The Washington times., 1901-08-18

with toys of various kinds, and suited
to the letters of the alphabet. There Is
nothing very artistic about the illustra-
lions. but they are gorgeous in coloring
and rather original in design Chicago:
w. d. Conkey & Coz
new edition of Women of the Amer
lean Revolution" by Elizabeth +. Ellet,
has recently been published. in recogni-
ton of the unusual interest which at
taches to works of this character since
the formation of the various societies
having for their object the preservation
of American traditions of ancestry. The
work originally appeared about the mid
die of the nineteenth century. and is now
reprinted in a handsome two-volume edi-
ton, illustrated with portraits of many of
the subjects of the sketches. 1t is a book
which will be exceedingly interesting to
those who care for such writings, and
would make a handsome gift book for
anyone interested in the subject In the
introduction, by Anne Hollingsworth
Wharton. the general character and value
of the book are clearly indicated. She
says, among other things:
The Women of the Revolution
having been published in the middle
of the century. the material for these
while some men and women were still
living who could recall the faces and
hgures OF the statesmen and soldiers
of the Revolutionary struggle: When
the sketch of Mrs. Philip Schuyler
went to press the daughter of that he
roic lady was stillzliving in Washing
ton and able to relate for the enter
tainment of her friends stirring incl
dents of her mothers life and of her
own life in camp with Mrs. Washing
ton, when as Miss Betsey Schuyler
she won the heart of the generals
young aide-de-camp. the brilliant. YER
satile Hamilton. Another interesting
character who was living while Mrs.
Ellet's work was in course of prepara-
ton was Mrs. Gerard C.. Beekman,
whose mind was a storehouse of Rev.
olutionary incidents and adventures.
of many of which she was herself the
heroine or an eyewitness.
AN excellent characteristic of Mrs.
Ellets work is its comprehensiveness
and breadth of view. She wrote. not
only of women who were prominent
in the pivotal centres of action. but
also of those whose homes in small in
land towns or remote country places
rendered them liable to dangers and
depredations unknown to their sisters
more favorably situated in the larger
cities and towns. We are wont to
think of the trials and privations of
the early settlement of our country as
having been confined to the narrow
strip along the Atlantic seaboard that
once stood for Colonial America, for
getting the dangers and vicissitudes of
pioneer life in such border lands as
Kentucky, Ohio, and the western part
of Virginia. Mrs. Ellet. in her chap
tiers upon the women of the Western
States draws a vivid picture of the
berolsm and endura1c of these border
settlers. who were subjected to the
successive forays of Tories and In
dams. In the intrepid courage and
fertility of resource exhibited by the
wives and daughters of some of the
settlers. especially in the story of
young Elizabeth Zane, wee are con-
fronted with a record of bravery that
rivals that of such well-known hero
ines as Lydia Darrach. Deborah Sam
son, and the women of the Valley of
the Wyoming
philadelphia: George w. Jacobs & Co.
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