The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05
THE NEW BOOKS.

IHE NEW BOOkS.
THE STORY OF THE MINE Illustrated bv
the Great Comstock Lode of Nevada
BY Charles Howard Shinn Edited by
Rlpley Hitchcock Illustrated. 12mo
Cloth, Sl5Q. d. Appleton & Co.
The ''Story of the Great West,' series.
heretofore noticed in these columns. re-
ceives welcome addition in the above
volume which is the second of the series.
1t is volume of substantial historical val
ne and of timely interest. The .'Storv of
the Nine is told with special reference
to the Great Comstock Lode and its re-
markaole history. 1t is a story which in
interest surpasses the novel, embracing as
it does the romance of Western life in one
OF its most remarkable episodes. The vol
ume is not technical history of mining.
but graphic narrative of the beginnings
and progress of the mining industry which
now occupies such prominent position in
American Western life and whose results
have added so largely to the wealth of
this country and the world at large. We
have here full description of the early
rush to the treasure land across the Sier-
ras, and the doings of the first prospectors
with graphic history of the subsequent
events, involving the vicissitudes fri
umphs and excitement of the bonanza ne,i-
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special story of the Comstock Lode. with
details of the working of the mines. the
life of the miner, and the stock pamblino
which attended the DEVELOPMENT of tho
great enterprises. The volume is fnelv
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style 1t will have many interested read
ers.
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Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, antbor If
Faith Gartneys Girlhood. ), etc
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A-BIRDING ON A BRONCO. Bv Florence
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HERBERT SPENCER's PHILOSOPHY.
completion of Herbert Spencer's system of
philosophy is announced by his publishers,
Messrs d. Appleton & Co. AS first
stated this division of the Synthetic Phil
osophy was to be treated in two volumes.
but in their preparation the amount of
matter grew to such proportions that
third volume became necessary This con-
talns Fart vi, Ecclesiastical Institutions;
Part VII, Professional Institutions; and
Part VIII, Industrial Institutions In
view OF the numerous changes, beneficent
and otherwise, that have been going on in
the industrial world within recent years,
the appearance of this closing section has
been eagerly looked for in many quarters.
1t will be found to be fully up to the high
standard of Mr.. Spencer's preceding work
and to shed strong light on current in
dustrial problems. The many admirers
Mr. Spencer will welcome the volume for
quite another reason. 1t completes the
great philosophic system projected by the
author thirty-six years ago, that has been
justly styled the erandest intellectual I'M
dertaklng OF the century. The work upon
1T has been carried forward with an earn
estness of purpose and perseverance that
neither narrow circumstances, repeated
breakdowns of health, nor unreasoning
criticism could withstand. AS thus
brought to close, it constitutes at once
the most profound and most influential
BODY of thought of modern timae