The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-05

" VT loWH or importance, especially hose for which the city or town is dis tinguished. The map work is of high excellence. published by c. S. Ham, mond & Co, New York Price, s1.5O; for sale by the Pease-Lewis Co.
 The Tower of Pelee," being new studies of the great volcano, is by our distinguished townsman and scholar, esd new Yale professor, Angelo Heil-
 late president of the geographical
 By of Philadelphia, fellow Geo. saphical society, etc. The work is ublished by J. B. Lippincott company philadelphia. Price, $500. For sale by ae Pease, Lewis Co.
 About year after the terrible de-
 SSn of St. Pierre, Professor Heil-
 in visited the region so devas- by volcanic fury. He was the frs Af the great tragedy" to make the tent of Mount Pelee to explore the ruins of St. Pierre, and give com plete and scientific account of the fear full visitation N.Cnot Pelee and the Tragedy of Martinique'9. This work x has met with large sale-only recently I it was necessary to put on another ad- dition to keep up with the demand.
 On the occasion of his last visit, Pro lessor Heilprin stopped at Fort-de- France, which has become the principal ity of the island since the loss of St. 'ierre. The great reason flor his going as to make a study of the wonderful ger which has formed near the mouth Aes aYa tdr.-. cf,t hn ct and slsE inystifying bodies ever produced natural phenomena. .. s......... r Speaking of his last visit to Fort-de- Trance, Professor Heilprin says: ~ "The volcano was still part of the lourly food, and it's workings were of lcially chronicled almost daily; but here seemed to be few who were more han passively interested In the extra rdinary structure that had developed Ae gigantic obelisk of rock which snsfixes the scrater-cone, and, like litable Tower of Babel, towers over
 summit of the mountain to a height, l9 feet or more.
 rther on, in speaking Of the visit or
 sD E Oar = of which he was a
 on the brink of the crater, to
 view of the Tower of Pelee at
 ange, he says, in part:
 spectacle was one of overwhelm-
 Sandeur, and we stood for some
 hts awed and silent in the shadow
 ys most impressive of Natures
 dwaork. One can hardly conceive
 terrorizing aspect. Natures mon
 slt, dedicated to the 30,00O dead $ lay in the silent city below, it ris" slp huge monolith, 830 above the kly constructed summit of the vol ho, and a mile above the surface of se Caribbean sea-"
 The book gives a detailed and graphic Eccount of Professor Heilprin's extend- ad explorations during his last visit, Which cover not only all, aspects of the remarkable tower, but many later par Iiculars and comparisons on the treach- srous volcano of Mont Pelee, and the several eruptions which have resulted h such unparalleled loss of life and property. ..-.. The book is liberally illustrated with series of especially fine, large and ex- elusive photographs, taken by Professor Heilprin himself. @ s:..-, Professor Heilprin is a scientist of internationaI reputation; and his story AS 3baSe& on aCIual OpSeFVdlioH iilahlifS v complete and correct study of the Aject by high authority.
 hat William J. Long is a patient
 accurate observer of animal life, as 4 as a gifted writer of animal stories, We'll established.
 3Dr. A. B. Winship, summing up the Controversy in an editorial in the New England Journal of Education, says:
 Tt now appears that a multitude of tumble folk have seen the same wonder ul things that William J. Long has Ieen. Tn one small town in Ohio there Ire three lovers of nature, whose word sn each case is as good as his bond, who lave seen as startling things, and as snusual as anything seen by MT. song. and now the ewoodcock surgery Ase seems to have been established in e mouths of two or three witnesses. ix }1e world will always have men who < Are seeing things in real life that the 4aan who swings in hammock, or studies caged animals, has never seen." Barrett Wendell, professor of English in Harvard university, is featuring at 1 the Sorbonne on America, American A Ideas and institutions" This is the first time that an, American has lec- st,1red on American topics at the Uni Myersity of Paris. Professor Wendell IS