The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-21
GRE AT WORK is
/ LIBRARY
on
GIVES HISTORY ANDlN-
DDSTRIAL PROGRESS
OF THE UNITED
STATES,
Messages and Papers Of the
Presidents Compiled In a
Series Of Eleven
Volumes.
An Encyclopedia Index Sets Forth
Important Questions Of Gov
eminent From the FOun.
dation Of the Re-
public.
INSTRUCTION FOR YOUNG
AMERICANS.

The fundamental element Of good cit
izenshIp in a republic is knowledge Of
the origin and development of the gov
eminent. an understanding of the dn-
ties which devolSe upon the electors
and their representatives and knowl;
edge Of the relations of the govern
ment TO our Industrial. financial and
civic life. This is true knowledge of
the history of the country in its best
and most helpful phase.
Such work is the Messages and
Papers of the Presidents" series Of
eleven volumes. containing s,64S large
octave pages.
1t is believed that our readers viii
welcome a somewhat detailed review
of this unusual American library. Such
a review will of itself inspire greater
interest in our institutions and awaken
a renewed spirit of patriotism.
The first tep volumes embrace the
messages and papers Of the presidents.
arranged in chronological order, from
George Washington down to a recent
date in President Taft's admlnistra.
tion. In these messages every phase
of the development of American prog.
ress from the laying of the foundation
Is discussed by the respective presi.
dents. Each president in turn through
bis various official addresses. procla-
nations and messages reviews the
past, depicts the present and forecasts
the future of this country in a way
that Is most entertaining and most VI
tai to the prosperity of the nation and
the success and welfare of its indivld-
uals. =
1t will thus be seen that this work
really constitutes a first hand authori-
ty history of the United States chrome
logically written in relays. each sec.
ton by the particular man most suited
to the task, to whom the information,
public and secret, is most available and
,,nor whom rests for the time being
the most profound responsibility
namely, the president of the United
States,
The presidents of the United States,
in other words, have collaborated in
writing the history Of the country.
Tile eleventh volume is a historical
encyclopedia treatise of the United
States, besides being n complete cross
reference index to the contents Of the
other ten volumes, We find on the
subtitle page preceding each admins,
tration a statement which pretty well
describes the eleventh volume, which
we quote as follows:
SEE VOLUME IL
Volume II IL not only an index TO the
other volumes, not only a key that un-'
I6cks the treasures Of the entire publica-
don, but It is in Itself an alphabetically
arranged brief history or story Of the
great controlling events constituting the
history OF the United States.
Under Us proper alphabetical eiasslnca-
ton the story is told OF every subject re-
ferred to by any OF the presidentsln their
ofilcial messages, and at the end OF each
story the ofticlal utterances OF the pres
IdentS themselves are cited upon the SUD-
ject, 50, that you may readily turn 70 me
pege. 10 the body of the WORK itseIl TOT
THIS original information.
Next TO the possession OF knowledge u
tho ability 10 turn at Will TO where Eno"l-
edgeis TO be found.
The list of subjects. treated In al
phabetical order. is much too large to
enuuerste In this review. A few Of
the more Important, however. are our
banking system, our judiciary system.
the taritt. Monroe doctrine. Panama
canal, postal savings banks, the pro-
posed parcels post. postoffice system In
general, Interstate commerce, the right
of franchise. including woman sui.
frare; digest of all the treaties be-
tween the United States and foreign
countries. foreign relations. neutrality,
intervention. important supreme court
decisions, establishment Of the judi
ciary origin and use Of various bu.
reaus and departments, every war,
every battle. biographies Of statesmen.
aids Of various governmental depart
meas in various pursuits, such as az
The University of Paris has estab-