Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-23


sible houses are permitted to appear. 1t is
If vast information to business men and
correspondents generally.
school History, nv Hon. A. H. Ste
piens-A Review by Rev. ID. Wills,
h. ID, President of OSleIhOrpe Uni
VersiIy, Atlanta. Ga.
A compendium of the history Of he United
States, from the earliest settlements to
1872, deSigned to d3asarer the purpose Of
Il tert book in schools and cOIeges, as
aCeU as to meet the aCn1ts Of general
rea,ters, by Alecdader IL. Stephens, at
thor Of the Constitutional Viet0 Of the
tate U0r betaoeen the States" and Pro-
fessOr-elect Of History and Political
Science in the University of Georgia.
Neao York E. j. Hale d Son, Publish
ers, Murray street Columbia, S. c., w.
j. Dnbie, 1872.
This valuable work which has been anx-
iously locked for, has recently appeared in
a decidedly attractive and popular form
Its typographical and mechanical eXecu-
ton reflects credit ON the house which has
issued it; and its convenient size, solid
binding and happy arrangement into Chap
tiers and sections, admirably adapt it to the
use Of schools and colleges As a text
book, we predict for this cOmpend hearty
and extensive adoption and as a work for
general instruction, Iio reader i'll the land
ought to be "ithOut copy of it. The
Southern people may be justly proud of
this noble contribution to their growing
literature, and the grand old common
l. a.
appreciation of the industry, patriotism
and talents Of her distinguished son, by
giving this liclly-stored volume a cordial
welcome to the thousands of her intelligent
and happy households. We believe that
this work of the great Georgian is des-
tined to become. the standard of historic
truth and excellence for centuries to come
just as Mr.. Stephens work on the War Be
tween the States is acknowledged to be the
most complete and triumphant yindicatiOl
of the Southern people ever placed on
record.
From the New York Evening Telegram.
4 Nev Work by Hon. A. III. StepItenS.-
History ofMe United States from tie
Earliest Settlements to 1872.
Few men are more capable of writing a
correct and popular history Of the United
States than the author Of this Useful vol
uine. A statesman himself, identified with
nearly half d century Of national growth,
and personally acquainted with all of the
distinguished men who have left their i'm
print on our country'S page during that pc
Rod, Mr.. Stephens is enabled to present
those salient features of history in Whicll
the present generation are most likely to
feel the deepest interest. He has done So
i'm Irt and ,yr1nafnl
intellectual vigoI, indeed, that makes one
almost believe he is reading II we'll CON
necLed romance rather than the dry de
tails of continental development. From
| the discovery of Columbus to the eStab-
| ll5hment OF American Independence, lie
carries the reader quickly and gracefully
| through all Of the leading events that trans
pied, developing those facts in colonial
history which led up TO the organization
and growth of the pr eoent form Of govern
merlt. This constitutes the first part of the
Volume.
The second part Is review If the adj
miIiStratiOns OF the various Presidents OF
the United States the rise and fall of par
ties j; the progress Of public opinion The
material growth Of the country the phil
oSOphy of government; the constitutional
safeguards 10y which tho people have cen
projected; the vigilance with which the
constitution has been defended in the past,
and the logical results thai followed the
Inauguration ofthe late civil War.
In the treatment of these various sub
| jrcLs Mr.. Stephens is not partisan. He
| addresses his readers from point of view
far above the influence OF passion or pre-
| jIdice, and iii the Statement of the facts to
| which he mainly confines his work there
is an exhibition of impartillity that forbids
| tlIp UIPSlION whether this man who fins
summarizes the history of the country is
! from the North, South, East, or West.
Although MIR. Stephens was the Vice
| President of the late Confederate States,
| 10 political views are forced upon the
reader, save those which the reattcr him
| self will deduce from the Irresistible ''iUGiC
of events - but these point with unerring
fingers to the infringements of the COnsLi-
! tut ion that have marked the history of the
! last decade, and to the dangers that sur
| round the country unless there be a speedy
| return to the sturdy virtues of our fore
/ fathers.
! The book is dprOpOS to the times. 1t
| ahOundS in information with which every
American citizen ought to be familiar and
| which he will not find compiled elsewhere
| For the youth of the land it will prove in
valuable, and We believe that teachers
throughout the country will adopt it as a
| substitute for all other Histories of the
! United States, as soon as they become IA
mlliar with its pages, and observe will
| what tact and impressiveness the diStin
/ guished author has arrayed his knowledge
to the end that it may be most easily anG
eagerly acquired by the young.
Mercy for tEe Alleged hu-Klux
! 1t was Mr.. Greeley who, two months
Gin oft Al