Alaska and the Klondike by John Scudder McLain
Review of Alaska and the Klondike a comprehensive study by McLain editor of the Minneapolis Journal. Praises its thorough coverage of conditions, Indian and Eskimo life, reindeer introduction, and comparative British and American policies in Alaska. Credits Sheldon Jackson for reindeer origins and notes maps and Russian history insights in other works reviewed.
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Alaska
The
Klondike
John Scudder McLain
McClure, Phillips & Co
New York
McLain
Minneapolis Journal
United States Senate
England
MciLain
Lapland
Mr. Jackson
Siberia
Siberian
Mr. McLain
Arctic Circle
Seal Islands
Russia
Paul Mityoukov
University of Chicago Press
Chicago
University of Chicago
Milyankov
Moscow
Klev
Moskva
Keeyev
Milyoukov
Holy Russia
Pennypacker Library of 40000 Volumes Holds Franklin and Washington Treasures
Preliminary inspection by Stan W. Henkels finds Gov. Samuel W. Pennypacker’s library of 40,000 volumes, including 14,000 to 15,000 on Pennsylvania history and printing, rich with unique Franklin imprints, Washington manuscripts, and rare maps. The collection features Franklin’s own works and letters, a Washington bound volume with his signature, and autographs. several items are singled out as uniquely valuable, such as a 1776 prayer composed for soldiers and a 1716 Advice to a Son. The sale, arranged by Henkels, aims to dispose of many prized items, with estimates showing potential high values.
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Archibald Eyre
Henry Holt & Co
New York
Ballantyne’s
Washington
Anthony Hope
Oswald Chapman
Duchess of
Pendleton
Oswald
Oxford
Darnsdorff
Saxe-Cassel
Isa
England
Count Darnsdorff
Wilhelm
Oban
Scotland
Karl
Teawoon
Philadephia
Stan W. Henkels
Biblophile
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Henkels
Gov. Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Franklin
Congressional Library
Henry Stevens
London
Boston Atheneum
Wenkels
Strahan
Burke
Pennsylvania Gazette
City of
Ablel Leonard
John Custis
Martha Washington
Daniel Parka Custis
Lawrence Lewis
Betty Washington
Fielding Lewis
Lewis
Custis
Franklin and Washington
Elias Boudinot
Continental Congress
Boudinot
Valley Forge
Christopher Sauer
Germantown
Howells at Kittery Point and Fall Book Plans
The article notes William Dean Howells summering at Kittery Point Maine while Roy Rolfe Gilson plans a Venice winter. It previews fall publications including Abbe Felix Klein translation The Land of the Strenuous Life and Lilian Whiting on Florence Landor. It also covers Miss Driscoll’s Alamo purchase payout and forthcoming biographies and histories from Oberholtzer, Macmillan, and Century Company with authors like Porter Gilder Atherton Wilde and Wark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. McClurg & Co
Abbe Felix Klein
America
Mfontyun
Lilian Whiting
Florence
Landor
Little, Brown & Co
Miss Whiting
The Banner Series of Short Stories T eS
A brief item highlighting a series titled The Banner Series of Short Stories. The note references a collection named The Banner Series of Short Stories and a shorthand label T eS.
Auction of Philadelphia scholarly library to showcase West study
Mr Henkels plans cataloguing and selling a vast Philadelphia collection including Sayers New Testaments hymn books almanacs and early Pennsylvania printers works. The standout pieces are West original study sketch of The Death of Wolfe and a West portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Sale likely in November with wide expert attention.
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Sayers
Pennsylvania
Robert Bell
Philadelphia
Ephrata Press
Idacela
Richmond
Benjamin West
Wolfe
London
West
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Reynolds
Benjamin Franklin
Henkels
Master Stroke in Panama Canal push by press agent
General Manager Shonts identifies need for an official press agent for the Canal Commission. The appointment aims to enlighten the world, though concerns about overzealous editing exist as a caution. The piece frames the role as crucial to the project’s immediate success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Chronicle
Shonts
Canal Commission
Ode to the Marine Band and Colors on August 20
A patriotic verse honors the Marine Band with military cadence and crowds in sunset light. The poem salutes the captain director and comrades, praising the soldierly spirit, national gratitude, and the music that lifts weary hearts and unites Americans.
Why the Negro Walked. Virginia Farmer Explains Mystery
A Washington man returned from Virginia where he looked at buying a farm and witnessed a colored worker harrowing a field. Asked why the man walked, a Southern farmer explained that 200 pounds of stone kept the harrow down while the negro rode would risk him falling asleep in minutes.
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Virginia
District of Columbia Mar
Washington
Noahs Afloat Conversational Banter On Adam And Women
The excerpt shows a dialogue among Noah family members animated over Adam and women and a remembered opera house speech about woman’s role. The scene interweaves wit and social remark as Japheth Ham Shem and Matilda debate complement versus complete. Antique letter-press advertising for Neale Publishing Co. invites purchase.
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Matilda
Shem
Adam
Japheth
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Adolf Hepner
St. Louis
Paris
Washburne
Department of State
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George W Jacobs & Co
California
Harold Mason
Harvard
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Miss Anstruther
Mason
San Francisco
New York City
Canyon
Colorado
Meson
Miss Anstruthpet
Mr. Mason
Mr. Tompkins
Deeries
Maron
Mr Tompkins
Jack
Jane
Helen Hay Whitney
Clark
Harper & Brothers
Wih
Hay
Mrs. Whitney
Oregon Trail
Maurice Hewlett
Macmillan Company
Francis Antony Strelley
Padua
Lanfranchi
Signora Aurelia
Strelsey
Aurelia
Strelley
Italy
Stresley
Streley
Sirelley
Mars
Atrelia
Francia Lynde
Bubba-Merrill Company
Indianapolis
Denver
John Winton
Winton
Virginia Carteret
Mr. Winton
Finaly
William A Sinclair
Clothmall, Maynard & Co
Sinclair
Pennyparker's Books
Fine Franklin Collection
George James
Scranton
Agnew
Stone & Poole
O'Donnell's
William Dean Howells
Kittery Point
Maine
Portsmouth
Roy Rolfe Gilson
Harpers
Venice
Mr. Gilgen
Missy Clara Driscoll
Texas
Alamo
Ella P Oberholtzer
Will
Waliam ‘T. Sherman
Edward Robins
Dr. King
John Paul Jones
Gtn
Albert H. Smyth
Century Company
Richard Watson Gilder
Gertrude Atherton
Munich
Alps
Osscar Wilde
Brentano
Sarony
Pollard
Wilde
Henry Wellington Wark
Victor Hugo
Juliette Drouet
Squirrel Island
Boothbay
Thamesland
Putnams
River Thames
North American Review
Charles H. Brent
Philippine Islands
Far Haat
Philippines
United States
W. D. Howells
Joni Hey
G. H. Montague
Stanqard Ott Company
Stephen W. Nickerson
Shelby M. Cullom
Ilinois
Michael McDowhell
Ireland
Sunday Post
Octave Thanet
I. Zangwill
William Allen White
James Barnes
Alvah Milton Kerr
Frank R. Stockton
Booth Tarkington
A. Conan Doyle
Bret Harte
Jack London
Robert W. Chambers
Robert Barr
Morgan Robertson
the Sunday Post
Marine Band
Nalion
Che Starry
Dezound
H. Kemper
Noahs
H, Rea Woodman
Nashville American
the Neale Publishing Co
Broadway
Fifth Ave
Eleventh Street
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