The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-03
nssThe Complete Poetical Works Of
81 Alexander Pope "Tr,e Bird
Stories "1yith the Trees"
stThe Flower Beautiful"
".1'he Reflections Of
Lonely Man" HI
#sRoderick Tallaferro" Agaln,------Joseph
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Stockton-G lbson's New Book
General aordon's Memoirs. "a
sS, Mrs. G.Vere Tyler.
M Identity of"a Vir-
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sginia Girl.
VI PRE- slDENT WOODROW WILSON'S
HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEG
PIE, a Brief Review by r. II. Howl
son, Ill. y.
lless5S s NIuny$facts OF hercdity and environment
give interest to this work and It's author
Il aid tend to its favorable reception by
4 all the people Of the United States. Pres
%5S adent Woodrow Wilson Is 4 son Of Rev.
5$SgSlr. Joseph II. Wilson, who has lately
B7f ssed away from this world and who
Il was we'll known to thousands Il 8 q Chris
III tian minister and scholar and very
genial and delightful man.
~ Woodrow Wilson was born in Slaunton,
lss55f va, December 2S, 1856, His Christian
8{ name Is that of his mother. VINO was
Il Jessie Woodrow, Of the well-kno"n rum
f training was in tho private schools anu
III academies OF that region lie graduated
III Al Princeton College IN 1873, and passed
Through the law course of the UniVcrsity
SS$$S 81 Virginia III 1S79-'SO.s Hc took n post
VIZ graduate course In the Johns Hopkins
9 University, Md. III lSs3-'S5. gaining me
III degree of doctor OF phllosophy. M ,,.l
~.
q sversity, La each bestowed OH MN 'le
VA degree Of LII D.. He practiccd law IN
M x tlnnta. Ga, for II few years, Dut ne
III, WIS soon recognized as better lifted 1ort
8Sinstructing the world. than for drawing
s declarations, BILLS in equity, DEGREES hi.o
wills. His instinct for the study OF ms
S tory In her highest deparlnllehls VIZ
:, no ana moro manifest and he was pro-
n +assor" s,,cccsslyely in Byrn Mawr Col
tSElege. Wesleyan University and the uh'-5
& 9versitv OF Prince on, MI. Il Within two
sSlyea rs past, upon the resignation OF Pres-
Ss.a ident Francis J.. Patton, Prof. w oodroW
Wilson was elected and naugurnted pres
\ ident Of that renowned university
u sEIIis historical works and essays ilu'o nay
ALREADY brought to him Il high reputatio =,
" 3But 1t was not genera lly known nat ~ nc
Ak had written a more elaborate work on
North American history. The announce
IA ment. therefore by the Harpers, OF ne
Forthcoming Of this work, in i've Vol
$$}3 lImes. excited much Interest in the circles
i Of students OF history It has appeared
as announced and has, doubtless, alr el
been read by many. Each volume coh:-
tains about $50 pages, on ms. ms, l'elNS
Y .,.nita nnner. with numerous illustrat tons.
Z PORTRAITS, historical scenes ana lacslllilts
az 81 old writings and OF the title pages OF
5as hooks a careful reading of the five vol
---1,,nes moves me to the desire 70 tieHle"
&$ IN brief form work SO important aho
81 Interesting.
In his method of writing history Pres
fi ident woodrow Wilson departs widely
tt}3. fron the method which Edward Gibhon
" rystalized into perfect form IN MS I'M
& Il mortal work known as THE Decline and
liza Fa (which George Bancroft adopted IN
u I'll his learned and philosophic History 81
the United States" President Wilson
cites on his margins, no authorlnes NJ.
sources Of authority for his statements OF
{{vba / he claims to be facts. Ills method
Il Is a & rapid and sweeping summing up OF
., the facts and movements OF history CUT
ing an epoch Of events more or less de-
i finite and wide and sometimes very long.
a He completes each Of such epochal mar
NJ ratiyes and then follows up his summary
558 ly a list OF authorities and OF sources
Of authority. without any citations OIL OIL
special volumes or page.
This method mas Its advantages ana
ssSS its drawbacks. 1t gives great freedom
n to the writer, He Is IN the enjoyment OF
a5full liberty to say whatever at the mo-
4 ,rlent Of writing he believes to be q tfact
II and to seek to mould the opinions OF ms
readers, according 10 his own views ne
ss is free Iii the exercise OF. intellect, 9!
reason, Of memory, Of imagination. Q.
affections, prepossesslon. Pre1ualces unu
81 passions, and of he great master power
u Of the human soul-the will. But, on the
other hand, 1t is certain that this method.
unless pursued with extreme caution
makes him liable to errors which VIII
sooner or later be detected BY the micro
scopic examinations of seachers Tor
truth.
But let there DO no misunderstanding
@ mere. Except In the few calls for criti-
cism noted herein, have no reason TO
X believe that President Wilson'S history.
NJ In It's statements OF historic facts, Is 9TH
II erwise than accurate.
It's generalizings arc often so wide and
cover so much ground that 1t is vague IN
giving the concrete result, But In many
&i cases, and In all questions Of supreme
moment, tho learned author has evidently
bestowed the most patient and perscvcrlng
3l4 caution upon the recital Of the facts; nnG
# his statistics. In many matters OF lnpor'
lance, arc so carefully gathered and mr.
r. rayed that they absolutely annlhilatc Tho
l pretenccs and errors he opposes.
h The style OF this admirable work Is
IN, marvel Of English rhetoric, II has moth
~ ing OF the strained or the lombastic !
is brilliant, flowing, perspicuous, carry
H ing the reader forward In easy exercise Q
Ills power Of intcllection The work we
deserves It's title. "A History OF the Pee
pie" 1t is not only history Of the pee
~ DE of the United States OF America, bu
81 a history for those people, Such boo
II could come only from one who knew N
land and the people concerning who's
history he was writing, His style, thong
sometimes ms impressive and weird q
ID our canyons and salt-dcserts; at otht
III times Is as lofty as our mountains,
gently flowing as our rivers. as fresh 4
our lakes, as restless as our cyclones an
II blizzards as serene as our skies An
from time TO time his mood changes. al
e he writes some words OF genial Wit ar
wisdom which recall to our memories u
methods and words of his own father
a d methods and words which ] shall nev,
forget
As Woodson Wilson. being n Southern ma
by birIh. by lineage. by rearing, by cd'
III cation and by convictions OF jndgmen
5 has written work which will perinanen
Iy help tho southin the View of all IA
h people. 10 point out all the passage
N IN which he testiries In favor Of the Sout
and her cause would be to ask attentic
ri to a field too wide to be at onca suryeye
Il let me. however. ask special attentit
IN TO volume ~. and especially to,the pa
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