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A SOLUTION OF THE RACE PROBLEM
IN THE SOUTH. BY Enoch Spencer
Simmons, Of the North Carolina Bar.
Raleigh, n. C.: Edwards and Broughton.
1898. Cloth. Pages, $50.
We are informed that the author of
this work, which is dedicated TO the
memory of his mother, and is ornamented
with his portrait, has been totally blind
for seYera years. We sympathize with
him deeply in his affiiction.
His solution Of the race problem is that
the United States Government COLOMBO
the blacks at it's expense in the three
States-Alabama, Mississippi, and Louis
iana--and that the whites give place 10
them by seeking new homes elsewhere.
Then these three black States would still
bs fun members Of the Union.
Somewhat approaching the difficulty OF
getting the whites TO consent to such a
patriotic arrangement he boldly proposes
that the blacks be colonized together in
parts of those States, that the whites may
still be near. If not in, their old habita-
tons; and IL those three States cannot
furnish enough land 10 accommodate all
the blacks, the deficiency be sliced off
from Arkansas, which would have 10 be
treated in like manner as the other three.
Then he proposes that there shall be
six States, instead of three, with the
right of representation in Congress given
70 other members of the sisterhood Of
States"
And this, he declares, to be an "easy
and amicable way" of solving the pro-
blem, instead OF leaving like craVens
the task TO our posterty"
He differs with the leading Egyptolo-
gists In ascribing TO the negro race the
civilization which some portions of Africa
once enjoyed.
THE VIRGINIA LAW REGISTER, Vol
ume ", No. 2. June, 1888. Edited by
w. NJ. Lille. Published by the j. p.
Bell Company, Lynchburg and Rich
mond.
The subject matter Of this number of
the Law Register is interesting as well
as useful, and will furnish several hours
entertainment TO legal readers. The ar
ticle entitled, Dangers of Second Mar
riages," by Professor r. c. Minor. sounds
a warning TO widows and widowers who
arc in too great a hurry to make new
matrimonial ventures when their former
cOnsorts have disappeared, or are sup
posed TO be dead.
IL takes a born humorist. indeed, 10
throw fun or anything frivolous into a
chancery proceeding. but this difficult
feat has been accomplished by Judge d.
w. Bolen. of Hilsville. Va, who con-
tributes a fictitious bill and decree, which
tell in verse, the story Of divorce pro-
ceeding and the misdeeds Of an erring
daughter OF Eve.
The contents Of the June Register are
as follows: l. Dangers Of Second Mar
riages; 2, Uniformity Of Laws; 3, Is q
Widowed Mother Entitled 10 the Earn
ings OF Her Unemancipated Minor
Child? t. Virginia Decisions Reported in
Fun. as follows: Brooke VS.. Turner.
Stringfellow VS.. Somervilie. Georgia
Home Insurance Company VS.. Goode,
Burrows vs. Smith; s. Editorial; g. Notes
of Cases; 7. Among Our Exchanges; 8,
9, Correspondence; 10. Book
Reviews.
HISTORY OF THE JEWS. BY Profess
sor II. Graetz. Index volume. With
a memoir of the author by Dr. Philip
Block a chronological table Of Jewish
history and four maps. Philadelphia:
Jewish Publication Society OF America.
The society's edition Of Graetz's his
tory proper was completed in five vol
umes. and as each volume appears we
had occasion TO speak in terms OF warm
est praise of the splendid work. Whom
soeyer possesses a set is fortunate, but |
the value OF the possession will be |
greatly enhanced by adding to IL the |
index volume This represents most in |
Ieiligent and exhaustive labor in the way /