Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-05-14
LITERA TURE AND JOURNA LfSM.


A new work from the pen of Harriet Beecher
Stowe is rare as it is delightful and the volume
just under our notice will be peculiarly popular,
because OF the character OF its topics. The
"Men of our Timcs,' the instructive lessons of
whose lives Mrs. Stowe tells for the edifcation
and advantage of their fellows, arc Lincoln,
Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Gree
ley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Doug
lass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard,
Phillips, and Beccher She has, of course, sup
piled to her work many new fncts aud anecdotes,
beside the material which has been already turned
ovcr by other biographers, but the chief charms
of her work lie In the graceful and pquant style
ln which she always writes; the happy and vivid
manner in which she presents the main and most
interesting points in the careers Of her charac-
ters; and more, pcrhips, than In these in The
nigh patriotism and true humanity of the stand
point from which she has viewed them all. None
but such n biographer can do justice to such a
phalanx of heroic and noble spirits. Nobody
who has not sympathies as quick and the love of
| humanity as deep and pure, as Mrs. Stowe, could
SO appreciate the character of msn like Garrison
and Phillips.
| This work should, truly, be 10 every household.
| 1t is worthy In every respect. The greatest and
best of our country's heroes, in this most heroic
era, are here made the subject of portrayal. So
| far as one man can ever nc the model for anoth-
err these men are surely fit to bs held up for imi-
tation Humanity is weak, but when, iu the SER
vice of Truth and JUSTICE 1t rises TO noble pro-
portions, surely that Is the instance by which Its
brother soul can most be comforted and encour-
aged to new effort But the subjects being In
themselves goud, the treatment of them is not
less So Mrs. Stowe needs no eulogy; 1t is only
proper to say that she has carefully and grace.
fully ydstinguished between the public and private
characters of the subjecs Of her biography, and
that rejecting the details that do not belong to
the general reader, she has presented those which
are proper for his edihcatlon truly faithfully and
carefully She has written no fusome eulogies,
dressed in trite and tiresome phrase, nor on the
other hand, has she been cold, cynical and philo-
sophcal. Her work is American, and more than
that, perhaps because of that, II is humdn
The work is handsome octave velume, OF 575
pages, well printed and bound and containing
steel-plate portraits of the author, and each OF
the subjects of biography. Most of these por-
traits arc good a few amsng which are those
of Mr.. Garrison, and Judge Chase, are unsatis-
factory and not faithful in their likeness to the
original. The book is sold only by subscription,
and the sole agent for this city, Mrs. Hilles,
Is now canvassipg the city for its sale. She has,
already, the names Of many of our best citizens
and to all others we can conscicntiously recon
mend the purchase of the book, feeling sur,
that they will be pleased with 1t.
The Lancaster (Pa.) Express, one of our mos
genial and welcome Republican contemporaries
has lust donned handsome new dress of typ
In all its departments. We wish 1t continue,
success.