"This is a republication in a different format of the little chap-book which was published at the University of Oregon some years ago and which at that time attracted a great deal of attention as being the first collection of Paul Bunyan stories in a literary form.

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66 Book Reviewsearly days. Historically true, its interest is chiefly in the de-scription of the country and the life of the emigrants in the firstwinter, augmented by a simple love story and some details ofthe Indian customs then prevalent. The story is sympatheticallytold in an easy style which shows that Mrs. Hargreaves' sub-jects are close to her heart. Boys and girls will enjoy the book,as there is enough plot to hold the interest throughout.This short descriptive passage will appeal to ,those who knowthe Willamette Valley: "In this luminous gem of a valley fromOctober to May there is a week or so of incessant weeping rain,followed by a gradual breaking away, ending in three or fourfrosty nights with sparkling blue daytime skies and warm clean-washed aiL"The most important thing Mrs. Hargreaves has attemptedis to show the part played by a woman emigrant in settling thenew country. Certainly Martha Bainbridge-her thrift, tireless-ness and human kindness--exemplify the highest type of woman,a type doubtless found in many an emigrant train.CHLOE THOMPSON.Paul Bunyan Comes West. By IDA VIRGINIA TURNEY. With il-lustrations by Helen Rhodes. (Boston: Houghton MifflinCompany, 1928. Pp. 45. $1.25.)This is a republication in a different format of the little chap-book which was published at the University of Oregon some yearsago and which at that time attracted a great deal of attention asbeing the first collection of Paul Bunyan stories in a literary form.The story again is as Miss Turney told it originally with some fewadditions of new stories and sometimes a slight difference in thewording. The illustrations, except for the decorative page border,which is retained from the original book, are new and are byHelen Rhodes, and not, as they were in the original publication,by her pupils. There are board covers on this new book and anattractive jacket.Miss Turney confines herself in her narraive to those ex-ploits of Paul which have a definitely western localization; howhe traveled out West on his snowshoes, how he was engaged byDan Puget to dig Puget Sound, how he and his ox made Van-couver Island and Hood Canal, and various other exploits notquite so great. Miss Turney's new stories include the one abouthow Paul, overtaken by onusltal weather, took shelter in a cave,..The Making of a Province 67and, finding the cave occupied by three mountain lions, used oneof these animals for a club with which to kill the others.The linoleum prints by Miss Rhodes are in keeping with thespirit of the yams. The jacket design and the illustration show-ing Babe on his desperate way for hotcakes are especially dis-tinguished.ESTI-IER SHEPHARD.Brit-ish Columbia; The Making of a Province. By JUDGE F. W.HOWAY. (Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1928. Pp. 289. $3.00.)Every state and province needs a history of it's own, conciseand condensed within a limit of say three hundred pages, for theespecial needs of the rising generation, the traveler passing throughher gates and the reference librarians. Students can search formore immediate details but the outlines and prominent people andevents will be contained in a book of this sort. Such is thisbook. The attractive jacket in which it is enclosed says; "Ro-mance and History COlTl.bined in a Remarkable book by a recog-nized author;" a very apt and pertinent description, for the his-tory of British Columbia, like her scenery is both romantic andactual.Judge Howay has created this narrative from the abundanceof his previous study and knowledge, having already collaboratedin a larger and more detailed history of the province. He has formany years majored in historical research, and is recognized asour principal authority on the maritime approach to the PacificNorthwest.The style and arrangement of his present book is unusuallypleasing and attractive. Of its 289 pages 272 are prior to theappendix, which is statistical, and the index. The forty-ninechapters are each necessarily brief, a pleasing feature. British Co-lumbia did not become a province of Canada until 1871 and near-ly 180 pages are devoted to the one hundred years of discoveriesand events prior to that date. The relations between the islandsand the mainland are treated candidly and without controversy.During this preliminary period, if it be such, certain inter-esting discoveries and e;pisodes are comlTlon to the history of thesta:tes south of British Columbia, particularly the disputes over theboundary at the 49th parallel, the ownership of the San Juan Is-lands, and the Alaska Boundary. These give the English pointof view and their regrets, but without resentment. Possibly the

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