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In Charles Howard Shinn's 1.-THE
Story of the Nine" we have an exceed
! ingly valuable and informing contribu-
| ton to history of the Pacific Coast.
The volume, handsome octave pro-
fusely illustrated and published by d.
Appleton & Co. of New York, is a de-
scrption in great detail of the processes
of penetrating the everlasting hills on
the Comstock lode, Nevada, and of the
methods of mining upon that lode, with
account of the lives of the miners, their
social and business environment, etc
But all this is preceded by a graphic
account of the discovery of the lode
the rush across the Sierras and the
plains, the building in a night of COM
munities that speedily swelled into the
proportions of cities, and SO on. We are
given in this volume, in short, a COM
plete history of the lode, of all litigation
related to it, of all that has been done
upon it, what has been taken out, what
work has been accomplished in the sew
eral mines, the commercial and social
effects, who the men were and are who
have prosecuted the Comstock lode en-
terprises Mr.. Shinn is university
man, an experienced editor, a lit
erary notable, and a writer Of grace
and conscience. He never Sights his
work. nor does he make it appear pain
fully laborious The pictures of life
in the mines are drawn from Mr.
Shinn's personal knowledge of the sub
md he Il
and as Go most literary and educational
people on the Pacific Coast, we can
vouch for the integrity of Mr. Shinns
text. He is not the man to permit even
an inaccuracy to creep in. if care and
close scrutiny can prevent.
In "Redburn," by Henry Ochiltree, we
have from the press of Dodd, Mead &
Co, New York, a new novel that is quite
sure to attract much attention. 1 is
written with the informing spirit that
proves it to be a work Of the heart and
the intelligence. 1t deals with Scottish
life, rural Scottish life particularly, of
the old type before the days of railroads
and steamboats,, and quick transit and
easy communication, when the rural
Scot was found in all his independence,
freedom of soul and untaint from the
SCOT and smirch of the great world
with which he is now brought into con-
tact despite himself. To Scotsmen this
charming, heartfelt story of rural life
in the old land will come with great
refreshing, for whatever recalls wildly
the old home and scenes of cOntented
| youth, or even of youth under hard
| lines, opens up the soul to the delights
! and charms of revere and III these
| all men take pleasure when removed
| from early environment.
S. V. Niles, grandson of Hezekiah
| Niles, editor of the Baltimore Regis
| ter a famous newspaper in the early
| part Of this century, has edited and re-
published his grandfather's The Prin-
ciples and Acts of the Revolution upon
| the urgent recommendation of many
| many eminent statesmen and jurists
with a feeling that its renewed circula-
| ton would go far toward fostering
| feeling of patriotism. The book is dedi-
Gated to the young men of America"
and looks for a place in the collection of
American historical and patriotic vol
umes in ali public and private, and par
| ticularly school libraries.
Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott. whose dis
courses on The Bible as Literature"
have recently attracted attention, is also
known as the author of a series of il
| Illustrated commentaries on the New
Testament for Christian Workers which
have met the unqualified approval of his
ministerial brethren, including Rev. Drs.
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| Bishop J. H. Vincent and others. To
satisfy oneself as 20 the orthodox views
of this eminent scholar and divine, one
| has but to glance at his Commentary
on The Acts" now being studied by the
Sunday-schools in the international
Lessons" Abbott's Commentaries
are recommended by such Sunday
school workers as the editor of the Sun
day-school Times" and others.
"Harper's Weekly of March Goth
contains an illustrated interview with
DR.. Fridtjof Nansen, the Arctic explor-
err who is at present one of the most
widely discussed of living men, and
whose book, "Farthest North is being
eagerly anticipated. not only in this
country and in England, but through
out the whole civilized world. w. d.
Howells in his department, Life and
Letters" reviews Lorimer Stoddards
dramatization of Hardy's Tess of the
D'Urbervilles, recently produced in
New York with notable success by Mrs.
Minnie Maddern Fiske. Another in
teresting feature is an Illustrated arti-
Gle. on the export cattle trade, by Lynn
r. Meekins. The illustrations of the
number include q striking double-paSe
picture of the Central Readng-room of
the new Congressional Library.
1.-THE Sanitarian'' for March Crook
Iyn, n. W besides it's crisp, informing
and always full departments, has,
among others, these features: Pre-
ventive Medicine" George M. Stern
berg: .Hygienic Self-defense," Rabbi
Voorsanger; Mental Fatigue in
Schools William T. Harris; "A Maids
a Maid for a That" Motel Whitney;
Topography, Climate and Mineral
Springs of Mississippi" A. N. Bell;
Altitude: It's Effect Upon Different
Individuals George S. Cove; New
Sewerage of Melbourne" Daniel w.
Maratta; Medical Excerpt" T. P. Cor
bally. A. NJ, NJ. D.; Chronic Rhinitis."
L. Pelaez; Cholera Microbe.'' E. H.
tism." M. Fournier; "Diphtheritic Par
alysis and Nerve Changes" LIE Pro-
gres Medical; "Protonuelein in the
Treatment of Chronic Pleurisy," AL
mond H Cook; 'Iodia as an Alternative