The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-02
SOME NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
Paul kruger's Book Soon to be Issued. Revolution
airy History From a New Standpoint. More
Vailima Memories.
by Herbert Brewster.)

Nj. George AIDE has JUST returned from
a months stay in France. where he has
been collecting material for a new play
Peggy in Paris The Sultan Of Sulu'
mas proved a remarkable success and MIR.
Ade seems likely TO have the misfortune
OF rlches come upon him. There is an
interesting feature of the early history
vi the Sulu opera. TIL production, when
nrst put on, made no impression. Mr..
Ade at once set to work revising the
matter and, what was as important. Mr..
Ade's Chicago friends set about making
the piece popular. Now it happens that
Mr.. AIDE has the reputation of being the
most popular young man in Chicago. Ger
tainly he is blessed with hundreds of en-
thuslaStlc friends and with thousands of
admlrcrs IN that breezy city-and when
they made up their minds to make the
sultan OF Sulu a ruling %favorite nothing
put success could come from it.
MI. AIDES last book, The Girl PROPOSE
ton was published only a few days
ago.
Those who read the various Vailima
sketches which have appeared during the
past year or so over the names of Mrs.
Isabel Strong or Lloyd Osborne. will well
come the forthcoming book issue of these
memories Of Stevenson. Vi the Valiima
family, Mrs. Strong and her brother were
rot only domestic but also literary mem
bers as we'll. Mrs. Strong oftentimes
served as S~tevenson's amanuensis and
Lloyd Osborne had the honor of collabora-
ton with him. So it Will be recognized
that the memories of Vailima by these
Two are OF much literary value. An I'M
published poem OF Stevenson is included
in the volume.
\ really important book of the present
season is a volume entitled lhe Royal
lists IN the American Revolution a his
tory, in fact, of the American Revolution
written from an entirely new point of
view and embracing many hitherto un-
collected facts. CuTiOusly enough the
American people have come to look on
the Wing Farty in the Revolutionary days
as the Natural Party and to regard the
Loyalist Party as a creation of the times.
AS a matter of fact. however, as Mr..
Van Tyne, the author. has pointed out in
his book, loyalty was the normal condi-
ton, the state that had existed, and did
exist, and it was the Whigs-the Patrits
as they called themselves-who did the
converting and changed mems opinions to
suit the new order of things. JOIN Adams
seems to have had considerable share in
creating the impression that the 10y
alist was the unnatural patty. For ten
years, he wrote in ore of his works. the
British government pursued a system
whereby they formed and organized. and
drilled and disciplined a party favorable
to Great Britain" In fact" be went or
to say. they seduced and deluded nearly
one-third of the people of the colonies"
According to the author, the persecu-
ton Of tae boyalists by the Wings dur
ing the war and the Punishment or death
CT over one hundred thousand of these
most conservative and respectable Amer
leans. is a tragedy but rarely narallelei
in the history of the world. He believes
that the youthful errors Of the American
republic in the matters of finance, diplo-
macy and politics might have been il
part corrected by the presence of thai
conservative element which had either t.
be driven into exile, or permitted to re
main. was long deprived of political anC
social influence.
Mr.. Van Tyne has started out hi:
book with 4 story of an enthusiastic 10y.
alist Which attracts ono to further read
Ing.
I'm the carly days of the American
Revolution, when the companies OF pa
triots were rallying from every part o
the country to repel the British, a regi
ment OF militia. coming up from tn
South, crossed the James River at th'
little town OF Richmond in Virginia
While they were passing through th
town, a shoemaker stood in his door an
cried 'Hurrah for King George. y
one took any notice of him. but afte
hating in the wood. a little distance be
; vond the soldiers were cooking ana eat
ing some fish, when the shoemaker cam
to them and began again to hurrah 10
King George. When the commanding OF
fcer and his aides MOUNTED aud wer
starting on, the shoemaker still follow
cd, hurrahing for King George. There
upon the officer ordered the pertinaciou
Tory to be taken back to the river an
S;ucked.' The soldiers brought a Ion
ropc which they tied about the middle
| around the shoemaker's waist, and see
sawed him backward and forward in tn
/. stream until they had him nearl
drowned: but every time he got his hea
above water he would cry for Kin
George. The officer finally ordered hi
to be tarrfd and feathered. 4 feathe
bed was taken from the shoemaker oW
| house, where his wife and four dangh
e ters were crying ard beseeching the faith
; or 10 hold his tongue: but still he Woul
> not. The soldiers tore the ped opei
I Knocked the top out of q tar barrel, an
plunged the king-worshipper in headlon'
G 10 was then drawn out Of the barrel b
! the heels and rolled in the feathers ~
l til he was a sight: but still he Won
hurrah for King George. The Office
now thoroughly aroused, ordered the fe
low to be drummed out Of town VII
{ tho warning that if he plagued him an
) moro he would have him shot. The scr
tenco was executed and the soldiers sa
no more of the shoemaker.
..Thcre was a ludicrous element III IT
~eboomakcr's obstinate loyalty, but III
Lmorc dignified character the sam" az
termincd allegiance could have been tour
in the hearts Of thousands OF Americas
in the early days OF the Revolution. WI
these loyal subjects Of the British kln
camuri Adams and John Adams had
contend when they set about 10 afouS
America to rebellion and independence