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ORGANIZED LABOR.

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$1.75 net. Philadelphia: American Book
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What particularly impresses the reader
Of tins book is the broad grasn which MI
though Unionist eof the Unionist, and
probably the greatest leader which or
ganized labor has had in this country,
the point Of view Of the patriotic citizen:
His point of view is that of the general
public. Mr.. Mitchell does not shirk the
discussion of the weak points of labor or
his denunciation of Violence in strikes.
There are number of chapters taking up
the arguments against Trade Unionism as
well as proposed plans for benefitinE the
takes up in detail the question OF strikes
and proposes amethod by which they may
be prevented, or at least minimized.
E Rssi w s foa as sks sVne ee te
story of the strike from the inside. Mr..
Mitchell states that at the beginning of
August the strike was about to collapse,
taken at this time by the operators, the
strike would have been lost. The inside
history Of the strike and the story Of how
victory was snatched from defeat Is told
in a graphic and eloquent manner by the
HISTORY OF THE GERMAN sTRUG-
GLE FOR LIBERTY.
History of the German Struggle for
1925 net. New York: Harper & Brothers.
While the literature of Germany leads
the world in advanced thought concern
ing philosophy. science. and even the
ology, it is absolutely barren as to b1Og-
raphies of the men who were prominent
in the struggle for liberty which began
Immediately following the battle of Wa
terloo, and ended in 1848. The author
feelingly states that no mention is made
in German literature of men above med1-
ocre ability who took part in that move.
ment, and that his task has been one OF
interesting delving into thousands OF
pages of dead records of the past to OBJ
tain the information desired; not page
of which was enlivened by personal
"reminiscences or anecdote of the leaders
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It is needlss to say this popular up.
rising of the people was never sanctioned
ruthlessly sent to prison. Nevertheless
there were many advocates, but the pen
Of the censor prohibited the circulation
of documents urging any change In the
prerogatives of the existing absolute mon
archy. The censor even went so far as
to cOnfScate* private papers, and several
patriots, subsequently, suspected, gave
thanks that their papers and houshold
pOSSSSSlOIlS
or other disaster.
With this dearth of material to work
upon, the student can fully appreciate
the exhaustive labor the author imposed
upon himself to acquire data from which
to accurately describe this momentous
for liberty. That he has done
his work we'll is apparent to any one who
will read this volume; and no better en-
conium can be given than to say" it will
stand as a monument to his unwearying
industry and literary ability in present
ing for the first time a faithful history of
the struggle of the German people for
liberty.
ANTIsEM1TIsM. .......
r., A Antisemtism; 9nd s BY B, Bernard ar IL Lazare.
ternational Library Publishing Co.
Recent events in Russia have given
this book a peculiar timeliness. 1t is
months before those outbreaks gave
most painful interest to the Jewish ques-
tion. The autffor@is@ himself "a Hebrew,
piled In the title to his book, but this
circumstance does not seem to have bi-
ased his judgment in the forming of his
opinions. The case is certainly stated
tributed with fairness. The fault is found
to be not all on the part of the Gentle
world, but the 1sraelite himself is char
ged with having brought much of the
trouble to his people by manifest short
cOmings
The treatment given the subject is his
torical. In: successive chapters the re-
lations between Jews and Gentiles are
the reader will be most surprised to
learn how much of PROSECUTING has been
carried on. reciprocally between the He
brews and their neighbo1s. From this
hos foI m iSYtI nf a
than Jews would perhaps, willingly adj
nit. The author does not believe in race
distinctions whether these be founded up
of t sRn Ss so on or as the
opinion prevails that races are distinct
and that there is superiority on the one
part and inferiority on the other part
and and Gentle as W well as between black and
white. There are too many illustrative
examples of this in the current history
Of this country, and this book can be
read with profit by many who are called
here.
CIVIL WAR TIMES.
Civil War Times. BY Daniel Wait
Howe, author of the Puritan Republic.
8 yo: PIP; 421. s1.5o Indianapolis: Dobbs-
The war of '61-5 will never cease-at
least in the present generation. to be a
perennial and never failing topic of ab-
sorbing interest. This is so, because it
was a war Of giants; because many OF
those giants still survive it's vicissitudes;
it's hair breadth escapes, and the immi-
nent deadly breach; it's long and dread
full marches; its Gettysburg and Chtcka-
maugas; because the finale of that con-
flict profoundly Influenced the civilizations
of the world; because it's echoes still re-
vertebrate in all the various activities OF
American life
because Of these things the authors
volume is; interesting. 1t can be read
with profit by any one and many Incl
erto remained &1nwritten, is brought forth
One of the most interesting chapters
in the volume is one dealing with the re-
lation of the Confederacy toward the NE
gro Soldier" The author tells us, that
nearly every important Confederate com
mander~ favored the enlistment OF black
soldiers; that the matter was finally de-
bated ir the. Confederate Senate, and the
soldiers, was defeated by but one vote
that of Senator Hunter. That when the
desperate circumstances of the Confed-
eracy became $50 visible that the leaders
saw the doom of Richmond and the
"cause" draft order was issued to force
the black soldier to fight under the Con-
flag, but that before It could be
made effective, the fall Of Richmond, and
the flight of Jefferson Davis was at hand
This chapter is especially interesting at
this time in view of the present Propa-
ganda Of the Southern people, to debase
the Negro, whom they were perfectly
willing in the. last desperate strait, Of
the Confederaey. to enlist as soldier,
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