The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-12

ante-reconstruGtiOn period, are deal
 with in seorching terms To MT Dix on's mind, at least, there is no compro mise at the color line.
 . It is not probable that the preacher author has oYerdrawn his pictures O
 the carpet-bag rule in some portions O
 the south just after the surrender. Hi'
 defence of the earlier form and inten
 of the Ku-KluX Klan is also in accorc
 with a general northern understanding
 of that powerful organization. The la
 ter abuses of the Klan he admits. With
 rather clever sarcasm MT. Dixon selects
 some of Mrs Stowes Uncle Tom
 ,characters for new dispositions in his
 book, though the wisdom of this is
 doubtful. Legree he resurrects and
 turns into rampant spoilsman, linked
 to the carpet -baggers Haley trains
 with the same gang. George Harris
 and Tim Selby become educated fail
 ures in different ways.
 MT. Dixon's book is the strong work
 of strong man. It cannot escape dis
 cussion which will be often intemper-
 ate Yet even in it's fierce swing and
 burning it carries as pretty love story
 as one might care to read. North Car
 olina furnishes the scene of events.
 Thomas Dixon, Jr., author of The ] Leonard's Spots," has lived life hard !, ly less remarkable than the story of his
 novel-a state legislator at the age of
 twenty before he could vote, a New York preacher who attracted a larger
 number of hearers than any other cler-
 gyman in America, and now, retired to | 11 iy,io n tha
 shore of Chesapeake bay, he has, by his
 occasional tours, become known as per
 haps the most successful popular lec- | turer we have. It is said that one of
 our best authors has already written a
 novel about him. Though from boy
 hood it has been his purpose to write
 books, The Leopards Spots" is his first novel. But it is not strange that there should have been a demand for about fifteen thousand copies before the publication of the first edition.
 \ The Brooklyn Eagle says: MT. Dix on has a wonderful gift for pathos-theE blunt, simple pathos of crude circum
 stance which hits the emotions like a blow. The most powerful mo- lives are most forcibly introduced and from them most dramatic situations are evolved, For the unflinching declara- tion of emphatic convictions the author deserves respect his sincerity is be- yond question, and if the color problem is as serious as he depicts it, his work ought to clear the air
 The New York Mail & Express says: Tt is a living, burning book, etching | upon the consciousness with acids that | bite deep the story of the racial strug- gle now on in our country"
 Letters From Egypt and Palestine" by Maltbie Davenport Babcock; pub lished by Charles Scribners Sons, New York, is wholesome, delightful book Dr. Babcock, both as writer and preacher, possessed the rare gift of fe- licity of expression coupled with the equally rare talent of avoiding the triv- al and commonplace and focusing the upon what is really notable and important. Dr. Babcock was the pastor of the Old Brick church New r ork, and one of the brightest lights in he Presbyterian ministry, and his un- timely death was very sad event, ,ausing widespread sorrow. On going 70 New York Dr. Babcock's peculiar ,harm and power were at once recog- lized. and the church was promptly crowded to the doors. His Letters From Egypt and Palestine" were writ en by him to the members of the Young Mems association of his church lis style is terse, pure, idiomatic and ( He was ii keen observer <; md possessed a quick appreciation of III that is picturesque and full grasp ] if history and legendary lore. Espec- I ally admirable are his letters deserip- i've of the Holy Land. One gets new I nd vivid ideas of that much described ountry from these charming letters. S nd, as is admirably said of them by C he Baltimore Sun, in which city he | 1as the successor of Dr. Gunsaulus, V They give us the record of the sponta- c eous impressions produced upon man | f broad culture and deep thought by | he scenes of the past brought into ! ouch with the present. Moreover, they ' sck nothing of literary form and grace, [ nd one of the strongest qualities, as of e Il the utterances of pr. Babcock, lies D their breadth of thought. e he letters throughout are as strong in r ,ne as they are tender in feeling and s Spression. They are never rhapsodic, ut always adequate u 'All who inst this life have known and l., we'd Dr. Babcock-for the two things ~ ere but one-should read this record | l., his spirit rather than merely his l., avels. And those who have not ,, 1own him should learn to do so ,, rough the words which he has left as D l insufficient yet valuable memorial I, 1ey will be bettered by the Knowledge, r they will be taught to look to the irit of the outer guise, and to sec as d the writer of the letters, the mean to g which lies beneath the material as- ~ ct. And they will be bettered also by 1T eathing for time an atmosphere of fI rue religion and piety." of high th ought, of deep reverence, and of all oa at goes to make up the Christian life wy it's noblest types pi pr. Babcock, it will be remembered, l,1 Is one of the party in the trip de- oa ribed in this book of which Rev Dr. ;,, awman Snyth, of this city, was DO ember. Dr. Babcocks death was a +o