New-York tribune., 1903-03-26
VFW PUBLICATIONS.
Handfsl Of Biographical Studies.

.,A..ax ~ .onoe sgx hundred pages by John
=. x.ss.lsx vrhIch the Century Company puo-
I,sAea vnder the title OF "A Short Lafe or Acf~-
nnW IAacesn-' is o eondensau uc1 OF tne ms
tory Of Lincoln in ten volumes which Ar. S'eV-
t., .,6 NJ pew wrote In collaboration 1t puts
the essential points sasc er'ef ana cOnNs"ie
chang without sacrificing eie4rnesS or interest
sns asAex suppIIed Is excellent. and charming 8
e-.,,fs,sAce Is Reproduced from q portrait OF
yI,coln saassd with his little son Tad" looking
e,n.r g bocE which he hclGs on his knee. eP0ce
IN 4oz11sd for q rather full ANALYSIS OF AAheO
..r,x struggles as a lawyer and local pohocAsAA'
,,d the mental perplexittss Of bis SeVeraI 1--WE
affairs. After the death of Miss anne HUI'eoSe'
IN whom he Was engaged, he passed tnroo&A
per3od Of gloom that wss intense eneUsh :" 'o
alarming to his friendS and then entered ON
g.. ~ mental and emotional pusEies. What ne
~ a letter 10 his friend speed: 1T Ia the
vec,Iiar fortune of both you and me to dream
xr..rr. of Elvsfupn far exceeding all that any
thing earthly can realize"-sains point rom 'ile
doubts he thrust himself into HIS TeI~'io,iH
NTH Miss Owens fr instance. were apparently
the result OF taking With conscientious Serto
rsaa the lest of a matchmaking sister i>ei"
~ the nersons most concerned seemed oeepl! III
,s-seted One of his letters to her is perhaps
the most remarkably unpersuesive renewal VI
an offer OF marriage that could have been oe-
vised:
what have said I will positively epioe c; nE;
,,oyidad Won wish it, Ny opinion Is that you
had better not 60 IT. You nave noS 80 USe % -
cvstoEaed 10 hardship, and 1t may oe no,S nou are
caretIH OF thinking correctly On 2ay suoyT n:Fo-s
snd II YOU deliberate TnatuTe1y upon tnIs I,T
you decide, then 1 am WILING ''
decision.
I .,..- his death. Miss Owens who at this time
h.d fcund him deficient in those little HhhS
~vhfea make UP the chain OF a wonahs h@pp'
mesa" wrote in & letter to q friend:
last message ever received from him "a va
.H1t . 1.sar after we parted in lAnofs M
Able visited ken;EcSy' e;.ier ane n that think
1;as & great fool because she oio ho' sN~'
and marry me
u ,eeS rsurofn called his Cabinet together o-'S
evening IN February and read them of1ite
So,rt resolution and proclamation inspireu 70
& desire for prompt peace the Sou'he1i
were 70 be paid k4.O19.Ooo, on condition tnsl IT,
entities ceased By April /. one-hah the sum
80 then and the other rAh on condition
eh., peouisite number of States ratify 'he
Thirteenth Amendment before July.
=. ,,-nsd ,o,,t that he was more humane and
ube-sI than nis constitutional advisers. , me
Endorsement in his own handwriting on tne Hia. d
X1eeript draft records the result OF hlS appeoi anu
SaseSsu0"' February S. 1865.
To-day these papers. which pI expiaIIi - - ,ba
Sshir., snS sasrinaously disanproved by them
N''ir'e'' ~ "A LINCOLN
-,.L 49,, ,,o-a. ..yoV G re- all oppoEed to Inc,
sscIV uttered. the President folded up the paper
and ceased the discussion
The AppIetons publish useful eempeno'uin UNI IN
saFne Presidents OF the United states lto'
1892" q stout octave of JIS pages. oy 'oI
F1ske Carl Schurz, Robert c. Winthrop George
Tfcknor Curtis. George Bancroft. Jchn nay anu
Others The volume is edited by General James
Gran, Wilson. In /. the Editor @: "Appieton's
Cycfopedta Of American Biography has gain
cred together the articles In that publication
shout the Presidents from Washington down,
adding some new ones. The survey OF our
national history is thus extended sc as to en-
brace Mr.. Roosevelts message OF December
J99i Az1enF the additions made to the original
nnaterIaI-too vel. known to need renewed dis
cussiea here-Are brief sketches OF the wives or
the Presidents and of persons connected with
their families OF the late Mrs Grant It Is noted
that she was the fourth widow of q President
TO he voted pension by Congress. The others
were Mrs Tyler Mrs. Polk and Mrs. Garfield.
President Tyier'G second wife. who Miss
Julia Gardner, descendant of the GARDENERS
q Gardeners Island, met her future husband on
the occasion OF her fathers death. Mr.. Gardiner,
with bis daughter with Presidential party
during a pleasure excursion on the war steamer
Princeton, and wax killed by the explosion Of
of fits guns. His body taken to the
White House. and Miss Gardiner. thrown into
the society OF the President in these peculiar
circumstances, became the object OF his marked
attention, and married to him about two
years later. She was a convert to the Roman
Catholic Church, and was active in fits charity
work.
Mrs. Polk married the future President when
ne was member Of the Tennessee Legislature.
AS hostess cf the White House she was decidedly
popular. despite her innovations. She abolished
the custom OF serving refreshments to guests,
and forbade dancing. at one Of her receptions
q prominent South Carolinian surprised her by
saying: Madam there Is q woe pronounced
against you in the Bible" On her asking how
that might be. he replied: ''The Bible says. Woe
unto you when men shall speak well OF you"
An English lady listing WashinEton tbus
described the Presidents wife: Mrs Polk is
very handsome woman. Her hair il very
black, and ber dark eyes and complexion re-
mind one Of the Spanish doAnas. She Is well
read. has much talent for conversation and is
highly popular. Her excellent taste preserves
the subdued though elegant Costume that char
acteri1es that lady.
Mr. Folks will left his estate In Nashville to
'the Worthisst of the name forever" In 1891
the courts decided that the will was void be-
eaoee II constituted q perpetuity. With view
te the division Of the land among the heirs
the tomb, with the remains OF the President
and his wife, was removed by the State and
placed with public ceremony in CAPITOL Hill
EsShvii!s, in September, 1888
TIE value of the Biographies in The Repre-.
sentative Men Of the Bible" "a. c. Armstrong
q sOn) lies in their spiritual and artistic de-
Hneation Of traits- DR.. George Matheson has
almost completely succeeded in his avoved at
tempt to make hts treatment independent Of