The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-24
)oKS ABOUT
WASHINGTON.
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n REV. y. EELLSs ID. D.
hsneton has Just become state, and
! ~ number OF books which have been
,.ssn which refer TO it is by no means in
.;Sersble. Very many of those which
- written many years ago, and are en-
~ 81 Oregon" belong largely to WASH
~ for while Oregon in some respects
~ 1900 Of Washington in regard to set
s..-.f ret the capital, Vancouver, and q
.s hare OF the trade of the
80 Bay Company, as well as
~ = other fur companies, was
a Sr.shineton; several of the stations of
n .erlv missionaries, both Protestant and
= ss,,l;e. rere in our territory; the earliest
;:s.,afions came by Walla Waila: the In
rsrs have paid very little respect to
y. l;pe which now divides the two states;
..s =, long discussion between the United
<ss. ma Great Britain as to who should
s a. northwest coast, often called the
.Sss.,ie Tor Oregon. really had much more
.s1'eoce 70 the largest part OF Washing
q. IA part which lies north of the
S.1..u,iia river--than to what is now Ore
Hence in this list I have included
1114 WORKS euiliru OicSous Ola Couiu
- rriiien previous to the separation OF
SsSiprson from Oregon and many which
~ been written since that time.
I u rot know OF a really good collection
Z ike4e works. either in Oregon or WASH
s'.sop. though perhaps such an one does
- The library of the Library Associa-
d. Il Portland has fair number Of such
-. bus by no means as many as q
~ Of 1900 volumes ought to have.
& roujd seem as though it ought to make
nec;alty Of such collection. The
nssrv Of Pacific University. with COCO
11uuses, has very few on this subject, and
ses not seem inclined to reach out in this
z,.ctjon. Oar state library is very poor
= this subject-does not even possess a
81 sst Of the journals of the house and
mel. Tor it has had no money to spend
y looks of any kind.
Han. Elwood Evans at one time made
II collection of such works. but, be-
-. that Mr.. H. H. Bancroft has obtained
g ereater share OF them. The Whitman
IIiofical Society at Walla Waila was or
uuired with special reference to this object,
: . it was only organized last year it has
r almost nothing as yet. It is hoped
q Il may in the future. 1t would be
koueht that the Oregon Pioneer Associa-
90 would have made some such colIec-
- but it has spent its money to publish
u own transactions, agd not to purchase
y works Of others. n. H. Bancroft, the
kftnrian, Of San Francisco. undoubtedly
nan excellent collection Of this kind. but
fortunately they are out of the state of
hseon, and so far away that they cannot
nily be consulted by those who may wish
kdoso.
epecial collections Of books on any sub
q, where person can obtain all the in
xmation which can be had are very val
rble. A late writer has said that on some
bjects such collections cannot be found
the United States. II would seem as if
ssgard to the literature of our state some
- ought to make such collection. In
y years it will be invaluable, and prob
~ It viii be impossible then to duplicate
In fact. it is very difficult even now to
iain many Of the books which were writ
ast an early day about the northwest
m1k They were published in the East,
stern people were not interested enough
ibis coast to preserve them, and the
~ share Of them have gone to the pa
Emaksrs. and now out of print. Only q
y nn Be obtained by hunting through
- stores of secondhand books in our
- eities. In few years it will be i'm
eable to obtain many of them. Robert
Rke 4 Co., of Cincinnati. have made. a
c1ty Of collecting historical books of
countries for sale, and is the best firm
whom know where such books can be
tsined. though their prices are a little
"A They have issued some very good
Mlogues Of their books.
b The following list have only at
npsd to mention the books and pamph-
Z which relate to Washington, not speak
q newspaper or magazine articles.
~ marked with (C) have learned
9mly through late catalogues, the rest |
- zen chiefly in the Portland library,
! 'ts1 library at Olympia. or my own.
~ which have been written by nom
dlnh Of the state have arranged ac-
1d1g 70 date; those written by our own
At are grouped so as to place all of
~ By each writer together. do not
v'es that this list is perfect Only by
Rnpiing to make out this list have /
md what a task it is. Undoubtedly
have written pamphlets or books, or
NOV of such, which are not men,
. here, and hence may possibly feel
Pc. II this be so. it is not inten-
- but is the result of ignorance, and /
thankful for corrections, either by
= o. in your paper. The list closes
ne admission OF Washington as q
~ except few which were written be-
= but not published until after that
PARTL
captain James Cooks Voyages in the
Ocean. One edition was published
Noiin second edition was published
400 in i7s5. in three volumes, 4io. The
Volume refers to the country about Neah
y mat he mentions OF our state.
vsncouver's Voyages of Discovery in
ssin Pacific Ocean, and Roknd the World
lNS, Under Captain George Vancouver.
sal'ion vols. 2.54S PIP. Svo., London.
Vas an earlier edition.
Lewis and Clark's Expedition to the
eeei River in lsei-6. Different editions
pae'lshed at Pniladelphia in 1909 of 500
taae; IN lSl2, edited by p. Gass, of 262 pp.
- u 1874. edited by p. Allen, of two volumes
London in 1s09. of 3ls PIP. svo.; in 1915
volumes; At Dayton In 1s4o and lS47, of
ieno The Harper Bros. have now the
Miuon OF which know which is not out
- oy Paul Allen, revised and Abridged by
$50 Acvicar. two volumes, 16mo. 372 and
jonathan Carvers-Travels Through
Interior Parts OF North America in I766.s.
~ probably an earlier edition of this
shn said that 1t is OF very little value,
hst he is the first writer
nea'lons the word Oregon" (C)
-harmcn, David--Journal OF One Years
- on the Pacific Coast Between the 47th
fsrallels Andoyer. Mass. tC).
-Pncher-Narrative of Travels by Pill
NE Missouri, Columbia, Assinaboin.
eosraphical Sketches of Oregon. Bos-
y Hall J. Kelly. (Cl
saAn J. Kelly-Emigration 60 the Ore
eory-A Society for Promoting Co.