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tfui up TO tho hfEl,cst standard. In touching
thls lllasc Of the actor's experience, Mr. Algox
strat!ng the Importance Of .eultlvntng the pow
some aetiun. II ID a fayoritc topic with lin,
and he drscanta upon 1t will great carnestness
The puhl|shcrs have tiono tllc1s part to rc,,tlor
tho Life III Forrest complete and ATTRACTIVE. It
In ctnbclls1le.l with number Of tno portralta
Of tl'o actor IN private and dramatic character.
tans the portrait ut Ills beloved mother. In ujl
mechanical acctssoriea, tho book Is worthy OF
pralsc.
TIE TURKS.
THE OTTOMAN POWER IN EUROPE: !rs Ma
TIRE, Irn 1nnwTI, AM lrs DECLINE. lIy En-.
, EARL a: FnsxsAE. .. g IT,, LIP. With
Chicago; ~ Jsnsc Tcciarg & Go. 'a ism"., - 3D. pp.
11h. Price. 81.
Tho most able and comprehensive essay on
thu Turks III Eurous wllicl, haa bccn givrn to
the American reader since tho Eastern Question
aastncd It's present importance, Ia Tho onu
l,urewIth offered by the eminent English his
torEa,t, Edward A. Freeman. It Is but short
ti.nc since tic author reprinted Ills "ulstory
utn1 CoHqllcsts OF tho Sarucci,s, nlll tllS later
voluu,o ts intended to setvo as supplement Of
that work. Mr.. Freeman Inns expended goul
tleal Of study on the subject which occurica
lin In these two books; indeed, he declares
that It las bccn through llfe tic "cllicf scc-
ondary object" Of his investigation. During
the last Internationally years ho has pub
lIshcd In EnEltsh periodicals nlhny articles
touching ~ Mt different po!nts, an. hence It Il as
Ono thoroughly cOIlycr6att With all It's bearings
thut he now rrslinlcs II.
Mr. FrGct,lnn sy1npathtzcs warmly with tho
EhriAttai1 rnccs who atu striving to throw oil
thc yoke Of the Turk, and tue whole force Of
Itu III 81
tho t1lcory tlat II u the duty Of NIL the nations
uf Europe to aasiat them In recovering their
fraedoIn. III trnetng tho history OF tic Otto-
tnan Turks, lte silnws that they have never ad.
Tint their form Of ,sovcrnmcnt, which i nxctl
f'y il'e laws of tic kornn, will not
suffer. them to mako any advance. Dur.
taE tho 200 .ycars s!l,ce thuy cntsrul
enlightenment or morality. They rc,nsin What
tl'cy were ltl tue hcEfnnfnE,-a rarc Of alien bar
tMrfans an'l IIguts, whose rulc nycr tho people
they have conquered IS lnt.otcral,y opprcntl'c. :,
uphodug the Porto. Tho seltlsl1ncss, tho i,l},u.
n,antty, nf her course III helping to rivct the
Chains Of tho ct'slavca l}osntant afa Dulgarinnk,
IN or1cr tn sustain what sllc IL picatcd to call
her interests iii the East: hc Indignantly e.
poses. 'rhc intensity Of Ills feeling lcnds e1o
aucr'eo to l,ts language, and gives IL deep In.
pFcsslvcMcsa. Thu Impartial reader caunot hnlp
being moved by It, aud jnininE with tho writer
bo extlnguis'ivd In Europe, or restricted to the
narroHcst bounds.
HlI0nE ISLAND.
A SHORT J!lsToltY Or RHODE ISLAND. hy
Non n'tlcslaunt Professor of American lIastory III
fo1"sl! !.a u"'ss,Tltyj huthor IT I ,its q
Wow Of tue American faeyelatlo.i. etc. lroy,-
1snce: j. 4. y i: 4. ltald. nTo., m. a5u
ChtcsRo: 1ladley l'sos. Il 70.
This Is 8 readable mud em!ncntly impartial
history of nholo island. It Ii written IN a
clear, casy style, avoiding prolx discussions Of
disputed polnts, and Is entirely trustworthy.
THO authur docs not analyzc men With any great
1egreu III ps0fdn.llly, nor dig deep In his ~
searches; hut this necessary nrtt0n on the rart
OF good historian Is lIttlc valued hy
Tho ayrrugu reader, and will mt In the present
easu bu missed. Tho sr3lnlar, however, or epc-
e1al student Of American history, will lind It aa
o&arlslol for criticlaUI.
1iIa first chapters. on tho history Of the
Colonlal pcrto, nrc much fuller tllRn tho Inst.
fnrty l,agcs. au! her wl'o,s history during the
present rvntury In tho apAco ot eighteen. Til!s
ia partly necessary result Of the Wttcly-litfer-
eHt conditions nf tho !|ttlo State. ia the ninc
tcent! century from what It WIS In thu seven.
monwcalttl; the times u trial aro the times Ut
development and of especial interest.
Uninterrupted years Of com,l'e!clal prospetity
contatn fexer lessons ol profit, fewer incidents
war Or 1T political aGituttbn. Tho caH6es wflIrl,
make Rnodo lHland Wllat shu ia we're largely de-
yclol'el L, her earlier history, and, therefore,
demanded greater breadth ot treatment. The
It urks an critical analysis of lI!en and n,oas-
ures IL In u largo measure balanced by the gain
In tha easy How of thu narrative, which Will