The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08
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soc1ALL1FE4 IN THE EARLY REPuB75
Social Life in the Early Republic. BY
Anne HollhgsWorth Wharton: Pr0
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pnia: J.. B. Lippincott Company. .,
Within the last year or two there has
been written good deal Of interesting
life. of the Republic and of the colonial
period. Much of the matter that has
been given to the public bears the stamp
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
written historically and well. This lady
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
most strenuous period of development and
evolution was not only well 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 apologies which
usually characterize works of this class:
1.-The Bostonians unite simplicity OF
morals with that French pOliteness and
delicacy of manner which render virtue
ville who visited the principal cities of
America soon after the Revolution. In
the New England city the observing
Frenchman recorded that he discovered
er cities and towns that he visited he
found more luxury and less neatness, in
all Of them he met cultivated men ana
women so charming that he frankly ad-
mitted that for beauty and converSatlonal
ability they compared favorably with
those of any court in the Old World.
In discussing the landed gentry of the
southern states she writes: In nothing
Southern settler more clearly shown than
in his love for field sports. A Maryland
chronicler writes of his countrymen: ON
horses that seemed almost tlreless, and
with dogs like the horses, they sometimes
insula from the Chesapeake to the At
lantic The return journey and the stops
at hospitable mansions on the way, took
more time than the pursuit OF the foX,
and the whole expedition sometimes last
ed a week.
In a chapter on "Jeffersonian Simple
ity'' she writes the following story
When Mrs: Madison gave expression PRESS + to
she must have made a mental reservation
in favor of Mr.. Jefferson, with whom
she was great favorite. Indeed it was
in consequence Of Mr.. Jetterson,s having
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
thoughts very considerably at this time,
and either from carelessness or because OF
his defiant red-republicanism, he quite Sc
riously offended a number of people"
The author writes interesting chapters
on the politics, society and intellectual
interests of the early inhabitants OF the
Republic.
THE STORY OF THE SLAVE.
Slavery and Servitude in New Jersey,
BY Alfred M. Heston. Member of the
New Jersey Historical Society. Camden
N. J.: sinnickson Chew ,so Sons - 90 e,.verv
and servitude as it existed in New Jer-
sey The fact is brought out that slav-
cry existed in America long before 1879,
cargo of human freight to Jamestown.
The Aztecs in Mexico enslaved not only
enemies taken in battle but those OF their
own nation who were convicted OF inert
introduced in New Jersey in 168O-at least
that is the earliest recorded instance Of
ownership of, African slaves. Many OF
the iadng s citizens n Of
good old elder, whose ventures on the
African coast always turned out we'll,
who returned thanks on the Sunday fol
harbor in these words: AN overruling
Providence has been pleased to bring to
this land of freedom another cargo of
benighted heather to enjoy the blessings
Perth Amboy was New Jerseys chief
port of entry, and blacks were to be seen
there in goodly numbers, many of them
t tri6l' marks R y Adults sold from 5000 to
$780, The system of white, honda e;;
known as redemptive servitude. existed
throughout the Seventeenth and eigh-
oicy foVr Of hTr 10 Cr1
was usually voluntary, and at the expira-
ton Of the term the redemptiOners were
merged into the mass of white population
without any special faint of sery1tude:
slaves, who were found to- be cheaper
than white servants, checked in a meas
ure the trade in redemptoners.
NEW rom the Brsh 1saads
were merged into the, mass Of the, popu-
lation An act providing for the grad ia
New 5erse ey f egstur waT in 1851 @
Their act in 1920 and still later another
in 1916, did not bring about the compile te
emancipation of the slaves, although
there were but Is in the entire state Whe1
LincoIns proclamation was issued. Lr
1880, Hon. Garret A. Hobart, at that tins
a member of the state senate, introduced
ant Lad passed a bill which removed
from the statutes the last vestige Of s:av-
cry in New Jersey.
The little book contains much yalua biz
information.
ROMANCE OF THE COMMONPLACE
The Romance of the Commonplace. BY
Gelett Burgess. $3.50. San Francisco.
Paul Elder and Morgan Shepard.
This is volume Of modern philosophy,
which ranks in that class of essays made
famous by Jerome K. Jerome. Mr.. Bur
CESS says many clever things in his book.
and one may glance at any chapter and
discover many commonplace things writ-
ten in very uncommon manner. 'The
desire to tell Secrets writes the author.
is one Of the most contagious of diseases.
Gus moral constitutions never succumb.
but once an epidemic begins it is hard
work stopping it, and secret on the ram
page is we'll nigh irresistible. Tell your
secret, then, broadcast, and let it have it's
way until it dies out. But above all never
confide it to her who asserts she never has
the slightest desire to tell, for there, like
a seed sown in fertile ground, it will ger
inmate and flower long after YOU have for
gotten it. aye: and bring forth fruit you
never planted
Again: ''Flattery is. however, an edged
tool, and must be used with care. It is
not everyone who has the tact to decide at
a glance just how much his victim will
stand"
The author treats Of art science and
literature with such a delicate, irOnical
criticism, and withal. with so much of