The Press., 1889-01-10

these do not have the public on their side in dissention with their employers they will generally fail, snd will as generally deserve to fail.
 CorE's History of Holland County (W. w.. Preston & Co. of New York, publishers,) has been delivered to subscribers The edition was limited to a supposed sufficient number above those subscribing for in advance of publication, but the publishers find that the extra copies printed are insufficient in num- Der to supply the call for them, and thus can- not accommodate all who desire the book.
 The volume contains, including illustra- tions, over 1000 pages, being nearly third larger than promised, and is mechanically all that could be desired-binding frst-class, handsomely finished as to press work, quality of paper, gilt edging. etc. The illustrations are largely of fine steel engravings, and of art otpyes very little inferior to these in fine ness. Critics will object that large part of the book is taken up with the present rather than with history, though this only objection is in part met with the fact that to the reeders of the future the present will be history, and as all the amount of history originally prom ised is given, the increase from the size first contemplated more than atoning for the space given to matter that is not past history, the objector has really little ground of complaint. Those who, by request, prepared special pa pers of space indicated, have reason to com plain that, if their contributions were to be cut down in amount, the work of abridging was not committed to them, as in some in- stances tumble of matter was made thereby.
 Taken as whole, it is fine book in ap- pearance, 8 valuable historical repository. MT. Cole, the editor, who wrote the part that is really historical, is man well adapted to the work. He carefully canvassea every town in the county, had quick perception, keen scent for facts of real value, and concise mode of expression. He found an unexpect- ed wealth of history in our little county, and his chief work was to compress as much as possible of this into a volume that at first seemed of large size for such work.
 Sketches of many of the eminent men of the past, and of many of the prominent men of to-day make up considerable part of the work, portraits being given in many cases. The sketches of medical men and of lawyers are valuable part of the work, though we regret to note few important omissions of men, living and dead, who deserve place in history of Holland County.
 But the work is worth all it's cost. It is a valuable casket, and if all our jewels are not secured therein, it is no bar to the preserva- ton of these in other forms. The illustra- tions of the book are: Portraits of Julius Converse, Solva Converse, Farley Converse, Gilbert H. Baker, Lucius Blodgett, L. W. Crane, Elijah Fairman, Moses B. Harvey, Charles Holt. James Risley, Thomas H. Thresher, Col. Charles Warren, Wm. Smith, Wm. A. Foster, Henry Adams, Rev. F. D. Avery, Sanford M. Billings, Alfred D. Bot tum, Flavius A. Brown, Lewis D. Brown, J. Dwight Chaffee, Rev. B. F. Chapman, Lewis 4. Oorbin, John Davis, Dr. Henry s. Dean, Timothy Dimock, Nathan Doane, John s. Dobson, Peter Dobson, Aaron D. Farmer, Patton Fitch. Samuel Fitch, Dr. E. P. Flint, Lucius 8. Fuller, H. E. H. Gilbert, Alfred s. Gillett, Dr. A. R. Goodrich, Theodore M. Gowdy, Chauncey W. Griggs, Charles A. Gurley, Gardiner Hall, Gardiner Hall, Jr., Allen Hammond, Rev. E. P. Hammond, George B. Hanks, Lucius J. Hendee, K. s. Henry, Radcliffe Hicks, Jonathan l.. Hinck- ley, Chauncey Howard, James Hoyle, Eleazer Hunt, D. W. Huntington, Alvin P. Hyde, Oliver M. Hyde, Dr. E. E. Johnson, M. M. Johnson, George E. Keeney, Rockwell Keen ey, George Ksllogg, Henry R. Kibbe, Addison Kingsbury, Harvey Kingsbury, Charles Lee, Marcus Lllie, Sam1 T. Loomis, Judge Dwight Loomis, Charles Lyman, James s. Macfarlane, George Maxwell, Marilla M. Moulton, George M Paulk, Noah E. Pease, Gurley Phelps, John B. Porter, Thomas E. Porter, Wm. Porter, Edwin Reynolds, George H. Key holds, Vim. H. Richardson, Chauncey B. Ripley, Emory B. Smith, Elisha Stearns, B. Frank Steele, Wm. M. Still, Dr. Charles F. Sumner, George Sykes, Charles D. Talcott, Horace W. Talcott, James M Talcott, Phin- l eas Talcott, Charles Underwood, Judge Loren | P. Waldo, Gelon W. West, Cyrus White, 1 Luke Wood, John Wright. Also map of the | county. and views of the farm house of Ed | win Reynolds, Mansfield; the Thomas E | Porter farm, Coventry; residence and mills Julius Converse, Stafford Springs; South Wiliington village and thread works; resi- aence of Gardiner Hall, IT,, South Willing 'on; thread works of Gardiner Hall, IT,, & 1o., South Willington; Daleville mills, Will ington; residence of Noah E. Pease, Som- ITS; Piedmont" l" residence of H. R. Kibbe, Somers; views at Talcottville, Vernon; resi- ience of Henry Adams, Rockville.