The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-04

fin are the Lives and Services of
Major General John Thomas, Colonel
Thomas Knowlton, Colonel Alexander
Scammell, Major General Henry Dear
born" all gallant and meritorious Rev.
dictionary heroes.
A mingling of romance and history
is gathered from the medieval towns
series, of which The Story of Rou-
en-" by Theodore Andrea Cook, is the
first volume to appear.
Hawaii Mel" by Miss Mabel Craft,
the popular San Francisco journalist,
is to all intents and purposes strong
argument for the claims of the de-
posed dynasty of the islands.
Francis Marion Crawford is widely
known as very skillful and a very
successful novelist. But a far more
serious work than fiction and a work
that has been accomplished with eX-
ceptional success, is Ave Roma I'm
mortalis: Studies from the Chronicles
of Rome" in two volumes of convent
ent size.
The deluge of literature concerning
the war with Spain has so far been al
most entirely confined to narratives of
events in the West Indies. where 1t is
fair to presume the participants have
not been so thoroughly or so long alb
sorbed in fighting as they have on the
other end of the immense line of battle.
But our Pacific soldiers are not to lack
their historians, and in our list of books
this week We have to mention four
books which will be welcomed by our
readers. These books are Our Con-
quests in the Pacific" by Oscar King
Davis: The Story of the Philippines"
by Amos X. Fiske; America in the
East: A Glance at Our History, Pros
poets. Problems and Duties in the Pa
cific Ocean" by William Elliott Griffis,
and The Story of the Philippines and
Our New Possessions" by Murat Hal
stead. OF these books we will mention
that that by DR.. Griffis is not only the
best from a literary standpoint, but is
based or more complete information
than any of the others. Its theme is
not confined to the present war, but
contains chapters on many events in
which the United States have been con-
cerned for half a century back.
The British Empire by Sir Charles
w. Dixie is very compact summary
of the extent of the queens dominions
at the present time, and contains
final chapter on the best way of study
ing the empire.
China" by Robert X. Douglas, the
latest volue of THE Story of the Ma
lions" series, contains in one volume an
outline of the comparatively modern
history of the Celestial empire. That
is, it contains the history of the last
10 or Is centuries, leaving the early
history for future volume in the same
series.
The Dreyfus Case" Richard w.
Hale, is shorter, though more up-to-
date, book than is the work on the same
subject by Conybeare, which We mem
toned a month or two ago. By reason
of the present interest it should be in
much demand.
Very readable is the small volume Of
autobiography called Adventures of
Ebenezer Fox in the Revolutionary
| War" 1t gives a vivid picture of pri-
watering experience and of life in the
horrible prison ships. The account of
his trip across the island of Jamaica
will be of interest to those who are
watching the condition of public senti-
| ment in that West Indian possession of
our friend John Bull.
! The most considerable biographical
! work in the list of this week is the
| Life and Public Services of Edwin NJ.
| Stanton" by George C. Gorham. In
| two large volumes Mr.. Gorham has pre-
| scented the claims of Lincoln's great
war secretary to fame in a more favor
able light than they have had before.
| Two very attractive books, though
! quite dissimilar in plan and nature, are
| devoted to the new gold fields of the
| distant Northwest. Alaska and the
| klondike: A Journey to the New Edo
RADIO, with Hints to the Traveller" by
| Professor Angelo Heilprin, is the work
| of scientist of well-known reputation,
| and should be the most reliable book We
| have on the subject An equally good
| book, but from an unscientific stand
| point, but which is welcome for its lit
erary merit and the tale of adventure,
| is Two Women in the Klondike: Story
! of Journey to the Gold Fields of
Alaska by Mary Z. Hitchcock.
| Thomas Hodgkin's Walls, Gates and
| Aqueducts of Rome" is an important
! chapter from his ITALY and Its In
! vaders," which has been reprinted and
separately bound for more ready con-
| sultaton.
While many books have appeared
treating of Rhodesia, the valley of the
Congo, the ramifications of the Nile and
| some other parts of the dark continent,
| the region of the Niger, though not
! without great Importance, seems 20
! have been strangely neglected. We say
seems to be. for it appears that the
| French have been as active there as
! the English have been elsewhere, and
| the results of their enterprise are re-
| corded in the valuable French Enter
prise in Africa: Personal Narrative of
| Lieutenant Hourst's Exploration of the
| Niger"
In the line of historical literature a
! good and complete history of the sister
! republics that make up the southern
| part of the Western hemisphere is bad
| ly needed. Until such book is avail
| able, the History of South America"