The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-28

tragedy stalks at their side. This is why
the polo player does not qualify senti-
mentally" and later: These active.
hard riding, notwithstanding, open-order
men are doing real work, and are not
being Supplied by battle-ground routine :,
or rendered listless by flle-closer prompt
ing or sleepy reiteration.
..Ihe two letters, or EXTRACTS from jour
nails. one from an old French Trapper of
the middle of tho seventeenth century,
and the other by one Joshua Goodenough,
recounting his experiences as one of
Rogers Rangers in the French and Indian
war, seem not to have half the snap and
vividness of his own experiences. There
IL much Indian" in them, muon OF the
idea that the only good one is dead one,
but it fairly makes one sick to think OF
the amount of bloodshed in settling and
gaining these our United States.
The Strange Days that Came to Jimmie
Friday. the concluding sketch, has moth
ing especially blood curdling, but is a
pleasing account of how some "dead game
sports" went off into the wilderness be-
tween the Northern Pacific and Hudson
Bay, and of the good time they enjoyed.
This is charming bit of description,
taken from that which awakes respon-
sive echo in any ones heart who loves out
of-doors:
"Such a morning, such water, such
lack of anything to disturb ones peace!
Let mans better nature revel in the
beauties of existence; they Initiate his
soul. The oolors play upon the senses
the reddish yellow of the birch barks, the
blue of the water, the silver sheen as it
parts at the bow of the canoes; the dark
evergresns. the steely rocks with their
lichens, tho white trunks of the birches
their fluffy tops SO greeny green, and over
all the gold of sunny day. 1t is my
religion this thing, and l do not know
how to tell all I feel concerning it,"
portland, Loring, Short and Harmon.)
China in Transformation by Archibald
r. Colquhoun, Gold Medallist, Royal
Geographical Society; Formerly Deputy
Commissioner, Burma, Administrator OF
Newfoundland, and Special Correspondent
of the Times in the B ar East, etc. Win
Frontispiece, Maps and Diagrams he
cent events in the Ear East have drawn
the attention of the world to the condition
and prospects OF China. The problems
which are in course of solution there, and
the forces which are at work on them,
are exciting An unprecedented interest
throughout Europe and America. The
moment seems opportune, therefore, for
putting on record some results of the
writer's observations during several pro-
longed visits to the Far East, task
VIII .ch he has, for some time, had in con
temptation. The work is strictly limited
in scope to such an account of the actual
China as may interest the general reader,
and be helpful to men of business, politi-
clans. travellers, and others who. may
wish to be further informed regarding
China.
The grand international problem pre-
sented by the affairs of China has been
approached and treated from the point OF
view of the English-speaking and leu
tonic races, because there Is an obvious
community Of interest as we'll as COM
munty of sentiment among them, which
may be expected, in the long run, to con-
stitute permanent factor in. the world IS
affairs. New York: Harper Il Bros;
Portland: Loring. Short - Harmon.
A Constitutional History of the Ameri-
can People-1776-lS50 in two volumes.
-,
This is history of the evolution of
government in this country, and 1T recalls
the changes in the ideas and opinions
which the American people have held re-
specting the principles, the organization,
and the administration of their civil in
situations. 1t deals with the nation as
great constituency engaged in working
out.a political system. The process has
been one Of individual and social anchor
alton, through many struggles, among
which the chief are those for the extension
of the suffrage; for the equitable appor-
ton of determinations on account OF
race; for the organization of systems of
free schools; for the separation of the
state from questionable practices. and for
the establishment of government directly
upon the will of the people.
These volumes trace our. political insti-
buttons to their origin, and follow, down
to 1850, the applications of the principles
on which the rest. They trace our dual
system of government in the will of a
constituency. whose growth in numbers,
wealth, territorial area, and power is
wi thout parallel.
The history aims to present. the civil
development of the country so that the
reader may know the principles which
from it's inception have determined it's
form and its administration. The people
are the chief theme-their sentiments,
their prejudices, their migrations, and
their demands are the subjects of the
work.
Nine maps illustrate the changes in
population and in the political division of