| Show HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC STATES WE wis have received volume ten of hubert howe Ban crofts ma work to which we have several times made extended reference this volume is the sixth that has been issued although althou h it is numbered X in the series some of the reasons for this are thus given by the publisher it has been deemed advisable for several reasons to deviate from strict numerical order in the publication of the several volumes of this history and pursue a more chronological course this instead of continuing the annals of central america as presented in the second vollme of the series the fourth volume of the series is next issued s E med which is the first volume of the h history story of mexico the three succeeding n volumes volumes will brin bring the histories of mexico lex ico leo und und central Ni america side by side down to about 1800 these The sewill will be followed by several volumes on regions toward the tile north for approximately the same period for example the earlier volumes on the north mex can states california the northwest coast and ore oregon on gew rew new mexico and arizona nevata nevada bah nah utah washington idaho and montana british columbia and alaska may be issued at any time this plan of publication has been adopted not without out careful deliberation ta I 1 n the ille reasons for such A a plan are these finst first the territorial peculiarities of the subject seem to demand it there is a natural order in which to present events an order alike best for the author and for the student so presented the work as a whole constitutes utes a more continuous and unbroken story and therefore better holds the attention of the reader again this method gives to the people 01 of th the several sections parts of their own history at much earlier dates than would be possible otherwise the value of this great work of mr Ban crofts cannot now be estimated each new volume as it issues from the press bears additional evidence of the vast research immense labor and marked ability which have been devoted to its production original spanish manuscripts the existence of which is comparatively unknown have been brought out of obscurity thadd to add to the importance lin of the volume j lust just list printed and the history of the north american states from 1531 to 1800 is told in flue banua language Q c 1 and a style that cannot fall fail to viter vater interest st the ordinary reader while it furnishes a feast to the cultivated mind and especially to the student of american history the information embodied in the volumes that have already appeared is of priceless worth and when completed the work will take its place among tiie the greatest literary productions of the age |
