The Appeal., 1902-08-16
IN THE FOREST.

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=, In the Forest is a contribution to
the literature Of our country Of positive
yaine. Wnnd ifa Ihls volume contains stories Of
cunning coyote, the fierce and rugged
pruln speak from the heart of the wiids,
not 1lin;,i in tbs the LANGUAGE of men, but in the
in her natural and primitive conditions.
" Mr.; Foster has made distinct depart
Hfe }ife from the ordinary stories of forest
les" has animals Simply act in accord cord
ance with the imperious law of nature
and do not talk. - 5s%i..; !. ,e>'- -
quent powers OF description and narra-
tlon, and in the story Of Legs the
G9yote tffaaasported fan from his western hab
amusement and excitement to men and
Iaogs:% ones m s. sympathy goes out spontane-
anay eanaf tnS R1or beast Smuggling at
speed and cunning to save himself from
Delng n1t = torn , I9 pieces by the murderous
time he eued 81 his ms nees Time after ;
Inevitable finish had to arrive, and when
It IT, d1d M we IND IN ourselves wishing him bet
The climb te the hilltop was as stiff. tf i but It
hope ho s,n but nsh short5iyed indeed: They were
and fight. g and against what odds. over
the hill came the horsemen, laundering
down fSH - the lI;s, slope Legs" in the midst Of
buried him and he struck no more, one
din Mhsm the brutality ef st
torture OF beasts, will depart. -tLegs.'
the outcast and pariah, obtains our SYM
Parry, pathhiy, Whlie hI,t MS human tormentors merit
Ftss F6sa IN solifSds braFsn Tsreiv fSs
feet Of man, the animals "on their native
heath are painted by the author in
h1nt5s language -, arc aromatic with the scent Of
wilds, and Weird withal. The tn9 moose Sc has has
ms story to tell, the Moose who swas a
COLOSSUS ceoS s now" his horns, broadly. palmed
which Were the terror and envy Of the
The volume is profusely illustrated by
Carl Rungius, and he has Interpreted the
authors ideas with an art striking and
picturesque. - A-A0 -
~ | GENERAL McCLELLAN j. y.
General Mcclellan. BY General Peter
II. Niche. New York. D. Appleton 4
Co. $1.5O net. In the series of the ..Great
Ian by General Peter S. Niche is Of absorb
ing interest to the student of American
military history. The salient military fea-
are SO well known, and so little is known Of
the careful and extensive 5preparation he
underwent. 1!1s we. and which enabled him to leave
place in the Union Army, that it will not
be amiss to refer to the authors review Of
his early life, and the inheritance of the
military instinct which he received from a
luton Samuel Mcclellan distinguished him
self as a soldier: Entering the Connecticut
militia as an officer he worked his way up
steadily to the grade of Brigadier General
by the exhibition of remarkable strategy
and tireless work. The father of George
+; Mcclellan was an eminent physician at
fhlladelphla. and sent his son George at
the age of fifteen years to West Point to
prepare himself for the career of soldier
Although below the required age for admis-
good health and superb physique he was al
lowed to enter. He was graduted second
Pok MS sseed Of Psesident dent
Mexico AS the prospects for war became.
more certain, the members of McClellan's
class gave themselves up the more thorough
ly to the study Of tactics; strategy and the
art OF war. Upon graduation Mcclellan
was commissioned a brevet Second Lieuten-
ant of engineers He distinguished him
as we'll as for his splendid assistance in
constructing engineering. works at the siege
of Vera Cruz which resulted in the cap
ture of that place. He was promoted twice
during that war and declined brevet for
Molino Del Rey because he did not partici-
pate in the battle. The work performed by
on the military operations Of the armies armies en- en-
gagged in the Siege of Sebastopol, and of the
European armies in generai was one of the
treatises on military science in the. entire
literature Of modern times Such in part
was the preparation of the famous COM
mander of the Army of the Potomac, who
was destined to bring to the service Of his
country his wide knowledge of military af-
fairs his inherited martial instinct, and hiss
unusually splendid preParatlon in the sci
ence OF war after having been for many,
years separated from the army, working in
exalted civic places. -
! - AMERICAN COMMUNITIES Il.
"A onrSa0 ~
essS hiRsi Sssfs Fl Rsrr pP c. S1 Ss'
Communities by William Alferd Kinds is
tablishment and growth of the Communis-
tic. emi-communistic and cooperative So
cieties, which have been from time to time
ume is invaluable as a reference book, and
contains data not to be found in any other
similar publication Of which we know:
nearly two hundred years ago. have long
since been abandoned and the dwellings OF
their Inhabitants fallen into decay; but
that as long as their members were actu-
ated by the cooperative spirit, and re-
mained faithful to their religious tenets,
they were prosperous and in in, many Instances
wealthy and influential. The Ephrata and
the Oneida COmmunity-thez Shakers, Sepa-
ratists of ZOar, Harmonists, and the Amana
Community, are conspicuous illustrations Of
the power of the cooperative effort, to the |
exclusion Of individual and selfish interests.
There is much of similarity about all Of |
these communities as the author shows.
Most Of them were founded to exemplify !
religious I belief 81 'tte the Oneida @ Go commun- mum
ity perhaps the largest and most prosper
a paid up capital Of 100000, it has dis
tributed quarterly dividends averaging six
per cent per annum, and accumulated a |
outlying properties ii Connecticut and else
where concentrated it's business at Ken |