Putnam patriot., 1921-01-14
LIlvxULN IlioiUNI
OFCOJNTY APPEARS
Modern History of Windham
Supplements Famous WorA
of Miss Larned
crings Record Of Years Almos, Up
To Dae

During the past week the first cop
es Of "A Modern History Of vi ID
nam County" elite by Allen B. Lin
colin Of Hartford, have been seceive
~ mary of those who subscribed TO
he work when it was first undertaken
~ Mr.. Lincoln over year oga- The
ist ~, which is in two handsomely
pound and freque thy illustrate vol
ines. has won the hi hest prai fr5m
hose who have had an opportunity &c
Examine it
Mr. Lincoln's history IS eontri5utoTy
I in character. II is made up of many
.rticles written by many people, aae
/ hus he has been able to reflect the
ife Of the equity and describe its life
FAR more accurately through the me IL
1m Ct those who have contribute ma
erial than could any editor who had
lived long in this section of the state.
The first and most striking feature
Of the history is the splendid tribute
which Mr. Lincoln pays to his pre- ie-
cessor in the writing of history OF
he county, Miss Ellen Douglas Larn-
ed. A splendid picture of Miss Larne !,
together with a sketch and apprecia-
ton of her life and work is the o1e7-
ing feature of the new history. This
sketch is the work of former pupil
If Miss Larned, Hon. Isaac Newton
Mills. LID, association justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York
Supreme Court.
Tracing the organization of the
owns and cities in the county from
the earliest settlements, the history
gathers the scattered threads Of settle
ment into chapter descriptive Of
community life in the decade prior to
the Civil War. Following genera
historical sketch, each of the towns IN
The county are taken separately and
yiven full description.
Judge Lucius Fuller is the eontribu-
tor of the historical sketch of Putnam.
The EDITOR acknowledges his inde5t-
edness to Mrs. Mary Bugbee Bishop
and Mrs Abbie L. Daniels for safor-
nation 20 to the later history of Put
aam. and to Miss Rosamond Danie4son
Cor information regarding Putnam
Heights. The entire Putnam section
Of the history contains many illustra-
i5ns Of places and scenes. DIR. Frank
z. Guild has written of the physicians
IF Putnam and vicinity, and Mrs. +
7. Whitmore has written of the Wind
ham County Temporary Home. In
another section of the history there Is
4 very interesting summary of the his
tory and growth Of the Day Kimball
Pomfret is represented by an exceo-
interesting but anonymous
historical sketch. whi,e Woodstoc'S i
givsn 'snaee = which Oliver A. Hiseox
AMI Ms. ElizaFissh BINGHAM have
contributed excellent papers.
Gn9er varis us other chapter he9as
NJ Lincoln has collected most yalua-
Die information regarding the CHURCH
Is 81 the county. The county record II
.he World War, tosether with the
hoaor rolls eff every town in the coun-
fs aud + record of the services Of mos i
of the men in the army. Two sketch
a. a war life in France and the Near
Exst are written by an eX-serviee man
.ra woman Libraries. news1ane-s
ed people, county poets and other
cMsi6catioas are added to the bulk of
The book.
T}e history is an excellent fund Of
regarding the period of
county life which has passed since the
publication of Miss Larned's distin-
euished volume.