The herald., 1894-05-20

16mo, rs cents Published by Hough.on,
Miiin & Co For sale by the stoll q
ThayeI Company.
In Brave Little Holland, and what
she has taught US. we learn that the
etory OF the lowlands at the mouth of the
Rhine and OF their inhabitonts is an
exceptional one among the nations OF
the earth. But at the heart OF the thing
ID is not the romance OF that sge'long
battle with tue sea, nor even the roman
tic deeds OF the Netherlanders in war,
that hold the attention of men in the
present day. Other groups OF people
have shown equal bravery in conflict
and have overcome obstacles that
seemed insuperable. But in general
these groups have had ideals which
IDLE. while the thought s Of those Rhine
landers from fret to last have been iust
such as are now dominating the world.
The civilized world, as a whole, is just
& beginning to take cognizance OF the fact
that democracy is worth thinking about
But from the time that Caesars Belgse
frat attracted attention, individual, or
at least tribal, freedom has been their
prominent characteristic. Doubtless
the never-ending struggle with the
sea had much to do with fostering that
spirit of self-reliance which Is indis-
pensable to liberty. What was done
against the Spaniards-that ia. to food
the country in case of invasion-has al
ways been possible since the dykes were
frat raised. Thus. if the sea was mer-
ciless foe, it has also been an invincible
.Ilv ord whau man faal that thQuUh
they may be vexed and hsrraased by
their enemies, they cannot be con-
quered, they naturally acquire the habit
of standing up for their rights.
The central purpose OF Mr.. Griffis'
book is to show Americans the magni-
tude of their debt to Holland. Alter
describing the country he reviews brief
ly the important influences that mould
ed the people down 60 the time when
America may be said, without straining
the phrase, to have come into existence.
But with this growth of civilization,
with the subsequently enlarged outlook
given to Europe by the discovery of q
new world, there came the struggle of
the people for greater freedom. At the
outset the movement was political, but
it was involved with learning in the per-
SONS of great scholars like Erasmus, and
ment towards the church, which
was no longer the protector OF the
people, but the ally of that mailed
army thai rested on the neck OF Chris
tendon. AS the Netherlands had been
in old times the meeting-ground and
fusing- place of divers races, go they now
became the refuge OF various sects. The
federation which had once been common
2 throughout the Christian world was now
peculiar to one small country alone.
The long struggle with Spain vindicated
the religious rights OF men. -. Mr..
Griffis sees in John of Barneveldt the
embodiment of separatist tendencies
similar to those displayed by Calhoun in
the United States. 1t was the mistakes
of the Dutch republics which set the
makers OF the American constitution to
searching for a remedy. The defect in
the Netherlands never has been REM
edied.
1t was the example OF Holland, as
Madison says, that showed Americans
the utility of religious liberation. The
United Provinces had the ever present
dread OF royalty which would net only
reign but govern, and none too kindly
at that Though they could not make q
perfect federation, they furnished to
American statesmen the idea of "a writ.
ten constitution, a senate or states-gen-
eral, the Hague or District OF Columbia"
germinal notion of the supreme court
ands vast number OF details.
Above ali they recognized that
the American colonies fought
for the same principles that they them
selves maintained. Their friendship
was not q matter OF European policy,
but of love for liberty. Thus. il Mr..
Gr;aia, titla aorudo an m w so HI man.
tai, his book makes O good argument in
behalf of the Netherlands. He is par
ticalar in his use of terms. To English
and Americans. Holland. which is prop
erly only the largest province OF IL,
gives its name to the kingdom of Neder-
land. To speak of the kingdom of the
Netherlands is to describe in q phrase
Nederland and its colonies. The author
apparently means his book to be only
The forerunner OF u larger work. Meesrs.
Roughton, M film q 20. have illustrated
me book in manner which assists in
bringing out much OF the descriptive
part OF the text, which should increase
lts popularity.
KARCELLA, by MRS. HUMPHREY WARD. author
y of Robert Els mere; IN two volumes, cloth
edition, w, published by Macmillan & Co.,
New York; for sale by the Stoll Thayer
b Co.
i One does not have to read far to get
the key to the character of Mrs. Hum
phry Wards new heroine. Marcella.
Italian blood runs in her veins and she
is accurately described as "all sentiment
and impulse" And once when she was
explaining her ancestry to her bad an
gel, Wharton, who exercised such
strong fssclD alton over her, Italian" he
said, lifting his eyebrows. "Ah, that ex-
plains. DO you know-that you have
all the qualities OF lesderl" and he
moved away yard from her, studying
.her-"mixed blood-one must always
have that to fire and fuse the English
paste I"
Out off from restraining homo infu-
: ences in her youth, Maroela developed
2 into etrong. self-restraint. passionately
earnest young woman with mission.
o nd her mission was nothing less than
to reorganze English society-to secure
for the tenant farmer some rights that
the landho'ding class would have to re-
Is spsct--the rights to be dsesntly clothed,
=, ~ housed and fed. first of all. 1t was a
Cd large undertaking-to break down the
,esystem which had been the growth OF
centuries, but she entered upon it with
Dan impatient ardor and with an unself-
lish enthusiasm which compel admira-
'fstion, Notwithstanding the hopslessness
,sof her moat strenuous and strong efforts