The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-03

yS-s,y evidently President Wilson got
4 ma ,dea III favor Of the English principle
Of admitting 10 the floor and the debates.
Of the House Of Con,trions the ministers ms OF
ani members OF the king g Cabinet from
the written Const tuition 2of the G .o1lle,!
ernte State article ], section Q, given ~
his hook Volume Nv. p. 3is. And OH tho
cios,ne nre IF volume v. we have these
words Indicating present and cheering
| conditions ',T'he Southern States are re g..
adjusting their elective suffrage, 80 as 70
exclude the illterate negroes, ana SO, ~
part, undo the mischief OF reconstruct,to.
| and Yet the rest of tho country VIII" VIII
| holds its hand from interference, AZ volume
| ", p 400 ;s Il. :. I, {. u. Il, III, XII
4 few words OF criticism IN the lsind- K
| est snrit are called for. President " ood-
row Wilson evidently adheres to the old
mud now orfetc view of CHRISTOPHER Co
lumb,s. This appears by his first print
cd bar, He las apparently rejected
the clear and Trustworthy lncr re sing
light on this subject which historic rc-s3
searc!, has brought to U.s. It has 20.
come n certain belief In competent and
strong minds, that Columbus ., was t..e
real Inauguration md leader OF the Span
| 'ish5 demons in human shape who cstab-
| ,ishel their rule in the West india
! islands IN Mexico and South America
| md tortured to malmlng and death the
1 ,,nhnppy natives and introduced tho
horrors Of tho ecclesiastical Roman sys-.
TEN. /, For the people OF those regions ms!
| oven to this day, It would have beer oet-
! ter that Columbus should never NAYS nay,
! sailed from Palos. And President VIII
son has suffered the late Justin W,nsor'
! lima rn, of tho University Of Cambridge
i 40 lend him into tho erroneous belief
thnt the Standards. under Dayton. Sin
! hundred In number, settled on tho exact
i sitn az Jamestown eighty ono yeilrs pc
/ foro Christopher Newport John Stli'tn
/ md the English settlers came to thnt
spot In 1907. This unfonded legend mas
been presented and considered ana com ~
| plctely exploded several years taso . 4, :.
il 5&overwhelmcd by the negative testl-
.,an,,,nd also bv the evidence Of att
thenftc documents. A full discussion OF
| the question appears in tho Richmond
| DAILY Dispatch OF May o. 1897 ana N
| tho Weekly Dispatch Of May ?, 10y Z g y
some Of the illustrations, portraits
| and fac SMILES Of the book are le u
targets for the arrows OF criticism ~
seems to me doubtful whether w oouroW
| Wilson ever selected them.glnn yo,ume
II page $40, appears n pretended like-
,ess If Ben1amln FRANKLIN. A mo- e3hidc-
o,,s cnrlcature Of " that well -kno Wn'
genial. attractive face never existed. ;,
And the volumes, in the current cdi-
ton bear n ifrightful deformlty 81 {. = :,
volume ~, page 1873, appears a pnr.f,.i :,
! of John Brown who was assn y y! !,
/ assassin, "a murderer and ropner ailu
j the leader OFFS band Of ASSASSIN my NJ
4 dcrers and robbers i'll against .N,llrg
The first murder they committee was ~.
a faithful negro slave Jonn piom :, :
Y reid and its sequel in the conduct a'iel
iottars az the people Of L the North were
i ~ n, -s,ffIcient cause and justification OF
Il scion. Surely President wis IN VII
4 oxert influence enough to have the poi, !,
i trait OF a murderer and robber remover
#lSfrom his book ri
the ~ COMPLETE POLITICAL WORKS
!. ~ OF ALEXANDER POPE. liditeo'
with biographical sketch 4 ana ,no.e -,
bt.! Henry W.;S Boynton.Sa Hougltlolsli ;
i Ni,T,,nf@ q Co, publishers, Boston,,
+ & Mass. 50.
no editorinl features of this one-volume
. edition OF Pope are especially noteworthy,
For the first time within our kno Wedge.
7 the noems arc arranged In chronologlcai
or]cr and the translations from Homer
7 are includcd--thc parts OF the tr;lnsi"71
( ton of the Odyssey not made by Pope'
Z having been omitted.
!, Tho distinctive features of the Gam
4 bridge edition VI ulSllll6 l'OSN.'' .N'
i ALWAYS been accuracy Of test, carerul
i biographical sketches. notes indexes i.ne
4 engraver portraits, type of good size and
4 face. good paper and attractive, flexible
i library binding: and the present volume
4 measures up to the general standard very
i acceptably, Tennyson. Shelley Burns,
l Milton, tho Brownings. Scott, Keats,
( Longfellow, Whittier, LowelFand Holmes
i have preceded Pope. and the publishers
4 have In preparation Shakespeare Words
| worth, Byron, Spencer. Dryden and o
i book OF ballads TIN
/ "a Mr.. Boynton, the editor OF this BOOK.
| has had valuable experience MS a teacher
i Of literature, as we'll as q writer, and his
4 notes, though sparng. Will be OF value to
students. wo must say that this seems
to DO. the most satisfactory one-volumc
edition Of Pope obtainable 4j55
WITH THE TREES. BY Maud Going
author OF with the Wild Flowers
etc. Illustrated from photographs by
i Edmund IT. Lincoln and G. B, Going
/ Tho Baker and Taylor Company, New
! York. s1.O0.
In these days of nature study works 0
ti,is sort arc very welcome to the book
buying public. "NVlth tho Trees" Is no
B n '.botany." not n technical work at 81
i but n running dissertation, full of FOR
amateur going from tree to tree, an
telling US all about 1t. like a guide IN the
Tower. Tho book recalls Edmund Spon
GERS list In the Tacrie Queene.
Much can they praise the trees SO straigh
= and by;
The saying pine, the cedar proud an
tail: HR
| The vne-prop cline. the poplar never dry
, The builder opke, sole king of forests NIL
The nspinc good for slaves; the cypress
4 funeral.
: Tho laurel. need OF mightie conquer
[ ours; ~, !.
: The poets sage; tho fire TINT weepeth sti
4 The willow worne OF forlornc paramours
II The eugh obedient to the bcnders Will;
y Tho birche for shaftcs tho sallow 70
y the mill;
It The mirrhe smecte bleeding IN the p'tte
< wound. gsHl
e The warlikc beech the ash for noth'n
10 III; t8
h The fruitful olive and the planfane roun
IS The carver homc: tho maple seldom y
" ward sound ~,