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The Washington times., 1902-03-23
THE CHICAGO NEGRO.

1.-The Black Cat Club" by James D. Cor
rothers, is fantastic creation of a some
what new sort. 1t is a study which gives
more or less the effect of burlesque of the
negro OF the Chicago levee type. The
characters are members of a small club
which gives its title to the story The
founder is Sandy Jenkins. commonly
called Doe" an Afro-American poet,
and among the members are an eX-police =
man, con man." an eX-minister a
roustabout. and two or three toughs. II
is the kind OF club which Pink Marsh
might have belonged to if he had ever
read the Tales of the Ex-Tanks,'. and
the book is a sort of cross between the
two in plan and style. Most of its char
acteristics, however. are all its own.
Its two strong points are the realism
of its dialect and the shrewdness of its
discussion of various problems of the
race. The author intro duces in addition
some stories and poems of varying merit
the best of the poems being one which
appeared some years ago in The Cen
tury," entitled Way in de Woods an No
body Dab" 1t is really a weird and
melodious little bit of dialect
The author is himself a negro, but he
does not waste any compliments when IL
comes to discussing race questions This
is what Sandy Jenkins has to say about
the negro college graduate:
''Genamuns, de thriftless dedicated cul-
lud man whut de colleges am scatterin'
promiscuous thu Duh Ian, as some Ian
po fahmah tuns his cattle out to pick a
libbin' fob deyse'fs. whahevah dey kin
fine it, am de subjec' OBJ de disco 'sement
at | 'vites yo' tention to dis ebenin'.
Whilst de college may have tuned out
some useful cullud folks. 1t hab sent out
heaps Nv 'em at have been mo no ac-
countah den befo'. De kline O. dahkey. Is
talkin' bout am de Teller whut's done
bumped his head up 'ginst some college
tel he CANT talk nOthin' but Greek an
Latin, an cuss you in Trinogometry.
Whut's dat chap good foh?-nothin'!
nothin whutsomevahi" And Sandy
brought his fist down on the table with
whack that nearly smashed in the
crown of his plug hat!
'Dey's many a graduate" continued
Sandy. at sticks his pioneer down into
his trunk an let's his nanny take keer
o. him. No genamun would do dat, 4
genamun is Inan!-'plOmer er no 'plom-
er! | ain got no use fer dem PIONEERS,
'You kin allus tell dat Teller when you
sees i'm. He's dressed LAX a genamun!
The Washington times., 1902-03-23

Aliens" by Mary Tappan Wright, is a
novel dealing with social life in a small
Southern college town, and it is new
sort of novel in that line If the author
had as much skill in the construction of
plot as she has in the delineation OF
types and the reproduction of local at
mosphere, she would be easily the first
among those who have occupied this neld.
This is not saying that her work, as 1t
stands, is altogether good, for the weak
ness, or absence. of a plot, binders 1t
from making the impression it ought 10
make. But there is nothing hackneyed
about the book, and the point of view is
an original one. Mrs. Wright has come
nearer to an absolutely unbiased por-
trayal of the people with whom she deals
than anybody else who has written Of
them recently. Her heroine is the weak
est character in the book. She is a North
ern woman, wife of Northern college
professor who has come South to hold
an appointment in a small college. Helen
Thurston exasperates the reader first by
her GOODNESS and then by the inconsist
ency of her actions. She is the sort OF
woman too complex to be understood of
men. Her husband is weak, not in the
way he is drawn, but in himself. He is
not an admirable type of Northern man.
The glimpses which one gets of Helen's
father, through her memory of him, show
more of an individuality than she her
self is, with all OF the authors elaborate
descriptions. DR.. Long, the head of the
negro mission, is also a fine character
well drawn. II there is complaint that
the author has not made her Southern
people attractive, at least she has treated
her Northern people very little better.
The strong point of the book is its ac-
curacy of detail. The pettiness, the COS
sip, the concelt, the small intrigues of a
provincial town. are treated unsparingly,
yet not altogether without sympathy
Race prejudice is pictured precisely as it
looks to an outsider who has never en-
countered 1t before, and from the point OF
view of the outsider, not the southerner
or the person long resident in the South
yet the author has evidently lived there
long enough to know what she is talking
prejudice are also dealt with subtly and
skillfully, and several negro characters
are absolutely realistic
The Washington times., 1902-03-23
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.

