St. Paul daily globe., 1895-07-01
ON THE BOOK TABLE.

LII noW marcus whitman Saved
Oregon DR.. 0. w. Nixon, for MANY
years the literary editor of the Chi
cago lnter-Ocean, rescues from OBJ
llVlon the story OF now one patriotic
man saved the United States the
territory now covered by the states
of Oregon and Washington. It is
not history, not a biography, but
1t portrays the significance to this
country of the leading and heroic
incident of one heroic life. One
reads with some surprise of the op-
position of Daniel Webster to the
expenditure of a cent to save to the
country the great rich territory
which he regarded as "a vast and
worthless area" a .'region of saw
ages and wild beasts, Of deserts. of
shifting sands and whirIwinds of
dust, of cactus and prairie dogs"
Webster was willing to release it to
get Newfoundland. He had derived
his ideas of the country from the
chief of the Hudson's Bay Fur COM
pany, who knew it's value to his
company.
Dr. Nixon writes out of the fulness
OF memories of the years he spent
In the valleys of Oregon in his ven
turesome youth among the settlers
who knew Whitman, and with
full knowledge of the great service
he rendered in saving to the Union
the land embraced within the two
great states. 1t is to his pupils, the
boys and girls of ''the little log
school house on the willamette" "
that he dedicates his book. There
are pictures of pioneer life in it that
viii help some McMaster to fill out
page in some later history of the
American people, and as entertain
ing a chapter, in the way of narra-
tive, is the doctors story of his ex-
per1ence in crossing the plains in
lo9o. AS one rolls over the Rockies
in railway coach now, how far
away IN the past seems the time
When there We're only trails leading
over them along which the pioneer
Wearlly, painfully plodded. 1t is
toid OF Willard that, sitting in a din
ing car on one of the first throuph
tralns OF the Northern Pacific, eat
ing breakfast that included in its
menu all the delicacies of the con-
tlnent, he said to his companion:
IhlS is what they call 'rougbing
1t on the frontier " Wizards humor
takes on a grimness as we read the
doctors well-told narrative of what
D hi irlCr
tIfty years ago.
Ihe appendix is full of valuable
documents for reference. Mechanic
ally, the book is first-cIass. The
paper is fine laid stock and the
type large and clear. The iIIustra-
tons all the best, about twenty in
number, and the binding rich and
artistic. The volume is an octave
IN size, gilt top, sells for S1.75, and
Will make a valuable and valued ad-
dltIon to every library. For sale bv
the st, Paul Book and Stationery
'The Able Constantin', is q, ax,
quisite little story of Partisan life
written in very delightful stvie
and containing more than thirty il
lustrations by Madeleine Lernaire
Ihe author is Ludovic Halevv. of
the Academic Franchise. and the
publishers Dodd, Mead & Co. of New
ork, who have sent it out in a very
dainty dress. "a Voice in the Will
1erness, by Marie Weed, is among
the latest publications that have
oeen received from Laird & Lee. of
chicago. The story deals with the
opium habit in its many phases,
and incidentally the author tells a
very pretty love story. In ''Fidelis"
Ada Cambridge tells a very enter
tanning story of American and En-
5llsh life, in which she fully sustains
ler reputation as a charming story
.eller.
'The Abbe Constantin," by Ludo-
7ic Halevy. New York: Dodd, Mead |
( Co. Cloth, 40 cents. "a Voice in the
By Marie Weed, Chi
,ago: Laird & Lee. Cloth, so cents.
'Fidelis." By Ada Cambridge. |
New York: D. Appleton & Co. For
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ionery company.
In the Paris Salon the James Clark |
publishing company, of New York and |
'aris, has just published an Artists |
edition in four numbers which is a |
most beautiful set of the works OF |
many of the greatest exhibitors at the |
salon this year. The four volumes |
ontain comprehensive selection Of |
he contemporary art of all schools as |
epresented by the notable works of the |
sreat exhibitions of 1885, and each pic
ure is accompanied by a critical and |
descriptive text by Charles Griarte, |
translated by Berthe Julienne and viii |
). Low. The publisher, in an intro |
luction, states that the object of this
is to bring nearer to the
-eneral public clearer comprehension |
If art by the diffusion of works in
'ainting and sculpture reproduced di-
ectly from the originals.
1.-The Paris Salon. Artists edition.
published fortnightly by James Clarke,
Iew York. Subscription price, $12 per
ear.
Moods" is the title Of new illus
rated quarterly published in Philadel-
hia from the Jenson press. The edi-
or is E. st. Elmo Lewis, who is very
veil known in Philadelphia as the di-
ector of large art printing establish
nent, and also as the manager of a
yeekly journal devoted to amusements.
Among the contributors to the next
lumber Of the publication are Owen
Vister, who is known through his
hort Stories of Western Life, and John
luther Long, the authe& of Miss
,herry Blossom, of Tokyo"
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