Monthly Bulletin - Clpdigital.org

[Ingraham, Joseph Holt.]
Sunny South; or, The Southerner at home, embracing five
years' experience of a Northern governess in the land
of sugar and cotton, by Kate Conyngham. i860 1*917.5 I24
Series of letters describing life in the South just before the Civil war.
Klein, Felix, abbe.
In the land of the strenuous life. 1905
917-3 K31
Contents: The voyage.—First visit to New York.—From New York to
Montreal by way of Boston.—Canadian ideas and views.—An involuntary
visit to Bishop MacQuaid. — Buffalo and Niagara. —
Notre Dame University.—Chicago.—Peoria and Bishop Spalding; a
small city and a great bishop.—St. Louis and the World's fair.—The
city of iron and fire [Pittsburgh!.—At the cardinal's house in Baltimore.—At
the White house.—Reminiscences of Washington.—The
education of whites and blacks.—Baltimore revisited.—National festivities.—Philadelphia.—Last
days in New York.
The author's own translation of his "Au pays de la vie intense," which
has run into many editions in France and been awarded a prize by the
French Academy. As a broad-minded foreign Catholic's impression
of Catholic America, the book is of great interest.
Maps—Ohio. (1903.)
Stranahan's road map of north eastern Ohio; all highways,
electric and steam railroad lines, complete township
and post office guide; comp. fr. latest records and
surveys. 1903 qrgi2.77i M
Size, 28x40 inches, folded in nar. 4 0 cover; scale, 1 :igoo8o, approximately
3 miles to 1 inch.
Maps—Pittsburgh. (1904.)
Pittsburg and vicinity; [drawn by the United States
geological survey]. 1904 qrgi2.74886 M3
Size, 33x4636 inches, folded in f° cover; scale, 1:2400, approximately y%
of a mile to 1 inch.
Maps—St. Louis. (1904.)
City of Saint Louis; [drawn by the United States geological
survey]. 1904 qrgi2.778 M
Size, 39^x3034 inches, folded in f° cover; scale, 1:24000, approximately
•^ of a mile to 1 inch.
Reynolds, Charles Bingham.
Washington, the nation's capital. 1905
""917-53 R37
Tourist's guide-book, with illustrations and maps.
Schouler, James.
Americans of 1776. 1906
917.3 S37
Contents: The thirteen colonies and their people.—Freemen and bondsmen.—Crimes
and disorders.—Births, marriages and deaths.—Houses
and homes.—The casualties of life.—The three public vocations.—
Dress and diet.—Recreations and amusements.—Colonial literature.—
Tlie colonial press.—The fine arts.—Philanthropy and disease.—Common
school education.—Colleges and the higher education.—Religious
influences.—Libraries and clubs.—Industrial pursuits.—Provincial
politics.—Symptoms of independence.
Study of the life and manners of the Revolutionary period, based on
an examination of newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, letters and
diaries.
Smalley, Eugene Virgil.
History of the Northern Pacific Railroad. 1883
917.8 S63
"The work of a trained newspaper man, with abundant facilities, and
much knowledge of the development of the Northwest. It is highly
readable, and is certainly more than merely an account of the efforts
of railroad builders and capitalists to open a way across the continent.
The spirit of national growth westward from the Great Lakes to Puget
Sound is excellently expressed." Larned's Literature of American
history.
318