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| The Scotch-Ir Irish. or The Scot In North
Britain, North Ireland, and North Amer
| lea, by Charles \. Hanna: New York: G.
p Putnam's Sons
| This work published in two superb vol
! umes, which together comprise more than
| twelve hundred pages is "A most valuable
contribution to our historical literature
| 1t is u work characterized by thorough
scholarship and profound research.
! I'm his preface the author states that
| these volumes are intended merely rs an
| Introduction to Il series of historical col
lcctions, which he expects TO publish
later, in reference 10 the early Scotch
| Irish settlements in America. y sum
mary Of the contents Of volume |, by
chapter headings will serve to give some
general idea of the character and scope
Of the work. 1t Is as follows:
| The Scotch-lrsh and the Revolutions;
The Scotch-Irish and the Constitution;
The Scotch irish in American Politics,
New England Not the birthplace OF
American Liberty; Liberty OF Speech ami
Conscience Definitely Established II
! America by Men Of Scottish Blood; The
American People Not Racially Identical
with Those Of New England; American
Ideals More Scottish than English; me
Scottish Kirk and Human Liberty; Re
Iigion III Early Scotland and Early Eng
Hand: Scottish Achievement; The Tudor
Stuart Church Responsible for Early
American Animosity to England; VINO
Are the Scotch-Irish? Scotland of To
day; The Caledonians. or Picts; inc
Scots and Picts; The Britons; The Morse
and Galloway; The Angles; Scottish His
tory in the English or Anglo Saxon
Chronicle; From Malcolm Canmore u
, King David; William the Lion; The
Second and Third AleXandcrs 70 Jonr
Ballot; Wallace and Bruce; John of For
duns Annals Of Wallace and Bruce,
From Bruce to Fiodden; The Beginning
of the Reformation; The Days Of Knox .
James Stuart, Son of Nary The WiSCst
Fool in Christendom; Scotland Cnder
Charles /; Scotland Under Charles IL.
and the Bishops; Ireland Under the Tu-
doris; The Scottish Plantation Of DoWn
and Antrim; The Great Plantation Of
J Ulster; The Ulster Plantation From l6lG
counts of the Plantation Of Ulster:
Church Rule in ireland and its Results;
) Londonderry and Enniskilien; The Emf
grafton from Ulster to America.
1t may be said of Mr. Hanna that while
his work shows an exceptionally wide
: range of investigation. there is also am
: pie evidence that he is throughout.
thoroughly in love with his subject. The
ScUtch-lrish have been wonderful peO-
pie in those dominating qualities Of char
acter that compel success from adverse
conditions. They have filed with credit a
large place in the worlds history, ami
were especially active i'm laying the fuun-
5 dations of liberty in our own country
, All these facts are emphasized by Mi.
Hanna, with a wealth Of material which
shows how thoroughly he is the master
of his subject.
, /
laid paper and are substantially bound,
: decklc edges-in an extra fine quality OF
5 cloth. They are volumes that will make
Il decided acquisition to any library. and
; will give Mr.. Hanna Il recognized place
among modern historians
; The Jew as Patriot. BY Madison q.
Peters, author of "Wit and Wisdom OF
the Talmud," Justice to the Jew" etc
Emo. cloth, $101. The Baker & Taylor
Co. New York.
THE Jew as a Patriot" by Madison C.
Peters, is the first book which has ever
been printed to point out conclusvely
, the soldierly qualities of the Jews both
in Europe and America. The book. writ =
ten by the author of Justice to the Jew.
} well known Baptist clergyman, is in
= the nature Of reply to Mark 'rwain's ar
ticle in Harpers Magazine where he ac
cused the jew with a patriotic disincl;-
| nation to stand by the flag as soldier. /"
The author declares that Jews fur
niShed Columbus with the money neccS-
! sary to equip his expedition for its jour
: ney across the unemployed ocean.
He asserts that they freely gave their
lives for Independence and aided vita
their money to equip and maintain tn"
armies of the Revolution
Next, the author speaks of the Jews
who. distinguished themselves in the
| chanter he portrays the consnieuotIs niate
Of the Jew IN our regular army ana navy,
showing that in every branch Of the SER
wee he has made an honorable record
= Although there were only 150,9J0 Jews in
the United States at the time of the Civil
War, nearly 5000 Jewish soldiers served
in the Union and Confederate armies.
The first official call To organize the
abolition movement IN 1853 signed by
five Germans of Chicago, four of them
Jews.
Dr.. Peters further declares that over
1000 Jewish soldiers served in the Ameri-
can armies during the war with Spain.
and asserts that in the armies of Europe
the Jew has likewise been conspicuous.
Some of Napoeon's greatest marshals
We're Jews. Some Of the greatest soldiers
of Germany and Austria were Jews by
birth and inherited genius. The Jewish
population of Europe is about S,OW,0N.
They contribute $4,000 men of the war
strength of European armies. The pro
portion of Jews among the soldiers of
, Europe is greater than that of any other
race. Nearly 1000 Jews have served Eng
land in her war with the Beers.
A Girl of Virginia by Lucy NJ. Thurston
: author of Mistress Brent;" illustrated
lby Oh Grunwad. II mo. decorated cloth
PIP BOG; Price $50; Boston: Little, Brown
and Company
This is q love-story with n University
of Virginia setting. n professors daugh-
ter is the heroine-and OF course size
plays more or less havoc with student
hearts. The types are all familiar. TIT
Iabsent-minded professor. the various
types of college men-the studious, the
ambitious, the blase and the INDECENT
Iare all here. There are, too, some excel
lent pictures of the negro life and charac-
ter in that section. There is vividness
and truth about the characters Of this
book, their environment, and the incl
ldents attending the movement of the mar
rative that make it very evident that
the author is writing of conditions and
lscenes which have had their familiar
counterpart in her own personal field Of
observation and experience. The book
should be a success. 1t is q bright breezy
Wholesome story. There is not a duh page
in it, and it carries from start to finish
Ian out-of-door atmosphere that adds not
la little to its charm.
Our Country's Story, An Elementary
History of The United States, by Eva
March Tappan Phi. d.; Boston: Hough-
ton Mifflin & Company.
| There is always tendency in the writ
ing of elementary text books, to overload
them with wealth of details, which be-
| long properly to more advanced study
and which serve only to distract and con-
fuse the pupil. This is specially true OF
! a very large portion of the school text
| books that deal with the study of history
and geography. In both of these studies
the primary aim should be to lay down.