THE Conquorer," by Gertrude Atherton
Is likely to take rank as one Of the nota-
bic historical novels Of this decade. Com
merciaily its chance is hardly as good as
if it had been written before the market
was flooded with this kind of literature
but even SO, it towers above most of its
contemporaries in the originality of its
idea and the hrilliancy of its execution.
Mrs. Atherton has done a very wise thing.
She has made her novel merely an imagi-
native biography Without trying to
wrench historical facts into the simili-
tude of a plot she has put into the form
of fiction the salient characteristics and
the main facts Of the career of a great
man. and has presented picture of him
which has all the force Of history and all
the charm of imaginative literature of the
sort which women know best how to write
In short, she has brought to the task of
reconstructing the character of Hamilton
all the penetration. daring. and skill which
she has shown in the delineation of ma
tional and international types, and the re-
suit is something rather astonishing
1t is hard to describe this book, or to
quote from it effectively. 1t should be
read to be appreciated With remarkable
tact and patience and unusual insight
into motives, influences, ana the springs
OF circumstance, the author has so
grouped the leading incidents in Hamil-
toms career. and the circumstances sur
rounding his birth and education. as to
form consistent and artistic picture and
this without distortins any of the Incl
dents. The first part of the book is given
to a detailed history of his mother and
father, and is most fascinating in its
sympathetic portrayal of two remarkable
characters. The successive scenes in
Hamilton's life are then given with a
clearness and graphic force which bring
them before the mind of the reader as if
they had happened yesterday. In short,
this novel makes history seem real, in
much the same way that the best biog-
raphies do, by bringing to the record ii
plain facts the imagination, insight and
humor usually considered to belong TO
fiction.
Washington. of course. figures promi-
nently in the narrative, and it may Incl
dentally be remarked that the author
gives very human and lifelike account
of him. Hamilton's wife is also pictured
with a vivid truth which cannot fail TO
impress the reader The famous Mrs.
CroiX is one Of the most successful crea-
tions or portraits in the book. and the
statesman's favorite daughter. Angelica
is pictured with daring hint that she
might have been the reincarnation of his
mother. One cannot say that Mrs. Ather-
ton actually postulates this theory, but
she plays with it. and it adds touch of
the mystical to an otherwise realistic
story. Jefferson is treated in a most I'M
hattering way, and here and in the pic
ture Of Aaron Burr we have evident par
tisanship to contend with. Mrs Ather-
toms unbounded admiration for her hero |
leads her TO blacken his opponents in a
way that is hardly fair in a history,
though in novel the villain is admitted
ly person not deserving of leniency.
The Washington times., 1902-03-23
A COLONIAL LOVE STORY.

'The Marie Dix Carrie A. is
delightful little
fashion
a
of of
fromE ngland
The amusing conreemps which this
1t
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plowb
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fetching
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The Washington times., 1902-03-23
Charles Majors New Story.

Some famous names are associated with
the scene of Charles Majors new novel
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall" Its
neignborhood is one of the most interest
ing in England. Not far from il ia
Chatsworth, where Walter Scott was often
seen, and where Byron met fair Mary
Chaworth. the heiress of Annesley Not
Tar to the soBth of it is Leehurst. where
Florence Nightingale used to live, while
to the north of it is the grave of Little
John. famous in the Robin Hood legend
Some of the rooms in Haddon Hall
stanu exactly as Dorothy herself saw
them three hundred years ago. In the
state chamber still stands the canopied
bed of green velvet and white satin in
which. tradition says, Queen Elizabeth
slept when she visited Haddon to open
the first ball in the new ballroom of that
day.
The Washington times., 1902-03-23

