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BOOK NOTICES.

"Old Time Stories of the Old North
State" by L. A. McCorkle. Cloth; 157
pages. For sale by L. Adler. In this
little volume Mrs. McCorkle (wife of
the esteemed pastor of the First Pres
byterian church, has gathered a choice
collection of historical stories of North
Carolina. One of the objects of the
book is to let the children of the South
know that New England cannot claim
all Of the glory of our American in
dependence. The historical accuracy
of the narratives is vouched for by so
good an authority as Prof. Kemp P.
Battle, who occupies the chair of his
tory in the University of North Caro-
lima. Every North Carolinian, at home
or residing in some other state, will
wish to place such a volume in the
hands of his children, in order that
the traditions of the "old home" may
be preserved and patriotic devotion
strengthened. Mrs. McCorkle's book
has been adopted as a supplementary
reader in at least two of the private
schools of this city.
"The Real Benedict Arnold by
Charles Burr Todd. A. S. Barnes &
Co., New York city, publishers, II no.,
CLOTH Illustrated, $1.2O net. While not
condoning Arnolds treason, Mr.. Todd
emphasizes his invaluable services to
America, and shows that he four times
saved the cause of the colonies, first at
the battle of Valcour's Island on Lake
Champlain (the first naval battle, by
the way, in which our arms were en-
gaged), where, by his desperate valor
he gave the British such wholesome
fnY. A aaYsfoo Iof
gave up their plan of invasion from
the North that year; second, by raising
the siege of Fort Stanwix in the Mo-
hawk Valley and putting to flight ST.
Leger's invading army marching to aid
Burgoyne, and third and fourth by
winning the two battles of Saratoga,
which, conjoined, Cressy included as
one of the fifteen decisive battles of
the world. Mr.. Todd also shows that
it was the influence of Arnold's wife
and his fear of losing her should her
reasonable correspondence with the
British officers be discovered, which in
duced Arnold to betray his country
and not the gross injustice of. Congress
nor the calamities of paper generals
the motives generally ascribed. The
book is an interesting and unique con-
tribution to revolutionary history. The
illustrations are interesting and in
structive; especially noteworthy is the
reproduction of an old print represent
ing the burning of Arnold in effigy.
1.-THE Constitutional Ethics of Seces-
sion and War Is He'll" Houghton,
Miffin & Co.. New York city. Paper,
25 cents net.
This pamphlet contains two recent
speeches by Charles Francis Adams.
The first was delivered at the dinner
of the New England Society of
Charleston, S. c., at the Charleston
Hotel on Dec. %, 1902. The second
was delivered at the thirteenth annual
dinner of the Confederate Veterans
Camp of New York, in response to
sentiment in honor of Gen. Robert e.
Lee.
1.-The Care and Feeding of Children"
by L. Emmett Holt, M. D., LII. D.
Cloth, rs cents. D. Appleton & Co.,
New York, publishers. This little vol
ume is invaluable to mothers and chill
dren's nurses. In an attractive form
it contains a large amount of very
valuable information respecting the
care of children. The Information is
offered in the form of questions and
answers-a very attractive form.
1.-THE stirrup Cup" by T. Aubrey Ty-
son. D. Appleton & Co., publishers,
New York. 12mo. Gilt top. Cloth,
1925 This is an American story, and
a rather clever one. 1t deals with the
life of Aaron Burr, the most agreea-
BILE part of it, namely his first court
ship and marriage. The book has a
fine literary finish, and 1t is not too
much to say of it that it is above the
level of average current fiction. AS
anything referring to Aaron Burr
has a fascination for the reading pub
lie it is safe to say the book will be
popular one.