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tered during this . week with turkey

from 20 to 24 cents per pound and

other edibles ranging in correspond­

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In the United States court at Sa­

vannah, Ga., Edward J. McRee, Frank

McRee and William McRee of Val-

dosta entered a plea of guilty to in­

die cments charging them with peon­

age, and Judge Speer sentenced them

to pay a fine of $1,000. "This looks

a little like something is to be done to

stop this system of' slavery.

A POLITICAL* HISTORY OF SLAVERY. ; industry and literary ability in present- I A Political Historv of Slavery. By Wil- j ing for the first time a faithful history of

liam. Henrv Smith." With an introduction the struggle of the German people for by Whiteiaw Reid. Two volumes. 8vo. liberty.

The people of Chicago who have

been discommoded by the street car

strike hail with joy the settlement

of the trouble, as when it comes to

walking Chicago is a "city of mag­

nificent distances."

ANTISEMITI6M. -Antisemitism. By Bernard Lazare.

Translated from the French. 8vo. Pp. 384. Cloth gilt top. $2. New York: In­ternational Library Publishing Co.

Recent events in Russia have given this book a peculiar timeliness. I t is a translation from the French, and its pages must have been written many months before those outbreaks gave a most painful interest to the Jewish ques­tion. The author is himself a Hebrew, and subject to all the odium tha t is im­plied in the title to his book, but this

events" n-om the inside as they occurred, . S l l S f st a ] | ^ *!ft ? f t heTormh!?o f « *

from a lifelong familiarity with and study ^ g i o ^ J S " S e is e f f l ? stated with great candor, and the blame is dis

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"A Political History of Slavery." by j Wm. Henry Smith, is an elaborated story i of the controversy over the slavery ques- ; tion. from the early days of the 18th cen­tury to the close of the Reconstruction period in the United States. • !

There is an introduction by Whiteiaw j Reid. which tells of Mr. Smith's career : ,and which gives quite an extended criti- j cism' of i these two very instructive vol- ; times. I

Mr. Reid says: "This Political History j is written with the fullness of knowledge that comes from having seen many of the

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One Voter Anyhow. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 25.—The

Alabama supreme court rendered a decision today permitting Peter Cren­shaw, an Afro-American federal sol­dier, to vote. The registers of Lime­stone county refused' to register Cren­shaw under the new constitution.

THE RACE QUESTION IN FRANCE. Paris, Oct. 22.—The French papers

are full of Booker T. Washington, who is in Paris. They all call him a great man, and you read his biography in all of them. For the French a man is a man. no matter what his color is. One may meet a Negro walking with a white man, and marriages between the whites and Negroes are such a com­mon occurrence that no one stops to speak of its propriety or impropriety; and, strange to say, all the colored people here are suitably dressed, with­out being overloaded with jewelry. When you talk here of the race ques­tion, the French look at you as if they did not know what you meant, and they will tell you that like or dislike of a race is only a matter of education, and if you ask the stupid question of a Frenchwoman "Would you marry a Negro?" she will probably answer "Yes, why not?" or else say that she would refuse to marry a Negro, not because he is of a different race, but because she is opposed to marrying a Negro, as she would be to marrying a Jew; it is social position here, not race. Mr. Washington will be dined and wined here by the best people, and this will be done because he has an honorable record, because he is a self-made man and a sincere one. He will be treated as well as Pierpont Morgan or Carnegie.—Emma Bulet in Brook­lyn Sunday Eagle.

Identified. A story illustrating his readiness of

speech is told of Curran, the Irish wit. When Curran, who was a man of not very prepossessing appearance, pre­sented himself one day at the house of a noble lord, who had not had the honor of his personal acquaintance, his lordship exclaimed: "What! You're not Curran? You could not say 'boo' to a goose!" '"Boo, my lord!" replied the wit, coolly. "Yes, yes; you're the man. Come in at once!-'—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

A M E N ! A M E N ! ! A M E N ! ! !

