part of this great nation can afford to pass by this book.”—_Cleveland
Leader._
“A vivid picture of the Indian wars preceding the Louisiana purchase, of
the expedition of Lewis and Clark, and of events following the occupation
of Oregon.”—_The Congregationalist._
“It may not be the great American novel we have been waiting for so long,
but it certainly looks as though it would be very near it.”—_Rochester
Times._
“The characters that are assembled in ‘The Conquest’ belong to the
history of the United States, their story is a national epic.”—_Detroit
Free Press._
McLoughlin and Old Oregon
By EVA EMERY DYE. A Chronicle. Fifth Edition. 12mo, 381 pages. $1.50.
This is a most graphic and interesting chronicle of the movement which
added to the United States that vast territory, previously a British
possession, of which Oregon formed a part, and how Dr. John McLoughlin,
then chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company for the Northwest, by his
fatherly interest in the settlers, displeased the Hudson’s Bay Company
and aided in bringing this about. The author has gathered her facts at
first hand, and as a result the work is vivid and picturesque and reads
like a romance.
“A spirited narrative of what life in the wilderness meant in the early
days, a record of heroism, self-sacrifice, and dogged persistence; a
graphic page of the story of the American pioneer.”—_New York Mail._
The Bridge of the Gods
By F. H. BALCH. A Romance of Indian Oregon. New (seventh) Edition,
enlarged size. With eight full-page illustrations by Laurens Maynard
Dixon. Cloth, 12mo, 280 pages, gilt top. $1.50. Paper edition, without
illustrations. 50 cents.
Encouraged by the steady demand for this powerful story, since its
publication twelve years ago, the publishers felt justified in issuing
this attractive illustrated edition. The book has fairly earned its
lasting popularity, not only by the intense interest of the story, but
by its faithful delineation of Indian character. From the legends of the
Columbia River and the mystical “bridge of the gods,” the author has
derived a truthful and realistic picture of the powerful tribes that
inhabited the Oregon country two centuries ago.
The _Syracuse Herald_ calls the author of “The Bridge of the Gods” “the
best writer of Indian romance since the days of Fenimore Cooper.”
A Short History of Oregon
By SIDONA V. JOHNSON. With seventeen illustrations from photographs, and
a map of the Lewis and Clark route. 16mo, 320 pages, indexed. $1.00 _net_.
FROM HENRY E. DOSCH, _Director of Exhibits at Lewis and Clark Exposition
at Portland_.
“Every home in Oregon might well welcome this condensed, readable
‘History of Oregon,’ and, most important of all, the school children of
the State are entitled to an opportunity to study it, to the end that the
history of the State and the great and memorable achievement of Lewis
and Clark may be intelligently understood and appreciated by every man,
woman, and child in Oregon before the opening of the Lewis and Clark
Centennial Exposition.”
Letters from an Oregon Ranch
By “KATHARINE.” With twelve full-page illustrations from photographs.
Square 8vo. $1.25 _net_.
The hours of delight, as well as those of trial, which fall to the lot
of “Katharine,” in creating a home out of the raw materials of nature,
are chronicled with naïve humor, and in a vein of hearty optimism which
will make a universal appeal. This year the eyes of the entire country
are on Oregon, and it is expected that a book of this kind, giving such
an illuminating idea of the country, will be of great interest. The
photographs which illustrate the volume are of remarkable beauty.
From the West to the West
Across the Plains to Oregon
By ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY. With frontispiece in color. 12mo. $1.50.
A chronicle and remarkable picture of a group of pioneers in their
journeyings across the plains and their subsequent settling in Oregon.
The characters are of the distinctive class of Western emigrant of fifty
years ago, resourceful, independent, and progressive, and in their
conversation and experiences give a vivid account of a phase of American
social life that has passed, as well as foreshadowing the active and
productive period that was to follow. Though a faithful account of an
actual journey, the book is in the form of fiction, and brings the course
of several romances to a successful end.
The Journals of Captains Lewis and Clark, 1804-5-6 (McClurg Library
Reprints of Americana)
Reprinted from the Edition of 1814. With an Introduction by JAMES K.
HOSMER, LL.D., an analytical Index, and photogravure portraits and maps.
In two volumes, boxed, 1,083 pages, gilt top. $5.00 _net_. Large-paper
edition, on Brown’s hand-made paper, illustrations on Japan vellum,
limited to 150 copies, boxed. $18.00 _net_.
“The republication of the complete narrative is both timely and
invaluable.... Dr. Hosmer is well known as an authority on Western
history; hence to see his name on the title-page is to know that the work
has been well done.”—_Portland Oregonian._
“The celebrated story of the expedition of Lewis and Clark has now been
put in an easily accessible form.”—_N. Y. Times Saturday Review._
“Of the several new editions of this valuable narrative, this is by far
the best and most complete.”—_Minneapolis Journal._
“We have nothing but praise for this clear and handsome reprint.”—_The
Nation._
Gass’s Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (McClurg Library
Reprints of Americana)
Reprinted from the Edition of 1811. With an Introduction by DR. JAMES K.
HOSMER, an analytical Index, facsimiles of the original illustrations,
and a rare portrait of Patrick Gass. In one square octavo volume, boxed,
350 pages, gilt top. $3.50 _net_. Large-paper edition, on Brown’s
hand-made paper, illustrations on Japan paper, limited to 75 copies,
boxed. $9.00 _net_.
The appearance of this volume in the period of Lewis and Clark
celebrations is especially pertinent, as no practical library edition has
been available of the “Journal of Patrick Gass.” His narrative was for
seven years the only source from which any authentic knowledge of the
great enterprise could be obtained. When at last the work based on the
diaries of the Captains was given to the world, the earlier book, so far
from being set aside, was found to be most important as confirming and
supplementing what had been set down by the leaders, and, in fact, has
not ceased to be held in high estimation up to the present moment.
“Several picturesque details Dr. Hosmer mentions (in the ‘Introduction’)
which had eluded the argus eyes of Coues through a lifetime of waiting
and watching. Whatever he learns he sets forth with a vivacity which
keeps our attention expectant and appetite growing by what it feeds
on.”—_New York Evening Post._
“It restores Gass’s Journal to a common use. The portrait of Gass, which
serves as a frontispiece, is a distinct addition.”—_American Historical
Review._
“No edition of Lewis and Clark is complete unless accompanied by the
Journal of Patrick Gass. The work has been well edited, and the mechanics
are of a superior character.”—_Baltimore Sun._