New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-05
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
a,Nc1,s r1rpIICATIONS.

IVAN rhrk''I rtiiorr siilrhulLnlNG1 IN,
MT,s rrS"iS TiIE UNITED STATES hs "'N"'
HAIL ~, ~, col,
..,. c.osrs Bureau has issued another Quarto Vo'-
INV .,,acal ,reatises. all of which are Nalnaol'
~, ,,.rcs,ing and all of which. II may be thous"''
I'D have secured wider circulation ana '"'
or, rrorortioncd.to their merits ana n"f''
:, ,hev hal been published in more Mandy "''u 'V
-, rhe roudcrous Quarto no uouo'
Affords room for much matter o"' " 49,.
rr,,tly from the case of reference anu ''S '",rs
,ro,t ,.uJs 10 limit the usefulness oi '"o F"'",
,,ors ., issued There seems no suh'l'h' '''S'1 WY
,r.,,iscs such rs this volume consists ", S"'"'" ~"
be published in convenient octave 'o'u'VN "
...,r,,clv. while II is probable that II ruoh'a''",
-, ,.,,,,l Interest, were put. ON the market and
nm. made more accessible to the public they 'o"u
l., Iii in sufficient numbers to reduce the cost W
publication considerably. a.
rho c..ay Of Special Agent North upon the N'"'
manor and Periodical rrcss n very m''''S''"S W.
usefnl monograph II "a IN fact amocn'' "'''','
=, ,la ,,.o and DEVELOPMENT OF journalism IN INV
r,t,ca STATES and 4 shows concluSiNoN '"'' ""
,rcss in this country has tar outs'rpp'u WA, y, w.
o,h,r. ,u the world. Avery convincing l'"o' " Wv
cxtent 10 which the newspaper enters NV" ""'.
.an .,i,atinn il given 10y the statsiicS OF distr''
haitian Tnkinq the average " appears 'u'
th,ouehont the linton apopulation of lo'ooo '"p''s
a., c< istrncc of nt least daily newspaper "'
,,,,o arc many instances of much smaller popu"
,i,,s sprporting "A Journal Ii however, we 'u'n w
ENGLAND which furnishes the most nature" "aN'' W.
eotupnrisons we find that there are scores VI
ranging from 10000 10 2puop ana uPW"," q"
n,nulation which have no daily papers i'''''
whenever large town appears To nave "' "'"',
,nauy small supply of daily papers. inquiry VIII
show that this Is because It Is so near N''u' "'',
Ter city that II II supplied with news from the
lo,tcr The growth of the American press Is " SUE
,,iv, tonic and Mr. North has followed carr
fplly and explained il intelligcnty' Inc h''""''
IN which metropolitan journalism mas "'N''"P'",
first oycrshadowing the provincial press "'"
threatening 10 swallow II up but Gtauu"''S WIN
nellcl 10 alter It's methods OF dcNeIophloh' w Wv
sprncing up of vigorous competition III az INV
,orcor urovincial cities has been almost the same
here as in England. Ii is, however 10 DC no''' '''
the real influence of the metropolitan press upon
National thought and progress has not been greatly
diminished by the growth OF proNncmi Joul""'''"'
II j. curious how uniformly the great newspaPo.
,rcrerties moreover have been developed OUT Vi
small beginnings and how few journalistic successes
have been achieved 10y the free use oil large ''p'''
M the outset So too. the instances are numerous
which with apparently promising cohdi'louS' PV','
Of experience. skill and means. heavy IoSseS '"'S
have resulted 1t appears also that the chances VI
continued existence for papers once es'aoi'S''" a."
remarkably good. No doubt the tendency TO "No,"
1,nepdence upon any one speciality has much 10 90
with this The modern newspaper Is rs D I"'
partisan in its politics still but then IL Is very
much more than merely political organ. Ii taxes
hold ON its public in mauI ways and II Is conse-
ouentlv not subject 10 catastrophes resulting from
radical changes OF opinion. Mr. North mas oolcc'ou
all possible information concerning the press "'"
periodicals in his treatise lie gives shor' hiS'o,!
Of the weekly press of the specialist papers OF the
magazines. He shows the great advances made IN
mechanical appliances. describing the pericc'InB
presses now in use. and the various maci'hes ~,
setting and distributing type. The .cxstlhs Po''i
laws relating to newspapers are gwen ana apron,
dices contain statistical tables showing the capital
invested though. from the impossibility OF cioS'y
estimating the good will " of newspapers TINS eA
bihit j. necessarily very imperfect; the amount ol
,va,cs earned in the business the ratio OF orcu'-
,on to population etc There Is also very luil c'"-
logpe Of perlodcal publications, ofcouTse only GOWN
+,1ooO and a chronological history OF the news
,rs of the United States Altogether the essay
l. a. complete and As well done as could be ue'T'u
OF expected.
special Agent Ivan Petrol reports on the POI ula-
.ion. industries aud resources Of Alaska. Tins also
4, very careful and valuable treatise. The author
has nreparcd 4 series of maps to accompany and
urs,rae H. shoy,in1 the distribution ana limits OF
.be fsnna Of the regions such IS the beaver otter
,o,ar black and brown bear. the fox. mink ana
marion. Other maps show the distribution OF
timber tundra L. kind OF marsh and glaciers W hiie
nurnber of cooIci Autographs Illustrate the pay
steal and dress of the natives OF the fes'oh
Mr. Petrol does nos tlke an optimistic view 90
Alaska. lie holds that its mineral resources nave
L., eva--srltcl There is gold there. but ho
believes that the amount IS not sufficient 70 o">'t
,ho diniculucs OF extracting II, Tor any length o
tinc The tmbe~ IS poor, being mostly spruce OF
r,r,i,nlarly knotty kind aud stunted growth. The
rr.,ls will not crow at all Potatoes and some
other vegetable, may bc raisel. stock does not
breed well because of the climate The main dcpeh"
.o,e uoust continue TO lie the fur business and the
fberie. bnt as the annual fur-yield OF Alaska may
y. estimated az over 100000. II IS cyidcnt thAt
,b. pnrcbase Of the territory from Russia was not
financial b!uud,r even il should prove useless Tor
purpose, of settlement. The cod-f>hery too Is n
It's infancy. and - the supply is unlimited ms
may reasonably be expected to develop into a
very important source of revenue eventually. lie
inheritance of the salmon fishery Is already too
we'll known 10 need reference Mr.. PetrofN account
of the native tribes of Alaska is full of new and
good observation.
Mr. Henry W. Elliott contributes report ON the
Seal Islands Of Alaska, embracing special LIE
strlv of the seal and walrus and fully illustrated
by drawings taken on the ground, aud which AFFORD
fuller information concerning the appearance ana
habits of these creatures than has, been accessible
before for 1t must be remembered that al the time
of our acquisition of Alaska 50 LITTLE was known OF
The fur-scal that il was almost without any repre-
,utatou IN any of the best BIOLOGICAL collections Of
the world even the Smithsonian Institution did not
pos-ess perfect skin and skeleton The skins had
been the objects of commerce for century or more.
but science had learned very little of the lie h S
tory OF the animal. Yet II Is subject OF fascinating
interest and though in the past years much has
been learned regarding it, the present memoir.
being the result Of patient and prolonged personal