The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29

formation took place, ana ne traces IteSo
distinctive features in all the varied man
ifestntions Of British character Then me
influence of&the allen races which have
invaded England is discussed and the
ethnlo phenomena which have developed (
within the nation are considered In their
bearing on the national characted Finally
after having dealt with the Engllshmen
successfully In his moral and social 9 g.
poets, as politician and as citizen, the
author concludes with a, study OF the re-
lations which govern the two great fac
tors OF political and social llfe-the indi-c
#vidual and State. fi ts sA3 III
Wa do \ not find 1t possible to agree
with NJ le Nom bre de u Institut In q
number OF particulars. being more or less
we'll satisfied with the ways of our COM
mon race. but nevertheess we are obliged
to say that 1t Is readable and instruc-
tive book, ~ n. ST q
PER S 8 Nal "REMINISCENCES OF.
PRINCE HisMARck. BY Sidney
s whitman, Author Of Imperial Ger
e. & many, = &C.. Sc. d. Appleton & CO...
publishers, New York. SLIGO. n
+ ItE is plain that Mr.. Sidney Whitman
has proflted to the full by the opportunl-
ties afforded through his long friendship
with Prince Bismarck IN TINS Dook ne
has set forth some Of the fruits OF that
association. as interpreted by q man OF
his distinction as a man OF letters,
student OF politics and a man OF cnairs.1
1t Is an extraordinary thing that this
Englshman was received by the Iron
Chancellor almost on terms Of intimacy.
He understood the policy, motives and
views OF Bismarck as explained py sn "a
statesman himself as only compare
lively dlslnterested observer can take
such matters in. n 3s s4. {ata
Mr.. whitman first gained attention as
an authority on Germa n affairs ~ pooK
he wrote ine1SSS, entitled Imperial Ger
many /. Translated into French and
German, 1T created a decided sensation
or three times in open debate In the Ger
man Reichsrath. Axe The charSer on Bis
marck has since been Incorporated In
some Of the German school books ana
the book itself Is used as a text book At
the University Of Oxford.
The author made the acquaintance OF
Bismarck shortly after he retired from
office, and now enjoys the distinction OF
being the only living Englishman who
was in any sense intimate with the great
Chancellor. During the last seven years
| OF Bismarch's life Mr.. Whitman visited
| him no less than ten times He arrived
at Blsmarck's home for the last visit {.
few hours after Bismarck's death. ano
| was one OF the few persons out SIDE OF the
family that saw the dead statesman.
Hills BEGINNINGS OF RHETORIC
AND COMPOSITION. BY Adams
Sherman Hill. Boylston Professor o.
Rhetoric and oratory, Harvard Uni
versity. American Book Company
New York. s1,25, III
|, In this book the author teaches young
! writer's Ito express themselves correctly
| not bysidry mechanical devices, but By
| stimulating them to put their natura
selves into their compositions. The bool
aims to remove the obstacles, small o.
great. that lie between what they thinl
and what they write The young writer
i the best English within his reach ant
4 in the form adapted to his purpose. TIL
book lays stress on correct, rather thar
incorrect, forms, and on better, rathe
than on worse, modes OF expression
contains numerous exercises on every Inn
portant point sufficiently varied for tn
most pains taking teacher. and ts a worth
addition to Professor HILLS widely use
series OF textbooks on the English Ian
guage n
GOD AND MUSIC, BY John Harrington
Edwards. The Baker and Taylor Com
pany, New York. sl,26.
Origina lyrae nata deum, wis fossil
auxilium at laetltiam ferens, This Is
study Of tho relations between God an
music, as analysed by the thoughtful au
thor. It Is a study OF the posslb!litie
tho adaptation Of music to religious III
and work, DR., Edwards has treated thi
subject In scholarly manner from It
scientific and aesthetic, as we'll as In 1t
theological, aspects.