The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-29

crS: Harper x RrotherS. New York.
Tins - the most interesting book
OF The year. containing much new
and intensely interesting matter con
cernin" the inside workings Of the
various campaigns. political Incidents.
anecdotes. etc. together with
the record Of every ballot that has
ever been taken in any convention.
For fifty Years Colonel Mcclure has
been in touch with every national
convention. has known most of the
Presidents. has had an important
| part in making several. and for half
4 century has been one Of the leaders
Of public opinion in America. In 1o4o.
/ before he was Of age. he attended
the Wing convention that nominated
General Taylor. OF the twenty pres
idential contests. Colonel Mcclure
has participated in half that number,
having become editor of the .Iuniata
Sentinel when nineteen Years old.
He was a close friend of Governor
Curtis. took 4 prominent part in the
Republican National convention and
assisted in promoting the nomination
of Lincoln with whom he wa an in
innate terms until the death OF the
President. In 1872 he led the revolt
against the Republican party. and
since that time while generally act
llS 80 ~ IN q >. iN 49, 49, I
in a position to be the critic and
counsellor Of the great men IN
/ both parties. He has never
sought public office. though he serv-
ed several terms in the Leglsla-
ture No living man is so competent
to supply the want in or political
| history which his book furnishes. 1t
: is as interesting as a thrilling novel,
giving many sidelights relating TO the
selection and character OF our thlef
MAGISTRATES. Colonel Mcclure has no
superior among American editors as
Il writer of clear and trenchant Eng
Il liSh. and his style has a directnesS
/, that is most attractive. He gives his
estimate of men and measures with
:. perfect f~rankneSS and without partl-
san bias. and the impression conveyed
is that he has summed up in a few
words the conclusion of long reflec-
! itOn and large Information. Ills con
= illusions are judicial. too. and impress
the reader that they are eminentlN
fair. There is more accurate political
- history in this volume. delightfully."-
and charmingly told, than in any
e other book of which we know any
thing. 1t ought to have a place III
every library and be in the hands OF
{ every young man. IN addition TO the
history, reminiscence and ane.dote,
I the book contains an elegant picture
y of each of the presidents and one OF
! Col. Mcclure, the popular and elccto-
! raj vote Of every presidential cleo
: ton. and the political platform Of all
parties in all the presidential cam
IS paigns. These make the volume q
/ valuable political wade mecum
y THE FATE OF MADAME IN TOUR.
y r. ,,o,+ S,I+ 81, lr Me-
" A. G. Paddock. Price 500. Publish-
!, ers: Ford, Howard & Hubert, A.
East 10th. Street, New DIRK.
% The "Mormon question" is one that
Il always possessed interest, but the
J. millions of petitions sent to Congress
w. which caused the House to deny q
20 seat to Mr.. Roberts. a ~polygamist.
ip shows that it is & question that
20 arouSes deepest public feeling. The
te author of this work is the wife Of
81 Hon. A.. S. Paddock, eN-tnited States
al Senator from Nebraska who was {;
member Of the Utah Commission. She
&c had exceptionable opportunities to
:: study MOrmonism. ana in the present
), story has taken her own personal
- observation during a residence of ten
-, years in Salt Lake City. She boarded
~ in Mormon families. and had Nor
mon ~neighbors. The story OF Louise
La Tour is not says Mrs. Paddock
"a creation of fancy. Her story IS
Sc true: her suffcrines were real; but
nc | nave only
'.IIinted. with delicate half words,
\. And ~scrupulous reserves
What no one scrupled she should
he feel in full
.ir It is a dramatic tale. powerfully
written. has the fascination of thrill
ing fiction, giving graphic and often
;, time startling pictures OF the peo-
{. pie and the manners with which
it deals. The Critic says OF
90 it: .Thrilling enough to interest
the most exacting lover Of fiction
While solemn enough in its facts anC
.. in it's warnings to engage the atten-
ton of the most serious statesman.
d. It will arouse every good man ano
woman against the evils Of Mormon.
nd ism
CIV THE STORMING OF STONY POINT
by Henry p. Johnston. \. NJ, Pro
or- fessor Of History in the College o
the City of New York. Illustrated
,e- Publishers: James T. White & Co.
New York.
IT. Not a great while ago the State o
New York purchased the battle
ground OF Stony Point embracing
some thirty acres. 1t is to be laid on
mo as a public parry, with its rugged fea
,ad lures preserved and marked witt
i'd tablets and memorials. The Ston,
asst Point victory was truly said by on
ose at the time to have been the iines
stroke that has been struck SINCE TN
war" and Washington was so i'm
pressed by its value to the cause tina
he personally rode down to the seen
to thank in person General NaHh'
on and his victorious troops. Prot. Jonh
ION ston has had access to new materia
md never before published. which ha
been lying these hundred years o
more in the Public Record Offlce
!. London. and he has used the Old am
new material to make a charmln.
and fresh story the decisive struggl
- Of that wear of the war. He show