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

ing for the first time faithful history OF
the struggle Of the German people Tor
ANTIsEM1T1sM. y d.. i.
Antisemitism BY BERNARD Lazare
Translated from the French. Svo. PIP.
ss4. Cloth gilt top. So. New York: In
Lbfary h G9
this book peculiar timeliness. 1t is a
translation from the French, and it's
pages must have been written many
most painful interest to the Jewish ques-
ton. The author is himself a Hebrew,
and subject to all the odium that is i'm
circumstance does not seem to have BIZ
ased his Judgment in the forming of his
opinions. The case is certainly stated
with great candor, and the blame is dis,
to be not all on the part of the Gentle
world but the Israelite himself is char
ged with having brought much of the
trouble to his people by manifest short
comings.
The treatment given the subject is his
torical. In successive chapters the re-
latons between Jews and Gentiles are
traced from the earliest times. Perhaps
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-
nit The author does not believe in race
distinctions whether these be founded up
OF the skin. So long however, as the
opinion prevails that races are distinct
and that there is superiority on the one
part and inferiority on the other part
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 TINS pooR can ln oe
read with profit by many VINO are called
upon to decide questions daily arising
here.
CIVIL. WAR TIMES.
Civil War Times. BY Daniel Wait
Howe author Of the Puritan 1;1 Republic ubhe
Merrill CO.
The war of '61-5 will never cease-at
least in the present generation: to be a
sorhing interest. This is so. because it
was Il war Of giants; because many OF
those giants still survive its yicissitudes;
nent deadly breach; it's long and dread
full marches: it's Gettysburg and Chlcka-
! maugas; because the finale Of that con-
fict profoundly influenced the civilizations
of the world; because its echoes still re-
American American III lifc al '''' |' ''' ava
Because OF these things the author $
volume il interesting. 1t can be read
with profit by any one and many Incl
dents OF the great strife which has hith-
erto remained unwritten, is brought forth
by Mr.. Howe.
One of the most interesting chapters
in the volume is one dealing with the re-
lation of the Confederacy toward the Ne
gro Soldier The author tells US, that
| mander favored the enlistment of black
soldiers; that the matter was finally de-
bated in the Confederate Senate, and the
bill authorizing the enlistment of Negro
soldiers, was defeated by but one vote
that of Senator Hunter. That when the
! desperate circumstances Of the Confed-
saw the doom of Richmond and the
''cause,'' draft order was issued to force
the black soldier to fight under the Con
! federate flag, but that before it could De
| the fight of jefferson Davis was at hand;
! This chapter is especially interesting at
| this time in view Of the present propa-
ganda of the Southern people, to debase
i willing in the last desperate strait OF
! the Confederacy, to enlist as a soldier
| under its banner.
! There are other very interesting chap
! ters in the book The style is clear, un1n>
| volved and natural. and the author has
written instructively:
CRUISING AMONG THE CAR1BEEs:
Cruising among the Caribees. BY
| Charles Augustus Stoddard New York:
! Charles Scribner's Sons.
Some elSlC years ago W1. OlOuudl u
published this very interesting, as well
as instructive, volume, which has since
served as a valuable guide to travellers
to the West Indies. This new edition is
a revision which was deemed necessary
both physical and political, which have
taken place in the islands during the
past five years: It is. apart tl,.o from the
delightful study of our tropical .neighbors,
whose natural environments and Inherit
ance have made them among the most
romantic and picturesque people OF the
globe.
LORD DOLPHIN.
Lord Dolphin: BY Harriet ~e: ), A. che s1ofh
thin II mo- Illustrated by Diantha w.
Estes & CO.
The story of his own life, told for boys
and girls, by big fish who was born in
the Mediterranean Sea, but whose ad-
ventures carry him as far west as the Zoo
Of New York City. Lord Dolphin has
many thrilling escapades, and his nara
! gives great deal of useful information
in the course of his story about life in
the deep sea-about divers. pearls, shells,
sponges, Sharks, whales and his mortal
tween six and thirteen will enjoy this
quaint, naive little autobiography.
THE STORY or THE SLAVE.
Slavery and servitude in New Jersey.
BY Alfred M. Heston. Member of the
n j.: Sinnickson Chew & Sons Co.
This monograph is a recital of slavery
and servitude as it existed in New Jer-
sey. The fact is brought out that slav
cry existed in America long before 1919,
when the Dutch traders came with their
cargo of human freight to Jamestown.
The Aztecs in Mexico enslaved not only
+o1>o %14 h,,f< 0f%1 ,1s~
own nation who were convicted of theft
and other crimes. African slavery was
introduced in New Jersey in 1680-at least
that is the earliest recorded instance OF
the leading citizens engaged in the Afri-
can slave trade There is a record of one
good old elder whose ventures on the
who returned thanks on the Sunday fol-
lowing the arrival of a SLAYER into the
harbor in these words: San overruling
this land Of freedom another cargo Of
benighted heather to enjoy the blessings
of gospel dispensation."
Perth Amboy was New Jerseys chief
port of entry, and blacks were to be seen
freshly imported and still bearing their
tribal marks. Adults sold from 5000 to
$500. The system of white bondage,
known as redemptive servitude, existed
teenth centuries. This form of bondage
was usually voluntary, and at the expira
ton of the term the redemptioners were
without any special faint of servitude
The importation into the colony of Negro
slaves. who were found to be cheaper
than white servants, checked, in a meas
ure the trade in redemptioners.
Many white aconvicts were shipped to
New Jersey from the British Islands, and
We're merged into the mass of the popu-
lation. An act providing for the gradual
abolition Of slavery was passed by the
New Jersey legislature in 1904. A fur.
Their act in 1920 and still later another
1246 did t1,,.1c