The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-15
SOM VIEW Bo0kA
Charles the Great.

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familiar French name which il s''hohed To
the latest addition 20 IN. Heroes ~ the Ma
uon.- series Chariemdgrs, nv II " CABLIss
DAVIS tPu,namsl In = volume o. $50 PAGES
the author has undertaken 70 give some idea
sS the nr.t Western Emperor. personality
end influence upon European history. The
sris-nclee OF space have compelled him 70 70
restrict stnd.. Of Nj. sub ect's background
within narrow limits n. Biographical
mar, Of the narrative iS based through
out upon a frst-hand examination Of The chroni-
oes and literature Of IN. period. but In the
inter probation ~ these data Mr. Davis has
svailed himself OF the standard Authorities
In English. German and French AmonS Eng
lish writers he Acknowledge particular ID
debtedness 70 Or Monhert. 10 NJ. J Bass
Mullineer and 70 pr HodS.in. the veN-known
historian OF ltalv and her invaders He has no
intention Of challenging a comparison with the
work Of the last named scholar
Tbe birth % Charles the Great the elder son
o. Pepin the Short. i placed IN the vehr AZ ih6t
h 10 say. az tho darkest epoch ~ ne So
called Dark Ages They seem dark 10 rs
now and there Il no doubt THAI even
Ire facts ~ physical geography har"
been materially s'-erNd sine hat date l'is also
tue that roads were few. and seldom used for
peaceful tanir and that moun'Nns and rivers
then formed barriers imuasSHtle or rarely
pAaeed. Even then. nevertheless. a Few
Of the great r%nrop~an waterway were
Sibrkiy strevn with cities hnf such public works
and monuments a. 'hsSA cities could show were
lagacies or awkward limitations Of Roman arohi-
GESTURE and engineering Men came into the
towns for purposes Of refuge or Of barter, 70 Gecp
feat val. to hear a mas or a roval p-ocla-
nation. or 20 attend a monthly law courT hOt
tAsir visits were occnsional and bro Almost
eli men lived nv the ard Tradition. conven-
fence and thew own tastes Kept them faithful 10
Q country NfA The minds formed br such a
hfe we're slow and heavy suspicious ~ chang"
uninven-iye nnaspYr'ng II the typical man o.
the eighth century N central ana we''eTn fu-
rope had any ideals they lsy t@hlnd. and not
before him To him there was no golden aSe
except that Roman Empire whose tongue Wa
stiIi usAd IN The churches and law courts,
whose image and -upe-scrpton stu
figured on the coinage. aud Whose literature
WAS the founi OF Inspiration a. which the wi-est
teachers drank He va blind indeed 10 the
higher aspects Of thai Umpire but hs magma
ton caught Are at tale % the Caesars, who had
ruled from the Elphrate, n the pillars OF Her
cules. and under whose protection merchants
laden with treasure travelled securely over and
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