The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-18
A MAGNIFICENT WORK.

A History of the United States and Its
People. from Their Earliest Records &c
the Present Time. BY Elroy McKcn-
dree Avery. In Fifteen Volumes. Vol
ume II With 257 Illustrations. The
Burrows Brothers, publishers, Cleve-
land, Ohio.
When a great publisher develops in his
mind the scheme OF popular and yet suf-
Hcontly detailed history of q great coun-
try he is fortunate in having at hand an
author of sufficient good fame TO whom
he is content TO entrust the work. When
the preparation for tho history is fixed
mt eight years. one would think that suf
rc,ent time had been allotted TO have the
woro done we'll: but when the time is eX-
tended TO eighteen vars, or more than
double the original limit, the author is to
be congratulated upon the stcadfast con-
fdcnce OF the publisher in him, the pub
Usher Is to be congratulated upon having
entrusted the work to a man OF compe-
tent ability, whose zeal for the repute OF
his work causes him TO disregard time
and labor and make the history an
epochal one. and the people OF tho coun-
try arc to be congratulated most OF all.
on receiving from the author and the
publisher the splendid result OF the long
labor in such a noble work as this.
This volume carries onward the histo-
ries Of the colonies for sixty years from
1900 to 1850 II takes them nll in order.
keeping up tho connection between the
different expeditions and settlements,
treating them from the standpoint of
their unity. and conveys the narrative
along with all as near at the Same dates
as possible. or. az the author quotes In
his preface. in transverse sections rather
than by longitudinal fibers." AS result,
VIC have in each volume. tho events and
progress of all the colonies during the
period covered 1t is nm excellent and
method
We have In this volume first of all an |
which gives lists OF maps |
and Illustrations explains Old Style and /
New Style: gives a table OF European
rulers who have To do With the events
and concludes with a summary
Of the events recorded in the volume We
have thus, "Champlain and New France"
l6no-55: The Evolution of Colonial
System" an illuminating essay; 'Vir-
sinia Under the Charter 16G2-24; The
Settlement of Manhattan" le9-2S: The
Growth of Separatlsm in England" 1880
GOD; The Pilgrims 1eOO-31: The Coun-
I'll for New England" l620-3S. "Massa-
,husctts Bay" 1852, The Old Domin-
on" 162i-I; Maryland Before the Res
oratIon," 1e29-6O. New Netherland,"
e23-6i; New Sweden" 1926; Roger
Williams and Anne Hutchinson" 1858,
Connecticut Plantations and the Pequot
indians" 1S3l-62. Annexation and Con-
ederation,' 1904 Massachusetts
Troubles" 1e24-el; The Puritan and the
ieretic" 16io-6l. "A Glimpse at Ply
MOUTH l653-el. There is also a list of
he Mayfower passengers, a table of
colonial Governors. and a very long
ibliogr lphcal appendix
The writing Is all OF the most accurate
nd admirable character. Nothing could
e finer than the spirit in which Dr.
very does his work, and the reader can ,
ot but be instructed and entertained I'm
eading these pages and noting the thor
ugh and broad minded way in which the ,
uthor presents his subjects. The pub :
shers have made the book n beautiful :
lustration OF elegant and durable work
he Illustrations are many in tint and
colors. and the paper. md binding are :
orthy OF the highest praise