The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-04
BUTTE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Some of the Recent Additions to
the Shelves.
REVIEW AND CRITICISM
called TO the ron by Willis Boyd
Allen anke, Ships and Yanke
Sailors" by James B~arnes-But-
terworth's New Books.

The first book TO be mentioned among
the additions TO the Butte free public IL
brary this week is "A book for boys by
Willis Boyd Allen. Mr.. Allen has already
become known as an author who embod-
les i'm his pleasant stories more or less in
formation Of value. Called TO the Front"
IL "A story of the early days of the revolu-
ton and speaks of the burning of Fal-
mouth. now Portland. Me-. and the siege
of Boston.
James Barnes has done some valua BILE
work In different forms of literature and
has become a favorite with our young
people. His historical work just now IL
as interesting as his stories, and he il
doing much to stimulate an interest i'm
American history. Particularly during
these days will the boys and girls well
come Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors;
tales of lsl2."
Another juvenile work Is I'm the Days
Of Massasoit: "A Tale of Roger Williams. ."
by Hezekiah Butterworth. Mr.. Butter
worth always writes an interesting story
and always has "A groundwork OF fact,
which makes his book of value. But IL is
a long while since he has produced a
book equal to the Log School House ON
the Columbia" and this story of the Pur-
itans is not up to his best.
A very short book Is General Grants
Letters TO a Friend. 1s6i-1ss0." but II Is
well worth reading for the light 1t throws
on the private friendships of the soldier
president and ON the events ~ our gr at
war.
The fourth volume OF miscellaneous
Historical Pamphlets" just bound ny
the library. contains several papers on
Colorado subjects and one on Alaska.
1.-The OIL SanIl Fo Trail; the Stu;y OF
n Highwat, ny Eenry Inmln. Is an at
tractively pr!l-eI and well illustrated
book of much more than ordinary impor-
lance ON the history of the Rocky mount
ain states.
Elementary Jane by Richard Price.
is "A book which will be i'm demand by
those who rush for the latest novel, but
will interest few others.
Herbert Spence H. well known as the
worlds greatest living philosopher. but
having completed the volumes devoted to
the exposition of his system of phlloso-
ply. he now devotes himself to less
weighty themes. Various Fragments"
contains many chapters on various sub
jects. concerning which We are glad to
have his opinion. The one that has pro-
voked the most discussion is probably his
scheme for book publishing. which strikes
one as rather too socialistic to he the So
Der utterance of so decided an individual
list.
The following United States
either recently received or supplemented
by recent additions. will all find some
Interested reader among our patrons:
United States Agricultural Department
Experiment Station Record. 1ss9-ls93 and
1S95-iS97. six volumes.
United States Agricultural Department
Fiber Investigations Nos. l and 3 to .. by
Charles Richards Dodge.
United States Congress memorial adj
dresses on:
Thomas Allen. 1852.
Henry Bowen Anthony. 1885.
Lewis V. Bogy. 1873.
Zachariah Chandler, 1870.
Rush Clark. 1879.
Reuben Ellwood. 1885.
William Pitt Fessenden, 1861.
Michael Hahn, 1856.
Julian Hartridge. 1872.
Dudley &. Haskell, 1885.
Thomas A. Hendricks. 1855.
Thomas H.. Herndon. 1889.
Benjamin Harvey Hill. 1888.
George $. Houston. 1850.
William ID. Kelley. 1890.
Michael Crawford Kerr. 1876.
John Franklin Miller. 1856.
Michael u. O'Connor. 1881.
Terence j. Quinn. 1873.
Gustave Schleicher. 1879.
Henry Wilson. 1876.
Fernando Wood. 1851.
United States Fish Commission Bulle-
tines, Vol. IL for 1891. and Vol. l6 for
1896.
United States Geological Survey. Second
Annual Report. lsSO-Si. and Fifth Annual
Report, lSS3-si.
United States Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey, Reports of the Superintendent. 1854.
and from 1873 TO 1896. ~ volumes.
The most valuable of the reports are
those of the fish commission and the geo
logical survey. Volume IL of the bulletin
of the fish commission contains finely IL
Illustrated articles on the fishing and fish
culture of Montana and the Yellowstone
park. The two reports OF the geological
survey contain papers of special interest
on Rocky mountain mining subjects.
our lady patrons will be especially at
tracted by "A two-volume work on Amer
lean Women" edited by Frances Il. VIII
lard and Mary A. Livrrmore. This work
contains biographies of 1850 women OF
prominence during the century and por-
traits 81 nearly all are given.
Lin Mclean" by owen Wister. Is the
latest production of one of the two or
three best story tellers who depict West
ern life.