The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-24
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

A valued correspondent, writing to The
MINER Says
A few months 6 / noticed in the st.
Nicholas that q Helena chapter OF the
Agassiz Association has been formed. That
is good. Now why cannot some oil the
young people Of Butte form a chapter al
well, and compete with the Helena scientists
in q friendly way? Becoming interested in
the association, I sent to Professor H. H.
Ballard, Principal Of Lenox Academy,
Lenox, Mass, it's president, for one OF the
hand books. Professor Ballard is the
author, and I must say l found it a most
| valuable little volume Of condensed infOr-
nation, containing a history of the organi-
zation, some of the common parliamentary
usages, lists of scientific works with names
| OF authors and publishers, lists OF names Of
specialists who are pledged to aid the
students; methods Of procuring and pre-
serving specimens, etc. In the list OF books
recommended, I saw Friends Worth
Knowing" by Ernest Ingersoll. It is a
| collection of natural history sketches COM
| piled from various magazines, written in
the authors own happy style, and bound
in the dai1tiest manner by Harper & Bros.
are birds, snails, etc. The homes and habits
of several different birds are described.
The same author has written other books
which I've no doubt Professor Ballard
would recommend as valuable and enter
tanning.
One is entitled Country Cousins" also
a series Of natural history sketches. 1t is
q larger volume than the other, and evil
IDENTIFY more especially for older readers.
Another still, is knocking About the
Rockies" a book interesting to Eastern
people, and doubly so to us who are here,
for we all have a desire to know the impress
sions others receive from scenes we know.
Their is a peculiar chain about Ernest In
g~ersoll's style. His descriptions OF scenery
are delicate word pictures; he is a minute
observer of nature, and, fortunately, pos.
sesses the knowledge and the language nee.
essary to present facts in an entertaining
manner. He was connected with the United
States Geological Survey-attached espe'
cially to the photographing party. He was
principally in Colorado and Wyoming.
Harper & Bros. nave put up these works
in a style corresponding to their worth, sc
you are sure of an elegant as well as valua'
BILE book. Toll your book merchants t.
order some copies. I forgot to say that the
'Agassiz Handbook" costs "a cents by
mail. 1t is worth much more.
The MINER is in receipt of a compact and
very neat Handy Atlas OF the World
from Ivison, Brakeman, Taylor & Co. O.
New York. If you want an atlas, small
enough for general use, full enough fol
nearly every purpose, critically accurate
} and up to date, we recommend the new
Handy Atlas OF the World. 1t is bound il
flexible cloth, contains thirty-eight beauti
tifully colored maps and important Stats
tics. Among it's many notable good thing
are maps showing standard time, the rail
roads of the United States, recent polar ex
petitions, Central Africa as explored b,
Stanley, the seat of the Egyptian war
Bible lands and our principal American
cities. If your bookseller does not hav'
this excellent work, send fifty cents direc
/ to the publishers and receive it by return
mail.
We are authorized to announce thatJ. NJ
l Runk and O. C. Foster rave completed tn
field work on the Montana History, origin
ally begun by Mr.. Stuart and others, ant
any other person OF persons representa-
: themselves as being connected with tn
e work will be subject to prosecution. Their
' will probably be some correspondence be
tween a few Of the patrons, whom Messrs
Runk and Foster desired to see, but, OWN
Q to a lack of time, did not meet, and tn
publishers, Warner, Beers & Co. The his
tory will be ready for delivery soon.