro
prayer-meetings, the dashing excite
ment OF the hunt, the oddities Of up
country mass meetings, the social lines
Of caste, the hot passions Of politics,
the dark and bloody doings of an en-
ragged people, aud their strange logic
Of self justification. 1t gives a new
and startling view of matters that every
American should understand, and for
brilliancy, power, romantic interest,
and sustained hold upon the attention
of the reader, it stands among the
famous books of the world.
So great has been the demand for il
that the publishers thought it worth
issuing in an enlarged and illustrated
edition, which is sold by subscription
only and not to be found at the book
stores.
The enlargement is partly in the tale
itself, which the author has revised
very carefully and supplied with some
new matter, more fully completing it:
artistic proportions, but especially in
the addition of Part H., entitled 1.-The
Invisible Empire" containing thirteen
intensely interesting chapters, which
give a concise review of recent events
at the south Showing the elements
upon which the tale is based), with
many thrilling personal narratives and
other startly facts and considerations
including also an account Of the rise,
extent, purpose, methods, disguises,
secret oaths, and mysterious deeds OF
the r~edoubtable Ku.Klux Klan; all fully
authenticated from sworn documents
| never before grooped for the general
> reader.
The engravings have been designed
by competent artists from origina
models. In beauty and interest they
are very attractive; in fidelity to fact.
, they may be relied on. For instance
} the striking figure of The Masked Sen
-.
tinel, facing page 225, was drawn di
rectly from a costume captured on
Ku-Klux raider, and now in the posses
; sion of the publishers. The work !,
in every respect an ''honest book" II
gives 524 pages, in clear, legible type
but compact and full, containing more
! matter than many u book selling nj
double the price. 1t is handsomely
printed, on good paper, and bound In
substantial and handsome style, as be
fits a book certain to sell fast and far,
and one that must stand n good deal OF
reading.
The New York Tribune says of it;
I'm point Of vivid scene-painting, sub
tie intuitions Of character, and COLO
cuial raciness and humor, many Of the
sketches In this volume may well chal-
lenge comparison with the most effec-