"Wa a s k Thee, Lord, t h a t Thou wilt r a i s e up a man who will save u s from t h i s new ana damnab le he r e sy t h a t t h i s is a whi te m a n ' s coun t ry , and t h a t t h e r e i s no p lace h e r e for t h e black man. Raise up some widow's s o i , who is now a t h is m o t h e r ' s knee , t o t h e t a s k of sawing t h e black s lave of to-day —not from t h e s h a c k l e s of iron, bu t from t h e s h a c k l e s of preju­dice , and save t h e black r a c e from ha t r ed , s ave t h e white man from h is supe rc i l i ous con t emp t , from h is deg rada t ion , and lift him up unti l he can l ea rn t o love h i s fellowmen framed in Cod's own i m a g e . " —

Praye r by Rev. Newell D wight Willis, p a s t o r of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. New Vork.

Motor Cycles for British Soldiers. The Br i t i sh war office has under

considerat ion a proposal for forty of t h e 15n pr iva tes of t he Motor Volun­tee r corps, extensively used in the re­cent a rmy maneuvers , to be motor-bi­cyclists , wi th an a l lowance of $3.75 a day when employed ins tead of t he $7.50 paid to motor ear owners .

Labor-Saving Machine. A cotton-picker machine has been

invented which, it is claimed, will save one-third of the crop and the wages of twenty-eight men. In the cotton zone 25.000.000 acres are devoted to cotton-growing, and th" average yield is 10.827.000 bales of 500 pounds each, worth 5425.000,000.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28. 1903.

"THE NEGRO IS TO BLAME."

••It is very well to prate about race

hatred and race prejudice and the

rest of the mischievous and foolish

nonsense.-but who is at the bottom

Of it if not the Negro himself? The

obtrusive, ill-mannered and objection­

able Negro is offensive to the intelli­

gent Negro. If that be true why does

not the intelligent Negro assert him­

self; why does he forever take the

part of the rowdy and the criminal and

denounce as cruelty the punishment

inflicted upon them? The whites do

not identify themselves with crime

and criminals. The Negroes do.

There is y*mr race issue."

The above is from the Washington

Post, which sees things through very

prejudiced eyes. Yes. to intelligent.

Afro-Americans "ill-mannered and ob-

jectional" persons of whatever na­

tionality are offensive; but it is un­

true that they "forever take part of

the rowdy and criminal" Afro-Amer­

icans. The fact that an Afro-Amer­

ican is refined in dress and manner

Will secure for him little, if any, more

consideration than is accorded to the

lowest among us. All Afro-Americans

are put in one class by the unjust,

prejudiced whites, and the lowest

class a t that.

First Use of Natural Gas. Natural gas was first used in the

iron furnaces of Pittsburg in 1884. It soon took the place of thousands of tons of coal or coke daily, but in ten years its use was practically discon­tinued for this purpose although it still remained in use along other l ines.

r Those folks who theoretically dis­

cuss the problems of living on small

A High-Priced Job. Pistol Pe te—How much to mar ry us ,

parson? Rev. Bill Blood (looking them over )—Oh! I- reckon 50 cen t s will—<-r—say. do you want all t he frills throwed in—kissin ' the br ide a n ' all t ha t ? Pistol Pe t e—Sure ! Rev. Bill Blood—Ten dollars.

In teres t ing to Maidens. Mrs. St raytkice—I am cer ta in ly sur­

prised to hear you girls d iscuss ing " s t u d e n t s " in t h a t unmaidenly fashion, and on Sunday, too. May Breezy— Oh, bu t they ' re theological s tudents , you know.—Philadelphia P re s s .

Hai r Uced for Wigs .

Most of the black hair used in wigs and "switches" comes from the Italian and Spanish convents, and most of the blonde hair from the heads of Swedish, Danish, Russian and German peasant girls.

Religions of the Earth. Of every 1,000 inhabitants of the

globe S4t> are Christians, seven Jews, 114 Mohammedans, and 533 heathens. The Christian religion is spreading more quickly than any other.

Botanical Note. A fern in a jardiniere and two little

sprouts in tin cans if put in a window are sufficient-to give the woman who owns them the right to use the word "fernery."—Atchison Globe.

Koreans Are "Poor. In Korea the inhabitants are desper-.

ately poor, and wages are lower than in any part of. the world that has any pretense to civilization.

Sheep Farmer and Author. ," Haddon Chambers was a sheep

farmer in Australia before trying tiis fortunes in London. , .„ -.. „ -

of the entire range of the subjects, and from access to much unpublished infor­mation, in the papers of President Hayes and Governor Brough, in the records of the state office held during a critical part of the period, and in constant personal communication with some of the actors."

