The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-25
BUTTE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Audubon and His Journals" BY
His Granddaughter.
CRITICISM AND REVIEW
For Love OF Country" by Archdeacon
Cyrus T. Brady-"Naval Battles OF
the World"-An Autobiography
by General Schofeld.

The present generation has been par
ticularly favored with biographies of
the great. Many autobiographies nave
also recently appeared Of inestimable
value But In the qualities that make a
book of ever enduring interest. We
doubt IL any o in this class has APP
peared that Is richer than Audubon
and His Journals" by his g~randdaugh-
ter, Maria r. Audubon. The style In
itself is fascinating. But special in
terest Is given to the book by the fact
hat the pursuits of the great natural
list were such as never lose their attrac-
tiveness. There are several journals
included in the two volumes which
make up this work. and they are edited
with excellent taste by Miss Audubon.
and geological and other notes are
supplied by DR.. Elliot Coues. The his
tory of the journals themselves is
strange. The longest of them all and
the most important not only to patrons
of the Butte free public library, VINO
live near to the scenes which they de-
scribe. but to the world at large-the
Missouri River journal-was lost from
1913 to 1896, SO years. In the back OF an
old secretary. The finding OF these
various journals and their appearance
in so satisfactory a form, is a literary
event deserving much appreciation.
Only last season was issued Hugh
Wynne, Free Quaker" which all re-
gard as a great historical novel, and
many extravagantly praise. And at
the opening of this season there has
already appeared another story which is
heralded by its admirers as a DOCK
which holds the same relation to the
history of the revolution on the sea
that Hugh Wynne" has with reference
to the history on the land. Certain 1t
is that For Love of Country; a Story
of Land and Sea in the Days of the
Revolution" is a readable tale, and
Archdeacon Cyrus 7. Brady has leaped
at once into the foremost OF
American story tellers.
Among recent additions there are sew
eral books which are of special interest
at the present time. First of these to
be mentioned is Edward shippers Ma
val Battles of the World. This book
consists of a number of readable essays
which give accounts of naval warfare
from the dawn of history to the close of
the Korean war. The book is well IL
Illustrated and while not rigidly critical
as to the authorities for its history, Will
be useful and popular.
'Forsy-six Years i'm the Army by
Gen. John NJ. Schofield. is the autobi-
ography of the only living American
who successfully conducted an army in
the civil war. or who acquired the title
of lieutenant general. AS IL is under-
stood thai he will be President ckin
ley's special military adviser in the
present unpleasantness, MS work VIII
have special value
1t seems to be generally admitted that
the leading authority on naval history
il Capt. A. T. Mahan. His Interest OF
America in Sea Power, Present and
Future consists of several
emf ESSAYS which have appeared in the
magazines, and which have attracted
marked attention. h book and the
events now taking place will also re-
yiye interest in the previous works,
The Influence of Sea Power on HIS
tory" and The influence OF Sea Power
on the French Revolution and Empire.
Marching With Gomez by Grover
Flint. Is the story of a war correspond
| emit. who passed four months with the
armies of the Cuban insurgents. TINS
book probably comes nearer than any
available work TO living a true IDEA OF
the actual condition Of matters VIII
those who are now struggling for indie
pendence.
Among other additions of the past
few months and which have already
had notices. are several dealing with
! the queen of the American archipelago
and which IL seems desirable TO men
ton here. These books are "Caoba, the
Guerilla Chief; a Real Romance OF the
cuban Rebellion" by p. II. Emerson;
Under the Cuban Flag" by Fred A
ODER: STORY OF Cuba; Her STRUGGLES
for Liberty-the Cause. Crisis and Des-
tiny of the Pearl Of h Antilles, by
Nurat HaIsted: Cuba n the Gu
bans" by Raimundo Cabrera: "A Gu
ban Expedition by j. H. Bloomfield
and Cuba in War Time" by Richard
Harding Davis. The last mentioned
book also makes up a part OF DAVIS
Year from a Reporters Note BOOK.
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