The record-union., 1897-10-10

Woman and the Republic" is the IL
tie Of most important volume by Hell
en- Kendrick johnson. It is a survey OF
the woman suffrage movement in the
United States, and a discussion OF IT'S
claims and arguments as advanced by
its most distinguished advocates. The
work is from the press of d. Appleton
& Co., New York. The author takes q
position in harmony with the views
of the Record Union" namely, that
the highest, best interests of women are
opposed to the suffrage movement, ana
that both woman and the Republic
Will take harm from the grants con-
tended for by the suffragists- Tnese
latter will scarcely accord the author
the justice of fairness, we oplne, De-
cause Of the vigor and holiness of her
contention Yet it seems to US that she
has concealed none Of the claims of
those she opposes, and misrepresented
nothing; that she has indeed been over
careful to give them full hearing. So,
too, we believe that she has successful
~ met and defeated their contention
IN favor of unlimited suffrage for wom-
en- in the United States Without, how
which must be read to be fully under
stood, we outline the points for which
she declares, and refer readers to the
work itself for elaboration. She holds
that history proves the dogma of wom-
an suffrage to be fundamentally at war
with true democratic principles, sinca
it has been allied with despotism. mon
archy and ecclesiastical oppression, and
with license and misrule. She contends
that taxation without representation is
not tyrannOus. That the woman suf-
frage movement was not essentially
patriotic in the anti-slavery period, but
was hindrance to emancipation and
reform. That the change of law where
the suffrage has been granted to wom-
en- did not originate with sdffragists so
much as it resulted from the urging
that the vote IN woman's hand is the
panacea for all of woman's wrongs.
That the movement was not instrument
tai IN opening the trades to women,
and that the conditions of industrial
life are not changed by the grant Of
the suffrage in such essentials as would
involve a change of sex relation to the
Government. That the extension of the
y
admission for women to the profess
sions; on the contrary, the suffrage agi-
tation has hindered her advance in the
professions. That the advance of wom-
an in higher education was secured by
those who resisted woman suffrage, and
not by its advocates, and by men to
whom the idea of the ballot with wom-
an was repugnant The author also
holds that the relation Of woman to
the church has not been such in her
preaching and teaching as to build UP
religion or the State, but, on the con-
trary, has, because of that relation
made her peculiarly dangerous as a
leader She holds strong views regard
ing the disabilities of sex in relation to
suffrage and duty done by citizens in
public concerns, and that experience
proves that woman's disabilities dis
qualify her from police, jury and office
holding duty She contends that the
suffrage movement strikes a blow at
the home and the marriage relation,
and relates itself closely to communism.
Finally. she contends, and with a vigor
born of conviction, that woman's rela-
ton to the Republic is as important as
mans but that there is a marked diff
ference in the spheres of action of the
sexes, with the immense advantage OF
moral opportunity on woman's side if
she remains in her sphere, since the
greatness and stability of our country
depends upon the virtue and ability of
American womanhood, which entry into
political life will tend to destroy.
Success" by Orison SWEET Marden,
author of Pushing to the Front etc.
81 PIP, with fourteen full-page por-
traits Cloth, 81 % w A Wilde &
Co, Boston. 1t is doubtful whether
any success books for the young have
appeared in modern times which are
SO thoroughly packed with stimulating,
uplifting and inspiring material as the
last book by Orison SWEET Marden. To
stimulate. inspire and guide is the mis-
sion Of Success and helpfulness is its
keynote. This book teaches the youth
who may think he has no chance that
in land where farmers and mechanics
sit in Congress, no limit can be placed
to his career if he is armed with de-
termination and has learned the al
phabet It teaches that under the
American flag there are bread and sue
cess LOT every SOulu " ilO las lAE Slll
to seize his chance and work his way
to his own loaf; that the barriers are
not erected which can say to aspiring
talent THUS far and no further; that
poverty, humble birth, or the most for
bidding circumstances cannot repress
the longing for knowledge and the
warming for growth; that poverty has
rocked the cradle of the giants Of the
race who have turned barbarism into
civilization. and led the world up from
savagery to the Gladstones and Lin
coins The author seems to have per
formed the difficult task of really help
ing and inspiring the young people
while they are in the transition state
from dependence to independence.
Faith and Fact" is a work by Henry
III. Taber, from the press Of Peter Eek
Ter. 80 Fulton street, New York. 1t has
a brilliant introduction by Colonel In
gersoll. It is an assault upon Chris
tianity as the author conceives it to be-
1t claims to present facts that place
Christianity at the bar of judgment a
confessed failure. It is a strong, free
thought plea and defense, in which it
is attempted to make visible, to
speak, the ''measureIess void that sep
arates faith from fact" Colonel Inger-
soil says of this book, and that VIII
best indicate its character:
Il have read this book with great
pleasure" saws Robert & IueersOlI