The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-06-29

,oner WAS th. i0Yere. Yet justice was
~ ,,,cr.sh ~, and greatness Of heart
,.c,ebca ~ As craven ON the broad
ohosd TbaX eyes were the blue gray
M flint IN IDLY yet imperishable.
ilo Stephen I3rice is the commonly
ented hero tof the story, and holds
interest -. blendidly in much besides
, love par + to the reader between
lines IL is very easy to see that the
1 the Z ritual hero OF the book is
All taham Lincoln, 1.-THE First
,erio; an" an awkward, uncouth
,rsss enough when first we rect him,
/. Iesenting rather the West, the
w. than any Puritan or Cavalier,
he grows in power, and inten-
' las we follow him step by step,
m an unknown lawyer Of the
at common people into the White
use leaving him, only as he ap-
,acl hes the foot Of the Great
III : Throne One is, indeed, glad
II this great man who has been SC
d misunderstood should have SC
n, hathetic biographer. 1t is easy
d ge that Mr.. Churchill is hero
u shipper, and that Lincoln is his
II b; and he has portrayed his Lin
coin with very loving and strong
touches, making him appeal forcibly tC
the imagination. You literally looh
into the heart Of the great man through
the wonderful smile on the strange
face with its ineffahle sadness-the
sadness Of the worlds tragedies OF
Stephen stoned, Of Christ crucificd.
Sad and lined, with all the agony en-
dured by the millions, North and
South, seemed written on il; the
sorrow Of a heavy cross borne meekly
how heavy none will ever know.
The pain Of crown Of thorns worn
for a world that did not understand
1t is the glimpses that we get Of
these personages and Of the history
Of this epoch making period that
makes the interest and the greatness
Of the book for most Of us, and that
will cause it to live. The famous
Lincoln and Douglas Debate" at
Freeport, where the "Freeport hersey"
was uttered: those historic conven.
lions at Charleston, s c.. and at
Chicago; the life in ST. Louis during
the war time; the siege Of vicksburg
showing the fine staying powers Of
both North and South. While Mr..
Churchill has selected his finest char
acter with the exception Of Col
Carvel-from the northern side-he
pays many an eloquent tribute to the
bravery, the undying determination,
the magnificent courage Of the south.
Both Grant and Sherman were liv-
ing in St. Louis before the Civil War,
and we have many interesting
glimpses Of them both at this time
and later. The silent man" with
his inevitable "El Sol Cigar, and
the Man of vitalized energy each
play no unimportant part in the
story's action, and we read Of them
with interest. Nj Churchill pos
sesses 70 a great degree the power of
vivid portraiture, and his historical
are good for preservation,
while his fictitious characters are
very clearly etched. The book loses
none Of its interest in the reading by
the illustrations, for it is done in
Christie's most delightful and attract
i've style.
Incidental mention Of Paducah
through the book and frequent ref.
erence 10 Monticello Seminary, "a long
low building OF stone, surrounded by
trees, the school for young
ladies celebrated throughout the
west, are all calculated 70 interest
many hereabout.
So conversant does Mr.. Churchill
show himself with the life and his
tory of st. Louis that one is not sur.
prised TO learn in his "Afterword"
that it is his birthplace ana home,
and only such characters a. he loves
are reminiscent Of those he has known
there. II such a. his Col Carrel and
Calvin BrinsmAde are taken from life
one would rather see them than the
great St. Louis worlds fair.
Mr.. Churchill Is showing himself
wise in taking breathing, and think
ing, time between his books, and they
ihow tine effect Of this in their growth
md Improvement He waited two
Years between THE Celebrity" and
Richard Carvel," and there has |
,een another two.years wait between |
hat and 1.-THE Crisis" notwithstand- /
ne an inpatient public's clamoring
On more" Now. after reading
The Crisis" one is very anxious to
NOW what the next two years will |
rive us Of Winston Churchill's in
.rease Of power There is brilliant |
uture before him.
C"The Crisis, by Winston Churchill, .
FOR sale by r. d, Clements and Co. /
'aducah.)