The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-30
NEW BOOKS
MEN AND MEMORIES. Personal Reminiscen-


His wife, Nay B. Russell Young. Two
Volumes: Second addition; New York; F:
apoiis: ~ n. MeGarthy,s,1 IS.
John Russella Young was one OF the
most interesting of raconteurs. He had,
during forty-tWo years Of activity as a
journalist and 1itterateur, acquired
large knowledge Of public men. literary
people and public affairs, and his fund
of incident and anecdote seemed mex
haustible. He began his newspaper ex-
-perience under Colonel John Forney of
the Philadelphia Press, and was quickly
advanced to the editorial staff, and was
correspondent Of that paper In 1861, and
gave the first accurate account Of the
first battle OF Bull Run, being one of the
few, on that occasion, who kept cool
head. After the war hexwas managing
editor of the New York Tribune under
Greeley, and subsequently, was the New
York Herald's European correspondent
and In 1877. accompanied General Grant
on his trip around the world, during
which he wrote letters describing the.
events witnessed for the Herald, which
were subsequently issued in two volumes.
President Arthur appointed Young minis
ter to China, and in 1885 he returned to
this country. and served on the Herald
in 1897 Mckinley appointed him librarian
Of congress. He died in 1899.
= Young's account of the battle of Bull
Run gave him wide recognition as an
alert, cool-headed, picturesque corre-
spondent. It was the first account pub
lished. During his career he made warm
friendships with Grant, Bayard Taylor,
Daniel Dougherty and some others. and
we have pen sketches of Lincoln, Greeley.
Edwin Forrest, Walt Whitman, Henry J.
Raymond George w. Curtis, Roscoe
Conkling, Bennett Of the Herald, Lowell,
General Sherman, Edwin Booth, Grant,
George w. Childs.. Lawrence Barrett,
William Florence and others noted in
political life, literature and the drama.
These sketches are exceedingly inter-
esting.
One Of the interesting features of the
book is Young s&aeeount OF the Paris
commune In 1871. His sketch of Henry J.
Raymond is admirable. Among his liter
ary "reminiscences that concerning Dick
ems Is especially noticeable. Young first
met Dickens when osgood. the Boston
publisher. brought him to the Tribune
office to see Greeley. Dickens repelled
him at first personally, although he had
worshfped him long through the novels,
but he subsequently found him "the most
natural Of men, simple, direct, straight
forward, with the very gaiety of genius.
Dickens talk was unique. an art by it
SELF Young's estimate of Grant at the
first published in the New York Herald on
the occasion of the dedication of the
Grant tomb at Riverside, is one of the
finest tributes ever paid to the Great
SGon1pander. 1851
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