Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-28
new BOOKS and MAGAZINES
St. Louis Publisher Puts Forth Notable
Work in Ten Volumes,
cY wARNAN WRITES OF RAILROAD PEOPLE
Several Readable Works of Fiction
Just Given 20 Pubiic-A Play Ex-
pnnded Into Novc1-Entertnin-
ing story of n Boy and Dog.

st. Louis, which has never been recog-
missed as a publishing center, is undertaking
a work under the direction of Fred r.
Kaiser that would be worthy OF any city
1t is the publication, in ten volumes, OF "Ihe
Worlds Best Orations," edited by David j.
Brewer OF the United States supreme court.
The first volume is now at hand and unless
subsequent volumes prove Disappointing 1t
Will be a work OF the greatest value. The
intention declared by the projectors OF the
work is to make a documentary history OF
civilization by giving in full the great his
tcrical o~ratlons OF the most highly civilized
countries from Demosthenes to date the
idea Is certainly a bold one. but the scope
Of the initial volume promises that the work
will not be inadequate to it's demands. BY
giving in full such ~orations as "Demosthenes
on the Crown Burke; "Opening the Bril-
berry Charges Against Hastings" Chatham;
ION the English Constitution" Webster;
Replying to Hayne," John C. Calhoun; ION
the Force Bill" Samuel Adams; ION the
Declaration OF Independence" "Cranmer's
Speech at the Stake Harrison the
Regicide's Speech on the Scaffold." and
the great speeches of Erskine, Curran, Pitt,
Danton, Mirabeau, Kossuth, Cicero, and
others whose names will be suggested by
these, the work promises to supply the
student and the general reader what has
never been accessible-a really representa-
tive collection of masterpieces of o%ratory,
illustrating the history, the literature, the
science, the ethics, the philosophy of the
great periods of ancient and modern civiliza-
ton. In the opening volume, as one of
the typical orators of the earliest of those
periods-the Athenian-we have Aeschines,
the rival of Demosthenes, whose protest
against browning that greatest OF all orators
for his services to the people Of Athens led
to the public trial at which Demosthenes de-
livered the greatest of all orations-the De
Corona or speech "On the Crown" The
work is arranged alphabetically, on the plan
of an encyclopedia, so that any orator can be
found at once. AS a result of this most con-
venient arrangement, Cicero, Cato and other
representatives of the second great period OF
classical civilization-the Roman-will APP
pear in the later Volumes, but in their
alphabetical order in the first volume, the
post classical, medieval and modern periods
are fully represented. In his preface Justice
Brewer says: Though special prominence
has been given to Anglo-Saxon oratory the
work is not a mere collection Of English
speaking orators. Its scope is truly inter-
national and representative as far as Is pos
sible Of the development Of those great ideas
which have developed civilization. We
have not confined ourselves to any one pro-
fession or field OF eloquence," continues JUS
tice Brewer; 'the pulpit, the bar, the halls Of
legislation, and the popular assembly have
each and all been called upon for their con-
tribution. The single test has been: Is 1t
oratory? The single question: Is there
eloquence? The reader and the student of
every class will find in these pages that
which will eatfcfv his Particular faSta In tho
matter of oratory." The work is printed in
a style that would do honor to London or
Paris, and is illustrated with full page
photographers on Japanese paper. 1t is sold
only by subscription and 1t is said to be
meeting an extraordinarily favorable recep-
tion. Ferdinand P. Kaiser, st. Louis.
History of the World, Earliest Peoples"
by Zenaida A. Ragozin, has Just been pub
lished, and though finished several months
ago, comes with singular Appropriateness in
view Of the recent report OF the committee
OF seven OF the American Historical associ-
alton ION the Study of History In the
Schools''), which recommends that histori-
cal study should begin with a brief history
OF the peoples Of the Tigris and Euphrates
va~lleys-the main subject matter of the
volume just issued, to be followed by her
almost complete EARLY Egypt" In all her
works on ancient history 1t has been the
authors purpose to have the text pro-
fusely illustrated, the methodical selection
of these illustrations making the books, in
cidentally, handbooks of history of ancient
art. AS such they are used in the school
OF architecture of Columbia college. All
fictitious illustrations, such as prehistoric
men, etc., which are so common in even
what are classed as the better text books
are prohibited. In this work she has been
given generous rein by her publishers, a.
will be seen by the completed volumes. In
the first part of her History of the World, Z"
the latest book, though but a small volume
there are upward of 200 Illustrations. Her
style is necessarily brilliant and fascinating
"a talented musician. brilliant converse
tionalist, warm hearted womanly woman,
she writes as by insiration, simply and in
direct style, giving to her readers from her
great store Of knowledge with a generous
hand. William Beverley Harrison, New
York.
"Auld Lang Syne, My Indian Friends" by
Right Hon. Prof. F. Max Muller, is a work