The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-06

The wars which we're fought in, the
early times with the aDorlglnes therein.
and. famous battles fought during .ns
war OF the Rebellion are descrlp !" u, a.ta
remained obscure, is brought to nght.
A discussion of the Reconstruction u
the Southern States is deliberately SCI
forth, from the view point OF the soutn
over the suffrage question, it Will pc IN,
teresting to note some things contained
in the chapter on Reconstruction,
when the passions aroused by the Great
Civil War have passed away, and when
in the tranquility and repose of a .patri-
be reviewed with calmness and fairness.
to examine the great historical events
connected with this amendment (the
a aatn in ra and 10 t. and
motives of its advocates; and to under
stand the reasons. why the Southern
States declined to; accept the terms OF
reconstruction thus proposed by Con-
The criticism made by Mr.. Blaine and
the Republican leaders of that time was
lied by a lack of craftsmanship and sa-
gacity, and that the attitude taken by
them forced Congress to make negro
suffrage the le;. final basis Of reconstruction:
in which the South now holds Lincoln,
we find the following: :. "Mr.. Lincoln had
sont9hmplatssd Of the
spices Of the executive, of the govern
ment: which plan would have restored
the Southern States to representation in
terms VIM. 49,. -
If Mr.. Lincoln had lived, his large
personal and political influence united
with MS tact act and wisdom might have
the South. Mr.. Johnson was lacking in
all !le those qualities, and with him the
Congress which Mr.. Lincoln Would have
reconciled and adjusted assumed the pro-
portions OF an open rupture.
Mr. Lincoln was a patriot as well as
spices it is improbable that the South
would nave been crushed between the
two contending forces in a political war
tive departments Of the government
The volume is beautifully illustrated,
and is very valuable contribution to
the historical literature of the country,
from the viewpoint of the South
BIRD GODS IN ANCIENT EUROPE.
Bird Gods in Ancient Europe" Bv
WARES Wha les DE 5kay' With Decorations by
New york: 1ms s. B Sas Rp CO. S5oth $780,
bird Gods" by Charles De Kay, is the
rather unique title Of volume full of the
| rarest class Of Information relative to the
pean and the older races of the earth.
There is the evidence of much research
in this book-research which is exposed
IN narrative style at once attractive and
entertaining
The author not only tells us what birds
the ancients worshipped, but goes into
the philosophy of such worship, and tells
| us its reason, in fables and anecdotes
which make very delightful myths.
! Take the woodpecker as an instance.
When When we picture to ourselves the Eu-
puffed-up race, finding it matter of
t; deep thought how to keep a roof over
his head. loving murder, a bloody tyrant
| ject to.@periodical famines because of his
sloth and ignorance, to disease because
| of his laziness and filthy habits, we can
understand his envy and admiration of
bird which in addition to various mar
velous, superhuman traits, has the prac-
| teal side so developed that it can chisel
| for itself in few hours a neat, dry cave
! in the bole of tree-a bird ever gay Of
| heart that seems to find nourishment
| where no green thing grows, right under
| it's busy beak
| the whereabouts of hidden treasures;
| wherefore he is a special creation of the
high god Ukko of the Firms and has a
mysterious affinity to fire, also a rain and
| thunder god.
The author then proceeds. to tell US
of the power the Woodpecker gxerted
| THE Importance Of the woodpecker in
the eyes of the Roman soothsayers can
hardly be overel'timated. I have.a SEAL
| scarab like in form. showing man seat
ed with bird before him, which he APP
pears to be teaching trick That the
/ man is an auspex or soothsayer is rea-
sonably certain from the fact that. he
wears the conical cap seen on the. little
! stMtuette with Etruscan Inscription in the
Vatican Museum. Then follows several
very interesting anecd 6d a a,ei o, the
| tering about the little winged god.
The Cuckoo, Peacock. Owl and othel
birds have in turn been Worshlpped by ths
| mans Egyptians, Abyssnians and other
! powerful races who wrought SO nightly
| in days of antiquity.
| recorded of King Edward the First OF
England that on certain solemn occa-
| sion in the year 1904 his investiture as
nets. were brought in, and he thereupon
| swore an oath to the COO OF HeaVe1i vi
| these two swans.
THE REAL BENEDICT ARNOLD: 80
The Real Benedict ~Arnold. BY charies
| Burr 12mo. Cloth, illustrated; net, $1.2O
| New York: A. S. Barnes & Co.
| The real and true people seem to
have the front of the stage just now.
! in many quarters that Benedict Arnold
! has not been fairly treated. that his serv-
! ices to his country, were IGNORED ana ms
! haps, but unreasonably punished: Treach-
! cry to ones country far surpasses the
other great treachsry to ones frlend q, a nao
| may be, however, certain circumstances
| which explain the deed and modify the
! bitter condemnation.
I While not condoning ArnOld's treason,
| MIR. Todd empha sizes his invaluable serv-
| ices to America, and shows concluslVely
! that he four times saved the cause of the
Colonies: first at the ea6tte th OF ysf
battle, by the way, in which our arms
were engaged, where, by his desperate
yalor,. he gave the British such WHOLE
| they gave up their plan of invasion from
| the north that year; second, by raising
| the siege of Fort StanwiX in the Mohawk
Valley and putting to tg i'd p R,reavne
and third and fourth by winning the two
battles Of Saratoga, which, eonjoined
Cressy included as one OF the mteen de-
cisive 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 cor
| respondence with the British omcers De
tray his country. and not the. gross in
| Justice of Congress nor the calam1t1es OF
paper generals-tbe motives generally
ascribed The book is an, orlglnal an ana
UNIQUE contribution to revolutionary his
tory. The illustrations, are interesting
and Instructive; especially noteworthy. is
s see the burning Of Arnold in effgy.
AS death drew near. it is said his mind e
| wandered. and he was again IN America
fighting his battles with Washington and
his old comrades in arms: In lucid in
terval he asked that his Continental uni
form Of major general, in which ne had &C
had ever cherished. might be brought and
but on him. with the epaulets and sword
knots which Washington had given him
&c rho hrayaSt of the brave. y r. ~ = -.