The Republican journal., 1883-03-08
Mr. BlaIne's Book.
A COMPREHENSIVE WORK oN TWENTY NIruts-
LA\L NL-ALlS NL -LLLL NALIN\ NJ LLLL.

COMPREHENSIVE WORK oN IWENlA hIruis-
FAINT YEARS or rIIE NAIIUNkL LIFE.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune says: 1t is learned here that Mr..
Blaine has been for some time past engaged in
preparing Il work of political history under the
title of ''IwentY Years Of Congress from Linz
coin to Garfield \ History Of National Irgi~-
lation from 1861 to lSN1." This is not to be in
any SENSE Il work of "reminiscences. and MI.
Blaine has told friends with whom be has talk
ed on the subject that whenever it becomes
necessary to ailude to his own share in the
events of this period the allus0n will be simply
historical and not personal. In other words,
whenever the author appears IN the book, it
will be l> Mr.. Blaine" and not a> IL"
1t is expected that the book will make two oc-
taNo volumes. There will be an elaborate i'll
PRODUCTION, reviewing the causes which led to
the political revolutions of 1860. The main work
will probably be divided into two parts First,
the eight wears of l.incOn'S and .Om>on'> adj
mini>traton, dealing with the war, omancipH-
tion and reconstruction; second, the twelve
years of Grants and Hayes administration.
dealing With the Southern State Governments,
the wrongs upon the ballot box, the Enforce
ment acts, currency and railroad questions, the
Alabama Claims. anne cNatiOn, Civil Service Re
form, etc.. etc. This main portion Of the book
will, of course, have the aid of Mr.. BIane'> in
innate personal knowledge of the men and
events of the time which it treats Of. This
will make its appearance an event of National
Importance, especially a> it Is understood that
the history is to be a comprehensive one and is
not to be confined to any particular side or
phase of the ant->laycry conflict and the civil
war, as has been the case with most of the his
tories written thus far. no one who remembers
the discriminating and analytical tone of the
eulogy on Garfield, though ii was delivered un-
der circumstances that would have led most :
orators into profuSc and unNarying CuloSy, will
need to be assured that Mr.. Blaine'> book will
be written in the spirit of the hi>torian-for the
future more than the present.
1t is in the preparation of this book, and other
historical writings which Mr.. Blaine is said to be
contemplating, that he finds it necessary to re-
side i'll Washington, where he can have access
not only to the vast stores of documents in the
Congressional Library. but to many original
papers only to be found in the imprinted ar
chveS of the Government No time is assigned
that it is to be brought out by the Henry Bill
Publishing Company of Norwich, Conn.
Mr.. William Crane of Warren, now claims
to be the oldest Mason in the State. He was
resident of China for over 80 years, moving
there from Warren in 1880 was made Il Mason
in st. George Lodge i'll 1915, consequently has
been member of the Masonic fraternity for
GS wears. Brother Crane will be "a years old in
month.
1t is suggested that the farmers of Penobscot,
P.scataquis, Aroostoek, Hancock, Waldo and
Somerset counties at their winter meetings
talk over the plan of holding an agricultural
fair in Eastern Maine, to be held at some GEN.