The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-06

in value as the white and was the royal
color of the Indians The actual Wampum
Belt of the famous treaty is preserved in
the rooms of the Historical Society of
Philadelphia The parchment treaty was
destroyed by fire in the Indian territory
during the late war, which fact we learn
for the first time from Mr.. Butterworth's
volume.
The scenes and incidents of the present
story are of pleasing character and will
be very acceptable to young readers. Our
American youth need to be instructed in
the noble history of William Penn and the
Indians, and a story like this will help
them to understand how just and generous
treatment and friendly spirit was sue
cessful in dealing with savages of the will
derness. 1t is needless to say that the
Indians loved and honored William Penn
for his kindness and honorable dealing
with them.
Mr.. Butterworth says that ''among the
many episodes of the struggle which lasted
seventy years was the meeting of the
chiefs of the Delawares and the Six Ma
tions in the Council House at Albany in
1921, where one of the noblest exhibitions
of amty, gratitude, and moral control in
the history of the Indian race, presenting
scene worthy of the painter or poet,
which has few counterparts in the history
of highly civilized nations Here the for
est kings counseled the forgiveness of their
enemies out of regard to the memory of
the honored Onas, or William Penn -
ITALY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. AND
THE MAKING OF AUsTRo- HUNGARY AND
GERMANY. By Elizabeth Wormeley Lat
inner. A. G. McClurg & Co., Chicago
$3.50.
Mrs. Latimers previous volumes, de-
voted to France, England, Russia, Turkey
and Africa, have made many acquainted
with the plan which she has so success
fully pursued in her Nineteenth Century
histories. 1t is not dry, historical mar
rative which she presents to her readers,
but rather lively picturesque, running
account of the events of more recent
years; in fact, the volumes are almost en-
tirely devoted to the historical events and
achievements of the present century.
The present volume on Italy pursues the
same popular method in dealing with the
grand series of events which made a
united Italy, together with the consolida-
ton of Austro Hungary and Germany in-
to the present German Empire 1t gives
very full and interesting account of the
policy which resulted in the success of the
great Italian statesman, Count Cavour,
and in Victor Emmanuel ascending the
throne of a united kingdom. 1t almost
goes without saying that Mrs. Latimer is
In full sympathy with the policy which
reached its grand triumph in our own gen.
GRAFTON. The volume contains many ex-
tracts from eye witnesses of the great
events relating to this consummation, and
much contemporaneous historical matter
is included in these pages. The chapters
on the reign of King Humbert and the
more recent events in Italy are among the
most valuable in tie volume. 1t closes
with the history of the unfortunate Abys-
sinian campaign, and throws much light
on the conduct of that most unfortunate
conflict in which Italy was so badly de-
feated. A postscript of single page
brings this history of Italy in the Nine
teenth Century actually sup to date
The volume is a valuable and interesting
contribution to the current history of Eur
ope and the united Italy of the present
century.