New-York tribune., 1885-03-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
,cr oF SOCIAL EVOLUTION.


,,ps study in American Frontier GGv- GGv
omn,cut By CnAELES HOWARD ""'N
scribnc.'s sons. Now
Tie author of this volume has struck ""O T., g.,
fine of research and. performed "Soiui - n.;,,,o
ne,vorirc tn trace the first crude maniics'a'"'l'
Of inherited aptitude for scii-govcrh''n, 'isniar
..,;1,tion Of mining camps. Being o"ino'u .i
r. CI;o r,.,r,Iv draws most of his illnstra'ohs
e., t,,o ,in;ur camr life of the Pachc Coast ouU
,o,r, o,so q graduate of Johns Ho'k'ns h'''i'''s
hoovb;h;ts a scholarly desire to CONNECT 'no "o's1
>. .ho Arcopauts with the stream or tehuehoS
CON be followed back to the folk -nsscmoi"Soo
Tcutons and beyond them into inc t"ne
Aryan institutions. The line OF thougn' 10
There has been much written concelnhs oao
torno, lfc of the mining camps, but the histor'ca
method has not before been applied 10 'ho o
of law and system in those pimiti'e CAV ,;ra a.
Ar Sbinn prcfaces his examinations OF cary nv
california by sketch of ancient mining '""'
o,ancn q, the Spanish and Mexican laws "ni0n
e.n..d IN california previous to the cession OF inc
State and which in most instancoslori'ou viz '''
of ihc first American administration
uo brings ont very clearly the fact. when mas too
o,orollv been overlooked by writer's on the mih'hg
era that at first the tendencies OF the Eastern o
grafton were orderly ard peaceable. me ,i,o" ""o
crossed the plains in those DAYS TOOK with '"c 'n0
- 80 or1cred government and the capacity 10
ostol,;sh H. They found it possible ever 10 i've ioi
,;,,a ,v;tbout anv settled ordinances other thah
thor own habits of integrity and just dealing con-
stitute1 II was not until the population oi 'no
,o;ras bocome strongly leavcned with foreign Inv"
,eespess that it was necessary 10 orsanno ioi
wutual protection and then such orgahlzatio" was
effected auckly and thoroughly. Unher 'no oi
cumstanccs nothing less potent than TINS ihhcr'ou
ontitude for self government could nave prc'on'.u
the mining regions of California from cii'i"s INV
ona,chv There came time when for q short
period something approaching anarchy u'u .NS s"r
Int # was not tolerated long, and it made way lor
settled government. . .,o,+
Mr. Sbnn has followed up this phase OF nasccn'
o;r;I;zo,;on carefully and shrcwdly, and he mas
interspersed his arguments and reflections WIN
-, Interesting illustrations and anecdotes that
III. hook il exceedingly entertaining as well as suS
cestive He brings clearly out the strong senso VI
instice which dominated the early mining CAMPS
and the rough equity which was insisted uPo"
oetsn showing q far higher moral standard than can
he fouud IN the centres of civilization VI couiso
tho theory of inherited aptitudos must encounter
Alfred Wallaces weighty counter-illustraloh VI
life in the Island of Dobbo In the Malay Arcnl
nolapo: where half-civilized and baroarous raeoS
meet every year and bold n fair OF market, anu p'0
serve the peace and all the equities wl'hou. amy
government whatever This seems 10 sho" 'ha' ia
tbe absence of LAWYERS the human lace can progress
onietlv anywhere, though Mr.. Shlnn appears W
think that the lawyers have been calunhiateu ny
popular prejudice. He has, however. prouuccu d
really valuable book and since the VEN opehou 10
nv no means worked out we hope that he NAV ei'hei
extend his researches in a future edition. or sup
plemert this volume with another enlargng hcio
of investigation.