Again: "As time ?oes on fuller justice will be done, in the history of the move­ments by which a free people enlarged the bounds of freedom, to communities and to leading men tha t relied upon typical Anglo-Saxon moans for the correction of wrongs and the better development of Anglo-Saxon ins t i tu t ions;—to Horace Greeley first among public educators, to Chase and Seward. Stanton and Welles, first among legislators and cabinet min­isters, and finally to th® peer, if not the superior of them all, and certainly the most capable politician of the list, Abra­ham Lincoln."

In Chapter I, the author .gays: "If there is one thing clearly established, it is that slavery was deprecated by the men who formed the Constitution* who, recogniz­ing that such an institution was inconsis­tent with Christian civilization, inconsis­tent with the great principles of civil lib­erty for which the colonies had contended, and which constitute the basis of our Re­public, refrained from inserting in that great charter a name so repulsive to free­dom. We must conclude that they were percipient witnesses to the public senti­ment of that day. • There was no state free from the taint of slavery and the feeling- that it was injurious to society was in no sense dependent upon sectional lines. Its ultimate extinction was gener­ally confidently expected: emancipation was to be the rule. This came early north of Maryland, and it is not unreasonable to suppose tha t if. there had been no inhi­bition of the African slave trade, emanci­pation would have followed in Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee."

"'Opposition to the institution of slavery arose from religious convictions as to its sinfulness or from economic and social policies. The resistance of those who with Mr. Jefferson condemned it because of its destructive influence became as impotent as his. or succumbed to the vio­lence of political forces; while that hav­ing its source in religious feelings played an important part in the creation of a third party. The Society of Friends led all other denominations in the employment of moral influence for the eradication of slavery, though there were not wanting outspoken utterances in the Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist churches at an early day, especially in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.

"Some years ago one who had been conspicuous as a leader in the anti-slav­ery contest endeavored to show the un­faithfulness of current history in dealing with the genesis of modern abilitionism, and thereupon a controversy sprang up in the public prints as to whether Wm. Lloyd Garrison. Benjamin Lundy or Chas. Osborne was entitled to be styled the first Apostle of Emancipation. Geo. W. Julian the writer who challened "the truth of history," clearly established the claims of Osborne to be mentioned before either Lundy or Garrison, but strangely over looked the claims of another whose career was strikingly like tha t or Lundy—John Woolman, a Friend, who was born in New Jersey about 1720. Then follows an ac­count of his early life and career, exceed­ingly interesting and of his anti-slavery •sentiments. "When about 26 years of he visited North Carolina, where he sought to arouse the consciences of slave­holders and wrote ail essay entitled 'Con­siderations on the Keeping of Negroes.' "

After his death in 1772. his journal, which was published, had a wide circula­tion. It shows that his life was given to the work of emancipation. He traveled from colony to colony, preaching remon strating and counseling.

The author discusses with painstaking detail the "Free Soil Movement." "The Omnibus Bill." "Repeal of the Missouri Compromise." "The Nomination of Lin coin," and in their discussion exhibits i wealth of information and breadth of knowledge, which could only result from many years' study and contact, with the leading men of those stirring times.

Vol. II opens with a chapter on "The Outbreak of the War." in which he says: "In the history of nations weak rulers are treated with scant respect. They become the dupes of Knaves, the instrument of oppression; they imperil governments and invite disorders to enter in; they are the real enemies to human progress. When Mr. Buchanan was brought face to face with men resolute in purpose to disrupt the TTnion and overthrow the government, he construed the fundamental law to be as impotent as he was in fact as the ex­ecutive. Imagine Andrew Jackson, the executive head of the government in 1860-61. Would members of Congress en­gaged in the work of disunion have been welcomed at the White House? Would they have bullied him .., .

