The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28

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in producing this work heshas merely JUS
tilted his natural fitness in this line.
Sonae persons are correct as to gram
mar, others as to rhetoric. A wrong use
of a proposition or verb may be quite Of
fensive to the trained grammarian, the
improper application of a figure of speech
OffendS the accomplished taste.
There was a grocer who was very &C
curate in his grammer, and he wanted
his customers to use proper language
and took some trouble to instruct them.
him: Whats eggs to;dayG the lx;o reply ~
hear it, the Ia last got here were more
lacks nisused words, vulgarisms, every,
day. errors and slang in concise bu'
clear manner, and many errors OF speech
| which are often made by persons of IN
study of the book.
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS ABROAD.
Five Little Peppers Abroad. BY Mar
garet Sidney. Eight illustrations by Fan n
| Boston: Lothrop Publishing Co.. This
| very newest of the Pepper stories is just
as charming as the other famous books
! that have preceded it in the series; 1t
| er,-the little doctor, Polly, and Phron-
sic over seas, with Grandpapa King, Jas
| per and Parson and Mrs. Henderson
There in new scenes and new experiences
the Keen knowledge of child nature that
| have made all the Pepper Books so IRE
sistible, are just as conspicuous as they
| have b:en in the Pepper stories at home
ELECTRA.
! BunneIl M S. Of the Flexner School,
| Louisville, Ky. Cloth, l2mo, 1856 pages
| Price. 70 cents.
at Madrd On y TnEa wa? 60 1861 made
deep impression on the Spanish people
It was written to give expression to the
authors ambition for his country anc
his countrymen, and: to urge them to So
| ciaI and political renovation. It is es-
! pecially timely and interesting to Amer
! lean readers, as showing the contempt.
is but little understood on this side, Of
school edition published in this country
the book contains the necessary notes
| as well as complete vocabulary
|
THE REAL. BENEDICT ARNOLD.
The Real Benedict Arnold. BY Charles
Burr Todd, author Of ''rhe True Aaron
Burr" 12mo. Cloth. illustrated; net, 81. 20
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co.
The real" and true people seem tt
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-
| ices TO MS country were lEuOIc Gu 1IAu A1s
great fault was not over emphasized per-
| haps, but unreasonably punished. Treach'
! cry to ones country far surpasses the
great to 1nsz f1ed
| may be, however, certain circumstances
which explain the deed and modify the
| bitter condemnation.
While not condoning Arnold's treason
ices to America, and shows conclusivelJ
that he four times saved the cause of tn
Colonies: first at the battle of Valcour':
Island on Lake Champlaln (the first nava
battle, by the way, in which our arms
were engaged), where, by his desperate
valor, he gave the British such whole
some respect for American arms tina
they gave UP their plan Of invasion from
the north that year; second, by ralslns
the siege of Fort Stanwix in the Mohawl
Valley and putting to flight st. Leger':
and third and fourth by winning the tw.
battles of Saratoga, which. con5olned
Cressy included as one of the fifteen de-
cisive battles of the world.
Mr.. Todd also shows that It was tn.
influence of Arnold's wife and his feal
of losing her should her reasonable cor
respondence with the British officers b*
| discovered, which induced Arno:z 10 be
justice Of Congress nor the calantties O
paper generals-the motives .aneralh
ascribed- The book is an original ant
unique contribution to revolutionary his
!
and Instructive; especially noteworthy il
the reproduction Of an old print repre-
senting the burning Of Arnold in ef1gy.
AS death drew near, 1t Is said his nffnt
wandered, and he was again In America
| fighting his battles with Washington ant
| his old comrades in arms. In a lucid in
| terval he asked that his Continental uni
form of major general, In which he hu<
escaped to the "Vulture" and which h
had ever cherished, might be brought ant
| put on him, with the epaulets ind sword
| knots which Washington had given hin
as the bravest OF the brave.
LET me die in my old American uni
FORM" he said, 1.-The uniform i'll which
fought my battles. God forgive me,
ne added 'for ever putting ON any
| ether"
TWO ON THEIR TRAVELS.
1.-TWO on Their Travels by Ethel Col
! Quhoun, $3.50. New York, A. S. Barnes &
Co.
1.-TWO on Their Travels" by Ethel Col
quhoun, with Photographic illustrations
by the writer is a very interesting boof
! of travel.
The writer describes the out-of- the-wa.
places which she visited with style en-
| tirely natural, and yet which exhibits {
| style of treatment quite unique. In the
| chapter called "a voyage of misery anG
! 4 happy ending she writes: IF the fooC