Robert McNutt McElroy, Ph.D.
Reading edition
Edwards Professor of American History, Princeton University Author of "Kentucky in the Nation's History," etc. 8°. With Illustrations and Maps. $2.50
This volume is designed as a continuation of Theodore Roosevelt's well-known work, The Winning of the West. It begins with the history of the Texas Revolution under General Sam Houston, tracing the origin of that struggle to President Jackson's determination, so often announced in his letters of that period, to "regain Texas, peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must."
The author has had access to large collections of Jackson's letters, most of which have never been published, and his treatment of the subject is distinctly new.
The volume then traces the origin of the Mexico-American war, showing from official documents that the declaration of war was not due to the encounter between the forces of General Taylor and those of General Arista on the banks of the Rio Grande, but had been positively decided upon by President Polk and his Cabinet before the news of that engagement reached Washington.
The Mexican War is treated in detail, the accounts of the battles being based upon official documents and military reports.
The events leading up to the conquest of New Mexico and California, and the settlement of the old controversy over the ownership of the Oregon region, are treated as phases of the western movement. Then follows a full discussion of the Compromise of 1850, and the volume closes with the Purchase of Alaska.
Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks
A Record of Pioneer Work among the Canadian Alps, 1908-1912
By Howard Palmer
Corresponding Member of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society With 219 Illustrations and 2 New Maps. $5.00
A contribution to the description and history of a region that has been sadly neglected. The author is the first to have surveyed and photographed a large territory of the Selkirks, covering about 600 square miles in the northerly part. His superb photographs, some taken from the top of the loftiest peaks, are a great addition to this important and fascinating work.
The Lower Amazon
A Narrative of Explorations in the Little-Known Regions of the State of Pará, on the Lower Amazon, with a Record of Archæological Excavations on Marajó Island at the Mouth of the Amazon River, and Observations on the General Resources of the Country
By Algot Lange
Author of "In the Amazon Jungle" Late officially connected with the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Brazilian Federal Government With an Introduction by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh 8°. 100 Illustrations and Maps. $2.50
To readers of Algot Lange's former book, "In the Amazon Jungle," the present volume needs no introduction. No explorer of modern times has had a more adventurous or more fruitful career. The scientific, archæological, and topographical results of his explorations are only exceeded by the adventure of his expeditions, and he has proved himself a faithful and supremely interesting raconteur. The scene of his present volume lies in the extreme eastern part of that vast division of South America lying on both sides of the greatest river in the world.
The explorer's adventure with a nest of boa-constrictors, his discovery of an island covered with pottery of an ancient race, and of tribes of stark naked Indians living in the most primitive style, using stone axes and making dugouts as they must have been made many centuries ago, is supplemented by his valuable information of the undeveloped wealth of the vast tract traversed.
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