Russian Life in Alaska.; THE WAY OF THE NORTH. A Romance of the Days of Baranof. By Warren Cheney. Cloth, 8vo. Pp. 320. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. $1.50.

This book attempts to depict the mode of life at Sitka while Alaska was still under Russian dominion. Baranof, the commander, is a man of shrewdness and capacity, but addicted to drink and given to injustice and brutality in his cups, yet quick, to make reparation after sobering. The people are-Russian settlers, mostly of the peasant class, and Alaskan natives. View Full Article in Timesmachine »