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BUFFALO BILL; FROM PRAIRIE TO PALACE. By John M. Burke. (Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co.) This is a neatly printed volume of 275 pages and finely illustrated, both with portraits of distinguished persons and with characteristic wild life upon the frontier. The entire story is as interesting as the best romance. The plainly told facts in the life of such a man as Mr. Cody far excel fiction. The compiler of the volume does well in quoting the opinions of a large number of the leading officers of the United States army, who have in their written reports, in no unstinted terms, marked him as the superior man. Those who have known him longest and best speak of his great service to the army in the Indian wars as invaluable. He was the scout of the United States army for fifteen years, and for a long period held the position "chief of scouts," equal at all times in its importance to that of commander of the army, and one upon which the command was at all times dependent for its safety and success. The government recognized the value of such and paid the chief of scouts a round salary of $3,550 per year beside, his expenses of subsistence, horses, etc. Besides this, perilous missions for carrying dispatches through hostile countries were richly rewarded. Buffalo Bill was a frontiersman from boyhood. But while he has lived the wild, free life of the plains and among rough characters, the universal testimony is that he never forgets to be a gentleman. Manhood in its best build seems to have grown with his growth. One of the generals referring to Cody says: "He was never excited even in the fiercest battles, and never noisy. In fact, I seldom saw him except when I needed him, and then he could always be found and always give calm, wise advice. People who have the idea that the head of the Wild West show is a half savage and fit only for half civilized life should read this volume and rightly appreciate the man. The writer of this knew the celebrated Kit Carson while on the plains when in his prime, and admired the man for his qualities of manhood. Mr. Cody is the legitimate successor of Kit Carson, who has filled a wider field and made a reputation for his courage and skill and patriotism and manhood in two continents, and fully [derives?] his wonderful success.

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July 29

BUFFALO BILL; FROM PRAIRIE TO PALACE. By John M. Burke. (Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co.) This is a neatly printed volume of 275 pages and finely illustrated, both with portraits of distinguished persons and with characteristic wild life upon the frontier. The entire story is as interesting as the best romance. The plainly told facts in the life of such a man as Mr. Cody far excel fiction. The compiler of the volume does well in quoting the opinions of a large number of the leading officers of the United States army, who have in their written reports, in no unstinted terms, marked him as the superior man. Those who have known him longest and best speak of his great service to the army in the Indian wars as invaluable. He was the scout of the United States army for fifteen years, and for a long period held the position "chief of scouts," equal at all times in its importance to that of commander of the army, and one upon which the command was at all times dependent for its safety and success. The government recognized the value of such and paid the chief of scouts a round salary of $3,550 per year beside, his expenses of subsistence, horses, etc.