Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-05-05
A REMARKABLE WORK.

canal redirects attention to one OF the
richest portions of the globe, which
has been unnoticed for the greater
part OF the present century. TO un-
1erstand its capacities we must go
back to the records of the first discov
cries and conquest of the lsthmus.
when it paid tribute to Spain in thous
ands of gold and silver, and basksts
of the finest pearls. Its great cities
held palaces whose walls were mile
square, and fortrssses which surpass-
ed those of Europe. The ceiba tree
aad the tropic creepers have hidden
the site of these grand ruins, but
guided by the light of history, the
daring explorer will yet find not only
these, but the deserted mines of gold
and beds of sacred turquoise and of
pearls. The history of Mexico and
the Isthmus in their early days, is one
Of the most fascinating pages in the
world, whether to scholars or men of
business, and it is fortunate that the
period OF reviviDg interest in these
countries, also sees the announcement
of remarkable literary work which
includes their history. The wealth
of preparation lsvished by Me-. Hubert
II. Bancroft on his great History of
the Pacific States, affords satisfsc-
ton to the world, of which the vol
umes so tar issued are q rich aud
surprising foretaste. The story of
the conquest of q new world must
have an absorbing interest, but the
splendor of the natural resources of
the countries reads like the tales of
Eastern romance. From the treasures
of material at command in his match
less library of $4,000 volumes on
Pacific history, for which be has ran
sacked American and continsntal
collections and government archives
Mr.. Bancroft has drawn q story of
plain, authentic fact, which wears the
coloring of romance. Old manu-
scripts, unknown to recent historians,
and archives, supposed lost but
brought to light by. intelligent re-
search, have added of late the missing
links in the wonderful history of the
discovery of America. The archives
Of Central American governments,
rare Spanish works, and manuscripts
from the collections made by the
Emperor Macmillan, and the emil
nent Mexican, Ramirez, have been
sources of fresh and extremely inter-
esting material, to fifty condense and
convey which has been the labor to
which Mr.. Bancroft has devoted his
best energies for twenty years, with
the assistance of from twelve to TWEEN.
ty educated secretaries in translations
and reference work. The history
thus produced by an author of I'M
common ability must take place as a
standard authority on Western Amer
lea, giving not only its past, but its
natural history, in accounts of the
scenery, productions and inhabitants
of the COZ ntries from the Rocky
Mountains to the Pacific, from Darien
and Sonora to New Mexico, Arizona
California, Oregon and their sister
States. The information of all the
writers that have ever written about
these countries will be contained in
Mr.. Baneroft's Pacific History, g
work so interesting that We expect to
see it In every town and school libra
~, it not In every household-the de-
light of the schoolboy. for it's
marvellous stories of adventure; of the
politician and the literary man alike,
for its clear precision and its rich
grasp of fact. In Europe, an order
of nobility would be the honor as
signed o labor of such vslue-but the
-uthor's best reward will be to see his
work read and beloved by the people
for whom he. wrote. The praise of
the great scholars of Europe and
America; of Carlyle, Herbert Spencer,
Whittier, Longfellow aud Draper, has
been wsrmly given to his work, which