Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-06-05
THE ANNALS OF KANsA
Ell HON. D. W. WILDER.

The revised and enlarged editor OF this
great work is now in press, and will be -eady
for delivery about August 1. It covers the
period from 1541 TO the close of 1885, and
contains brief ANIMAL or recital of every i'm
portant event occurring in Kansas during
that time.
The record previous to the organization of
the territory of Kansas covers all the his
torlc material relating to the northwest,
such as the Spanish visits and expeditions;
the Louisiana purchase; the ancient charters
and grants; the voyages and explorations of
missionaries; the Indian tribes; the trappers.
traders, miners and explorers generally: in
short, all matters bearing upon the region
out of which Kansas was carved.
Kansas dow nto December 81. 1885, the an
mails are minute and exhaustive, giving an
account year by year, month by month. and
day by day, of every important historic
event that ever has occurred in Kansas.
They include all the territorial and state
officers; all the legislatures; all the judges,
senators and members of congress; ell the
constitutions in full; all the general political
conventions, with their platforms: election
returns; detail of state expenditures: the
building of railroads; establishing of news
papers, etc., ETC., making it, in brief, a per-
feet thesaurus of Kansas history.
The first edition of this work came down
to the close of the year 1874. In this re-
vised and enlarged edition, eleven full
years have been added. and the whole work
has been carefully and thoroughly revised.
our territorial period than was contained in
the first edition have, been amassed during
the last ten years. Among other advan-
tages enjoyed by this edition, the distin-
guished author has carefully gone through
a file of the New York Daily Tribune cover
ing the entire period of the Kansas struggle.
1t has proved mine of incalculable rich
ness in regard to our earlier history. In adj
dition to the full and frequent letters from
Kansas of its own special and volunteer cor
respondents, its editors seem to have culled
every Kansas item they came upon in
their exchange list, covering the whole
country, north and south, so that
hardly fact in regard to Kansas, appearing
anywhere in the Unitsd States, failed finally
to bring up in the capacious columns of the
New York Tribune. These have all been
carefully read, and made to contribute to
the Annals. Much other historical matter
concerning Kansas has been amassed during
recent years by our State Historical society,
the gist of which has been transferred to the
pages of this book.
The value of the Annals as a historical
work can hardly be over-estimated. Its ar
rangement is according to the order of time,
30 GnaG eacn event mas lC6 proper GATE. AS q
school book on the history of the region west
of the Mississippi, of the great slavery
struggle in Kansas and throughout the coun-
try, and of the special history of Kansas as
territory and state, it cannot be surpassed,
and a copy of it should be in every district
school library in the state.
To the man of letters, the lawyer, the edi-
tor, the politician, it is invaluable. No man
who wants to be we'll posted about Kansas
affairs can afford to be without it.
The new, revised and enlarged edition of
this great work contains beautiful steel
plate portrait of it's distinguished author,
General D. w. Wilder, formerly state audi
tor; is dedicated to Hon. T. D. Thacher,
state printer, and is being issued in the best
style of the Kansas publishing house, in a
single volume of about 200 pages.
The book will be sold only by subscription
in two styles, viz: In muslin, IS 90; Library
style, IS 90.
The general agency of this work has been
committed to the hands of Hon. s. s.
Pronty, of Topeka, the veteran editor, pub
Usher and ex-state printer, whose name is a
household word in every part of Kansas. He
is now organizing a corps of canvassers for
every county in the state. Extra induce
ments will be offered to active and capable
agents for immediate and vigorous work.
Persons wishing to canvass for this great
historical work should write at once. Ad-
dress, The KANSAS PUBLISHING HOUSE,
Topeka, Kan.