| = ~ '''iN " WI HIS. dlSt. Sil'uiti
| be taken into consideration.
Leaving the essential merits of
the question out, there can be no
doubt that thoughtful people North
and South will be benefited by the
perusal of this book. 1t is scholar
ly in style, dispassionate in spirit,
and comprehensive in its grasp of
the problems involved. Details are
also Tivcn with considerable full
ness and perfect accuracy. At a
time when more or less PARTISAN
ship and the remains of old and bit
ter sectional feeling still enter into
the discussion of national ques-
tions, n cool and unimpassioned con-
sideration of these questions is
d0ubly valuable, and that is pre-
cisely what one gets in the work of
Prof. Burgess. He expresses con-
victions, not emotions
In the first chapter he takes upth
theory of reconstruction; he then
devotes chapter to Lincoln's plan
and one to Johnson's; the four sue
ceeding chapters are given to the
Congressional plan. The execution
of the reconstruction acts, the at
tempt to impeach Johnson. Presi-
dent Grants connection with recon
stIuction and carpet-bag domino
ton are then considered, and the.
closing chapters contain the his
tory of the Hayes-Tilden election
and of the international relations
of the United States from 1867 to
1877.
1t would be impossible to give an
adequate sketch of the book within
the limits of n review, but in the
closing pages of one of the chapters
on the Congressional plan of re-
construction the author points ont
the course which he thinks the Re
publican party ought to have fol-
lowed, and these paragraphs are so
concise and comprehensive that
they may well be quoted. He says:
ut was Mr.. Shellaharger. of Ohio,
who did more than anybody else to
give the proper logical interpreta-
ton to these feelings the feelings |
of the Republicans and invent the |
theory of reconstruction on which |
the Republicans could plant them
selves. Briefly stated, that theory |
was that while secession was null
lity legally from the beginning. |
and could not take the territory oc-
cupied by the States attempting
it, or the people inhabiting that ter
rit DRY, out of the Union, or from
under the rightful jurisdiction of
the United States Government and
for one instant. yet it
worked the loss of the State stat
us in the Union, and from n legal
point of view left this territory and
the inhabitants of it subject eXclu-
sively to the jurisdiction of the
United States Government, 4 status
from which they could be relieved
only by the erection of States
anew upon such territory, an oper-
alton which could be effected. under
the Constitution of the United
States, only by the cooperation of
congress with the loyal inhabitants
IF such territory.
This was sound political science
and correct constitutional law. 1t
sent of the great majority of the
The Washington times., 1902-03-23
A Friend of the Birds and Squirrels.

The Harpers publish nature book en-
titled wild Life OF Orchard and Field" by
the well-known naturalist and author, Err
nest Ingcrsoll. The work is a thoroughly
revised and much enlarged new edition
OF Mr.. 1ngersoll's admirable book Friends
Worth Knowing in which the author
gives full account of the~ilabits and ma
ture OF the timorous little animals that
hide themselves in our woods and fields
with such success as to elude all ordinary
observers A number of pictures from
new photographs have been added to the
volume. Like most naturaIists Mr.. In
gersoll began making his observations
when mere boy, and even at that age
spent whole nights in the dark woods. so
that he might be on hand early in the
morning to discover which birds and
squirrels were the first to awake
The Washington times., 1902-03-23
Crockett's New Novel.

This week the Harpers will publish
new novel by S. R. Crockett, entitled The
Dark o the Moon story of love and
adventure in Galloway, Scotland. After
Mr.. Crockett had met success with his
Raiders" he received numerous requests
from unknown correspondents to write
another story similar to it, in which he
could reintroduce the character of Silver
sand. He did so, and The Dark o. the
Moon" is the result
The Washington times., 1902-03-23

I'tpupltdIS III the house anu IN
the country. This same doctrine
was. at the same time. developed in
the Senate by Mr.. Sumner, Mr.. Fes-
sender, and Mr.. Wilson. and it was
easy to see that it had become the
theory of the Republican party in
Congress long before the final re-
port of the committee on recon-
struction promulgated it.
| II
"There is no doubt that the Sum
Observation-Disclosures theory of recon-
struction was correct. The only
| question was how exacting Con-
| gress would be in realizing it.
Under such situation it behooved
the President to act with great eau
| ton and moderation, and to do
nothing to provoke conflict in
which he was certain to be worsted
And it also behooved the people of
the South to make no opposition to
the bestowal of large measure of
Ni'ii y upon Itttulbtll- Hpi
to such an adjustment of the basis
of political representation as would
not necessitate negro suffrage, and
not to insist upon sending to Con-
gress, at the outset, men who had
made themselves particularly OBJ
noXious to loyal feeling. How both
the President and the persons in au-
thority at the South disregarded
these considerations of prudence,
and how the position assumed by
them upon these subjects drove
Congress into more and more radi-
cal lines, is the further subject of
the next three chapters
1t will be seen that the author
lays much of the blame of the mis-
takes of reconstruction upon the
shoulders of johnson, and some of
the rest of it upon Stevens on one
side and the South on the ether.
He also virtually admits that the
VIOLENCE of feeling for which a
course of events reaching back
through centuries was mainly re
sponsible. so influenced the course
of legislation at this time that the
reasonable plan of Shellabarger
and Sumner failed of acceptance.
1t may also be noted that Sumner,
who has been made the scapegoat
r.. ~ Ill. &c The aro in cnrp,npD :
speech and writing, is here exon
Grated from blame.
To many people the chapter on /;
- 'Carpet-Bag' and Negro Domino I:
ton will be one of the most inter- :;
esting in the book. Into it have !:
been crammed a good many facts !;
and much information concerning |;
the history of the Southern States !.
during this period. The full record !
of these years will probably never
be written, since, as Prof. Burgess ]
saws. il is di fficult to get at facts
which were carefully concealed at !:
the time by the officials supposed to
keep them on record. The condcm- :
nation expressed by him for the
who at one time and I
another wasted the State money IN
the South is unsparing and unqual- I;
flied, although he picks out here
and there a Northern man who is
an exception to the general run,
and even to the adventurer he is
fair when the latter is within his
rights. Altogether, the book is /:
summary of much-dis-
,ussed period of our history. New i:
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
S1.G0)
The Washington times., 1902-03-23
The Prince and Chatfeld- TAYLOR.

