The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31

| Irish annalists and Morse Sasas, etc. A
1 glance at this work will give an i'm
preston of the enormous amount OF
| labor and research entailed in its com
pilation. The system of classification,
| however. Is excellent and the Index
| is so well prepared that there is no
difficulty in locating any one of the
many thousand names presented.
Lee at Appomattox and Other Papers BY
Charles Francis Adams. Houghton.
Mifflin & Co.. Boston S1.5O.
Cyrus Townsend Brady. reviewing at
| length this work for the New York Times
Saturday Review of Books and Art, gives
| as his opinion some observations original
enough to warrant our reproducing them
for the perusal of our readers
The first paper he writes discusses
the conduct of Lee at Appomattox in
surrendering his army. despite the advice
OF eminent counselors who urged that
.nstad of surrendering the army and Civ
ing over the conflict. the troops be d.
rected to scatter and carry on the war
IN guerrilla fashion. Mr.. Adams gives
Lee great and deserved credit for refusing
to permit any such course of action He
points out what might have been the re-
well. If guerilla warfare had been waged
He shows that the blessed dissapa-
lion Of antagonisms which has been eff
fected In single generation would not
nave taken place for many years if Lee
had not surrendered when he Old and as
he did. The Confederate Generals ac-
ton, except in this way, did not affect
the result of the war. of course. for the
Confederacy was beaten after Five Forks
and in the end a guerrilla warfare would
have been stamped out.
Then Mr.. Adams draws a parallel,
which cannot be regarded as accurate in
the light of developments consequent Upon
the surrender Of the Beers. between the
state of affairs at Appomattox and the
condition of the South African Republics
after the capture of Pretoria
without in the slightest degree de-
tracing from the Christian craftsmanship
of General Lee in surrenderinE his army
! and In refusing to fight for a cause
which was hopelessly lost. we may ques-
ton whether or no, first of all, the pro-
posed plan was practicable Not only
was the capital Of the South captured,
but she was enfeebled to a scarcely I'M
derst- 7od degree by the terrific strain of
unequal cobalt. Her armies had been
beaten again and again in the conflict,
CONSUMPTION after Consumption had de-
pleted the inhabitants. the blockade had
reduced her resources and those things
necessary to carrying on warfare to
minimum. Her people, where they were
not killed or captured. We're thoroughly
tired out. Vast areas had been ravaged
by the contending armies and the South
ern country was in a state Of profound
exhaustion in men and material. The
armies of the North, on the contrary
we're never in so formidable a condition.
The resources at the command of the
Government were simply boundless. and
any attempt at guerrilla warfare am
convinced would have been sternlE ana
speedily, as we'll as summarily, put down.
The Confederacy was already III the last
ditch at AppomattoN from a practical
standpoint
THE situation in South Africa was
greatly different With the exception OF
| the capture of General Cronje at Paarde-
| berg the Beers had met with no serious
| reyerses in the field. Their resources had
net been depleted by a long and bloody
| war Their country had not been raVased.
| They were not without money. arms, or
munitions. They could put practically as
many men in the field as over. Condi-
| tons radically differed from the state of
affairs at AppemattoX. I hold it to have
been wise and patriotic for the Beers
10 continue the fight, and the question is
removed from the realm of argument by
! the fact. which every one will now con-
cetle that they have greatly bettered
their condition by standing out, for surely
no one will admit that England would
have given then, the same terms after
the capture of Pretoria that Lord Kitch-
cner granted them the ether Gay. In
pa ssing, these terms have been comment
ell upon as an evidence of weakness ON
The part Of England. hold a contrary
view. / think they show strength of
national cllaracter-or shall say Kitch-
ener character?-wlicl augurs we'll for
| the future. Therefore, in considering this
cssar. i respectfully differ both from the
premise and the conclusion.
| Character Building. BY Booker T. Wash
inston. Doubleday. Page and Co.,
New York $3.50 May be had al
Bells.
Many of this eminent negro leaders
| friends think that the best literary work
| that he has done is the Sunday-Eyening
| talks TO the students OF Tuskegee 1nsu-
tute, which he is in the habit of making
! when he is at home. He throws into his
| work his whole moral nature. and many
of these addresses rise to eloquence.
They are all earnest and they show the
constructive quality OF his mind. This
volume contains selection of these adj
dresses made by himself. which together
present the chief elements Of character
building.
There is plenty OF good sense in the
book. and admonition, that, If Needed.
would place the black race above the
white. Indeed. there is sound advice in
it for the reading OF white men as well
as black.
The Iron Raud. BY Howard Dean The
Abbey Press, New York. Sl.o5. The
Bell Book and Stationery Co..
THE Iron Hand a crisp little story.
very attraetively produced. is one of the
seasons novels that is really interesting.
The author, Howard Dean. has taken a
very attractive way of exploiting. his
IDEAS of the effect of the great city de-
pa ,tment store upon society in general
in weaving his theme among the threads
OF a touching little romance. Nellie
Jimmy, Michael Heoley, Big Ole. and
little Jack are all well drawn characters
and hold the readers attention until the
end Of the book. 1t deals with the col-
.,,h>ea Not3ta