New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Some Historical and Pedagogical
Studies.

AfcCaleb % challenge the verdict OF former
historians notably Henry Adams M. Nc
Caleb's contribution TO the subject. Tine Aaron
Burr Conspiracy" Dodd, Mead q COD. is az
Interesting volume lie has used original
sources so freely throughout that en- many steps
the narrative is told by contemporary record,
and d. has made use or sources hitherto neg
iec-ed or unknown such as the documents dis
covered ia 1886 m the I2eXar archives AZ San
Antonio The burden Il his book is a demon
straton tha. TIE movement was hlibustering
carnuaiCu arsiust thc Spanish border, conceived
81 .he hope 81 pre ipitatiug war which the
cov,tlrlort ,yould be- Hzely 90 undertake for
viaG.catiou or territorial claims; taat H. was
a. uo time ard in DO way au cudcavo1 70 vrest
the Western States from the Union Nr. Nc
Caleb makes OFT a case that for simplicity ana
Dfnutoncss lt would Doc difficult t0 cof1bat.
Tn the corresroudencc with the English end
Spanish ministers. Merry and Nrujo. the euiEor
finds deliberate intention 20 deceive. Burr
wished 30 via theu. severally, 20 aiding The
expedition with money, AND when their home
governments remained silent or disapprove9
played tho two representative or against one
another. To the Euglshman il was PRETENDED
that the West was anxious 30 throw or tie
dominion 81 Tho United States. and that al that
was necessary 70 the accomplishment Of
stroke SO near King Georges heart was 4 small
feet 10 support the army, then forming, AND
some OF the siuews OF war Merry was COM
ple;ey taken in. To approach Nrujo with The
request Tor funds 20 aid an enterprise in reality
directed against the integrity Of his sovereign
colonial dominion was The height 81 audacity.
The whole erisoGe is fun % these astounding 4
risks and contradictions. ar McColeh rs az
pains to show carefully from the evidence al 4
newspapers. correspondence. expressions OF \
public opinion and military actions thai the 4
West harbored no intention % disunion. Inc \
West believed fu Burr. iU spite Of al charges 4
against him. until The Presidents psoclama-
tion which produced q general revusion WI
kinson's advance to the Sabine River, which /
was expected 10 open hostilities. accomplished .
Just the opposite. TIE Spanish withdrew pro
Nisionaly. ard the general entered into an I'M
authorized compact fn the 'ueutral ground
sraatv~ WHkuso.-s further course En- turning
against Burr and his column. charging the for
sner Vice President with treason and affecting
10 preserve 1lcU-Orleaus. the pretended OBJ
5e~tfve point ~ tho bandits" though in reality
subiectinc II 10 "a tyraurous martial law for the
deliberate purpose of iuuenchinE himself in
.Ienersou's esteem lv manufacturing am occa-
sion f0r heroic patriotism. is q story all The
sliore marvellous fo~ FITS surprising success. The
COLLAPSE OF the expedition. The postponefnent OF
Tho clash with Spain for century. and finally
she failure 10 reach Burr with legal punishment
ever 10 convict OF an obvious high misdeneanor,
reproduction on a reduced scale OF Burr's map
az part OF Mexico. showing The road from Vera
Cruz to the capital. serves as frontisrieoe.
II may De admitted that The youlE person in
Annie Stcrer Winst6n's Memoirs OF Child"
d.ongmans. Green & COD had her own ideas.
width 81 horizon was oppressive. any inlmen-
sity induced something akin TO dread in her
iaiud and she cougratulates herself that in
,so1 Md a
mountain The child analyzed this feeling.
though 81 should be said in passing that hap
plv. she rarely analysed her feelings.-as
''Eomorse Cor general and hopeless depravity),
Iiomesiclzness. Apprehension OF Snakes.
Whatever stirred ur.ehned dread in the child |
Invariably suggested snakes. not sure nough' /
snakes. terrible only FOR ,heir capacity to bite
though the child did not 81 all IN her own mind /
formulate the Gistlucti0n-but mysterious. in- /
triusiCally fearful serpeuts. which We're realities
..,,a'., ,il,,,iss-t,' -ea,,,,e belonging 20 tb
region Of chaos and old night" and haunting
dark impencuahc holes and corners For the
child was almost as much given as the ancient
geographer 60 peoping the uneXplored with
shapes u Gear.
But ideas Of immensely cid not occupy this
ohud's mind oyermuch. As matter Of fact
and peIhaus as "a corollary 20 her feelings ia
such matters. what She particularly took pleas
urc in was the minute. fairies arc deliciousy
Ht'lc and little things carry magic suggestion.
50 I'm her garden she was most charmed with a
wild 'uny blue star" she one day discovered ia
the grass. Thereafter az the grass became sub
Sect 20 blossonrine into tiny blue stars. and a
constant watch WAS kept for them. That no
m5ie were ever found merely certified the better
a fairy origin. wild flowers generally were more
delightful than the customary product of the
garden There was sense OF discovery about
the ulcUlti,atcd. The fragrance OF The waite
violet WAS go fair; that e. hardly seemed rea-
sorahle ro think that any one else had ever
noted it
The child ureforrci or would have preferred.
20 cat beg saaa.s ia The trees rather than in the
rroSaic way $50 iDcomprehensIhly dear to adults.
Dor creeping thincs she had not only physical
repugnauoe. but something like moral rep-oba-
ton. and Ia was "a distinct drawback 10 butter
nles ,hat Jhcy were after ALL only loathly cater
pillars which had risen in The world. In make
believe our Young friend was an artist: bat even
81 artists powers are limited and the intrusion
OF other people could disastrousiy undo such
magic ar the RECONCILIATION OF hoIlyhocks How
age Was the basis Of social classification: how
fn language she puzzled often without
shopping 20 seek advice and how she Gisdained
% use Hdult words al times when she knew
rherl: what her sensations were IN regard 70 the
frend who had an 2lnaost ghastly fashion 81 de-
claring 900. y-o-uvc told STORY"
IRE an worth nndinE out These memoirs have
~ air ~ authenticity and are delightfully."- fun
~ rotions THAI now strike one as familiar and
natural or again as curiously peculiar according
- 'hcir varying from the readers standard.
The third volume in William il. Flemirg's
''FIou to study Shakespeare" gives apparatus
for abe use OF reading clubs In The plays Much