The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-02

Smith i'm his "Old Virginia and Her Neigh
bors. published last year. has cham
pioned Mr.. Smith cause. the impartial
reader can read both sides of the contro-
versy. And IL he wishes to read the
original record of the redoubtable captain.
he will find IL in the reference COPY of
Pinkerton's Voyages" in the library.
Some years ago Edward BeIlamy is
sued n novel which. whatever it's merits
or dement's. has vastly stimulated eco
nomic investigation. The latest colony
started on this Plan that we know of has
Just commenced its life in the state of
Washington. Friends of the movement
have recently contributed TO our library
several volumes which they desire to he
used by those interested in knowing their
theories and plans. The books contributed
arc the following:
ADMINISTRATION John Smith.
observation-disclosures England.
Casson-The Red Light.
G~ronlund-The COOPERATIVE
wealth.
Mr.. Adams book calls attention to s,m,
weak points i'm our electoral system, and
gives in story form "A prophesy of socialist
success in a national election in the near
future.
Mr.. B.atchford's 'Merrie England
claims to be IA plain exposition of So
cialism; what it is and what 1t is not"
Mr.. Casson is pastor of the labor church
at Lynn. Mass. His book rs intended as a
note of warning concerning the tendencies
OF the day. and contains in a CONTACT
form the decalogue of his economic faith.
Gronlunds "Co-Operative
wealth has long been recognized as a
standard work of the views of his school,.
Mark Twain's latest book. Following
the Equator: n journey round the world"
is spoken of as being more nearly like his
first books of travel than anything he has
produced for some years.
In the "periods of Europpap IJtera-
ture' series. David Hannay's Later
Renaissance" covers I'm a very accep:a-
bic manner a peculiarly interesting epoch
i'm literary history.
Contemporary American Opinion of
the French Revolution" by Charles bow
ner Hazen. is the latest extra volume of
the Johns Hopkins university studies.
What II reveals concerning the utterances
of some of our early statesman will be a
surprise to many.
No more readable history than the His
tory of the War of the Secession. 1S6I-5.'
has been written than the single volume
work of Rossiter Johnson.
Many books about Mexico have been
written. but most of them are inaccurate.
partial or incomplete. But We have no
hesitation i'm saying that THE Awaken.
ing of "A Nation: Mexico of To-Day" by
Charles +. Lummis. is as satisfactory a
work as one can ask for.
Java, the Garden of the East by
Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore. is an attractive
book treating of a fascinating theme.
Miss Scidmore Is at once a careful OBJ
server and a literary artist.
To the STORY of the Nations series
Lewis Sergeant has contributed a volume |
on THE Franks" This is a valuable
work. whether we consider II in its rela-
ton to the history OF France or to that
of the Teutonic tribes.
A few words on the Philippine islands
may be as acceptable as further COM
ments on new books. The most complete
and satisfactory account of the archipe,-
ago Is the philippine Islands" by John
This is an English work. issued
in 1890.
A good account of the islands as they
were half a century ago is Sir John Bow
rings Visit to the Philippine Islands"
earliest record We have IL William
Dampier's Account of the Philippines"
Captain Dampier's account Is more than
a century old and is contained in vo,. II
of the reference set called Pinkerton's
Voyages"
In February. 1897. an article on ''The
of the Far East" by j. Barrett. APP
peared in the North American Review.
and ID. c. Worcester and +. 5. Il. Bourns
wrote on Spanish Rulc i'm the PhiHo-
for the Cosmopolitan for October.
1897.