* * « • - -: s* ; ' ORGANIZED LABOR. """'*"

Organized Labor. Bv John Mitchell. PpA 496 with 4S full-page illustrations. ?1.75 net. Philadelphia: American Book and Bible House;

AVhat particularly impresses the reader of this book is the broad grasp which Mr. Mitchell has shown. Mr. Mitchell, al­though a Unionist of the Unionist, and probably the greatest leader which or­ganized labor has had in this country, still at tempts to take up the problem from the point, of view of the patriotic citizen. His point of view is that of the general public. Mr. Mitchell does not shirk the discussion of the weak points of labor or­ganizations, and is especially eloquent in his denunciation of violence in strikes. There are a number of chapters taking up the arguments against Trade Unionism as well as proposed plans for benefiting the conditions of the workman. Mr. Mitchell takes up in detail the question of strikes and proposes a method by which they may be prevented, or a t least minimized.

There are half a dozen chapters deal­ing with the coal strike of 1902. giving the story of the strike from the inside. Mr. Mitchell states that at the beginning of August the strike was about to collapse, and that if energetic action had not been taken at this time by the operators, the strike would, have been^lost. The inside history of the strike and the story of how victory was snatched from defeat is told in a graphic and eloquent manner ?jy the author.

HISTORY OF THE GERMAN STRUG­GLE FOR LIBERTY.

History of the German Struggle for Liberty. By Poultney Bigelow. Volume 3. $2.25 net. New York: Harper & Brothers.

While the literature of Germany leads the world in advanced thought concern­ing philosophy, science, and even the­ology, it is absolutely barren as to biog­raphies of the men who were prominent in the struggle for liberty which began immediately following the ' battle of Wa­terloo, and ended in 1848. The author feelingly states that no mention is made in German literature of men above medi­ocre ability who took part in that move­ment, and that his task has been one of interesting delving into - thousands of pages of dead records of the past to ob­tain the information desired, not a page of which was enlivened by a personal reminiscence or anecdote of the leaders of that movement.

It is needlss to say this popular up­rising of the people Was never sanctioned by those in power, and its leaders were ruthlessly sent to prison. Nevertheless there were many advocates, but the pen of the censor prohibited the circulation of documents urging any change in the prerogatives of the existing absolute mon­archy. The censor even went so far as to confiscate private papers, and several patriots, subsequently suspected, gave thanks that their papers and houshold possessions were destroyed either by fire J

COLLEGES JtND ESHQDLS.

or other disaster. "With this dearth of material to work

upon, the student can fully appreciate the exhaustive labor the author imposed upon himself to acquire data from which to accurately describe this momentous struggle for liberty. That ' he has done his work well is apparent to any one who will read this volume; and no better en-conium can be given than to say i t will s tand as a monument to his unwearying'

tributed with fairness. The fault is found to be not all on the part of the Gentile world, but the Israelite himself is char­ged with having brought much of the trouble to his people by manifest short­comings.

The treatment given the subject is his­torical. In successive chapters the re­lations between Jews and Gentiles are traced from the earliest times. Perhaps the reader will be most surprised to learn how much of proselyting has been carried on reciprocally between the H e ­brews and their neighbors. From jthis has resulted a greater mixture of race than Jews would, perhaps, willingly ad­mit. The author does not believe in race distinctions whether these be founded up­on language, shape of the head, or color of t he - skin. So long, however, a s the opinion prevails that races are • distinct and that there is superiority on the one part and inferiority on the other part there is likely to be trouble between Jew and Gentile as well as between black and white. There are too many illustrative examples of this in the current history of this country, and this book can be read with profit by many who are called upon to decide questions daily arising here.

* « • CIVIL WAR TIMES.

Civil War Times. By Daniel Wait Howe, author of the Puri tan Republic. 8 vo. Pp. 421, $1.50. Indianapolis: Dobbs-Merrill Co.

The war of '61-5 will never cease—at least in the present generation, to be a perennial and never failing topic of ab ­sorbing interest. This is so. because it was a war of giants; because many of those giants still survive Its vicissitudes; its "hair breadth escapes, and the immi­nent deadly breach"; its long and dread­ful marches: its Gettysburg and Chicka-maugas; because the finale of that con­flict profoundly influenced the civilizations of the world; because its echoes still re­verberate in all the A-arious activities of American life.

Because of these things the author 's volume i.-; interesting. It can be read with profit by any one and many inci­dents of the great strife which has hith­erto remained unwritten, is brought forth by Mr. Howe.

