The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-02
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(BY DOANE ROBINSON)


Plerre-The exploitation Of the re-
cent works of the Boyles and Han
son In a re ent article has trought
ME inquiries from two librar ans wAo
desire to establish distinctiyely South
Dakota shelves, for Information about
booked II uon by South Dakota writ
ers. Perhaps others are interested.
Inc nFst South Dakota writer of
notion, SO lar as | can lea n. was Mrs.
George Z. Spencer of Deadwood, who
wrote a very excellent story of Bla k
Hills life which she ruined by giving
it the vaudeville title of Ca amity
Jane Mrs. SPENCER now resides in
Watertown n. Y, and the book Is out
or PRINT, but may be obtained OF sec
end hand dealers.
Hamlin Garland was the nevt South
Dakota writer and he has three nc
tons which are pecul .arly ours. T ey
are Jason Edwards. An Ave age
Man" a Brown county story filled
with the spirit Of the old days of pop
ulism. Many of the old time Absr-
deem boomers figure in it thinly dis
gu. sed. The Little Norsk, or Old
Pap's FlaXen," a MCPHERSON county
story in Garland's best style. 30 b o.
these works a e now out of print.
"Moccasin Ranch is a recent story
by Garland, which is rather question
able in its morals. 1t has to do with
demonstrating in Brown county.
Miss Stella Gilman of HUDSON. was
also an cary fict on writer and her
That Dakota Gil l." and "A Gumbo
Lily two very creditaDle books, are
out of print.
Judge George H. Marquis. of the
Third circuit, has a very good Fit e
dete I've story, entitled "Fairview 8
Mystery"
Marion l.. Fox, once editor OF the
Sioux Falls Press, wrote a book in
tended to discredit the Philippine wa,
which he called Private Smith" 1t is
out of print.
Rev. w. d. Atwater of Sturgis long
ago published a religious story en-
titled Told Again" I find it occa-
sionally in second hand lists.
Thomas A. Stubbins, a Yankton col
lege man., has a patriotic story for
boys, "The Patriot" Donohue, Chi
cago.
Eleanor Gates (Tul,ey) "Autobiog-
raphy Of a Prairie Gill" and THE
Plow Woman" Mrs. Tulley was DO n
neal Humboldt. Minnehaha county,
and the old homestead there is the
scene of her first story. The scene Of
the second is along the Missouri from
Fort Randall to Bismarck.
The late DR.. VIII Lillibridge OF
Sioux Falls. left five c~ved;table ooks
of fiction, the best known Of which
was his first, Pen Blair" which had
a remarkable sale, and is still going.
Ben Blair and where the Trail
Divides" are stories of the old cat
tie range region in western South Da-
kota. The Dominant Dol a - The
Eternal Question:" and one other, a
posthumous work. all have to do with
life in Sioux Falls.
Kate and Virgil Boyles have col
laborated upon three fictions: Lang
ford of the Three Bars a ta'e Of
Lyman county cattle rustling, in with
John @. Anderson as LangfOrd, and
John G. Baltine, the newly elected
state senator from Lyman county, as
prosecuting attorney, We or heroic
honors; 'The Homesteaders.' a quiet
er Lyman county story, and the last,
THE Spirit Trail" a g aphic story
of the Sioux war, all by MoClurgs.
John H. Burns, the we'll known at
torney of Deadwood has a splendid
story in his Memoirs of a Cow Pony
'Everyman His Chance" is a Rapid
City story, by Miss Matilda Stone
Woods, daughter OF the late James NJ
Woods, the well known politician or
Rapid City. 1t is a very good story
published by Badger, Boston.
: A further reading of Joseph Mills
Hanson's with Sully in the Sioux
Lands" leaves me doubling the pro-
priety Of chasing that excellent work
as fiction. 1t is very reliable history,
but is as interesting as any fiction.
These works made up a shelf of
twenty-three highly creditable works
of fiction that are distinctly the work
of South Dakotans and usually upon
South Dakota themes. There are
several other works which for one
reason or another should be upon the
South Dakota shelf.
Governor Gilbert A. Pierce wrote
the Dangerous Woman" a story OF
the civil war and the days Immediate
ly following. The Identification of the
author with Dakota makes his work
of special interest.
"The Conquest by Eva Emery
Dye. is for two reasons ours. 1t has
much to do with primitive Dakota
affairs and the author is a former
resident, having been the wife Of Pro-
fessor Emery Of the Madison normal.
The W~esterners,' by Stewart Ed
ward White. is a story of the Blas
Hills, though Mr.. White was never
more than a temporary resident OF
the state.
paul Traver's Adventures was
written by Sam T. Glover, while q
resident of Sioux Falls. but not pub
lished until a long time after the
author left the state. 1t does not
have much to do with South Dakota
matters,
fonda by Warren X, Morehead,
is a story of the Sioux of South Da-
kota and incidentally of the white
people who live among them.
There are perhaps others OF this
class as we'll as other distinctively