The Nome nugget., 1902-06-28
And This Section of the Dis-
 triLt of Alaska.
SCOPE OF TNE WORK
The Author, E. s. Harrison, a Well Known Writer and a Resident of Nome for the Past Two Years To Be Comprehensive.

"Nome and seward Peninsula i- the title of book which Mr. F.. S. iar- rison, the well known newspaper man. proposes to publish next winter. Mr. Harrison has lived in this section since the spring of 1900. He has travelled over great portion of the country whereof he proposes to write, and has studied conditions with great care. He is in every way qualified for the work. being a facile writer. and a man of broad knowledge and keen intelligence. Speaking of his proposed work, which, by the way, should be placed by the thousand at the St. Louis Exposition, in 1904. MT. Harrison says:
 "The people in the west have faint idea of the general features of Alaska. those in the east know comparatively nothing about the country. They have a belief, obtained from text books many years ago, that it is land inhabited by Eskimos, who live in iglooS, and hunt seals, walruses and polar bears that may be found on floating icebergs.
 Ut is the purpose of this book topub- fish authentic information about North western Alaska. The writer cane to Nome two years ago with this object in view. The work has been deferred un- til now for several reasons, the princi- pal of which, was the desire to know the country better from observation and experience. He has prospected, mined and written about Ala ska. associated with the Argonauts and listened to their tales of the search for the golden fleece. made notes of anecdote and incident that can furnish material for volumes. studied the Eskimo and tried to gal her information of geological and minera- logical conditions, until he feels sure of sufficient accurate knowledge of the country to make an interesting and
 instructive book.
 "Everv new territory has an individ- uality. There is an emanation. an in- detinable something which may be called the atmosphere of native condi- tions, and one must breathe this atmOs- phere before he can become en rapport with the country and know the facts about it as one to the manner born. Every one who has lived on the Seward year. has seen the vivid and strongly cOntrasted cOloring of nature, the in tense high lights and deep somber tones: he has felt the warmth of a tropical day. and heard the hiss of the blizzard whose bite, too often. ha, meant death. These cUlOrs of nature mixed with the colors of life in this far away, strange land, with it's ice locked treasure, make picture that is full of stories. The scope of tlic work in tended to disseminate practical, useful
 information about Northwestern Alas ka, will not permit the iutroduction of any of these stories. nor the narration of incident or relation of anecdnte. that comprise part of the history of tEe country.
 ''[n order 10 cover this ground. the publisher proposes, in addition 10 the publication of large edition of little book that will honestly describe the re- sources and general features of the country, to prepare history of Nome and the Seward peninsula. It will be a souvinir edition, ,n enamelled book la- per, and will be bound in an embossed Morocco cover. It will consist of 800 CT more pages containing Il great many illustrations of typical scenes in this nol inland, and such personal mention as is necessary to or may throw d side light on the story of the Seward penin- sula. This book will be embelli,hed also by the art of modern portrait en- gravipg, and this feature alone will be interesting aS photograph album of the pioneers of Northwestern Alaska. "The writer, has q firm faith that there will be compensation for his labor, and begins the active preparation of this work, which will be printed next winter, with zeal worthy of the cause, aud enthusiasm that will compensate 1 in a measure for the lack of an abler pen."
 Without Charge.
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