The morning call., 1893-11-05

has spared no pains to record, as far as
possible. those details of his life and those
personal anecdotes that preserve TO us
the living man." No disinterested reader
who peruses these pages but will acknowl-
edge that the author has been successful
In her aim and given US really admire able
popular history of the Father of His
Country. The book is profusely illus
trated. New York: d. Appleton & Co.
For sale by the Bancroft COmpany.]
THE BOYS OF GREENwAY COURT
The readers of 'In the Boyhood of Lin
coin" will welcome with pleasure this
effort Of HeZekiah Butterworth to tell US
of the early days of Washington. Green
way Court was the home of "the good
Lord Fairfax" who was the patron and
friend of young George Washington. A
good portion of the story is laid there, and
the reader is made familiar with the man
ner Of life of the Virginia planters in the
middle of the last century. We are told of
Washington's adventures as a surveyor,
and conducted through the Virginia
wilderness with the Braddock expedition
to the scene of its overthrow. Daniel
Morgan. who in the revolutionary struggle
achieved fame as leader of rif1emen, is
also one Of the characters. The thread of
the story is fixed upon the career of
boy. Harry Mendell, who has been
unjustly accused of deception, but refuses
to equivocate in any way. The sequel
shows how honorable and pure-minded he
has been, and he is amply rewarded for all
the neglect he has undergone. Mr.. Butter
worth describes visit he recently made to
Greenway Court. He found the old house
had been torn down and nothing remained
to remind one of the early days but little
stone building used by Lord Fairfax in
transacting legal business. Within its
ri
fax must have spent much time, and there
Braddock may have studied the plans Of
his campaign with his officers. The visitor
knocked at the door, which was soon
opened. and there in that sacred place this
is what he saw: "Three little negro boys
shelling corn by the fire and keeping the
fire alive by the cobs." New York: D.
Appleton & Co. For sale by the Ban-
croft Company.
DUFFELs.-This volume of fiction with
the odd title includes many Of the early
stories Of Edward Eggleston. They cover
many phases of human nature; they de-
scribe life in both the eighteenth and nine
teenth centuries; they are of the East and
of the West, OF the North and of the South
In his preface the author explains the title
of the book. In the early days of the last
century the American-Dutch trader used
to set out from Albany for the long jour-
ney up the Mohawk with his canoe loaded
down with cloth suited TO Indian wants,
together with varied assortment Of combs,
pocket-mrrors, hatchets, jewsharps and
other motions" with which to tempt the
fancy OF his savage customers. The cloths
sold to the traders were called duffels,
probably from the place of their origin,
Duffels in the Netherlands. Gradually the
name came to be applied to the whole
stock, and a traders duffels included all
the miscellany he carried with him. So
the author of the volume before us has
christened his kit of miscellaneous tales
Duffels. New York: ID. Appleton & Co.
For sale by the Bancroft Company.]
LITERARY INDUSTRIEs.-Huber Howe
Bancroft, the historian of the Pacific
Coast. is possessed of a personality as in
teresting as it is unique. He combines in
rare degree the apparently diverse quail
ties which constitute a clever man of
business and successful author. His
series of historical works have earned the
critical appreciation of the world, and
although they may not be accepted as final
contributions on the subjects of which he
treats, they will always prove an invalu-
able treasury OF facts for students of one OF
the most picturesque periods of American
civilization. How Mr.. Bancroft was first
impelled to collect his great library. devoted
almost entirely to western subjects, and
the methods which he pursued in writing
his famous books. are clearly and enter
tainingly told in his volume entitled
Literary Industries" 1t is a book which
will we'll repay perusal. for it ADDS to thu
charm OF auto obiography many hitherto un-