The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-07

the country to which the book refers
is excellent, and the story, both in de-
tail and in the abstract is most pleas
ingly written. Quaint and amusing
scenes are cleverly depicted.
Mr.. Harris book stands alone as
monumental novel of this particular To-
cality. We have had many books deal
ing with the localities east and south
and their pecularites, also the west,
also of the west dealing with The cow
boy and the miner. but this one, touch
ing even so gently and firmly upon the
| life of the sturdy. honest, hard working
farmer of the fertile Mississippi valley.
equals. If not surpasses them all, and
has added interest of a new subject.
1t is a regrettable fact that Mr.. Harris
did not live to enjoy the success of his
book and write many more.
APPLETONS' UNIVERSAL CYCLIC
PAEDIA AND ATLAS-Edited by
Rossiter Johnson, ILL., ID. Published by
d. Appleton & Co.. New York.
Good cyclopaedias have been made at
various times in various forms; but n
cyclOpaedia. like human being begins
to die the year that it is born. The in
L,
and gives new life to his books of ref
erence by frequent and careful revision.
The latest and best of these appears in
Appletons Universal Cyclopaedia and
Atlas. The United States census of 1900
and the British census of 1901 make a
large and important part of every CYCLIC
paedia, which without these figures is
now ten years old.
In this revision the population figures
and statistical matter developed in the
United States census have been separated
into proper sections and placed in the
articles where the reader will naturally
and properly look for them. Thus, every
article on Il state of territory has the
population by counties, and also the new
statistics on agricultural products, min
erals education, finances. banking, etc.
Every article on a city or village in our
country has received it's new census
figures, and the articles on one hundred
and twenty-five cities have been thor
oughly revised or rewritten, each by
some person in tive city named.
A similar revision is evident in the
pecially have the statistics of the British
census. industrial as well as VITAL so far
as they have been compiled and issued
been inserted in these articles. The ar
ticles on South Africa, China, Cuba and
the Philippine islands have all been
brought up to date, which required prac-
tically rewriting. We observe also
that articles on what may be called pro-
gressive subjects, or Industries, sciences
and games that change from year to
year, have received proper attention.
The biographical articles, which are
numerous, have been brought down to
date, and many articles on men who
have come into prominence within the
past few years have been inserted. The
wonderful story of William McEinley's
career, from birth to death, is told in
several freshly written pages; and there
is also an extended article such as the
reader would naturally look for. on Pres
dent Roosevelt.
The cOlOred maps. which number 1870,
more than in any other work of the
kind, have all been carefully revised
and changed where necessary, and in
some instances entirely new plates have
been made, as well as additional ones in.
serted. We also observe some new
colOred plates, notably a brilliant one
which represents several species of hum
ming bird.