One OF the incidents of Prince Henry's
visit to Washington was the formal pre-
sentation of the first copy of THE Grim
son Wing" by II. C. Chatfield- Taylor. The
motive for this courtesy lay in the fact
that the father of Prince Henry, the late
Crown Prince Frederick, figures prom
inently in the novel. The author was re-
ceived alone and the Prince expressed
great interest in the book, and asked
many questions about his Impressions of
the war. The inscription in the presenta-
tion copy reads as follows:
To his Royal Highness, Prince Henry
OF Prussia, with sincere admiration for
the life and character of his illustrious
father, the Emperor Frederick"
The Washington times., 1902-03-23
RECONSTRUCTION DAYS.

hetOHSITGcllOn ana the consul
d. tuition" by John W. Burgess, is 4
scholarly and unbiased discussion
: of the causes which contributed to
the conditions of the era known as
that of reconstruction, and of these
conditions and their consequences
1t is the latest volume in the
+; american History Serics,' pub
: lished by the Scribners. There have
!: been five previous volumes, the fifth
g: of which, dealing with the civil
/: war. is also the work of Mr.. Bur
:: CESS. As dean of the faculty of
+; political science in Columbia Uni
&. versity his opportunities for study
! and research in connection with
/: this era have been large.
+: \ significant paragraph is that at
!: the beginning of the introduction,
{: in which Prof. Burgess expresses
+: what is not only his well-grounded
!: conviction, but the general tenden-
!: cy of American thought in the
: present day. He says:
/: in my preface to The Middle
!: PERIOD l wrote that the re-estab-
: lishment of real national brother
hood between the North and the
: South could be attained only on the
: basis of sincere and genuine ac-
/: acknowledgement by the South that
secession was an error as well as a
failure. | come now to supplement
this contention with the PROPOSE
ton that a corresponding acllnowl-
edgment on the part of the North
in regard to reconstruction be-
tween 1866 and 1878 is equally
necessary
There is no question that there is
a growing inclination toward the
use of precisely this argument. par
ticularly among serious North
crn students of political problems.
1t should not be overlooked. how
ever, that in Prof. Burgess propo-
sition there are two very large
ifs" The majority of the people
of the South have not acknowl-
edged that secession was an error:
neither have the majority of the
people of the North admitted that
reconstruction was an error,
though they may be said to be hon
estly trying to find out whether it
was or not. The question which
has not yet been settled, and possi-
bly, never will be, in the minds of
people who like to discuss unful-
filled possibilities, is this: Given
two sections of the same country,
which had grown so far apart as to
be practically two separate nations
in tradition. custom and feeling,
was it possible to settle such a diff
ference as theirs without war, and
was it possible, after the war, to
avoid irritation, bitterness. and
large measures of seeming or real
injustice in settling the problems
created by the war? The thought |
full reader will find that Prof. Bur- |
CESS seems to answer both these |
questions in the affirmative; but he |
may also conclude to leave the |
whole matter with the Mohamme- !
dan comment, 1T was kismet." In |
matters involving the action of mil
lions of people. tradition, habit of
thought, education, and economic
almost to swamp individual reason
ing about abstract or even practical |
The Washington times., 1902-03-23
Americans in England.

