+ – Outlook. 84: 794. N. 24, ’06. 70w.
Bacon, Edgar Mayhew, and Wheeler, Andrew Carpenter. Nation builders: a story. $1. Meth. bk.
An appreciation of the itinerant preachers of Methodism who went out to possess the American frontier a century ago.
+ Outlook. 82: 93. Ja. 13, ’06. 200w.
“It is an inspiring record and the joint authors have well presented it.”
+ Pub. Opin. 40: 92. Ja. 20, ’06. 340w.
Bacon, Edwin Munroe. Connecticut river, and the valley of the Connecticut; three hundred and fifty miles from mountain to sea: historical and descriptive. **$3.50. Putnam.
Under the headings “Historical,” “The romances of navigation,” and “The topography of the river and valley” the author has “traced all the interesting movements and events associated with New England’s chief river down to the present day.” The book abounds in the picturesque and traditional no less than in well authorized historical fact.