The Appeal., 1903-10-31
ORGANIZED LABOR.

-. ORGANIZED LABOR. 5E@
Organlzed Labor: By John. Mitchell.
Pp: 1876 with 4S full-page' illustrations.
sl.75 net. philadelphia: American Book
What particularly impresses the reader
Of this book is the broad grasp which Mr..
Mitchell has shown. Mr.. Mitchell al
nnobsh,v thobgh t6a pnionst Of the unioniSt and
ganized labor has had in this country,
stlll attempts to take up the problem from
the point of view Of the patriotic citizen.
public. Mr.. Mitchell does not shirk the
discussion of the weak points of labor or
ganizations: and is especially eloquent in
There are a number of chapters taking up
the arguments against Trade Unionism as
well as proposed plans for benefiting the
conditions of the workman. Mr.. Mitchell
and proposes; a method by which they may
be prevented, or at least 1ninimized.
There are half dozen chapters deal
ing with the coal strike Of 1902. giving the
Mitchell states that at the beginning of
August the strike was about to collapse,
and that if energetic. action had not been
taken at this time by the operators, the
strike would have }Seen lost. The inside
history of the strike and the story Of how
victory was snatched from defeat is told
in graphic and eloquent manner by the
author.
HISTORY OF THE GERMAN STRUG-
GLE FOR LIBERTY.
History Of the German Struggle for
Liberty. BY Poultney Bigelow Volume 3.
$225 net. New York: Harper & Brothers.
While the literature of Germany leads
| the world in advanced thought concern
ing philosophy, science. and even the
ology, it is absolutely barren as to biog-
in the struggle for liberty which began
| immediately following the battle of Wa
| terloo, and ended in 1S4S. The author
feelingly states that no mention is made
| in German literature of men above medi-
ocre ability who took part in that move
/ ment, and that his task has been one of
| interesting delving into thousands of
pages of dead records of the past to OBJ
tain the information desired, not a page
of which was enlivened by personal
"reminiscences or anecdote Of the leaders
Of that movement
1t is needlss to say this popular up
rising of the people was never sanctioned
by those in power, and it's leaders were
there were many advocates, but the pen
of the censor prohibited the circulation
of documents urging any change in the
prerogatives of the existing absolute mon
archy. The censor even went so far as
to confiscate private papers, and several
patriots, subsequently suspected, gave
thanks that their papers and houshold
possessions were destroyed either by fire
With this dearth of material TO work
upon. the student can fully appreciate
the exhaustive labor the author imposed
upon himself to acquire data from which
struggle for liberty. That he has done
his work we'll is apparent to any one who
will read this volume; and no better en-
conium can be given than to say it will
stand as monument to his unwearying
industry and literary ability in present
ing for the first time a faithful history of
the struggle of the German people for
liberty.
ANT1sEM1T1sM.
Antisemitism. By Bernard Lazare.
3S4 Cloth gilt top. S. New York: IN
ternational Library Publishing Co.
Recent events in Russia have given
this book peculiar timeliness. 1t is a
pages must have been written many
months before those outbreaks gave a
most mos: painful G,i interest to the Jewish cues
as% SR subject The aShe o IL %ss dasm Rat S M
piled in the title to his book, but this
circumstance does not seem to have BIZ
ased his judgment in the forming of his
with great candor, and the blame is dis
tributed with fairness. The fault is found
to be not all on the part of the Gentle
world, but the 1sraelite himself. is char
ecu Will Hay AllS IuuC1l VI Tic
trouble to his people by manifest short
comings. =
The treatment given the subject is his
lations between Jews and Gentiles are
traced from the earliests times. Perhaps
the reader will be most surprised to
learn how much of PROSECUTING has been
carried on reciprocally between the He
brews and their neighbors. From this
has resulted a greater mixture of race
than Jews would, perhaps. willingly ad-
mit The author does not believe in race
distinctions whether these be founded up
on language, shape of the head. or color
Of the skin. So long, however, the
opinion prevails that races are distinct
and that there is superiority on the one
part and inferiority on the other part
there is likely to be trouble between Jew
and Gentle as we'll as between black and
white. There are too many illustrative
examples of this in the current history
Of this country. and this book can be
read with profit by many who are called
upon to decide questions daily arising
here.
CIVIL WAR TIMES.
Civil War Times. By Daniel Wait
Howe, author of the Puritan Republic.
8 vo. PIP. 421. $3.50 Indianapolis: Dobbs-
Merrill CO.
The war of 61-5 will never cease-at
least in the present generation, to be a
perennial and never failing topic of alb
sOrhing interest. This is so, because it
was q war of giants; because many OF
those giants still survive its vicissitudes
it's chair breadth escapes, and the immi-