Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-04
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

| Jonn Gregory Bourke, captain third cavalry,
annual report OF the Bureau of Ethnology.
washington; Government Printing Once.
| A considerable majority Of government
publications are far from interesting and
many are insufferably dull, but THE Med
| icine Men of the Apache" is one of the
| brightest and most valuable combinations
OF scientific statement and literary polish
| mat ever came from the press For more
than twenty-four years Capt Bourke has
been an actively-inquisitive student of eth
| noiogy. His lengthy service against Indians
from the British-American boundary line to
the Rio Grande afforded him extraordinary
opportunities to study the red-skinned man
| and brother" and none of those opportunf-
| ties were ever permitted to go by unim-
proved. AS result is the possessor Of a
treasure-house filled with note-b books that
| because of their contents are to the scholar
| beyond price, while their possessor is prop-
| eriy conspicuous today as one OF the most
| learned ethnologists in the United States
But erudition cannot make Capt Bourke's
literary productions either dry Or stil,ed
/ and in this his latest achievement a vast
! quantity of really interesting matter is pre-
! sented in a readable, and even to the law
man, interesting form. Subjects OF which
| but little was previously known are treated
| at length and in fascinating manner.
Several illustrations, some OF them artistic
| ally executed in colo-s, add much to the at
| Effectiveness Of the text and give finish to a
volume that critical experts commend with
| out stint
OUR GREAT WEST. Study of the Present Con-
ditions and Future Possibilities Of the New
States. BY Julian Ralph, author OF Harper ;
Chicago and the Worlds Fair .'on Canada s
Frontier" &c. Illustrated. New York: Harper
& Brothers. Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Consists mainly Of material published
| at different times in Harper's Maya
zine and Harper's Weekly. but it is
none the less valuable a volume be-
cause of that fact. 1t differs ma
terlally from all the many other books
| on the west because, as Mr.. Ralph says in
his preface, it has little to say of the In
dams, makes no account of the hunting
Of wild game. and barely touches upon that
picturesque but somewhat overdone feature
the cowboy. Eastern Americans and the
jewellers in foreign lands will be surprised
by many OF the indisputable facts so clear
ly and SO cleverly presented for every page
in the handsome volume reveals truths as
to the west and its people the existence Of
which has heretofore been either unknown
or uncomprehended by the non-traveling
majority of mankind. In his preface Mr..
Ralph says: Standing between us OF the
east and these new states are certain mid
land capitals which are growing never
cities grew before-in population, size,
manufactures, commerce and wealth. Since
they are the great trading posts OF the peo-
pie beyond descriptions of them and expla-
nations OF the sources OF their greatness
belong in such book as this" The de-
scriptions-full and untainted by prejudice
are there and, with a number Of high
grade illustrations, should satisfy even the
extremely critical.
THE INDUSTRIES OF RUSSIA. Manufactures
and trade, with general industrial map. By the
Department of Trade and Manufactures, ministry
Of finance, for the worlds Columbian exposi-
tion at Chicago. English translation. edited by
John Martin Crawford. U. s. consul general
to Russia. Five volumes in four.
One Of the least snowy yet most valuable
of the exhibits made by any OF the foreign
nations interested in the Columbian expo
sition. In the preface, Directory. I. Kova-
levshy Of the department of trade and man.
ufacsore says that The minister OF finance
to whom his imperial majesty, the emperor,
deigned to intrust the care Of the organiza-
ton Of the r, ssian exhibit. could but recog-
nize the fact that however successful the
choice Of exhibits may be they cannot con-
vey an adequate idea OF the productive
forces of the empire and it's industrial de-
velopment" With this fact in view the
imperial minister Of finance. Mr. s. J. vitte,
instructed the department of trade and
manufactures to make "a general review Of
ed industries Of Russia, and of the internal
and foreign trade as well as Of the customs
policy" The task was one of great Diff
Guilty because the time in which il had to
be done was SO very brief. The results
must surely compensate for the great labor
for in these volumes is a vast quantity OF
extremely valuable information. The typo
graphical work, the presswork, the paper
used and the binding are all superior.
JOURNAL OF COL. GEORGE WASHINGTON,
COMMANDING A DETACHMENT OF vIR-
wIDDIE. LIEUT'ENANT GOVERNOR OF vIR-
GINA, ACROSS THE ALLEGHANY NOUN
HEAD OF THE ONO. Edited, With po oS
by J. NJ. Toner. NJ. d. Albany. n. Y: joel
Munsells Sons.
AS a contributor to washingtonia DR.
Toner is without a peer and to him, more
than to any other man Of this age, will the
future historian be indebted for facts of
interest on which to base the broader his
tory of him who was the first President OF
the United States. This journal says Dr.
Toner in the title, comprises the history Of
the marches, campings and events, n uEir-
mish with the French, and the death OF their
leader, De Jumonville. The journal fell into
the hands Of the enemy, who. in 1756, print
ed a version of il in French; a new trans
lation of this into English is what is here
given in the absence of the original To
complete the history OF the expedition an
appendix is added in the form of a diary
supplying an account of the battle Of the
Great Meadows and the capitulation of
Fort Necessity; the retreat of the army
with copies of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Virginia regiment, and other
documents connected with this expedition"
The volume is instant evidence Of great
labor. DIR. Toner'S name gives assurance OF
the works accuracy.
MY DARK COMPANIONS AND THEIR STRANGE
STORIES. By Henry NJ. Stanley, ID. c. L.
author OF In Darkest Africa" ''How I Found
Livingston" &c. New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons. Washington: Brentano's.
A collection Of camp fire stories such as
could only be accumulated by such a man
as Stanley. They are the best specimens,
culled from a great quantity of material,
and have the merit of unquestioned now
city. The TRANSACTIONS have been as nearly
accurate as possible, and OF this the dis
tinguished explorer and author says that
faithfully as 1 have endeavored to follow
the unsophisticated narrators, II is lmpos-
sible for me to reproduce the simplicity of
style with which they were given or to de-
scribe the action which accompanied
them" Some of the legends are OF surpass-
ing interest.
THE ETHICS OF HBGEi.. Translated Selections
from his ''Rechtsphilosophic." With an intro
ouction by j. Macbride Sterrett, d. D.. professor
OF philosophy IN the Columbian University
Washington, ID. C.. author OF studies in He
gels Philosophy Of Religion &c. Boston:
Glnn Company.
Professor Sterrett has every reason for
being. he probably is. proud of an ex-