If 



eoawhiiig the artkdes " Financial Review" mi.l - I'nited State* Finances," together 

 witij the inuli- summaries in the articles on our own and other countries. I'lirMiinu 

 the speculative and adventurous region, the reader will In* inter- 

 ested in our article on ** The Klondike " with iteaoooinpaimng colored maps. 



new and interesting feature will be found in the Stair articles thi> \.-ar. \\hen- 

 weg i*rtrait* of tin- Governors, with tin- exception of a ; iViled t.. 



respond to our request for a photograph. 



In the realm of scicn ..iM.mical Progress" of the year i> recorded 



vsiology" by Dr. Youmans, "Phyta" by Dr. Boat- 

 wick, and tin- nal Academy" by Dr. i:< njamin. 



The yearly lUt "-ill !* found unusually interesting by rea- 



OQ of iu extent This feature was introduced in the volume for 1893, and the five 

 Beta thus far published make a remarkable showing. The aggregate in I v:i was 

 $#,000,000; in 1894. ; in L89 ly $33,000,000; in 1896, | 



. and in 1897, |4.VK)0,UOO ; making a irrand total of m 



AIIIMII^ the nniiu'iit de;id <f the year Charles A. Dana \vho had a d'ulle career, 

 M AMiftant Secretary of War during the <rreat civil contest and for nearly thim 

 rear* an the foremost journal i-t in the Tinted State- comes first. We present not 

 only A sketch of bib life, but a line portrait, which forms the frontispiece of this vol- 

 ume. The Other men and women of letters who passed away in 1897 include: Al- 

 pbonae Daudet, the French novdi>t ; .lean In^elnw, the Knglish poet : M,. 

 Olipliant, tlie story-writer and critic; William .1. Linton. the arti-t and author: 

 WillUm T. Adams, known to the hoys as Oliver Optic; J<" -1 1. Ileadley, popular a 

 generation ago; Margaret J. Preston, Alice Wellinirton I toll ins, Margaret Hosmer, 

 Justin Winsor, and Daniel G. Thompson in our country: and in Kurope Isabella 

 Banks; Gavalcaselle, the Italian art historian; Richard Holt Iluttoii: Meilhac. the 

 French dramatist : Fran. -i- Turner Palgrave; IJiehl, the (ierman hi>t..rian ; Sir .lohn 

 Skelton ; and Krench philo>opher. The necrology of the arti-t.- in 



eludes the names of Homer Martin, .lolmson M. Mundy, John Sartain, 111 



M :--... QeOfg I'. Boyoe, Sir .lohn (iill ert, Charles P. Knight, and 

 .lohn I., rcarson. Among the scholars we lost were Henry Drialer, Solomon 

 Deuterh, James Hammond Tniinbnll, l'ran<-i> A. Walker, E. Cobham Brewer, Sir 

 Augustus Franks, James Legge, Franci- \V. Newman, and Charles .1. Vanrhan : 

 while the scientists and inventors included Kdward D. Cope, Alfred M. M 

 Theodore Lyman, ('ampliell M'Ttit, Alvan (i. Clark, < M. Pullman, Carl K. 



FrateoiuA, Sir Isaac H olden, 8ebs>t ipp, and Alexander M. BOM. T 



meo whose earthly career was closed in dm led Father Heuit, .l.^hua II. McIKaine. 

 George H. Houghton, Bisliop Rulison, Henry Dnimmo,,,!, Kdward M. Goulbonrn. 

 William W. \\..\\ mn-writT., and Baron Plunket. Of statesmen the world 



lost Ganovas del Castillo, the Spani-h Premier, Assassinated by an aiiardii-t. I...P] 

 !;-..-!!. I: DH.I... S r Rnti - rfotd Aleoek, John Anthony Mundella, 

 James R Doolittlc, Daniel W. V.H, r hei- % and Ihham <>. Bazrk < n' n -f.-nners Neal 

 Dow completed a long life and Henry- George was called away in mid career, of 

 those who played noticeable part* in our frreat civil war were Couch. I>e Trol.riand. 

 McLaws, Pleanonton, R. W. Meade, Samuel P. Lee, A. C. Khind. and John L 

 Worden; while the emin- -pean soldiers who passed away included Sir I! 



Havelork- Allan, ^ir William .Tervoi*, Sir George Malcolm. ^terneck. Of 



all these, and many more, brief hut comprehensive sketches will be found here. 



The book closes with an index covering the two volumes of the new series. 



