The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23
NEW YORK OLD, AND NEW.

adelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. !
4 %ao old $ ana MsE by R t%e
volumes and one of very great interest to
the student. The author, after reviewing
5he struggle upon the high seas between ee
terry of the main, gives very interesting
sketch of the settlement of New Amster-
dam by the Dutch. This story Of the es-
cies is one of the worlds greatest nara
tives of endurance, fortitude and tireless
labor in the midst of vicissitudes and
dangers which would have overaWed a
growth of political institutions and the
successive administrations of the colony
under various Dutch governors, the au-
stuyvesant, who declared in the presence
of welcoming and joyful people that, he
came to rule them las father his chill
dren." He soon taught the colonists the
rule them as a father his Children by
dictatorial methods which brooked no OPP
position. by stubborn and unyielding
eminent upon the sturdy burghers, which
was utterly contrary to that which they
had been accustomed to living under In
the representative towns OF Holland; a. AND
eminent was wrung from the home au-
thorities. Stuyvesant claimed and. often
exercised the right to preside over the the
right that he still had authority to make
ordinances and issue proclamations bind
ing upon the city even after a charter
rights Of the governor were clearly linn
tied and fixed by the king-or High
nesses.''
"The charter of 1853 marked the visible
beginning of representative government
on Manhattan Island, and the men to
whose heroic labors it was due deserve
and will ever hold an honorable place in
it's history"
"There were no idlers in the New AM
sterdam of Stuyvesant's time, yet the
Dutch were a pleasure loving people, and
found leisure for an abundance OF hOmely
and hearty sports
''The fight for a free press is one OF
the most interesting chapters in the first
volume, and tells the old, old story of
dared tell the truth, and finally the tri-
! umph of the press.
A piece of history which is not very
| we'll known is told by the author in clear
! of the "Great Negro Plot in 1741.
NEGRO slaves formed a large portion
! of the towns population Slave lmporta-
ton into the town began some time prior
| to 1923 and apears to have reached a eli
| max about 1746, when census. of the
| town showed two thousand four hundred
| thousand. Thereafter the natural in
| crease of the slaves and the important ton
! of indentured white servants assured a
supply Of labor for the needs of the col
| the decline of slavery in the colony, tells
| us that in the course of time the white
people became very much alarmed at the
aggressive attitude Of the slaves and be-
gan to enact such drastic laws against
them which shows that they lived in con-
slant dread of an uprising:
on the Sabbath in groups of more than
! four. They were forbidden to carry
| guns, swords or clubs under penalty of
! ten lashes at the whipping post; gaming
TOD 1Vy+ 1n No1f try ho
! slave who appeared on the street after
! nightfall anywhere south Of the Collect
WITHOUT a lantern 1:.; and lighted candle die
whipping post. Finally it was decreed
that a dead slave should be buried with
| out pail or bearers, and not more than
| twelve slaves were permitted to attend
| the funeral.
If these restrictions led to uprisings
among the blacks they were punished
with unsparing hand: Then follows a
among the inhabitants and was attended
by blood shed and torture Of the most ex-
cruciating kind.
! The transition of New Amsterdam into
the. New York City Of the Revolutionary
period is followed by the author very
full flow of language, but is deliberately IL
Illustrated by pictures of the scenes and
! places Of early days.
These two volumes are intensely in
|
the author has done much for the truth
THE NIGHT SIDE OF LONDON.
1.-THE Night Side of London" BY Rob-
rated cloth. $3.50 net. Philadelphia:. J.
B. Lippincott Company.
| 1.-The Night Side of London by Rob-
ert Machray, is an unusually interesting
book: The Illustrations by Tom Brown
are drawn with skill and enhance the in
| terest one takes in it. The pen of the
author and pencil of the artist are both
used with fine effect in laying bare the
| infinite variety of human characters and
types whose contrasts are more striking
where in the great and populous centers
of human vice and virtues: So vivid is
the authors description Of. the human
with the nj ghts, in Picadiliy, like unto unto
the ebb and flow of the eternal tides;
and so picturesquely has the artist in
terpreted the authors ideas and Illusions
and parading' up and down the illuminat-
ed scenes of Picadilly at night, entering
the 'l9u cum; and cafes. which stand
| streets, and participating in the gay and
pleasure pageantry of the crowds,
| or watching in silence and pity the moral
and physical cripples whose names are
| legion there.
TT is scene that strs the fancy and
touches the imagination. AS the the
! aires and music halls of London empty
themselves into the streets. the Circus is
full Of the flashing and twinkling of the
kmultitudinous lights of hurrying han
SONS, of many carriages speeding. home
| ward to supper, of streams of people,
men and women, mostly in evening dress
| walking. along, smiling and testing, and
talking of what they have been to see.
You catch charming aglimpses in the soft
ening electric light of slyph-like forms,
| pink flushed, happy faces, snowy shoul-
ders hidden in lace or chiffon, or cloaks
| Of silk and satin. Diamonds sparkle in
over to you, and you smile responsive;
a faint fragrance perfumes the wander
ing air, and the vision sweeps past you,
on outside your: "a 1ius. And there are
many such visions, each with it's own
story, it's own revelation-but with these
\ say, that. they. are all part of this pageant
of the night
| And of the London half-world the au-
thor says: ION this lovely summer night
they faunt themselves in all their BRAY
| cry; the majority of them indeed are not
badly dressed, nor are all painted. Some
Of them are foreigners, but most of them
are unmistakenly English. Some have
| bold eyes, some have not. They seem
sober-every one. But what a number
say, all fond Of kiss and fond Of a
The night side of London thigh life
| IS on the surface extremely Kaleidoscope,
but beneath the surface and in all es-
sentials it differs a little from the night
high life began. Its main feature is, as
it has always been, and always will be.
Mr.. H. G. Wells anticipations to the con-
trary5 notwithstanding, the pursuit of
pleasure in an everlasting Vanity Fair:
It is a merry-go-r round, whose merriness
OuicE1y SLOWLY. accOrdine t0 the Tough