The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-05-31
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


ume has been issued by the I" Post Publishing COM
pany,' of this city, illustrated with many wood-cuts
of public and private buildings, somewhat after the
fashion of the advertising volumes SO lavlshly dis
tributed in hotel reading-rooihs; and suggestive OF
6dcksheeSh, the Orientas style it, or quid pro
quo, or a something for something to get down
TO plain English. However this may be, 1t becomes
our duty faithful warder of the public interests
to point out many important errors into which the
compiers Of this volume have fallen On page 32
it is correctly stated that the Hon. Daniel Car
roll, of Maryland, was one of the commissioners
"appointed TO run the lines and survey and lay out
the new Federal Territory" SO far good; but In
the same paragraph we are informed that he was
young man not thirty years of age" The truth is
that Daniel Carroll, the commissioner, was a MEM
ber of the Continental Congress in 1Is0, and dele.
gate to the convention which framed the Constitu-
member of Congress- from Maryland during the ad-
ministration of Washington. He was born'in 1880,
County, Nd, about six miles due north from Wash
ington. He was a Roman Catholic, and Carroll
Chapel was on his estate. The compiler OF the
volume under notice "miXes MIN up with Daniel
Carroll, of Duddington, as ''p0Or little Butercup
mixed those babes up" in the opera of " Pima
Daniel Carroll, of Duddington, was born in l76a
and died in lss9. lie was the proprietor of large
estate on Capitol Hill, and erected Carroll Row. on
First street east, and the Duddington house,
on New Jersey and South Carolina avenues. The
compiler OF the National Captal' alludes to this
gentleman as attempting the part of an aristocrat,
as giving lavish entertainments, etc. He has been
misnformed Mr.. Carroll, as many of our readers
will remember. was as unmistakable gentleman
as Col John Tayoe or Harrison Gray Otis. His
brother, Charles Carroll, of Bellevue in Georgetown,
uhe Rittenhouse place, on street, the owner OF
magnificent estate Of G. 900 acres In the Cum and
Valley near Hagerstown, just north OF the Ringgold
Manor of 1900 acres. Thence ne removed with
Col Rochester and Col. Fiizhugh, of Maryland, to the
Genessee Valley, In Western New York, in 1sl0.
Carroll. of Duddington, although young man In
Cen washncton's time, was honoredb by the friend
ton on his visits to the Federal City, from 1893 to
1883, the year of his death. He has been unjustly
charged with obstrncting the prosperity Of
at exorbitant prices, when the truth was that no.
body wanted the real estate at any price, and Thomas
Law, James Greenleaf, Robert Morris, James
Nicholson, and many others were ruined in conse-
quence. Mr.. Carroll ia charged by the compiler OF
this volume with using his influence as commits
sioner to advance his own pecunlary interests. As
ne was not commissioner, this charge is entirely
gratultous.
Motley Young is declared by this unyeracIous
chronicler TO have been :. retired English sea
captain" The family of Motley Young were the
original grantees OF the manor Of Gesboro' in 1860
or thereabouts, and well known historically and
socially as one OF the Oldest families in Mary land.
kalorama was erected by Col. Gustavus Scott,
from Cambridge, Nd, IN 1886, and not by Joel Bar
low in 1904. Nor was Barlow wealthy merchant.
He was originally a clergyman, but turned atheist,
and then engaged In politics and diplomacy. Com.
modore Decatur never lived at Kalorama. After
his DEATH In 1920 Mrs. Decatur lived there for some
time The engraving on page 45 of "Decatur's
mouse lS tue kable Dlunder this book,
That house was erected In 1870 by Col. Hilyer, and
stands at the west end OF Massachusetts avenue.
Decaturs house is now the residence of Edward
Beale on the northwest corner of Lafayette Square
IL was finished the year of his death.
The nrst book on the District OF Columbia was
written by Col Lear and printed in il9s Warden's
book came out In iSl2 not 1916. The Long Bridge
was bnt In 1sO4 not in 1896
Gen. GARFIELD, not Stanley Matthews, delivered
The :" National Capital ," contains many similar
errors, on which we have no space to comment al
present.
