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hale optimism from every page OF that
work. We feel that God ie the great
educatoro of His creatures. We see man
evolving from that which seems lowly to
that which is high, and that "The evil
is null, is naught, is silence implying
sound"
Religion is portrayed az consisting not
in forms, ceremonies and beliefs, but in
doing; every man is his brothers. keep
err all are one great family, and God
over all. The only salvation is free
dom from elm. There is no need OF an
atonement to reconcile God to man. He
is not.an angry Deity inficting punish
ment upon a sinless substitute in order
to satisfy the demands of divine JUS
tice." This book 10 iull of matter for
thought, and is worthy OF careful study
and frequent perussl, presenting as it
does, in a very pleasing form. the most
advanced thought on all subjects now
sin the air and agitsting the whole
mental, moral and spiritual atmos-
phere." 1t is we'll worth careful read
ing by all thinking men and women. 1t
can be had in either cloth or paper
binding.
From the we'll known publishing firm
of q. p. PutnRm's Sons we have in
Wah-Kee-Nah and Her People, by
James @. Strong, an entertaining and
popular account of the customs, tradi.
tions and legends of the North Ameri-
can Indians. Mr.. Strong informs us in
his preface that he began to live among
the Indians upon the Pacific coast in
1850; that he learned one OF their Ian
guages, and travelled with and among
them for six years. He divides his book
into, 18 short chapters, in which he
gives historic glance over the relations
that have obtained during the last four
or five centuries between the white
races OF the old world and the native
races OF the new world, aud let's US
draw our own conclusions, which are
not hattering to our claima to superior
civilization than inheree in the minds
and conduct of these so-cRlled ssVages.
1t is an old story, with which we are all
familiar. and painful as it is, it is always
interesting. He distinguishes the diff
ferences between the various tribes
along tina northern parts OF the conti-
nent, and writes as one who has studied
them face to face, as we'll as
mastered what has been written
about them by travellers OF repute.
teristics are strongly marked, the Da-
cotsh having but little affinity with the
Konigas. the Aleuts, or the Tinnah fam
lily. The most attractive of all are, per-
haps, the Mandans, who lived in two
villages about three miles apart on the
banks OF the Missouri river. OF this
tribe he says: ''In the matter of COM
plexion, as we'll as in the color and
texture OF the hair, the Mandsns were
unique among all the Indians OF the
continent. There is that in their ira
ditions and language which leads to the
belief that they were decended from the
Welah voyRger, Prince Madoc, and his
followers, who sailed from their native
country in ITO, and were never after
ward heard from. It is supposed
that they sailed up the Mississippi
river, and thst their vessels becoming
disabled or unseaworthy they inter
mingled with the natives, and finally
formed q new tribe. The evidence in
support of this supposition ia the hair
anu complexion, aiready spoken OF the
frequency OF blue eyes among them, and
the close resemblance of many words
In their language to the Welsh.
A list OF these words was made by Mr..
Catlin, and when compared with words
in Welsh having the same meaning the
resemblance was so apparent that, as he
informs US, almost any theory would be
more credible than that such affinity
was the result of accident. The most
interesting portion of Mr.. Strong's vol
ume is the tenth chapter, which contains
the story of the Indian maiden from
whom its title is derived. Sne WAS a
Yakima girl whom his brother obtained
from her parents in 1851 to attend upon
his wife, not 80 much as q servant AS q
companion. Her name. Wah-kee-nah,
signifed "most beautiful" in Yakima
speech, and we'll did she deserve the
narne, for she was not only beautiful but
faithful, courageous, heroic. The 20
pages of this chapter are a poem, which
we will not mar by attempting to trans
late into these poor words of ours. 1t
should be read in the pages of the story
or not at all. 1t is exceedingly cheap,
being only $1,25 in the cloth binding.
*S#
One OF Robert Bonner's Sons latest
publications is in their choice series. 1t
ia new novel by E. Werner, author of
The Northern Light, illustrated by Vic
tor Perard. A Logger From Across the
Sea is this latest work. Tue author has
written more popular novels tnan any
other German writer. She has set the
key for good many Of her sisters, who
have made the German domestic love
story one OF the most agreeable and fa-
miliar to American readers. These sto-
ries are always pure, interesting and
popular. A Lover From Across the Sea
is fresh story, never before translated,
and better adapted for republication
here than any German novel which we
can recall. 1t ia one of the authors
shorter novels, and the volume is en-
larged by the addition of another new
story by E. Werner, entitled in the
Hands of the Enemy, of the came gen.
eral character and equally interesting.
The illustrations of these stories add
very much to the value and beauty of
the book.
All of the above books for sale at the Anti
quarian Book Store, III West First street, Los
Angeles, Cal.
Polish Prosecutions.
Great indignation is felt among the
sculptors and art dealers of Warsaw
over recent rescript of the police of
that city The Guardians of the neace