One of the most interesting chapters in the volume is one dealing with the re­lation of the Confederacy toward the "Ne­gro Soldier." The author tells us, that nearly every important Confederate com­mander favored the enlistment of black soldiers; that the matter was finally de­bated in the Confederate Senate, and the bill authorizing the enlistment of Negro soldiers, war, defeated by but one v o t e -that of Senator Hunter. That when the desperate circumstances of the Confed­eracy became so visible that the leaders saw the doom of Richmond and the "cause," a draft order was issued to force the black soldier to fight under the Con­federate flag, but that before it could be made effective, the fall of Richmond, and the flight of Jefferson Davis was at hand. This chapter is especially interesting a t this time in view of the present propa­ganda of the Southern people, to debase the Negro, whom they were perfectly willing in the last desperate strait of the Confederacy, to enlist as a soldier, under its banner.

There are other very interesting chap­ters in the book. The style is clear, unin-volved and natural, and the author has written instructively.

* • * CRUISING AMONG THE CARIBEES.

Cruising among the Caribees. By Charles Augustus Stoddard New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

Some eight years ago Mr. Stoddard published this very interesting, - as well as instructive, volume, which has since served as a valuable guide to travelers to the West Indies. This new edition is a revision which was deemed necessary on account of the numerous changes,

'both physical and political, which have taken place in the islands during the past five years. It is. apart from the fact of its being a book of travel, a most delightful study of our tropical.neighbors, whose natural environments and inherit­ance have made them among the most romantic and picturesque people of the globe.

* • * LORD DOLPHIN.

Lord Dolphin. By Harriet A. Cheever, author of "Ted's Little Dear," etc. Cloth, thin 12 mo. Illustrated by Diantha W. Hornei Net, 40 cents. Boston: Dana, Estes & Co.

The story of his own life, told for boys and girls, by a big fish who was born in the Mediterranean Sea, but whose ad-ventures*fcarry him as far west as the Zoo of New York City. Lord Dolphin has manv thrilling escapades, and his narra­tive throughout is lively and droll. He gives a great deal of useful information in the course ibf his story about life in the deep sea—about divers, pearls, shells, sponges, sharks, whales ancl his mortal e'nemyV the flying fish. Every child be­tween six and thirteen will enjoy this quaint, naive little autobiography.

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THE STORY OP THE SLAVE. Slavery and Servitude in New Jersey.

By Alfred M. Heston. Member of the New Jersey Historical Society. Camden, -

N. J.: Sinnickson Chew & Sons Co. This monograph is a recital of slavery

and servitude as it existed in New Jer­sey. The fact is brought out tha t slav­ery existed in America long before 1619, when the Dutch traders came with their cargo of human freight to Jamestown. The Aztecs in Mexico enslaved not only enemies taken in battle but those of their own nation who were convicted of theft and other crimes. • African slavery was introduced in New Jersey in 1680—at least that is the earliest recorded instance of ownership of African slaves. Many of the leading citizens engaged in the Afri­can slave trade.. There is ,a record of one good old eldeR' whose ventures on the African. cdast--*;$dways;::. turned out well, who returned thanks on the Sunday fol­lowing tile arrival of a slaver into the harbor in these words: "An overruling Providence has been pleased to bring to this land of freedom another cargo' of benighted heathen to enjoy the blessings of gospel dispensation."

Perth Ambby was New Jezsey's chief port of entry, and blacks were to be seen there in goodly numbers^ many of them freshly imported and still bearing their tribal marks. Adults sold from $200 to $500. The 33'stem of white bondage, known as redemptive servitude, existed throughout the seventeenth and eigh­teenth centuries. This form of bondage was usually voluntary, and a t the expira -tion of the term the redemptioners were merged into the mass of white population without any special ta int of servitude. The importation into the colony of Negro slaves, who were found to be cheaper than white sen-ants, checked, in a meas­ure the trade in redemptioners.

Many white convicts were shipped to New Jersey from the British Islands, and were merged into the mass of the popu­lation. An apt providing for the gradual abolition of slavery was passed by the New Jersey legislature in 1804. A fur-, ther act in 1820 and still later another in 1846, did not bring about the complete emancipation of the slaves, although there were but 18 in the entire s tate when Lincoln's proelamation was issued. In 1880. Hon. Garret A. Hobart. a t tha t time a member of the state senate, introduced and jiad passed a bill which removed from the statutes the last vestige of slav­ery in New Jersey.

