The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
Ridpath's Life and work OF
Garl1e1d, Including the
Trial Of GUifeau.

Irl8t Oh GQ1te0us
Ridpath's life and Work If Gar
feldp has practically driven from the
field every other work upon the same
subject. No other biography of Gar
field completes with it in any particu-
Eular. DR.. Ridpath is the only writer
of national reputation who has pre-
pared life of the great President, and
has produced book worthy of the
time and theme. This fact is fully
recognized by the public.
During the trial of President Gar
fields assassin DR.. Ridpath has been
engaged upon graphic history of the
great tragedy of the nineteenth cen.
fury and this is now ready. That It is
trustworthy, interesting and shorn of
of all verbiage and other worthless
matter, those that are acquainted
with the authors terse style and con-
scientious regard for facts, need not be
told. Instead of padding-the only
resource of some publlshers-the work
IL condensed into book of moderate
size, placing all the facts of the trial
before the reader cOmprehensively and
without the tiresOme reiteration which
must necessarily characterize a ver-
batim report.
In addition to the Life and Work
of Garfield" and the trial of Guiteau,
the forthcoming edition will contain
Blaine's memorial address and full
account of the execution of Guiteau.
Millions have looked forward to this
'Iast act of the tragedy" with interest.
Many have deferred purchasing a Life
of Garfield until justice had been thus
satisfied and History had closed its
last page in the biography of the mar
tyred President.
/. 1t is an authentic book; not
mere compilation of uncertain facts
gathered at random from dubious
sources, but an accurate narrative, re-
sulting from a careful sitting and ar
rangement of abundant and authentic
materials.
2. The story is told with all the fas-
cination of fiction. The book is one of
those rare productions in which, by
the magical touch of genius, the dry
facts of the narrative, so lifeless in the
hands of most authors, are made to
glow and electrify as if instinct with
life. Whoever reads single page of
1.-THE Life and Work of Garfieido is
sure to read the rest.
3. 1t is full, extensive and complete.
Instead of that crude and undigested
mass of material presented in most of
the so-called "Livesn of Garfield,
with their unsightly parts and numer-
Gus breaks in the narratives, we have
here beautiful and methOdical ar
and a narrative flowing on
like a river to the end. From the first
word to the last there is not a syllable
too much, and nothing vomiting to
4. The style and general makeup of
the book are faultless. The pages are
broad, honest pages-like the man
whose deeds they relate; and the typo
graphy is the perfection of excellence.
5. The new steel portraits Of Presi-
lent and Mrs. Garfield have just been
finished in New York at great expense
md pronounced by competent |
Judges to be the most striking like
nesses of the dead President and his |
devoted wife which have yet been pro-
luced. The portrait of the aged !
and other members of the
amily, and of the distinguished MEM
,ers of the cabinet, as well as those of
he attending surgeons in the Presi-
lent's last illness, are all of the highest
,rder, and in keeping with the charm
ng narrative which they serve to il
ustrate.
The work is comprised in one large
,ctavo volume, and is printed from
clear, new type, on fine,
Oned paper, illustrated with more
han 90 elegant engravings, and
pound in the most attractive and SUBJ
tantial manner, and is furnished to
subscribers at the very low price of the
,riginal work.
J. w. TULLEs, Agent.