The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
Books and Authors
NEW BOOKS

NEW BOOKS
The Jewish Encyc!opnedta: Descrip-
tive Record Of the History. Religion, Liter
ature and Customs OF the Jewish People |
from the Earliest Times to the Present
Day. Volume II. Apocrypha- Benash. New
York., Funk & Wagnalls company.
The second volume of this very valuable
work fully confirms the expectations awak- |
ened by an examination Of the first volume.
work of this character, .on such large |
scale and undertaken with such thoroughness,
devoted exclusively to the history, litera-
ture, religion and customs of the Jews, has
never before been undertaken, and the pub
fishers are to be congratulated upon the sue
cess of their enterprise, which is OF the deep
est interest to Jews and Gentiles. An I'M
mease amount of ripe scholarship and patient
research has been brought to bear upon this
work, the. corps of scholars and specialists
preparing the matter numbering over 400, un-
der the direction of an editorial board upon
which are such scholars as Cyrus Adler,
Gotthard Deutsch Richard Gottheil, Marcus
Jastron, F. de Sola Mendes, Crawford Toy
and others. while Isidore Singer is the pro-
jector and managing editor. These gentle
men are recognized widely for their ripe
scholarship, and the American and foreign
boards Of consulting editors have upon them
both Jewish and Christian scholars. The
first and second volumes cover the alphabet
as far as Benash which gives an idea OF the
| magnitude of the work. It is fitting and
significant that in these latter days such a
splendid work should be produced, devoted
to the history and achievements of Israel,
the people of prophecy who destined to
figure more conspicuously in the history OF
| the world in the future. A century ago the
| production of this Jewish encyclopaedia
| would have been impossible. To-day the
| work is received with accamation, and 1t is
| at time when new and vigorous intellec-
| hrvs J,arr
as was shown at the recent annual meeting
| Of the Jewish Publication society, among
| whose works Is new English translation OF
| the Jewish scriptures, and many new WORKS
are constantly published, while notable Jew
| ish writer's of fiction coming to the front
| in this country and in Europe
The Story of the Prairies or the
! Landscape Geology of North Da-
kotn. By Daniel E. Willard, Professor $50. O. OF
Natural SCIENCES State Normal Norm Ma3e1L se5oH,
& Co. For sale by the author at May
/ vile. Price $1.75.
During the last fifty years there has been
a largely increased appreciation by the public
of the enormous value Of a geological survey
of every new territory and state in this
country. The legislature which is slow to
appropriate money for such survey makes
great mistake. The more thorough the
geologic survey the sooner is the natural
! wealth of state brought to light, the soon-
er is capital invested for the development of
that wealth. In this volume 1.-The Story of
the Praires," Mr.. Willard gives most in
teresting account of how the soil was made;
how the valleys and hills and streams and
lakes and orairies and coal and boulders and
buttes of North Dakota came about. Much
of the material like granite boulders has
come from distance and it is shown how
in the glacial period the greater portion OF
North Dakota was covered with a thick sheet
of ice which had slipped down southwark
bearing masses Of rocks which it had broken
off from great ledges in it's progress and
ground them fine, making the soil for the
future farmers to cultivate. The story o.
thee work of the ice, preparing land for fu'
ture cutivation; of the making of Ignite Goa
I for the future fuel. and the cutting Of chan
nels for streams formed by the melting OF the
4 ice sheet, is well related. North Dakota Il
a most interesting region 'for the STUDY o
the ancient moranes and other action of th
ice sheet it moved over the surface 0
the earth. chapter is devoted to the forma
s tion of the glacial lakes, including Devil
Lake, and there is an interesting chapter o.
: the Bad Lands, which are not bad TO
q stock-raising purposes, but "bad' for trave
~ | by wagons. !
y There is much further information in tn
book touching the geological processes in tn
r region, and ;; a very interesting account
q W
Il qualities and resources, railways, etc., an
there is a good index and geological map 9
the state, while the illustrations of the tex
are profuse and valuable.
T. Mistress Dorothy, Of Haddon Hal
non Of Haddon Hail. sBy Henry Hasting
=, New York: R. F. :Fenne & Co., and
y East Sixteenth street. l Minneapolis: Mil
- neapolis Dry Goods company. Price, $1o
SHl ~;
n have overlooked the fact that the, title elosel
te resembles that of Charles Majors romano
81 of the same period xsiths the same heroine
IL published by the Macmillan company, VIII
have threatened to bring an action again:
the publishers Of Hastings book for III
- friugement of copyright. The latter came Oh
~ some time after Majors book. The Doroth
. Vernon of the latter rs "a girl of very differ
- ent makeup from the other, and the stor
~ ~ of the courtship Of Sir John Manners an
the winning of Dorothy, awhile interesting
lacks the picturesque details and passion {
the other account; and2waries in many IL
-, stances OF course, when two noVellsts n
o on the same subject and choose almost 1de1
tical titles, it is unfortunate sometimes fc
both of them In this instance Mr.. Major
- previous recognition by the public gives hil
l. practically the field.
'e Destruction of st. Pierre, Martinique
al by j. teTDeTL WELSH anu Il Adyio
ie :. New York: R. F. Fenno & Co. Minneapt
= lis: Minneapolis Dry Goods Store. Pric
50 cents
Il This volume contains AN account of tt
r volcanic activity on the islands of Martiniq,
or and st. Vincent last April and May, wit
or chapters on the Krakatoa catastrophe ar
us other eruptions and earthquakes OF notab
character, with a chapter on the causes
volcanic action. The authors wisely refra
be from any attempt to explain the phenomeI
be Of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
be long as scientists differ very widely on tt
subject laymenr may we'll be content to sta
the facts and leave definite solutions to Il
n future when more is known about it,
Michael Carmichael. BY Miles Sandy
illustrated. Chicago: Laird Lee: Pric
$1.25. . =.
Carmchael's terrible career began at
game of poker, played in room back OF
en- saloon in the aspiring western town, 'Goph
.et City, in which the mayor and other munlc
,ir + pal magnates took a hand, Carmichael hiT
nd self being corporation attorney The homo
ca able mayor having detected the honorab
re corporation attorney trying to cheat and po
n sess the jackpot, denounced him as a blac
leg whereupon Carmichael stabbed t
,re mayor to death; cut the city marshal badl
On | drew his revolver and shot out the kerose
,se lamps and, taking advantage Of the daT
,p | ness, rushed to the stable, mounted his hor
ds | and rode away a man he had noticed a fe
~ days before also mounting and accompan
be ing him and guiding him to a place OF safet
1t | This man. Gilbert, rode with him, and tn
;n;Io q