The little book "contains much valuable information.

* * * , THE WORTH OF WORDS.

The Worth of Words. By Dr. Rale Husted Bell. l2mo., gilt top. Pp. 300. $1.50 net. New York: The Grafton Press.

In the introduction Dr. William Colby

in producing this work hennas merely jus­tified his natural fitness in this line.

Sorae persons are correct as to gram­mar, others as to rhetoric. A wrong use of a preposition or verb may be quite of­fensive to the trained grammarian, the improper application of a figure of speech offends the accomplished taste.

There was a grocer w-ho was very ac­curate in his grammer, and he wanted his customers to use proper language, and to<ik some trouble to instruct them. One day a customer called and said to him: "What 's eggs to-day?" The reply was "Eggs are eggs." "Darn glad to hear it, the last I got here were more than half chickens."

In "The Worth of Words" Dr. Bell a-t tacks misused words, vulgarisms, every­day- errors and slang in a concise bu' clear manner, and many errors of speed which are often made by persons of in­telligence may be corrected by a caref'A study of the book.

FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS ABROAD. Five Little Peppers Abroad. By Mar­

garet Sidney. Eight illustrations by Fan­ny Y. Corv. Illustrated cover. Net, $1.10. Boston: Lothrop Publishing Co. This very newest of the Pepper stories is just as charming as the other famous books that have preceded it in the series. I t takes Mother Pepper,—now Mother Fish­er,—the little doctor, Polly, and Phron-sie over seas, with Grandpapa King, J a s ­per and Parson and Mrs. Henderson. There in new scenes and new experiences the brightness, the wit, the kindliness, the keen knowledge of child nature that have made all the Pepper Books so irre­sistible, are just as qonspicuous as they have b-:en in the Pepper stories a t home.

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by Otis G. of - the Flexner School, Cloth, 12mo, 185 pages.

I Cooper says: "Words are the red corpus­cles hi the blood of language, and Upon language depends social integrity. See the mighty iniportance of words. Is it less than sacKllegious to mistreat them? "Words being the red corpuscles of lan-guage, it follows tha t the smaller one's vocabulary Is. j the more anemic will be I ElHeott, the "'millionaire's son," Whose his brain's chiSiren."

ELECTRA. Galdos. Electra. Edited

Bunnell, M. S., Louisville, Ky. Price, 70 cents.

This drama, which was first presented at Madrid on January 30, 1901. made a deep, impression on the Spanish people. I t was written to give expression to the author 's ambition for his country and his countrymen, and to urge them to so­cial and political 2-enovati6n. I t is es­pecially timely and interesting to Amer­ican readers, as showing the contempo­raneous trend of opinion in Spain, which is but little understood on this side of the water. In its present form, the first school edition published in this country, the book contains the necessary notes, a s well as a complete vocabulary.

« * * THE REAL BENEDICT ARNOLD.

The Real Benedict Arnold. By Charles Burr Todd, author of "The True Aaron Burr." 12mo. Cloth, illustrated; net, $1.20. New York: A. S. Barnes & Co.

The "real" and " t rue" people seem to have the front of- the stage just now.

An unpleasant impression has prevailed in many quarters tha t Benedict Arnold has not been fairly treated, that his serv­ices ' to his country were ignored and his great fault was not over-emphasized per­haps, but unreasonably punished. Treach­ery to one's country far surpasses the other great treachery to one's friend and is not to be condoned In any wise. There may be, however, certain circumstances which explain the deed and modify the bitter condemnat'on.

While not condoling Arnold's treason, Mr. Todd emphasizes his invaluable serv-tcea to America, and shows conclusively tha t he four times saved the cause of the Colonies: first a t the battle of Valcour's Island on Lake Champlaln (the first naval battle, by the way, In which our arms were engaged), where, by his desperate valor, he gave the British such whole­some respect tor American arras that they gave up their plan of invasion from the north tha t year; second, by raising the siege of Fort Stanwix in the Mohawk Valley and putting to flight St. Leger's invading army marching to aid Burgoyne, and third and fourth by winning the two battles of Saratoga, which, conjoined, Cressy included as one ot the fifteen de­cisive battles of the world.

