"'Two Years in Oregon,' by Wallis Nash, is the title of a very neat
work just issued from the press of the Appletons, New York. It is
the impressions made and the experience gained by the writer after
a two years' residence in Oregon, written in a most entertaining
and attractive style. It will be read everywhere with pleasure, as
it is a most faithful description of things and scenes as the
writer beheld them. The picture, to our mind, is nowhere overdrawn.
Portland is faithfully pictured, and 'The Oregonian' so faithfully
portrayed that its poor editor will never forgive the writer."
_From the Philadelphia Press._
"Mr. Nash's book describes the State in the most practical manner.
It describes the scenery, the society, the legislative
peculiarities, the economical advantages and disadvantages, the
state of the industries, the transportation question, and all the
various points which a possible emigrant might wish to know before
he took the decisive step. It is written in a pleasant, vivacious
style, and can be read with much profit by any one who takes an
interest in our own great West."
_From the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent_ (_England_).
"Mr. Nash's 'Two Years in Oregon' is one of the most charming books
we have lately come across. He is a shrewd and careful observer,
and writes with grace and ease. The illustrations, also, of the
book are more than ordinarily clever. Mr. Nash evidently feels a
warm interest in Oregon, and his book will go a long way to attract
public interest in that direction. Few men can tell a story better,
or enable readers to realize more vividly the appearance of a
country and people they have never seen. The emigrant, the
politician, the student of men and manners, the naturalist and the
political economist, will all enjoy this book, which we hope will
soon be followed by a fresh work from its author's pen."
_From the University Press._
"This book has for its author an Englishman who visited Oregon in
1877, and who then traveled 'its length and breadth.' He moved his
family there in 1879. He now sends out this interesting and
instructive volume in answer to the many letters received by him
asking for information. He is an easy, simple, unostentatious
writer. We believe, as he says, that he has endeavored to give 'a
faithful picture of life as it is in Oregon to-day.' He has good
descriptive powers, and has enlivened his book with several amusing
incidents."
_From the Chicago Times._
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