The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-11-29
The oreqon Historical Novel

west. Inc ULle page mas IIolle
piece of a colonial beauty in minia
ture and the cover is Oruamented
with a medallion Of the great Red
Head Indian chief The Indians are
given great prominence I'm the work
and Mrs Dye has produced an histOr.
ical novel that will be both readable
and possess an enduring interest.
Her story Of Mclaughlin and Old
Oregon is in its fourth edition and on
account Of the national interest Of the
Lewis and Clark centennial her latest
work will have a much wider pub.
licity.
Nothing in American history has
had a more profound effect upon the
future Of the country than the ex.
pedition headed by Meriwether Lewis
and William Clark. which left St
Louis in 1904 passed up 10 the Mis-.
souri, and over the mountains 10 the
headwater OF the Columbia and
thence to the Pacific coast. returning
overland in 1906 This magnificent
conception Of President Jefferson's s
has been seized upon by Mrs. Dye as
the backbone OF The Conquest" The
narrative however. begins with the
active life Of George Rogers Clark.
the explorers elder brother. during
the war with the Indians provoked by
Lord Dunmore in 1874 TO distract the
attention Of the rebellious colonists
Of Virginia. follows him through the
fighting with the British and their
savage allies In the revolutionary war
along the western frontier. and does
not end until William Clark's death
in September 1885 after he had been
az the head OF Indian AFFAIRS of the
nation for a full generation. This GOV.
ers the settlement Of the United
States from the tidewaters OF the Old
Dominion 20 the extreme northwest.
ern corner OF It's boundaries. and en-.
ables Mrs. Dye 20 bring into the scope
Of her work all the deeds OF the ma.
tion for a period extending over sixty.
seven OF It's most vital years. As
result the story has the sweep and
swing Of an epic poem. not all the
battling before Troy and the wander
ing OF Ulysses revealing figures more
heroic or deeds Of equal consequence
20 humanity.
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Just. so Stories.
Rudyard Kipling has shown his
greatest art in the construction of
childhood nonsense fiction in this book
and yet not nonsense at all. II we
consider that both his writings and
his drawings are true TO life OF the
child and the animal His childhood
is merry and his animals are funny
and what happier combination can
there be put together? His fun and
his childhood are cosmopolitan-go
clear around the world and will be
read az sea or land anywhere under
the sun. Woven through all-for
Kipling Is never without a great big
purpose hiding behind whatcyer he
does-is not only natural history but
the origin OF speech and writing the
periods Of the cave dwellers. develop
ment of species, and other great fun
damental truths AS literary art for
impGrting culture there Is none higher
than his. lie has a keen ear for
language iingles that tickles the fancy
OF the child. He mcralizes thus at
the end OF the story Of how the camel
got his hump:
The Camels hump Is an ugly hump
Which You we'll may see at the 700;
But uglier yet is the hump We get
For having 10 little 20 do.
The cure for this IN is not 20 sit stiu, |
Or frowst with book by the fire; 4
But 10 take a large hoe and a shovel
also,
And dig tin you gently perspire
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Humor and Sound Sense.
The Letters From Selfmade Mer. .
chapt TO His Son" are fun OF the above
qualities In a remarkable degree The
author George Horace Lorimor is the
editor OF the Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post and has scattered his
genial wisdom and robust common
sense All through this volume. He
never says to the young man, you
mustn't" but simply mentions some
little things in a general way" that
will prove far more effective than all 4
the austere leoturing in the world for
tho young man who will insist on pas
sing through a great many experiences