Mr. Todd also shows tha t it was the influence of Arnold's wife and his fear of losing her should her treasonable cor­respondence with the British officers be discovered, which induced Arao';«' to be­tray his country, and not the gross in­justice of Congress nor the calamities of paper generals—the motives Kenerally ascribed. The book is an original and unique contribution to revolutionary his­tory. The illustrations are interesting and instructive; especially noteworthy is the reproduction of an old print repre­senting the burning of Arnold in effigy.

As death drew near, It is said his nflnd wandered, and he was again in America, fighting his battles with Washington and his old comrades in arms. In a lucid in­terval he asked tha t his Continental uni­form of a major-general, in which be hud escaped to the "Vulture," and wlUch he had ever cherished, might be brought and put on him, with the epaulets and sword-knots which Washington had given him as the bravest of the brttve.

"Let me die In my old American uni­form," he said, "the uniform in which I fought my battles. God forgive me," he added, "for ever putting on any other."

TWO ON THEIR TRAVELS. "Two on Their Travels," by Ethel Col-

quhoun, $2.50. New York, A. S. BaiT.es & Co.

"Two on Their Travels," by Ethel Col-quhoun, with photographic illustrations by the writer is a very interesting boo^ of travel.

The writer describes the out-of-the-way places which she visited with a style en­tirely natural, and yet which exhibits a sts'le of treatment quite unique. In the chapter called "A voyage of misery and a happy ending" she writes: "If the food was bad the drinJs was worse. Tjje univer- . sal male demand foi' Whiskey led to the production of a bottle bearing a wonder^ ful label and the statement 'Used in the" Houses of Parliament. ' " The commercial traveler tasted it, put down his glass and stared thoughtfully a t the label Then ad­dressing the tiead boy he said with his slew Glasgow aeeentJ "Whaur-r md. yo . find yon bottle?" The ' delicate ScaCs* irony was. I.fear entirely lost. I t was the same commercial traveler who, a few days later, was invited by Andrew to share a rather less poisonous drink xm^ earthed from somewhere. "Thank ye, no!" he replied. "Aw'm thinkin' aw've hed as much as guid for-r me." He then related how. feeling thirsty in the mid­dle of the night, he had got up and drunk what he believed to be about half a bot­tle of water. In the morning he discovered the water bottle full and the whisky bot­tle empty! "I thoucht it was vary guid water-r!" he remarked.

The writer describes in a very interest­ing manner scenes, people and places in the Philippines, the strai ts settlement. Japan, China, and other countries in the East .

The Illustrations are, many of them in colors and are very elaborate.

"WHIMLETS." "Whimlets." By S. Scott Stinson. Il­

lustrated by Clare Victor Dwiggins. 80 cents, net. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co.

"Whimlets." by W. Scott Stinson, pic­tured by Clare Victor Dwiggins, is one of the daintiest works of the kind ever pub­lished. Whimlets is uniform with Mr. Matthewman's "Crankisms," and consists of 100 humorous, sometimes satirical, rhymed conceits embodied in Mr. Dwig­gins' inimitable drawings. In "Crank-isms'" the artist gained a reputation by the unusual and genuine illustrative abil­i ty displayed in picturing Mr. Matthew-man's keen satire, as well as by the grace and beauty of his drawings, and in "Whimlets" he has rendered the same services for Mr. Stinson's clever conceits.

THE MILLIONAIRES SON. The Millionaire's Son. By Anna Robe­

son Brown, author of "The Immortal Garland." $1.50. Boston: Dana, Estes & Co. The Millionaire's Son, the latest novel by Anna Robeson Brown, is the story of a young man's , bitter struggle to choose between the material advantages of-wealth,, questionably obtained and os­tentatiously spent, and the higher claims of thought and social service. The book is a study in temperament and heredity, and a brilliant satire on social conditions in America. I t is, however, first or^all, an absorbing story, told with remarkable skill and concentration. The reader is promptly caught in the current of the plot, and never released until the final paragraph is reached. The central si tua­tion tin which the story turns is one of the most novel and original in modern fiction. There is a large gallery of well-drawn- portraits, including tha t of Alexa Fielding, the heroine, who overflows with vitality and feminine charm, and of Paul

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