The morning times., 1896-09-20
ABOUT THINGS LITERARY
Books Fresh From the Au-
tumn Press.
NEW THINGS IN FICTION
King Noanette Makes a Bid for
Lasting F'avor-Science
and History.

Nt the ol tHt SUI Ni'o.S -
the stirring anti-slavery days, or rath-
~ er OF the surviving memories, for the
memory will remain when SURVIVORS
have passed, there is none more
unique or u.ofc pie! uresque than the career
of the famous family OF Hutchin-
sons The mention OF these people
at once recalls to the seniors Of the de
parting generation scenes unparalleled IN
the history Of any great II orencnt. The
UutchfnsonS We're ucvout believers In the
hrothe rhood of man; their war cry was:
The Fathrrhood of God, and the brother
hood of man,
The cause or true religion is spreading
through the land,
Oh the atnrrhood ot uud and the brother
hood Of man,
Wen talk ana sing while on the wing,
and ring il thro' the land!
They were both Temperance cvangelists
and abolitiuniSls OF ante-bcllum days,
though they will be better remembered for
their valuable association win breaking
down, slavery than diink. They preached
some, but they sang more. They were
evangcliSts of song. Theirs was CaIL-
paign of the influence OF sweet sounds,
truth in ha rInony, asall truth is harmonious,
the stirring OF the emotions To what is sym
pathetic, instead OF what is antasunisiic
They winged il thro' the land from one
end to the other, year after year, with
their gospel Of song.
They are individual in their history. There
Is no parallel to theif unique achievement.
though the influence of their methods has
since found its way in part upoa the meth
DDS OF many great movements since. II
has often been said that the Hutchinsons
had stories to tell and uBwritten history
TO narrate which wolld fill blanks i'll our
national chronicle. One by one the MEM
bers OF the family have dropped away in
death. and the possibilities o! the desirable
narrative narrowed by degrees to John
Hutchinson. He became the sole survivor
of the family. and IN him Ccntered hope
for eXpresSIol and permanency 10 the facts
OF their interesting career. Fortun&.cly lie
has proved himself alive to this obh alton
and has produced the desiia5ie WORK. II
is called The Story D the lIutchinsons.'
told by John Wallace Hutchinson. and Is
published IN two handsome crown o,taSOs
by Lee Shepard OF Eoslon. He has been
assisted III the editing and conn lliug by
Charles E. Mann. and the late Frederick
Douglass, WHO longed for tins work and
lived TO know OF It's lnciplcnCN and TO write
an introduction.
The Hutchnsons Were New Hampshire
people, the family homestead being III Nil
ford, Of the Granite state. They were thir-
teen in all. and frCm Tie o!GeSt brother
lEcy took tn, name the tribe of jesse
Their first beginning, in Lynn and then IN
Boston, showed III promise oi future achieve
Incns only IntcnHtIUn yUiiitu with GeirTInI-
nation. A furIriGahle propeller, however.
From 1899 40 lsI2 lhey made small suC-
,tSscs with their c,Iocrts in New England.
Iut the BcXt three years, when they cs-
puuScd abolition, inspired Ly the example
and cloqucnCe oil TeGcrIcR douglass brought
them INTO pcrmant nee as CoICcIt singers.
Tncir Pc rmancnCy was huilt urCn tie cEduT-
ing rock Of persecution. Mol = oiten booted
and hisScd them, but they biaNcd their
lures. and il ~ inspiring l" TtHd the trr
unph over turmnl! produced 10y these
apps les Of harmony wien hey raised thclr
VOICES III song.
Tie two wears following they spent in
England and scotland, where they met
repeated ovation placing Item among tie
first Americans WHO had sECCco Ged IN pop
ular appeal 10 English appreciation. lhc!
met Daniel 0'Conncll, Father Matthews.
Rchecca Moore, Charlotte Cushman and
Eliza Cooke, Charles Dickens and Macready.
Douglas Jcrrod, John Bright. and Queen
Victoria. They We're the guests OF many
oflI.eS. and first sang Tom Hoods Bridge
Uf Sigiis.'
Kc.urning to America, tie HUtcihnS"nS
became identified with nearly every ma
tIonal agitation of their time. Not uhIy
did they sing for temperance ana Tor elilh-
cipa;iun: they were apostles lor biceuiis
Kansas" Later they devoted themselves
70 raising relief funds from concert WORK
for the needy soldiers They devoted them
selves after the war to Temperance ana
suffrage concerts ent!reiy..
lie. !, iuui,.S are mIuc> 81 anecdotes "i tfV
,ruspicIous characters of the country.
Tn. UuichinSuus were Int! aIate!y idcntiiiUd
with all he leaders. ard knew tHeni III a
personal fashion, which Yields 10 r'nnis-
conc. an internlinahlc yarn Cf GiNeFtlrE
stories
"reminiscences uf their visits to Wash
lurtrn VIII find responsive echo IN the
memory of many people still hNirS here.
The HutCEinsou> rirst HpEcareu III tIlS
CITY carly i'll February. 1874, john fhiilp
Hale. Daniel Webster. and John QuincE
Adams. 1.-The old man eloquent, were
an,cng those whose interest thcy aroused.
They sang in Assembly Hail ana again III
taruSi'S Saloon, ''and tie most fashionable
people from all parts Of the country were
present" They returned in April, of
lS47. and visited Mount Vernon, lin
sadly tiila pidated condition. where they
sang to ''old Mrs. Washington, family
connection Of the great nan. Az thelr
first concert on this visit, the author Of
the history relates that Judton was sihr-
ing his solo. The HuntugE"G Husband.
and was Just delivering tie line, I'm
sadly Ii, ke II ill.," when the platform gave
way under his feet. and he was taken Ill
leforr the eyes of The auuicLcc. In 1882
iney again visited the city. During the
year So they sang in the Union camp, but
lad teen forbidden TO sing in Was hing
ton This ban was removed. however, this.
same year, and they spent five weeks
here IN the winter with occasional visits
I. the camps. 0thcr visits were made here
III 1865; in 1874, when they sang at DIR.
Tiffany's Metropolitan NJ. l.. Chuich,' and
in 1879 John Hutchinson came 10 visit
Frederick DuuGlaSs.