Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-24


lures. and stirred the enthusiasm or
9.o00Op0 Of auditors on two continents.
There are in the work before Va some
touches Of abolition, prohibition ana anu
rebellion: but they are not put In an OIL
fcnsive form. In Lynchburg. Va IN lHl"'
Mr. Cough was very near being serlousiN
mobhed Bv his holiness AMI cand0r he
ouieted the hostility that had been
aroused against him. on his next appear
ance before the people he said: Il wish
YOU 10 hear me patlcnly before you de-
eide what 20 30 with NE. / am ready TO
leave your city tO-nigh, by the canal
boat. or 1 Will stay and fulhl my en-
gagernent. ] was invited mere by 100 On
your citiz e1q, headed by your Mayor.
/ have Deen threatened with whipping.
with being run into the river, Win VI.
triol in ny face. AMI | have been call-l
an Abolitionist You all know |
am: and you knew II when you sent Tor
me. But you engaged me TO speal. on
temperance, and ] came for that purpose.
| have not spoken Of your peculiar in
stitution' in public. whatever l may have
thought of Il. You have introduced the
subject. not /. and | should receive and
merit your contempt IL | swallowed my
principles and told "A lie to curry favor
with you" The audience voted in favor
Of his staying and the ten lectures were
finished
His second marriage proved very fortu-
nate and suitable and he obtained
neat and comfortable home called "Hil-
side" near Worcester. Mass. There he
celebrated his sllver-wedding with libe-
raj and admiring friends. He was sud
denly stricken down whilst speaking In
Philadelphia in February. 1856. He had
been enduring all these laborious years
the effects Of serious brain-wound re-
ceived in his playful boyhood near Sand
gate by the Sea" in Kent county, Eng
land where he was born on the 22d Of
August, 1917 His last words were:
young man, keep your record clean"
POLITICS IN 4 DEMOCRACY. An
Essay by Daniel Greenleaf Thompson.
New York: Longmans. Green & CO.
1893. Pages, 176. West, Johnston x 60.
Mr.. Thompson has become not oily
widely but favorably known in our own
country and in Europe. az a writer on
psychology. the problem OF evil. the Io-
hGous sentiments of mankind. social
progress. and the philosophy OF fiction in
literature. And now he brings his philo-
sCphical sam Of thought and analysis to
bear upon q discussion OF our politics.
After giving sketch Of his line Of ar
gun cnt and lESipG down his premises In
SIX preliminary chapters, he comes 10
what he tcr.ls Government by Syndi-
cate" ~ Vndication Of the Democratic
party, ana decided defence Of Tam.
many Han. n New York.
Cuotin. President Seth Low. he cor
ours with him that n government by
syndicate /, necessity for the efficient
management Of large corporation5-a con-
crntratlon Of power I'm connection WITH
a concentration Of responsibility lie
makes a strong and systematic defence
of Tammany Hall, which runs the syndi-
cate government of our greatest metro
polltan city, though he accompanies II
with many candid criticisms and salu-
tary suggestions. on the whole. he thinks
the good of Tammany Halls manage
mtnt preponderates over all its evils.
But Tammany Hall does not stand
alone in New York's politics. Its power
and influence are largely extended and
| lolstered by its affiliated Tammany So
ciety. by which whole families can rem
der some aid to their respective heads.
Whether Richmond has anything APP
yroaching a syndicate government or IS
destined TO have n Tammany Han and
| Vammany society or not, our aspiring
| political leaders viii do well 10 examine
Mr.. Thompsons views and conclusions.
LAST YEARS or LOUIS Nv. BY Imbert
de Saint-Amand. Translated by Eliza
beth Gilbert Martin; with illustrations.
New York: Charles Scribners Sons. IA
| pages; Sl.25.
The period dealt with in the present vol
ume Is the last SIX years of Louis Ky
| the years which interviewed between the
death Of Marie Lccznska and
| that OF the king. In sense
| the sovereign is only centre around
! II, NJ An IL
! ties OF much more interest. The author de-
| parts from the method he adopted in his
! series Of Famous Women OF the French
! Court" ard substitutes miniature Die
/ lures. complete I'm themselves, for roll
/ OF historic canvas. He has he says IN
| his intro ductio1. tried TO imagine himself
! n cCurter of the eighteenth century who
| vas present at Madame Du Barry's tri-
Imph. when Madame Louise Of France
took the VEIL and at the rising of thai
| liycent star which Is called Marie An
| toll cite Certainly he seems 10 live an
move with the characters TO which he
introduces us. Marie Antoinette, she who
! looked with "A royal disdain and died
with a smile on her lips" Ills considera-
| BILE measure Of the book, and that med-
| sure constitutes excellent Introductory
reading to Saint-Amand's three volumes on
| tho unfortunate queen. The work Is fasci-
mating throughout
For sale by ]. W. Randolph & co.
THE SCHOOL REVIEW an educational
monthly edited by President Schurman,
of Cornell University and Professor
Thurber and published at Hamilton, n.
/ Y, contains a very judicious critique on
the study OF Latin by n gentleman VINO
once was teacher in Richmond. He Is
Professor william G. Hale. son OF the
/ Mrq Sarah j
Hale Heywas an assistant of Mrs Mead
In her fine school here.
We thank him for avowing an opinion
| which we have long entertained and nave
sometimes expressed.
In commencing an edition OF Niri
| Romae by Professor John G. Rolfe, Of
the University OF Michigan, Professor
Hale says: what joy OF mastery does a
boy OF IA or Is feel in attacking the COM
plicated sentences OF Caesar The Re
view Contains also q number of valuable
articles and an illustrated description OF
the elegant new high school at Colorado
Springs.
| THE LOVERS LEXICON. A hand.
book OF novellsts. playwrights. philo-
sCplers. and minor poets; but especially
for the enamoured. By Frederick
Greenwood. New York and London
Macmillan 4 Co. 1888 pages.
A series OF short essays on all the situa-
tIcns lovers may be placed In and all the
enoticns they may experience. The con-
celt Is an odd one, and even those not
enamoured viii find II very readable.
Fer sale by the publishers.
THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS, A
LOST LINK IN THE CHURcHs
CREED. By the Rev. WHY'S Rede, NJ.
A., with an Introduction by Lord Hall
fax. London: Longmans. Green & Co.,
and New York. 1898. Pages 1877.
This work appears TO come from Eng
land. but the substance OF IL was spoken
by the author In Evanston. Ills. In 1889.
He gives a very wide but just defini-
ton OF the word saints. and laments
their indifference 30 their great privilege
| OF communion. which he expands and
magnifes both on earth and In Heaven.
There Is, indeed. too often q culpable neg