Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-01
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THE COLONIAL MAGAZINE. DeVo'eu
% tho Interests OF the Patriotic OIgani-
cations Of America August. 1895. Vol -
No. /. Price, e cents; per year. *-''
New York.
besides its literary matter and other
Illustrations, this No. has me Por-
traits OF Governor John Lee Carroll
president OF the National fociety or 'he
Sons Of the Revolution. and of Mrs. Ed
ward PauIet Steers. president OF 'i'e
Daughters Of the Revolution. FROM inc
nrorninent connection OF General CaIfoi
with the starting Of this magazine IL
NAV be intended as the organ, In soou
mart. ct least, Of his SONS OF the Revo-
luton"
The editor. on page 80, speaks OF les
sons Of loyalty, patriotism, ana rove VI
country: md. again, the preseiNa''o,,
y, ,a,r,o,,sm. and the growth Of love or
country" Are not patriotism ana love OF
country stiu the same. as they have SO
long been? ,.
There has been In the field for the past
year another most excellent magazine, de-
voted to the same objects as those OIL the
Colonial. 1t is
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL RE
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aldry. Price, 80 cents; per year. -.
From IT'S start, It has gone on improv-
ing. and has contained n good many ar
ticles that were particularly gratifying
and interesting 10 Virginians. Virginians'
too. have been amongst its best contri-
butors II is well illustrated. and Is par
,,cularly full in its accounts Of the pf'-
ceedinss Of all the patriotic societies OF
men and women throughout the Cnlteu
States II is published monthly. from
Philadelphia, and its editor In chiei 10
Charles II. Browning. with tremendous
CORDS OF able associates.
HOW TO KNOW THE WILD
FLOWERS. a Guide TO the Names
the Uaunts. and Habits Of Our Common
wild Flowers. BY Mrs. William starr
Dana. Illustrated by Marion Satterlee.
New York: Charles ScTibner's Sons. OIL
pages Price. $40.
This is an enlarged and revised edltioh
OF what has become n standard book on
yyud fowsrs. The scheme Of the work Is
most admirable. The flowers are grouped
according TO coiors. both the botanical
and the common names arc gwen anu
the end is attained OF furnishing vol
une adapted at once TO the library ana
the field one Of tho most important
chapters in the book Is that which tells
the student of wild flowers and the
rambler 'of the field and the woods how
10 use II. After reading that chapter
the chapter on How 10 Know the via
Flowers" and the explanation OF terms,
one will ind, with the aid of the plates
and the descriptions accompanying them,
very little difficulty in identifying any
flower Of which Mrs. Dana treats. There
are l56 plates in the book and Of these
1873 are from original drawings from ma
ture, the remaining three and the illustra-
tons of the complete flower in the ex-
PLANTATION of terms being adapted with
alterations from other authors We know
Of no more valuable and interesting book
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THE MAKING OF THE NATION-17s5-
1871 by Frances A. Walker. rh. D..
LII. D.. President Massachusetts, lnsti-
tute of Technology; With Maps and
Appendices. New York: Charles
Scribaers Sons. 1895. The j. W. Ran
dolph Company. Richmond. Va. Price.
1925
This book is very complete go far as
its getting up" Is concerned. but in
its contents II is superficial and PERM
ciously partisan" General Walker was
the Superintendent of TIE United States
Census, and during tho war between the
States fought for u nation, which he
now makes very easily on paper. lie ri
dcules the greatest constitutional law
yers as contrasted with what ne chooses
to style statesmen. Yet John Marshall,
the greatest OF lawyers, is his ma s7lus
Apollo. because OF the powers towards
making a real nation" which our au-
thor delights 10 think have been con-
ferred, even, unwittiTgly, upon the United
States judiciary.
His other magnus Is Alexander Hamil-
ton: but even he shows that with all his
ability, Hamilton was not all that
statesman should be.
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