The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-03

of lectures. Mr.. Fiske's style is brilliant
and his work exhibits exceptional thor
oughness of research and special attention
to detail when one considers its extensive
scope. Yet. while his books are the most
reliable we have. except where they are
paralleled by treatises by Parkman or
Winsor they cannot be considered final
studies. Indeed. il is hardly probable that
Mr.. Fiske so regards them. We shall not
be surprised If one of these days after
more thorough investigation, he Yields
them into homogeneous complete and
satisfactory history of the United States.
The book now before us. old Virginia
and Her Neighbors. in two fair sized
volumes. covers an important locality and
period, which has not before been ade-
quately treated. 1t exhibits MIR Fiske's
gift of style and his happy faculty of APP
plying the lessons learned to modern con-
ditons.
Oliver Goldsmith remains to fame as
one of the elect of English literary men,
but he is not critical historian. The
abridgement of his History of England
will be found eminently readable and
more satisfactory to the average man
than a more careful and drier book.
'Harper's School Geography is n re-
cent addition. which will be of value for
purposes of consultation
Theo. III. Hittell has compiled a com
plete history of California. which is the
best on the subject now obtainable. The
library has SO far received the first three
volumes.
Increasing interest in our South Amer
lean neighbors is a characteristic of re-
cent years. They cannot be understood
without some attention to their history
and the record of the greatest man they
have yet produced is, perhaps, the most
important element in their history. The
Memoirs of Simon Bolivar" the liberia
tor and the Washington of these coun-
tries, in two volumes, does not lose in in
terest because it is old, because its
author was General II. J.. V. Ducoudray
Holstein. who at one time served as chief
of staff to the famous liberator
Lady Catherine Charlotte Jackson S
Court of the Tuilleries lSl5-iSiS." in two
goodly volumes. is a readable sossipy
account of French life during an interest
ing period, and has considerable value as
history.
The three volume Life of Thomas JEFF
ferson,' by Henry s. Randall has the
merit of being the earliest authority on
its subject. and the ono on which later, if
better. historians have largely drawn for
their facts and opinions.
The History of the Society Of tho
Trainers of the Constitution of the State
of Montana" by Henry Knippenberg, has
long been in the possession of the library,
bound up in a volume of Montana Pam
phlets," but it has recently been bound
and may be issued separately.
<aIlOIS the dftH6boiOSlSlS WHO nave
been investigating and interpreting the
antiquities of the Imperial City none
stands higher than Rudolf Lanciani. lie
has written several books of value which
have been lavishly illustrated and at
tractively bound. The latest is Ruins and
Excavations of Ancient Rome" and il
| yields to none of the others in interest
and value.
Spain in the Ninteenth Century" by
Mrs. Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer, is not
profound work but Just such a ono as
| the intelligent man or woman of TO-DAY
needs to acquire needed informal ton with
| little labor of important recent history
The civilization of Italy before the sub.
| lection of the country to Grccian culture
| is a subject of much Importance. But lit
| tie is available on the subject, and what
| ever there is is of value. Mr.. q. Godfrey
| Leland has special facilities of obtaining
| information. and his "Etruscan Roman
Remains in Popular Tradition" will have q
| cordial welcome.
Going Abroad? Some Advice" by Rob
ert Luce. is a book of informal ton OF
small details badly needed by the mex
| perienced traveller.
Several volumes have been received re-
Gently at the library of Memorial Ad
| dresses" delivered in honor of deceased
| congressman. The subjects of these ad
dresses follows:
| Cogswell, William.
| Grain, William H.
Crisp, Charles +.
| Pike, Austin f.
Wright, Myron Il.
Social Life in Virginia Before th,
War by Thomas Nelson Page. is
handsome little book whose contents d,
not equal the expectations raised by thu
| reputation of the author and the adver
tisement of the publishers.
The sixth volume just received. OF tn
Founding of the German Empire" b,
| Heinrich Won Sybel. completes one of TIN
valuable historical works of recent years
Robert F. Lee and the Southern Con
| federacy.' by Henry Alex. White, is al
important contribution to the Heroes o
| the Nations series.
Around the World With Genera
| Grant" by John Russell Young. who ha
| recently been appointed librarian of con
| gress, is readable work in two large vol
umes which has had exceptional popular
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