EDGE-TOOLS OF SPEECH. Crown 8vo, $3.50. A remarkable compilation of brilliant and wise sayings from more than a thousand various sources, embracing all the notable authors, classic and modern, who have enriched the pages of history and literature. It might be termed a whole library in one volume.—_Boston Beacon._ GENIUS IN SUNSHINE AND SHADOW. Crown 8vo, $1.50. Mr. Ballou displays a broad and thorough knowledge of men of genius in all ages, and the comprehensive index makes the volume invaluable as a book of reference, while—a rare thing in reference books—it is thoroughly interesting for consecutive reading.—_The Journalist_ (New York). HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO., PUBLISHERS, BOSTON AND NEW YORK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE NEW ELDORADO A SUMMER JOURNEY TO ALASKA BY MATURIN M. BALLOU I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry: “’Tis all barren!” and so it is, and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers.—STERNE. [Publisher Logo] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1889 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright, 1889, BY MATURIN M. BALLOU. _All rights reserved._ _The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A._ Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Company. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PREFACE. --*--