The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-21
UP FROM. SLAVERY :

ingtons; $l.5O. New York Doubleday
sup From Slavery by Prof Booker I.
Washington is a remarkable volume by a
remarkable man. Autobiographical writing
IS a dangerous enterprise at best, and should
never man Pc nnderta tai except by the great
longs 70 the class of great men of our time,
requires neither testimony nor proof, for, 1t
Is one Of the accepted facts.
lnIs'Wfltlng OF the place and date of his
tion in Franklin County, Virginia am
not quite sure of the exact date Of my
been born somewhere and at sometime
There is conscious humOr in this sentence
a spice of wit, and the delicate sarcasm OF
a great man, protesting against the inst1:
had made it Impossible, either for himself
of birth. = -
Later on he says that he does not know
he was a white man. -. - 4. :
Ny life had it's beginning in the midst
OF the most miserable, desolate, and dis
born in d typical slog9 cabin, about fourteen en-
BY sixteen feet square In this cabin
lived With VT; my mother land brother and
sister til after the Civil War when We
An account of his boyhood days-the
struggle Of his mother and elder brother
for the common necessities Of life is mar
Adteu IL supple manner winch FORMS the
real charm of Mr.. Washingtons literary
style. This volume however possesses a
charm higher than that of any style, fol-
1t portrays the kaleidoscope changes in the
started at an early age on a tramp to the
Hampton Industrial Institute, in search
OF an education with boundless hope and
almost infinite patience as his only assets
On TINS unknown voyage over hill and dale
the youthful enthusiast finally reached q
city called Richmond, where he arrived
hungry, friendless and penniless. He says
Il must have walked the streets till after
fhat l could walk no longer I was tired
l was hungry, l aoas every thing but dis
c co., rdgs Just about the time that
came came upon portion of street where the
board side walk was considerably elevated
| waited for few, minutes till I was sure
no ,passers-by- could see me. and then crept
upon the ground" Mr.. Washington then re
lates that the next day he went down tc
the river and obtained work from the
cargo Of pig iron that his work so pleased
the captain that he continued to work fol-
MIN number of days, sleeping under the
sidewalk every night, economizing in order
He says that many years afterwards he
was rendered a public, reception by the
f fncI IS, OF Richmond in church, not fal
IRON the spot where he had slept upon the
ground. That he has also at the invitation
or friends been guest in Saratoga hotel
where he was formerly employed as a wait
He writes a very entertaining chapter on
the Demonstration PERIOD and discusses
in very. comprehensive and practical man.
ner the race problem at the South. 1t is
h move IN writing of himself and Of his
early struggles that we find Mr.. Washing
ton at his best, and note distinctly that
patience under adversely, untiring industry
and optimism of rarely encountered char.
acter; are the qualities which have made
possible the success which Has attended the
etorts OF the man whom Walter Page edi
tor Of the Worlds Work. pronounces, ''the
most n useful man in the Republic"
not only in this country but all over the
world. The work has been translated into
Spanish, German, French, Italian, Arabic
Hindustani and editions are being prepared
In many other languages. gS7.#s ~ 30
The story of the life of the little slave
poy who at hte age Of forty has become
me recognized leader Of 10.O0O,OO0 of Afro
American people is a thrilling and inspir
ing narrative although written in simple
modest style: 1t truly reveals the unas
Stunning honest worth of one Of the greatest
THE NEW BORN CUBA.
Ma The New 81 or N Cuba Wy By Franklin
don: HARPER Brothers hers iofA ana Lon On
"'The New born Cuba by Franklin
Matthews is one of the very interesting
volumes dealing with conditions in "The
pearl OF the Antilles" since the American
occupation, which has been given to tile
public. Gf15 ~. - 49, :, - u = :
So, much has been. written, about the
peoples: climate. and 'resources of tile
Island that it is not within the range of
expectations to. find any new light In
these directions. It is therefore with alb
sorbing interest that we. read the sto-y
Of the rehabilitation of the island under
Nat r.
thews. He says: mot less importa MT
than cleaning the streets, purifying the
sharborE and sewers, protecting the waite r.
proper order in Havana, was the task Of
cleaning the city from the inside, Hihe
work OF purifying the buildings Of ever.
Grade in town, inside thousands of dwell
ings were "black holes in frightful con
dlt1on.z The wallis of thousands of build
lngsa We're the abiding places. Of germs OF
yellow fever and other infectious dis
eases zs5 20 - =z4z, ~ :, - =,
Mr.. Matthews then tells Of the scientific
manner in which the sanitation of the
city was accomplished under Major Jno
g. Davis, a Chicago physician of large
not one single house in the city of Havana
escaped the inspection of his corps 81
physicians or failed to conform with Che
requirements Of Major Davis. Large
Quantities of quicklime, and solution OF
chloride Of lime were used. Then came
coats of paint or Whitewash.' E9s<
Then followed a vanishing death rate
until Havana today is practically free
from its former scourge of yellow fever.
The next work of great Importance per-
formed by the American authorities was
the installation of an honest customs sery-
ice in Cuba and the abolition Of bribery
and blackmail. ~ ~ =
The work of feeding thousands of starry
ing people by the military authorities is
this was an essential part of the work OF
reconstruction and that had it not been
done, the sanitation Of the large cities
would have been incomplete and ineffec-
4 u The reconstruction of Cuba by the peo-
pie Of the United States is unique and
as an example 4of the human
1ty OF our people Cuba has been taught
many lessons of vital Importance to- he1
welfare and it remains to be seen wheth-
erJ she will profit by Them or sink back
INTO the dark ways of the old Spanish
regime # he does. sheswill not remain
t& On the goth of this present month the
ceremony of turning over the Cuban
government 1.e, to the Cuban people took
place. The stars and stripes came dowr
and the ensign Of the Cuban Republic was
unfurled- rs ~ 81 ! s.
Esperemos que su bandera quedara
ss 81 Ia bandera de Ia Ibertad y de
IN THE FOREST.
In the Forest. BY Macmillan Foster
.. New York: Doubleday, Page &
In the Forest is contribution t.
the literature of our country of positive
value. This volume contains stories Of
Wood-life. wherein the stately deer, the
cunning coyote, the fierce and rugged
.bruin speak from the heart Of the wiids
not in the language of men, but in the
yirile and significant speech of nature
in her natural and primitive conditions 2
Mr.. Foster has made a distinct depart
ure from the ordinary stories of forest
life; and unlike Kipling's Jungle Stor-
les, has. animals simply act in accord
ance with the imperious law of nature,
and do not talk 49,
8 He plays upon your sympathies by elo-
,quent powers of description and nara
ton. and in the story of Legs the
coyote transported from his western hab-
1tat to the east to furnish in the chase
amusement and excitement to men and
dogs. ones sympathy, goes out spontane-