The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-08
WAS JUDAH P. BENJAMIN
BORN IN FAYETTEVILLE?
DR.. Kingsbury Has an Impression That II. Was-=-
Sena or Vests Life of Benjan1in-=-"The
One Wonnan.'

then, and for many years after, was de-
scrlbed by JOIN Adams as mot a legisia-
tive Assembly, nor a representative assem-
bly,, but only a diplomatic assembly, No
central authority existed IN America. The
local Governments of the separate prov
mces Were responsible for the ordinary
course OF civil administration, and those
Governments, so far from being legally
and duly constituted, We're not constituted
at ALL
Senator Beveridge, Of Indiana, is a re-
markable man. He "sDluread, , FOOD
deaf when he first entered the Senate.
put he has shown himself to be a pub
hcist Of mark and elocuence. He is no
sceDtic or spouter Of hysterical sophisisms
and bareiaced nonsense under the guise
OF philosophy. IN one of his recent pub
llshed articles on Americans of Today
and Tomorrow" he says tina w
Americans are a profoundly religious peo-
PIE. We can not help it, 1t springs, like
all other fundamental characteristics. on,
out the elements Of our being and our
place and antecedcnts IN the history OF
man" They are not blatant inGdels ana
hostile critics Of Gods Book and il that
serse they are profoundly religious Buy
that does not prove that they are truly
coneecrated and spiritualIy-minded Chris
tans- We all know the power Of formal
ism and ~fetuallstlc worship. But Ameri-
cans can be said, and to their credit to
be on the side OF Bible Christianity in
contra-dlstinction to Ingersolisn and New
England burlesques of the truth Of God.
and genuine revealed religion. Here is q
good and true passage from Senator Bey-
erage:
If morals DO not grow out of religion,
they are nothing but conveniences, like
clothing or windows or freplaces or
knives and forks-nothing but rules of
prudence. like keeping ones feet dry or
staying off the railroad track when the
whistle of the approaching engine blows.
But put the religious sentiment into this
same code Of morals and they become a
part Of your being, like the blood to the
body. With practical morals a man will
90 a certain thing or refrain from doing
Z certain thing because the effect IS ad-
vantageOus or the reverse; with religious
morals Il man will do the same thing or
refuse to do another thing because he
must-because 1T is right. He has taken
definite hold CT the hand Of some power
higher than the God of Gain and Loss.
Ecnceforth his life and career become
worth while"
Those desirous Of a very good edition
Of Shakespeare will find it in Macmillan
and Company's "Eversley Edition. It is
thoroughly edited by DR.. C. H. Hereford,
Professor of English Literature at the
University of Wales. In text. in a%nnota-
tons and commentary, it can be accepted
as the latest product Of the best Shapes
pearean scholarship. The eleventh volume
IS Mr.. Hamilton Wright Mabie's bio
graphy of shakespeare the Man. uni
form IN binding, type page, etc, with the
WORKS The type is clear and beauti-
Jul, and the binding a handsome red IN
terlaken cloth. This is late, and up-to-
date. There are 153 prints. It's price is
SO. There are several other new editions
Of the greatest poet and genius of the
world, In all time. The best edition Of
American production general, ready use
is Richard Grant Whites larger edition.
His notes are scholarly, helpful, judicious,
brief. His three volume edition is CAPT
tai, handy and most useful. use it con
stantly as a working edition.
Harper and Brothers have a new, com
plete, eEceIlently Illustrated edition Of
William Makepeace Thackeray's works,
one OF the worlds foremost novetists and
satirists, the best master of style of any
fictive author whatever. It has 800 illus
t~rations, and the edition is pronounced to
be beautiful. The price Is sos. The type
is clear, and the paper of the best quality.
Another desirable edition of Shakespeare
IS known as the Temple school Of Shakes
peare.' 1t is edited by Oliphant Smea-
ton, and is illustrated, and with literary
notes. It has just begun to be published,
but one volume containing but one play
is cut, The Tempest" a master piece CT
genius. Another interesting announce.
meGt is the Mermaid Series" IN nan
volumes, containing some Of the hest
plays Of the old dramatic writers cf
Shakespearean times. The old text IS pur-
sued. The volumes ready are Marlowe,
Otway. Congreve, and Steele. Those in
preparation are Ford, Massinger, in two
volumes; Haywood, Wycherley, Nero
and other plays, Beaumont and Fletcher,
In two volumes Webster and Tourneuf.
Middleton and Shirley, Decker, Ben Jon
son, in three volumes; Chapman, Van
brugh, and DRYDEN. Each volume is to
have a photogravure of the dramatist.
The editor of the "New York Bookman'
wrote to certain authors asking opinions
as to the relative value Of magazine and
newspaper reviews OF books-if in fact
the criticisms IN "tho best newspapers OF
the countly are better than those in the
magazines" Jack London, who has
popped into some celebrity as a novelist
writes that he has seen some newspaper
reviews which, for seriousness, dignity
and comprehension, compared .tavorabl3
with literary magazine reviews. Why
not? The critic for the New York Sur
receives $4,000 a year, more doubtless
than any editor of an American magazine
receives. l suppose the critic of the New
York Tribune gets q large salary also. HI
certainly deserves it. The criticisms 0
the New York Evening Post, from th'
pens Of many writers, are generally diG.
nified, scholarly, able and thorough.
wrote also that another author com
claims in "The Booknan' CT an offence
have several times pointed out-glving a.
analysis Of novels. Mr. S. E. Whit
whites: New indiscrininate prals
means nothing to ne except that the re
viewer is probably getting his five dollar
per. Likewise, when I have taken SIT!
thousand words to tell a story : doe
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