The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-11
How England Saved Europe.

This is the first volume of a series de-
signed to prove that the British people. in
the great war which began in 1898 and
closed in 1875 with the battle of Waterloo.
saved not only Great Britain but Europe.
The struggle 10 save Europe first from the
French revolutionists and then from the
domination of Napoleon began when the
British government sent troops TO fight the
army of the French revolutionists. which
had invaded Holland If the bloody revo-
luton had been confined TO France, Eng
land would have treated the reign of ter
ror'' as a purely domestic affair, but the
revolutionary tribunal at once declared its
mission to be to make war upon all the
governments of Europe, that the principles
of the revolution, or rather its terrorism
and slaughter. under the guise of war upon
despotism, might dominate all Europe. To
the nations the revolutionists declared:
I'VE have come to dispel your tyrants.
Even the new republic, with Washington
at its head, was declared an accused thing
to be overthrown. The national conven-
ton of France declared war upon England
Feb. /, 1898, and the latter with reluctance
accepted the challenge ten days later. Ma
poleon came into prominence under the
revolution. He was the man for the occa-
sion. He achieved renown as a soldier un-
der the revolution, and amidst its distrac-
tions and discussions he became the master
of France. Thenceforward, until the vic
tory Of the allies at Waterloo, England was
the leading figure in the conflict which
saved Europe from the domination of that
INSCRIPTIONS man. The island he could
not reach, and its navies were supreme
on the ocean. In graphic style this book
presents the conflicts and campaigns dur
ing this most momentous period, during
which England won imperishable fame and
took from the people Ell. 400. 600 900 of mon
ey. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Sfnr DHx- L.
Stockton's humor is not broad: 1t is es-
sentially permeative, penetrating, subtle in
Its essence, imparting to the mind
warmth of appreciation, just as old
wine warns the heart and fills the body
with comfort and sense of well being. with
out fear Of reaction TO mental depression
or bodily i'll. No better exemplar of this
smile than 1.-THE Grand Vizier of the Two
Horned Alexander published by the Cen
fury Company of New York; could be
found. The whimsical cOnceit Of the story,
carried out with semblance of plot, ig-
noring chronology and correcting history,
could hardly have been conceived in brain
other than that which gave 1.-The Lady
and the Tiger to a curious world, and
shed a humorous light on contemporaries
ton of THE Hundredth Man." The story
of Mr.. Crowder-contempora with Abra-
ham, giving advice to Moses, using heroic
measures for the cure of Joshua's rheuma-
tism. "cut OUT in one of his numerous love
affairs, by Samson of hirsute prowess
flirting with the lady of honor TO the
Queen of Sheba, wrestling with the vanity
of 1.-The Father of History, a broker in
Pompeii and in Wall Streets as whimsi-
cally told as the conception is Stocktonian;
and Mr.. Crowder's naive insistence that
the present is a fitting age to receive the
confidence of his wonderful career Is the
authors gentle satire on the ultra-credulity
of an ultra-utilitarian generation. The
story ran in the Century, but lost much OF
its effectiveness as a serial by an inter
mission of two months. In book form, In
the artistic typography Of The Century
Company, attractively bound. and copious-
ly illustrated by Reginald Birch. who por-
trays the ViZier and his companions In the
costumes of many times and lands, 1t Of
fers fresh light to book-lovers in general,
and new joys to lovers of the quantity hui
morous in particular.