No book published in recent years has more of tremendous import between its covers, and certainly no recent novel has in it more of the elements of a permanent success. A historical romance which tells with accuracy and inspiring style of the bravery of the pioneers in winning the western continent, should have a lasting place in the esteem of every American.
“No one who wishes to know the true story of the conquest of the greater part of this great nation can afford to pass by this book.”—Cleveland Leader.
“A vivid picture of the Indian wars preceding the Louisiana purchase, of the expedition of Lewis and Clark, and of events following the occupation of Oregon.”—The Congregationalist.
“It may not be the great American novel we have been waiting for so long, but it certainly looks as though it would be very near it.”—Rochester Times.
“The characters that are assembled in ‘The Conquest’ belong to the history of the United States, their story is a national epic.”—Detroit Free Press.
McLoughlin and Old Oregon
By Eva Emery Dye. A Chronicle. Fifth Edition. 12mo, 381 pages. $1.50.
This is a most graphic and interesting chronicle of the movement which added to the United States that vast territory, previously a British possession, of which Oregon formed a part, and how Dr. John McLoughlin, then chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company for the Northwest, by his fatherly interest in the settlers, displeased the Hudson’s Bay Company and aided in bringing this about. The author has gathered her facts at first hand, and as a result the work is vivid and picturesque and reads like a romance.
“A spirited narrative of what life in the wilderness meant in the early days, a record of heroism, self-sacrifice, and dogged persistence; a graphic page of the story of the American pioneer.”—New York Mail.