Bran Stoker, the author of "Dracula''
and Sir Henry Irving's successful mana
ger, has written of Americans as he has
known them, in his new novel. THE Mys-
teries of the Sea" The novel also deals
with second sight, buried treasure, and
an American girl of great wealth and
personal charm, who travels incognita on
the west coast of England. Publication is
announced by Doubleday, Page & Co., for
the last week OF March.
The Washington times., 1902-03-23
A Substantial Testimonial,

A leader in well-known industry of
the North has recently written 10 Booker
I. Washington. enclosing a check for
$4,000. lie says he had just read Up
from Slavery" and for the first time
realized the Importance of the work at
Tuskegee.
The Washington times., 1902-03-23
A New York Novel.

The scribners are preparing new novel
by T. r. Sullivan. the Boston novelist, who
has produced none for several years. en-
titled THE Courage of Conviction 1t is
a story of New York city life. as affected
by the craze fer money getting.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-05
Wheel Club Tournament Scores.

Three ball billiards-Bacon IS. Wood
81: A. L. Pettee 40, Aldrich g., Pettee
winning on handicap; Williamson g.
Perry ca; Jones 3d. A L. Pettee %; Will
hanson IS. Morse 80; Dewitt 70, Chllds
81, Dewitt winning on handicap; Crosby
81. Barber 10; Dye 49, Perry 81.
Four ball billiards-Allen 60. Ullery 81;
Bacon 1876. Allen 46; L. E. Hall S. Shaw
As; Foster 65, Crosby 80; Aldrich Is
Wood 20: Bacon 1876, Jones 40; Young Co.
Shaw A. A. L. Pettee IS, Cobb A.; Bacon
1875, Moynihan a.: A L. Pettee S. Stolte
40; Bacon from Ullery by default; Shaw
50, Shea 80; F. w. Hall IS, Shea Is;
Crosby IS, Stockwell Sc; Allen 50, Jones
IS; Shaw so. F. w. Hall So; Cobb, So
Randall 80; Aldrich 125, Crosby IS; A. H.
Pettee IS, Miller "a.
Pool-Williamson s.. Stolte Il; Crosby
90, Allen SO. Crosby winning on handi-
cap; Allen 65, A. H. Pettee 80; Shaw 80
F. w. Hall 45. Shaw winning on handl-
cap; Crosby 80. Waite IS, Crosby winning
on handicap; Bacon 90, Shaw o; Dugan
95, Ullery q: Dugan IS. Wood 6j; Bacon
60. F. w. Hall 81; Cobb 40, A. L. Pettee
"a; Waite IS. Allen 81; Foster 60. Barber
%; A. L. Pettee 40, Barber "a; Crosby 81
Converse "a; Crosby 80, A. II. Pettee ST.
Crosby winning on handicap; Young Co.
F. w. Hall 81; Cray 40 Corser 30.
Bacon has won his class in four ball
billiards and Crosby is a class winner In
pool. Great interest is being taken in the
tournament and many games are being
played before the regular scheduled time
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-05
WEST 5RATTLEBoRo.

The adjourned meeting of the West
Brattleboro Cemetery association will he
held in the academy Saturday, Dec. &
at 2.30.
The ladies' aid society connected with
the Baptist church will serve corn
supper in the chapel next Thursday even
ing, Dec. IL. from to s O'clock
A reservoir for fire purposes is being
built in Herbert Thurber's yard near the
iron bridge. The fire district voted last
spring to build this cistern and also to
repair others about the village.
There was a euchre party at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Wood Saturday
evening. Nov. %, six tables being filled
Prizes were awarded as follows: ROYAL.
Robert Williams and Ethel Hastings:
progressive, Mrs. John Wood and Her.
bert Jacobs; BOBBY, Mrs. George Llscom
and Warren Minor. Refreshments Of
sandwiches, cake and coffee were served.
Mr.. Worthington. who lives with Miss
Weatherhead, is incapacitated for work
with a bad abcess on his hand
L. E. Copeland has finished cider max
ing for the season. He will repair the
grist mill at the old Goodenough stand
which has not been in working order the
past eight years. many farmers having
assured him that there is business for
the mill the coming winter season.
The steam heating apparatus has been
completed in the new Melrose this week.
The work of putting on the finishing
touches will be rushed, with the expecta-
ton of having the house ready for bust
ness about Jan. /.
w. T. Cain, who finished work on the
electric road Tuesday. went the following
day to Orange, Mass, where he will have
a position In the sewing machine shops,
Mrs. Cain will remain here for the
present.