The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-30

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haye the front of the stage just now.
in many quarters that Benedict Arnold
has not been fairly treated, that his serv-
ices to his country were ignored and his
great fault was not oyer-emphasiZed per-
haps. but unreasonably punished. Treach-
cry to ones country far surpasSeS the
other great treachery to ones friend and
IS not TO pc condoned n any wise: There here
which explain the deed and modify the
bitter condemnation.
While not condonins Arnold's treason,
ices to America, and shows conclusiYely
that he four times saved the cause of the.
Colonies: first at the battle of Valcour's
Island on Lake Champla1n (the first naval
were engaged), Where, by his desperate
valor, he gave the British such whole
some respect for, American arms that
they gave up their plan Of invasion nom
the north that year; second, by. raising
the siege of Fort Stanwix in the Mohawk
Valley and putting to flight st, Leger's
invading army marching to aid Burgoyne,
and third and fourth by winning the two
Greasy included as one of the fifteen de-
cisive battles of the world.
Mr.. Todd also shows that it was the
influence of Arnold's wife and his fear
of losing her should her reasonable cor
respondence with the British officers be
discovered, which induced Arnold to be-
tray MS country. ana not the gross Ill
justice of Congress nor the calamities of
paper generals-the motives generally
ascribed. The book is an original and
unique contribution to revolutionary his
tory. The illustrations are interest ting
and instructive; especially noteworthy is
the reproduction of an old print repre-
senting the burning Of Arnold in eftigy.
AS death drew near it is said his mind
wandered. and he was again in America.
fighting his battles with Washington and
his old comrades in arms: In lucid in
terval he asked that his Continental uni
form of a major general, in which he had
escaped to the "Vulture' and which he
| had ever cherished, might be brought and
put on him. with the epaulets and sword
knots which Washington had given him
| as the bravest Of the brave;
Let me die in my old American uni
FORM he said 1.-THE uniform in which
| fought my battles. God forgive me-
he added for ever putting on any
| other
| THE ARCHERY OF sAMARA.
| The Archery of Samara, BY Henry lilo
Coates & Go.
treatment of the Poles during their last
| revolt and says he has been an eyeWlt-
ness of most of the incidents narrated IN
his romance. He writes with the bitter
tar enthroned in st. Petersburg is the
dragon that holds the half of two CONT
nents between his terrific iron jaws ready
to crush him who dares to put straw in
| his way. :" Darkest Russia is not
limited to the confines of the pale; it COW
ers an empire where the sun never sets,
peopled by 130,000,000 of beings who be-
long soul and body to the car. 1t is an
unweldy mass of heterogeneous humanity
in various stages of degradation, at least
forty kinds of religionists hating each
other and all hating the police and the
| army
| These sentiments form the undercurrent
of the book and are in strange contradlc-
| ton to what has been written OF late re-
| garding Russia and the policies of reform
adopted. They are in keeping, however
| with the latest newspaper accounts OF the
persecution Of the Jews, which cannot be
surpassed in barbarity. The book is
timely contributions to current literature
THE MYSTERY OF MURRAY DAvEN
PORT
The Mystery Of Murray Davenport
Story Of New York at the Present Day
BY Robert Nelson Stephens. Illustrated
The Ho scene Gene: is New York. The hero :
He has tasnt ana
him. Mr. Stephens is particular to seel
| verisimiIltude in careful descriptions O.
familiar neighborhoods. He aims to re-
New York. it's architecture, its manners
/ it's customs. The well-appOinted fiat thu
lboarding house, the hotel. the pseudo
Bohemian cafe, the chophouse. the water
side neighborhood are all recognizable
The personages are generally common
place enough to seem perfectly natural
The mystery seems to be something
! new in mysteries: and if we are willing
to accept it for what it is worth. we GER
tainly will not quarrel with the manner
| of it's presentment. Everything is like
ly enough except the explanation Whe1
it comes. What it is the reader mus
| learn for himself.
| NEW YORK OLD AND NEW.