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SOCIAL L1FEsIN THE EARLY REPUB-
Social Life in the Early Republic. By
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton Pro-
top, uncut edges. So net. Philadel-:
phia: J. B. Lippincott Company.
Within the last year or two there mas
been. written GOOD. deal Of interesting
reading matter dealing with the early
life of the Republic and Of the colonial
period. Much of the matter that has
Of .hastiness and i'll preparation. and can
hardly be classed as standard literature
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, however, In
Social Life in the Early Republic has
has made a profound study Of the colon
| ial period, and the previous volumes which
| she has written dealing with the men,
| the politics and the tragic events of that
evolution was not only we'll received by
| the reading people, but caused. them TO
| look forward with much expectation to
| the present volume, which may be termed
exhaustive.
The first chapter on "A Social Evolu-
| ton carries one straight to the heart
OF the subject, without any of the sicken-
ing little, prologues or apologles when N1lsa
| 'Ine Bosronlans unite simplicity OF
morals with that French politeness and
! delicacy of manner which render virtue
more amiable.' wrote Brissot de War.
America soon after the Revolution. In
the New England city the observing
i Frenchman recorded that he discovered
"neatness without luxury" and, if in 9TH
er cities and towns that he visited he
! found more luxury and less neatness, in
| all of them he met cultivated men and
women so charming that he frankly ad,
mitted that for beauty and conversational
Lab hoy fQV0rqhlV
those Of any court in the Old World.
In discussing the landed gentry OF the
southern states she writes: In nothing
were the English characteristics of the
Southern settler more clearly shown thar
in his love for field sports. A Maryland
chronicler writes of his countrymen: On
horses that seemed almost tireless, AND
with dogs like the horses they sometimes
chased Reynard across the eastern pen
insula from the Chesapeake to the At
lantic The return journey and the stops
at hospitable mansions on the way, tooR
more time than the pursuit OF the fox
| ed a week.
In chapter on "Jeffersonian Simple
lity'' she writes the following story
her sweeping structures upon Democrats
she must have made mental reservation
in favor of Mr.. Jefferson, with whom
she was great favorite. Indeed it was
in consequence of Mr.. Jeffersons having
given the precedence to Mrs. Madison at
a state dinner that he aroused the ami
mostly of the British minister Anthony
Merry. White House etiquette does not
seem to have occupied Mr.. Jefferson's
thoughts very considerably at this time
and either from carelessness or because OF
his defiant disqualification, he quite Sc
riously offended number of people,.
The author writes interesting chapters
on the politics, society and intellectual.
interests of the early inhabitants OF the
| Republic.
THE TRUE ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The True Abraham Lincoln. BY Will
liam Eler9y Curtis author Of g., The c Trqe
Lippincott Company.
There are few rare characters in
history. the record OF whose lives sroW In
and which CLEAN brighter as time passes
instead Of fading with the general wreck
of men, and things by which they were
These Characters are unique and orig
inal and bear striking analogies to each
other-the most important of which is
their self dedication to truth:
They may be called the guide posts OF
| civilization, and may be named as, Christ
Socrates, Luther and Lincoln: IT is about
the latter that William Eleroys Curtis has
written under. the title, ''rhe True Abra-
The story Of Lincoln is always absorb
| ing and full of human interest. The vol
! umes which have been written about him
we have. however, read none Of. them
| which surpass in arrangement OF literary
detail, Mr.: Curtis publication. De NOR
tuis nil nisi bonum" has exerted such a
| that it's literature fails to throw much
! light upon many of the eminent careers
| of distinguished statesmen and soldiers.
| Mr.. Curtis, however, writes in a natural
| ohn1t natural and does
| not fail to remind us that Mr.. Lincoln
had faults, as youth, and as man.
These faults. however. serve as strik-
ing contrast to- the sublimlty OF his char
| acter, which had been attained before
his assassination;
The illustrations are, profuse and some
published biography OF the Great Emanci-
| pator's life.
Lincoln, the Leader Of the Springfield
Bar" is full Of interest, as the author
| traces his intellectual development. from
that of the average pioneer, upward and
onward until he became a pleader Of such
striking power and force as to easily sur c-
cases men who had been trained in in
| situations of higher education.
! 1.-THE occasion upon which Lincoln dis
played INV >Ial power as an orator was
the .Bloon.'..ston Convention for the or
ganization of the Republican party early
Completely electrified by human speech:
!
former members of all political parties.
| had adopted the name Republican, had
taken extreme grounds against slavery,
! and l1au launched new political organi-
| zation; but it contained many discord-
| ant, envious and hostile elements. Those
! who had watched the proceedings were
anxious and apprehensive Of dissention
| and jealousy, and Lincoln, with his acute
political perceptions, realized the danger.
| perhaps more keenly than any other man
in the assembly. He saw before him a
group OF earnest, jealous. sincere men;
willing to make, tremendous sacrifices
and undertake Titanic tasks, but at the
same time most of them chung to their
| own theories and advocated their indi-
vidual methods with tenacity that
promised to defeat their common purpose.
| Therefore, when he arose in response to
! the unanimous demand for q speech from
| the great orator of Springfield, his soul
was flooded with a. desire and a purpose
| to harmonic and amalgamate the patri-
| otto emotions Of his associates. -
Those who were present say that at
first he spoke: slowly; cautiously, and In
a monotone, but gradually his words grew
in force and intensity until he swept the
discordant souls of the assembly together
and his hearers AROSE from their chairs
pressed unconsciously towards HIM" His
influence was irresistible. u.
:. -
THE REAL BENEDICT ARNOLD.
Inc Real BeneQlCt ATnOlQ. by CNdfleS
Burr Todd, author of 1.-THE True Aaron
Burr limo. Cloth. illustrated; net, 20.
New York: A. s. Barnes & Co.. ~
The "reaP' and true" people seem to
have the front of the stage just now.
An unpleasant impression has prevailed
in many quarters that Benedict Arnold
has not been fairly treated, that his serv-
great fault was not over emphasized per-
haps, but unreasonably punished. Treach-
cry to ones country far surpasses the