Arizona republican., 1916-12-04
FROM BULLETIN, SAN FRANCISCO,

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 The history of Arizona, according to Thomas Edwin Parish, is in two parts, the first being the story of a vanished race which left behind il a record Of achieve ment and which antedates the conquest of England by William the Conqueror. The second part of Arzonas history begins with the Spanish explorers of the six teenth century. followed by the success sive governments under spanish, Mexican and American flags and the gradual huiiding up of the prosperous common wealth of today.
 In reading these two volumes it would seem that the history of Arizona was mostly the story of the pioneers battles against the Indians The stronghold of the Apaches was in this region, and no tribe of Indians was harder to conquer. consequently the early settlers of Ari- zona were forced to fight d cruel and adroit enemy For forty years the pio- neers warred against the savages of which Geronimo was pronounced type. Vol ume | of this history deals with early Spanish explorations. missions and mis- sionaries. the conquest Of California, the war with Mexico. the treaty of Guadalupe uidalgo, Indian troubles. early American occupation. mining and the CTahbe mas sacre.
 Volume II treats of stage lines and nav igation. of Indian campaigns. Confederate and Federal occupation. the Nayajos and of the early pioneers and settlers There is uothingsmore thrilling in fiction than the adventures of many of these path finders
 This history of Arizona is printed and published By Direction of the Second Legislature of the state
 FROM GooDWIN's WEEKLY, SALT
 LAKE CITY. UTAH
 History of Arizona-ey Thomas Edwin
 Parish
 X remarkable work, such as there Is no other in our country's records The his- tory begins one hundred years prior to the sailing of the Pilgrim Fathers for d land where they could worship God according to tho dictates of their own consciences" and where they could hang for witches those whose consriences did not dictate the same way that did theirs.
 Mr Parish has prepared the work as State Historian and by authority of the governor and the legislature of the state. The evidence of the exhaustive work he perfoI med in its preparation are on every hand. We would not criticise a feature nf it unless to deplore the authors giving II IT, Bancroft credit for data. He eyl- deutly is not aware of the fact that Mir Bancroft should never be cited as reliable unless what he gives can be corroborated b5f outside authority
 The work is most valuable as an au- thority. it is most interesting as a narra- tive that begins amid the mists of a past the origin of which is well nigh buried un- der the sitting dust of almost forgotten ages and emerges. growing brighter and brighter into the full meridian of the present
 The wcrl, comes 10 the writer out of the silence of more than half century. the author and he were boys together FROM EVENING POST. NEW YORK,
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 The only treatment of the history Of Arizona we have hitherto had is in II. H. Bancroft's History of New Mexico and Arizona" and in various historical essays scattered through A. F. Bandelief's arch geological writings, and both of cheese men have confined themselves to the carly and particularly the Spanish history of the region. The present volumes were written at the instance of the State Legis- laturc. and they make use of such State records as are available.
 FROM THE TRIBUNE, LOS ANGELES.
 CAL
 No state in the union has q more thrill ing history than Arizona It's pages are filled with adventures more daring than any conceived in fiction; it's men have mastered dangers and difficulties un- dreamed of in other regions but out of the barren and forbiddng desert they have carved q commonwealth vast as an empire of wOndrous richness, beauty and fer tiity'
 Volumes have been written of Arizona. most Of them pure fiction but it has been the authors pleasure as well as task to winnow the wheat from the chaff The two volumes by Thos Edwin Parish al hand attest that he has succeeded ad- inirably.