"Alaska: Its Southern Coast and the Stkan Archi
pelago," by Il. Ruhamah scidmore, [Bosion: II
Lothrop Co.,l Ii Il timely hook about little known
but most Interesting portion Of country. Miss
scidnore has made two summer visits to Alaska
and her keenness Of observation aud delightful style
particularly n her for the cOngenal work OF descrp
lion. There Is growing impression that great
Northwestern terra incOynitd IL region OF great
resources, ana this impression Miss scldmore does
much To confirm. what surprises ms most are her
statements as TO the Ipildness OF the climate, which
AT Sltka, our author AYERS, IL Inilder than al
/ New York. The yastness OF the Russian purchase
Is another thing dinicult TO get into our minds
Here IL territory stretching for more than 900
miles, =" nine times large az the group OF New
England States, twice the size OF Texas, and three
times that OF California" The Trip up ths coast
the scenery IL OF the most beautiful aud picturesque
character. There Is doubtless great mineral wealth
yet undiscovered In Alaska, and both placer and
quartz gold mines yet TO be developed The nsheries
too, VIII soon become Important As eventually the
Inh on Inc Coluinbih VIII diminish, the In
Vulnerable resorts OF the salmon the Alaska
coast win be sought after. The author tells OF her
arrival at Naha Bay. II was little land-locked
bay, ana the clear green waters were stirred with
the eaping Of thousands OF salmon ''The splash Of
the lsaplng salmon was on every side aud at every
monient, and the sight OF the large lsh Jumping
above the surface and leapiDg through the air
caused the exctabe passenger at the to nearly
capsize the small boat and steer wildly As the
sailors rowed the boat the narrow bay, where the
ship could barely swing round with the tide, the
Chicago man penslyey observed; There's a thou
sand dollars jumping In the air every ten minutes.
Altogether hlss ScldmOre must be praised for pro
ducng a book which ID not only readable, hui
conveys In delightful manner much useful infor
nation.
Nothing could be more acceptable 10 Its large and
cultivated audience than the leading contribution tC
the MdOdEine or American History for June. II II
critical study Of the professional life and character
OF Charles O'Conor, by Chief Justice Charles T.
Day, of New YORK, who has Tor forty years occupied
me bench Of conIl & where MT; o,conor. Tor con
fore him. The career Of Judge Asa Packer, The
founder OF lehgh University, Is pleasantly traced
handsomely AMI appropriately illustrated. The
curious Antiquities Of the Western States forn'
the subject Of an Informing article by j. NJ. Bulkiey
L. u. "The Cave Myth Of The American indians
Is ably discussed by George S. Jones. " Elizabeth
EDgands Sovereign from 1865 10 1908, !" In the quain
costume OF her time, Is the frlnispiece 10 the mum
Der, accompanied by an animated sketch OF he
pecuariiles by the editor "The Discovery OF Lax
superior IL paper written with great cieyernes
Hon. T.. v Daniel, Jr., Of .liiehmond, Va, criticse
certain points In MI. Robert q. wlnihTop's orator
on the completion Of the Washington Monument
under the head OF " Historical Errors Corrected.
| Published at 80 lafayette Place, New York CITY.
The Magazine or Ar for June has for frontispec
a Jdc sttafle OF drawing by u. Bnrne Jones, al
illustrated article upon that artist, by Claude Phillips
with portrait, coming later In the WORK. oihe
/ articles OF interest are Z" East suffolk Memories
/ Island and HOme,n by Professor Sidney Colin
"The Romance OF Arl Forgotten Painter by A
Egnoni Hake; pronies from the French Renais
sauce: Jean Buant," A. Mary Il. Robinson, an,
| 1FTom Gothic Glass 10 Renaissance," 10y Lewis i
/ Day. The departments are exceliently nlled.
| /" HOW should Pronounce? or the Art OF correo
| Pronunciation,p New York; @. y. Putnan's soni
| Received from BrenlaDo's,l is valuable and ex
haus:iye WORK, though very practical one. II Is al
extremely useful manual for schools, colleges 0
private use. There Is other work on the subjec
1 so comprehensive and at the same time 30 vel
] adapted " popular use.