The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-19

BOOK NOTICES.

The Lower South in American His
tory" by William Carrot Brown. The
Macmillan Company, &c Fifth avenue,
New York city. Cloth, $3.50. In this
book Mr.. Brown has brought together
some published and unpublished chap
| tiers, forming in total very interest
| ing survey. His work is noticeable for
| it breadth and view, the style and
| charm of narrative, and his dramatic
| grouping of forces and events. AS the
| work of a Harvard lecturer his point
/ of view is unusual because, unlike
most philosophical students of our
history, he got his southern sympathies
! by birth and rearing in the heart of
the black belt, and his earliest asso-
Citations have been with the ruling
| class of Southerners during their eff
fcrts to redeem the South from carpet
| baggers, while his national spirit, his
candor and his. training in historical
inquiry, are due to twelve years as
| student and officer at Harvard, back
and forth from North to South year
| after year. One of the most notable
chapters in the book is on the Defense
| of American PARTIES" while the chap
ters on the Resources of the Confed
| eracy." the "Ku KluX Movement" the
Shifting of the White Mans Burden"
offer a point of view in history which
is as rare as it is necessary. Mr..
Brown is one of the few of the young
er historical writer's who is successful
in presenting important and scholarly
material in a very readable way.
STANDARD First Reader" edited by
Isaac K. Funk, Ii. D., and Montrose ].
Moses, B. S. Funk & Wagnalls Com
pany, 80 Lafayette Place, New York
city. Cloth, so cents. This book pos
sesses many distinguishing features.
which, it is believed will be found as
varied and valuable in the line of
! school readers as. in the line of lexi-
cographery, are those which have made
the Standard Dictionary famous in all
EngliSh-Speaking countries. This
Standard Series of Readers employs
the Scientific Alphabet for giving pro-
nunciation, and for this purpose only.
the same as is done in the Standard
Dictionary Series. No system of dia-
critics compares with this alphabet in
giving pronunciation with exactness
and with avoidance of confusion in the
minds of the children. Throughout the
reader this scientific or pronunciation
alphabet is printed in red, while the
ordinary alphabet is always printed in
black. The Teachers Manual" which
| accompanies the First Reader. presents
suggestive material for all lessons.
Strangers at the Gate" by Samuel
Gordon The Jewish Publication So
ciety, 1O15 Arch street, Philadelphia,
Pa. Cloth, $3.50. This is a volume of.
Russian tales, and delightful stories
they are. They are charmingly told
in a quaint style that is exceedingly
attractive. There are eighteen of
them and there is not one that will
not bear reading twice.
stephen Haton," by Charles FELTON,
Pidgin, with frontispiece by Frank T.
Merrill. L. c. Page & Co., 200 Summer
street Boston. Cloth $3.50. This story
is a strong temperance lecture. 1t is
not intended to be such, but it can
be properly called so. on account of
the number of examples of intemper-
ance which it contains. The author
brings out the fact that prohibition
laws and the license system have ac-
complished nothing in the direction of
stopping the liquor traffic. The story
is well worth reading.
ABROAD With the Jimmies," by Lii
liam Bell. L. c. Page & Co.. 200 Sum-
mer street, Boston, publishers. Cloth,
$3.50. The title of this volume does
not give a comprehensive idea of its
contents. AS a matter of fact 1t is a
very entertaining book, from beginning
to end. The scenes, incidents, CONVEX
sations in different parts of Europe
are presented in a very attractive man
ner. There are no dull chapters in the
book, and one dislikes to put it down
when once the reading of 1t has be-
gun.