The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-07
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
THE UNEASY CHAIR

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Large Work In Which Dr. James x. Hos
mer of Minneapolis Has Large Part
Harper q Brothers have issued their an
nouncements Of The American Nation: A
History They make large claims for the
work, for the first paragraph Of their an
nouncement is:
This work is the greatest, most authoritative
and only exhaustiyeiy complete history of
America that has ever been undertaken. The
work has progressed under thes editorial super
vision OF Albert Bushnell Hart, professor Of his
tory at Harvard university, in consultation with
advisory committees appointed by the Massa chu-
setts, Virginia, Texas and Wisconsin historical
societies. II. r =
The work will in all contain twenty
| eight volumes divided into five groups
Foundations of the Nation" "Transfor-
| nation into a Nation,' development ol
the Nation" Trial Of Nationality Ma
tional Expansion a.-
In the list Of those who will prepare
the many volumes that make up the work
appears the name of DR.. James X. Hos
mer, who Is writing, two volumes on the
civil war, 'tThe Appeal to Arms anG
Outcome of the Civil War; t9,s.- ~
DR.. Hosmer is associated in the prepar.
alton of this great history with the lead.
Ing American historians, and the
fact that two volumes fell to his
! Thwattes Of the State Historical society
| of Wisconsin and Frederick Jackson Tur-
ner, professor Of American history in the
University of Wisconsin, are other north.
western men included among the authors
Of the history.
The general work IS "a history writer
by experts for laymen." It is "divided into
chronological periods, SO that the volumes
| make an unbroken sequence" and it l.
not abusive. It does not refer to episodes
I as If already familiar, it does not ask the
reader to fill blank space-facts very
much in its favor H..
DIR. Hosmer's name among those Of the
authors will be recommendation for the
work in the west, where the doctor il
widely known already for his literar,
labors. &Ft
! L'ENVOI OF THE AUTHORS.
When Earths last book has been printed, ant
| the types twisted and pied,
When the Smallest Maynard has perished and thu
| e ELtttlest Brown has died, -
We shall rest, and faith, we shall need it., FOL
1 The Century, at best,
Till the Houghtons cease from Miffin and thu
| Scribners are at rest. a. .. g'~
And those that were good shall be Harpers they
shall sit with Putnam chaps,
And write on Doubleday, Pages, an L. @. Pagt
| perhaps,
They shall have real Britons to draw from-Mac
milan and Kegan Paul
They shall wait age for their statements ant
never get tired at all.
And only Mcclure shall praise US, and only Nc
ClurR shall bless;
And no one shall write for an Agent and nom
for Private Press.
But each for the joy Of the writing, and eacl
.. in his separate star
Shall write the book he sees it, for the bod,
of Meads they are!
BY Caroline Wells, in the December Bookman
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be surprised to learn of the discovery
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, has no faith in stories of past discover
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One OF the unusual things Mr.. Bulle
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on the head. The fish died, but the ma
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3 swift that its head was almost driven int
t it's body.
Another Of the wonders Mr.. Bullen give
an account of is the destruction Of mi
lions upon millions of tile-fish by sue
l den change of the Temperature Of tI
water This great fish catastrophe OF
CURED In 1882. Vessels reported sall1r
thru masses of dead fish for more than
= hundred miles.
$ Mr.. Bullen's book is "based upon PEE
: sonal observations, buttressed by scie1
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!, 1t is freely illustrated,{ and is altogeth'
= such a book as will prove popular in tn
t day of great interest in subjects comir
, under the head Of natural history.
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