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place into his powerful and great brain, and he
had passed away in the night to the better
country, where there is no night Among
the mourners at his funeral were Browning,
Dickens, Trollope, Mark Lemon, G. H. Lewes,
Sir Theodore Martin, DR.. w. H. Russell, ia
cob 'Omnium, the Rev. DR.. Ridge, master OF
the charter house; Millais, Cruikshank,
Leech, Shirley Brooks, Charles Matthews,
Redgrave, Tenniel. Doyle. Du Maurier, Louis
Blanc, George Smith, F. Greenwood, Edmund
Yates, Horace Mayhem, Baron Marochetti
(whose bust of Thackeray is placed in West
minister abbey, and many others. Carlyle
was prevented from attending by illness In
bis family. Thackeray's two daughters were
present in the chapel, and also looked into the
grave. .E;!.
He was buried in the cemetery at Kensal
Green, under plain stone bearing the simple
epitaph: t.<-s.4et
civilian Makepeace Thackeray,
Born July 10, 1911,
"Died Dec. "a, 1884,
Place was offered for his burial in the tenn
pie where Goldsmith lies, but the offer was
declined. 49, ...,
OF these volumes Of biography we may add
tina t they are neutrality-suspicious. and as
valuable as they are beautiful. (Chicago:
H. S. Stone & Co.. ~
"Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois,
Edited by Newton Bateman. LII. d.. and
Paul Selby, A. M. The first thought OF the
reader in opening this volume is the beauty
of the book. 1t is printed in clear-faced type.
full gilt, with handsomely designed morocco
covers with many excellent illustrations.
showing the Illinois Of the past as we'll as the
state as 1t is today. But the value of the book
in its mine of information, wherein the
topics are arranged In admirable order for
easy reference. While Illinois does not date
back to the earlier great events of the re-
public yet her history is unique, and we
may say, without disparagement to any, thai
it stands in the front of the states OF the
great West 1t was in Illinois that the first
white settlement was made northwest of the
Ohio river; wherefore the state was thus the
pioneer in Western civilization, and has con
tinued to hold it's advanced position through
all the years since. Well may the editors
emphasize ':its steadfast loyalty and patriot
ism, the marvellous development of its re-
sources, the,number of distinguished states
men, Generals, and jurists it has furnished
to the government, and it's grand record in
the exciting and perilOuS conflicts on the
slavery question" It was in Illinois that the
anti-slavery battle was fought and won, be-
fore the marshalled hosts of 1861 entered the
field 1t gave it's greatest statesmen to leau
the forces of liberty, and the whole world
acknowledged the wisdom and heroism OF
it's Generals throughout the great conflict
Where so many great states did so we'll, there
was none that did better or acted grander
part than did Illinois. The Union of today
has grown so large as to make state histories
a necessity, if the people are to have an in
telligent knowledge Of the past. 1t is also OF
great value to the historian at large to gather
up and summarize from all reliable sources
of information the part any single state has
taken in working out the Nations problems.
Perhaps two better men, or more thoroughly
equipped for their work, could not have Deei
found than Newton Bateman and Paul Selby.
They not only had the literary QUALIFICATIONS
required but also direct personal knowledge
of the great men who made the state, and the
leading questions at issue. The encyclopedia
history is terse, clear, honest, and free of all
partisanship. :- >>
The work contains oyer ZOO biographical
sketches OF persons who have been prominent
in state history, including pioneers and ex-:
pIorers3 state officers United States Senators
and Representatives. in Congress, and other
public officers, professional, and business
men. Besides these are brief sketches i'll
gazetteer or encyclopedia form. of individual
counties, together with facts concerning
cities; towns, andvillages exceeding 500 popu-
lation. - ~:
A partial list of the more important topics
covered in the work is seen in the following:
"Apportionmort" Congressional and legis~
lative) Camp Douglas Conspiracy Con
situations" and constitutional Conventions -;
"Duels and AntiDueling Laws" "Edu-
cation, ..FOfClUCdllOQS, freulSLOflCi Ieu-
eral Assemblies" Geological Formations"
Historical Railroads Baltimore and Ohio.
originally Ohio and Mississippi, the Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy, the Chicago and
Northwestern, the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific, the Illinois Central. the Wabash etc,
under title heads, illinois" general history.
with chronological table and index, illinois
County" "Inundations' Remarkably, "L:
braries," "Navigable Streams (by statute),
''Northern Boundary Question" Ordinance
Of 1879" Scenery, Natural" state boards.
state institutions. etc, under topical heads.
Topography" elevation Of various points,,
Underground Railroads" "Union League #
1872" Mexican War;" "War Of the Re.
bellion." 1.-THE Spanish American War" with
regimental history; also articles on "Judi-
ciary." Revenue" "Taxation,' "Suffrage,''
Elections" and minority Representation -
The work is, in fine, just such an encyclopedia
history AS should find place in every I'LL
ncis library. Chicago and New York: Mum
sell Publishing company
True Motherhood"-By James c. Fernaid
There is no theme in which the whole world
should be more vitality interested than this.
True motherhood stands in the very front of
educational Influences, as the sure method OF
Uplifting the race. by planting the seeds OF
virtue, and checking the tendency to vice that
Is sure TO follow neglect in the formative stage
CT life. There is nothing in the higher educa-
ton Of woman which in any degree units her
for home life. On the contrary, it should only
develop that larger beauty inherent in woman
nature. 1t Is only when education creates and
arouses ambitions foc public life, which an :
tagon1ze the home, that it grows into wrong.
But, this being only the exception, it makes no
argument against higher education for Won
en-. Ignorant womanhocd is far from being
true MOTHERHOOD in The best acceptation
o. that term. Our author has a large aDpre-
citation of the grand place woman holds. He
says: - T. '.>>" =. z@'<<
MANS hear: ard life need just the influ-
ences m the, home when woman alone can
bring. In all else that she can add he will ap-
plaudY and aid: But from home he may no:
lose .her. The worlds civilization, the mold
Ing OF the ages to come, depend on the dis
t1nctively womanly qualities of mind acting
In their highest beauty and perfection in hui
man hcmes."
For (the womaaly home) there is absolute
~ no substitute. Language, which is but the
crystallized thought of nations, tells the story.
Home without woman is unknown to human
speech. Tie military officer has his quar-
ters,' the sea captain his cabin the herdsman
his ranch the student or clerk his room, or,
perhaps, his .den:' associated men have
| clubs, societies, lodges.' Woman only has
! 'home'-and man as associated with her"
He makes comparison between the work of
true mothers and that of great artists, and
says: mot all Rosa Bonheur's canvas bulls
and horses, TOT all Harriet Hosmer's cold
marbles, are equal to enc rudy, smiling, COO
ing baby, with just tie right antecedents be-
lind him and just the right training before
him.
THE mother OF a Charlemagne, a Luther,
Cromwell. Gladstone, or Lincoln was
doing the greatest work there to do in the
world in her time. II it had been necessary to
train every woman in her generation 70
worthy MOI hpFhoOd in order tn train that one