The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-24


tween the heroine and the cynical though
worthy gentleman who goes away to South
Africa and marries nobody Is exceedingly In
teresting.
A life Of Gen. Sherman written By Gen. Man
ming +. Force and published In the " Great
Commanders" series ID. Appleton 4 Coz deals
chiefly with Sherman's battles. 1t Is q plain
account, marked by a soldiers directness and
liking for the military facts. In his opening
sentence Gen. Force says that William Tecum-
sch Sherman came from brainy stock" 1t Is
curious about adjectves. We say that nun
Is handy. but never that he is footy. He may
be heady like strong ale. He cannot be army
or leggy or fnRery or wrsty or necky. He can
be hearty, but most Of his internal organs re-
fuse to be turned into adjectives by the attach
ment Of the letter ~" Fastidious persons
permit themselves to be shocked when they
hear II said Of anybody that he is brainy."
All words have their beginning. Of course, and
In thousand years "brainy" may pass with
out opposition or resentment. One inference
seems TO be that 1t would be proper enough TO
get along without 1t for a thousand years. On
page l3 tho author speaks OF Shermans
marriage. lie says: "All that was dis
tnguished in Washington gathered at the
wedding-the President and Cabinet. the
Diplomatic Corps. the army and navy; Clay.
Webster and Corwin and their compeers,
and the Justices OF the Supreme Court.
They little dreamed that the unknown Lieu
tenant was to achieve fame that would out
shine the most noted of their number This
raises an interesting question. Is it the fact
that tho fame OF Sherman outshines the fame
OF Webster? 1t Is a question that might oc-
cupy tho debating clubs. 1t seems calculated
to keep them busy, though We are not sure
that they could decide it, On page Il it is said
that Sherman resigned his place rs Superin-
tendent OF the Louisiana military school on
Jan. 10. 1850. On the page preceding It Is
said that the school only opened In November.
1880. OF course it was in 1851 that Sherman
resigned-in the days OF secession. and Just be-
fore the outbreak Of the war On page 228 1t
Is said: Grant had not taken Richmond. and
neither Wilmington. Savannah. nor Mobile
were In our hands" This will hardly satisfy
the stickler for grammatical form. but all OF
these are small matters. after all. and the book
as whole is a warrant that nobody will be
greatly disturbed by them.
The first volume OF "tnlvers tiles and Their
Sons " is issued by the II. Herndon Company.
Boston. This is a very handsome book Of up
ward Of 700 pages. 1t contains the histories OF
Harvard. Yale. Princeton, and Columbia. be-
sides Introductory essays. 1t is profuscy and
we'll illustrated with pictures of college scenery
and with portraits of Presidents and trustees.
Succeeding volumes will contain biographical
sketches and portraits Of alumni and recipients
Of honorary degrees. The editor in chief Is
Gen Joshua l.. Chamberlain. ex-President OF
Bowdoin College and Ex-Governor OF Maine.
Other editors are William Roscoe Thayer OF
Harvard. Charles Henry Smith OF Yale. John
De Witt and Jesse Lynch Williams of Prince
ton. }. Howard Van Amringe of Columbia.
Charles Z. l.. Wingate OF Harvard. Albert Lee
OF Yale. and Henry G.. Paine Of Columbia. The
introduction is by William T. Harris. United
States Commissioner OF Education.
Rock Island. Ill.,. has no intention OF being
outdone by Chicago as a literary centre. Not
satisfied with its established fame in the
stock market. il furnishes the West, or it might
prefer to call it the Centre. with La Roche
foucauld OF the Rock River and the Mississippi
in the person OF Mr. Thomas Edwin Smith.
whose maxims and epigrams are collected In
Political Truth" Lavelle Publishing Com
panyl. Though Mr.. Smith through modesty
deems It necessary to display sub-ttles that
may alarm the reader "A Digest OF Political
Methods Now in Vogue" and "A Volume Replete
with Interesting. Entertaining. and Instructive
Matter, Possessing Wit Force. and Logic" he
deals out his truth in homeopathic doses. no
truth exceeding half dozen lines in length. and
many being contained In one or two lines He
Is enabled thus to condense into 200 small pages
the VIII, force anu logic Oh western Illinois.
so far as they relate to politics at least. A few
samples OF thought taken at random will be
interesting:
One man cannot tear down another without doing
great damage to himself.
Whether a IN politics be merciful. he can not
look for any.
The shrewd individual Is oftimes an awkward
speaker.
Loquacty makes man disgusting. and extremely
The individual with a penchant for falling into
traps had better not run for office.
The person who can plainly elucdate his views has
great advantage of the one who cannot.
II a candidate is ION egg" at critical moment,
It is enough that he should know 1t.
The people are more easily stampeded than any
other specie of animal They will fall over them
selves with eagerness the least provocaton, and
never pause to contemplate why they do so.
The candidate who scorns to frequent a saloon
during his campaign is not often classed among the
winners.
The influence of women In politics cannot be
overestimated.
Commonplace speeches and issues not only
trying to ones patience. but are extremely wear
some.
The political stump, while of great educational
value in many respects is also great instrument OF
deception.
The man who goes after another should never
let up until he gets him"
Extreme liberaity will ruin the best of men.
To be sat on" in politics. loses u man much
prestige.
The political dead sometimes rise. but seldom.
Should Mr. Smith turn his thoughts from
politics to literature and art. Mr.. Fuller Of
Chicago will have to bestir himself
Some subtle scheme Of propitiatng the re-
viewer may have impelled publishers to send
in their books about Alaska and the Klondike
when the hot weather had arrived. but they
| cannot expect much sympathy now for peo-
! plo who quarrel with ice and snow and a
| thermometer that does not register 800.
| Ladies' first In Two Women in the Klon-
| dixie" &C., p Putnam S sons Mrs Mary f. Hitch
| cock tells about the trip she took to Dawson
| with Miss Edith Van Buren, last summer.
| There was no need of n certificate OF respect
ability from Mr.. Elisha Dyer. with pedigree
| OF tho Adventures. for the picture OF the two
| ladies' with their dogs that serves for a frontis-
piece will convince the reader of that. Two
more typical figures OF seii-reliant capable
| American midde-aged womanhood it would