The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-03-06
The Westminster Biographies.

She initial volumes of a series of "briet
mrmoir Of eminent Englishmcn.' to be
called the Westminster Biographies. will
shortly be ISSUED in thus country and i'll
England. the first to appear being a
.Defcc" by Mr.. Nilfred Written. 4
"Wesicy' hy Mr.. Frank Ranfield. and 4
"B~rowning' by Mr.. Arthur Waugh.
The series, as may be guessed from it's
subtitle. has been modelled on the plan
OF the BEACON Biographies. and has been
Undertaken by the American and English
publishers Of that rapidly growing col
lection OF brief memoirs Of eminent
Americans, Messrs. Small. Maynard &
mpfn lioSton. and MesSrS. Kegan
faul. french. Irnbner & Company. Of
II The new project. indeed had
already been suggested before the first
Volumes of the Garlic: series We're off
the press. KS i'll the American books. the
ann of the Westminster Biographies will
ne 70 furnish concise. readable, and au-
thcntlc accounts Of the representative
men whose lives it will include. The
"format Will be that already familiar
10 readers of the Beacon Biographies, the
type and paper viii be the same. and
there VIII be 4 similar c%opperplate title
page. by Mr.. GoodhHe. ana similar photo-
Gravure frontispicccS.-thc most obyious
difference lying in Mr.. G~oodhue'S stamn-
ed and Gi1ed cover, which will hc on
red instead Of blue cloth. The trent
nicnt Of the subject matter. also. will no
mulch the same. and each volume will in
cltlde Il chronology, or calendar of i'm
lortanf dates. and Il brief bibliography
Tor further reading. Besides the three.
alreaG! mentioned. a number OF other
N"inMeS are III active preparation, ana
the publishers hope, if the series shall
be received as favorably as the Beacon
Biographies. to be able to offer i,
'lih'' through these two uniform colIcc-
tons, tho most practical and convenient
Sllbr3r! of biography" to be had.
The Colored American ha. = com,n-n;.
cation containing a handsome comDlino,+
to q book by Ralcigh's colored LAWYER
Il. y. Johnson. 1t says:
i want TO add my testimony humble
though It be to the value OF the great
work which Prof. Il. 4. Johnson. nrinci-
PAL of the Washington school. Raleigh.
y. e.. and author of tho school history
Of the Negro Race in -\merica-has 49,
compllsncd Ill collecting and con1pilin,
s''ch Il valuable collection Of historicaI
- b1dtiHS upon the Negro III Amprj-
ca and which identify the race with
important event which has trans
pred III the history Of the United Stote.
from the landing at Jamestown to tho
surrender at A~ppOmattoX. Such = hoo,-
rs JohnSonS history should have q nl,ca
III The library Of every negro family IN
ms country. | cannot too strongly ur.o
every young man and woman 81
ne race the necessity of owning 3, con,
u ms school history. 1t is q revelation
ma the author has gathered tnro,ha.
III 'hc fragments Of history ahout tho ]
negro foUnd here aud there in bcok,
'r'''h nS WIiltc men. and put them !
oStthtr III concise form. 50 that tbo,
make 4 connected story. Il ucfuI and M
helilic history which l am glad TO la,rn
las been adopted for use in many ne~ro
''nooiS ana colleges. Prof. johnson,
iISt"r! or the negro soldiers in tho Sn,n !,
sh-American war is eually as yalnahIo
IL STUDENT of negro history as is his
'chool history just referred to-" |