The Appeal., 1903-06-27
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izations, which show the white and coll
sOred strength OF the Church IN separate
tispies taples Which Viii shows shat the total
bership Fin America Is over 4,330,O 600, an ]
increase Of over 10000 since last year.
THE TRUE ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The True Abraham Lincoln. BY Viii
liz liam ElerGy Curtis author 2f Of The r3ath Trqe
decorated, net, 81. Pniladelphiu: ]. sB.
5Lippincott Company. @
q There are a few rare characters in |
history, the record of whose lives grow y, |
and which gleam brighter as time passes,
instead of fading with the general wreck |
Z of men and things, by which they were
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These characters are unique and orig
inal and bear. striking analogies to each
other-the most important of which is
their self dedication to truth:
They may be called the guide posts OF
civilization, and may be named as. Christ,
Socrates, Luther and Lincoln. 1t is about
the latter that William Eleroy Curtis has
written under the title, THE True Abra-
ham Lincoln" :. -:
The story Of Lincoln is always absorb
ing and full Of human interest The yol, VOL,
would stock a library of large dimensions
we have. however, read none of them
which surpass in arrangement Of literary
|
tuis nil nisi bonum'' has exerted such
profound influence on western thought,
that it's literature fails to throw much
light upon many of the eminent careers
of distinguished statesmen and soldiers.
Mr.. Curtis, however, writes in natural
manner about a natural man. and does
not fail to remind us that Mr.. Lincoln
had faults, as a youth, and as man. =
ing HeS1 contrast d to the sub1imity Of his char
| acter, which had been attained before
| his assassination.
The illustrations are profuse and some
of them appear for the first ot time me- ,5nc; IN
! pator's life. ..--
Lincoln, the Leader of the Springfield
Bar" is full Of interest, as the autnor
| traces his intellectual development, from
I that of the average pioneer, upward and
onward until he became pleader OF such
striking power and force as to- easily sur
pass in the logical presentation OF MS
cases men who had been trained In IN
stitutions of higher education. l
'"The occasion upon which Lincoln dis
| played unusual power as an orator was
| the Bloomington Convention for the Or
ganization Of the Republican party early
a NeEsa BY BY human speech
The Convention, which was composed OF
former members Of all political parties;
| had adopted the name Repub1can, had
taken extreme grounds against slavery,
| and hao launched new pontlcal organ1-
| zation: but it contained many d1scOrd-
ant envious and hostile M elements Weg
anxious and apprehensive OF dlssentlon
and jealousy, and Lincoln, with his acute
political perceptions, realized the danger,
perhaps more keenly than any other man
in the assembly. He saw before him
group of earnest, jealous. sincere men;
willing to make tremendous sacrlncees ee
same time most of them clung to their
own theories and advocated tnen 1Mul Il
| vidual methods; with tenacity that
promised to defeat their common .9arle purpos*H *o
the unanimous demand for speech 1ron1 TOM
the great orator Of Springfield his soul
flooded with desire ana fba PI1p6gie nafrie
otic emotions of his associates.
first he spoke slowly, cautiously, and In
in IN r force and intensity until be, swept the
discordant SOULS of the assembly together
and his hearers ,"arose from their chairs
with pale faces and auiyerdngi sd1 i, ups ana Hia
influence was irresistible. i&;
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I T. Tle g Real Benedict, Arnold: BY Charles
Todd authST a4h Gf dfne net AarSn
i New York: A. s. Barnes & Co.. =
q The .rear' and true people seem to
II have the front of the stage just now.
An unpleasant impression has prevailed
) in many quarters tYat Benedict Arnolo
i ices to his country were ignored and his
great fault was not over-emphasized per
haps, but unreasonably punished. Ireach-
ery to. ones country far2,surpassess the
\ other great treachery to ones friend and
is not to be condoned In any wise Ihere
may be, however, certain circumstances &c
which explain. the deed and <modlfy the
bitter. cOndemnaf' on - T. (
while not condoning Arnold's treason,
Mr.. Todd emphasizes his invaluable serv-
ices to America and shows concluslvely
that he four times. saved the cs"se OF tne
Colonies: first at the battle OF Valcour
battle, by the way, in which our arms arms
, were ~engaged), where, by his desperate
valor, he gave the: British such whole.
!, some respect for American arms thai
they gave up their plan of invasion from
the north that year; SECOND, by raising
:, the siege Of Fort Stanwix in the MohaWh
invading army marching to aid Burgoyne
, and third and fourth by winning the two
battles Of Saratoga, which, ss2n c2n5olned so
Cressy included as one of the htteen de-
s. cisive battles of the world
Mr.. Todd also shows that it was the
influence of Arnold's wife and his feal
5 Of losing her should her treasonable cor:
respondence with the British officers be
discovered, which induced Arnold to pc
, tray his country and not the gross in.
Justice of Congress nor the calamities OF
paper generals-the motives generally
ascribed. The book is an Original aia ano
!; tory. !. The illustrations are interesting
) and instructive; especially noteworthy is
the reproduction of an old print repre-
, senting the burning of Arnold in efhgy
AS death drew near, it is said his mind
wandered, and he was again in America
fighting his battles with washington and
his old comrades in arms. In a lucid in
terval ter he asked that his Continental uni;
form of major general, in which ne had
had ever cherished, might be brought and
I put on him, with the epaulets and sword
knots which Washington had given him
as the bravest Of the brave. r 8.
Let me die in my old american i uni, II,
L fought my battles. God forgive me-, y
he added, "for ever putting on any
other.'' .-cl+: i ! $, ~ ! ! y, II.
THE MYSTERY OF MURRAY DAVEN-
r.: = -. PORT. H. ~. H. Il
The Mystery of Murray Davenport, A
/ Story Of New York at the Present Day:
By Robert Nelson Stephens. Illustrated
by H. c.. Edwards. Boston: D.: z. Page
& CO. s1.50. %
! The scene is New York. The hero a
| disappointed man He has talent and in
| dustry, but fortune has frowned upon
him. Mr.. Stephens is particular to seek
g. verisimilitude in careful descriptions OF
i familiar neighborhoods. He aims, to re.
produce the hustle and excitement of
| New York, it's architecture, its manners,
its customs. The well l-appointed fiat, the
boarding house, the hotel, the pseuoo-
| Bohemian cafe, the chophouse, the water
T side neighborhood are all recognizable
The personages are generally common
place enough to seem perfectly natural.
The mystery seems to be something
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