The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-27


put himself on very eacherous and un-
STABLE ground: He will get over this
planetary tendency after a little, and is
sure to abandon pedagogy and write some
better books than he has heretofore writ
ten. He has been little hoodooed and
will work out Of the. SPELL. !. r..
; s.& NEW BOOKS. ~.
THE LIFE OF JAMES MADISON. By Gaillarl
Hunt, editor of The Writings of James Nadi
son. New York: Doubleday. Page & Co.
Minneapolis: Nathaniel Mccarthy. Price,
$2.5O. ;'s'-- ''.'@' e~.'' 1,.''s' - -'-.s-@ :
This biography of Madison begins with
the Virginia convention Of 1916, designed to
adopt a state constitution and found an in
dependent government, according to the
program suggested by the continental
congress, representing the revolted ele
ment Of colonists. Madison's public life
began in that convention of which he
was the youngest member, and he con-
.tlnued conspicuous figure through the
revolution, and contributed to the making
of American history until he saw Monroe
take the oath of. office in Washington in
1917, althOughI: in the retirement: to his
planta ton in Virginia, he was more or
less prominent, as he attended the Vir-
ginia nstitutionalS convention in 1929,
was active in opposing the South Caro-
lima notification program, although he
wrote the state rights Virginia resolutions
Of 1889, and afterward served a S president
Of the American Colonization society.
Madison belonged to the democratc-re-
publican party, of which he and Jefferson
were the leaders, and opposed the United
States bank, the Jay commercial treaty
with England, and denied that the con-
stitution conferred powers, not specifically
and literally expressed, a view which con-
ten1plated' the pernanence of conditions
-
son was a strong advocate Of the federal
constitution, as his papers in the Federal
ist show. - -, 3. Z" ..H s..
HisIpresidential terms were in troublOus
| times.Ey; ;Feeumsehss Indian confederation
bred "a greats Ipaian ciYaI and the i'm
pressment Of American seamen and cap
ture Of our ships by the British govern
ment. brought, abosa the Second war with
Great tBrffaitGtWfifch1 was ,bui1glingly man
aged, 1ou1, filaVy helping us. out in good
style Y and jackson on the land, com
pensating for :; the reverses of
1914. Madison and his beloved Dolly had
to flee from Washington and the sBritish
torch burned the White, House and, the
village. Madison,s public life covered
a most interesting and crucial period Of
our history This Biography, indeed. re-
lates the history of the United States
! from 1776 to 1s17Sin a very attractive
way. 80 ~ X ~ *
| OF Madison's private life there is much
Of interest related. ,, Dolly Payne was not
! the first woman Madison loved. He had
an affair of the heart first with Catharine
Floyd, daughter of General Floyd, of New
York one of the signers of the declara-
! ton of independence. He was 80 and she
! was sweet sixteen, and sweet sixteen
| tilted him and married poor clergyman.
| Madison, however, did not die of brok-
| en- heart after lowering round several fair
| ones. won and married the daughter OF
| the lady who kept the boarding house in
| Philadelphia, where he lived. ! Dolly
/ Payne was devoted to him, and frightened
! all his public life. 2 Madison was a, deep
| student a man of wide reading. This BIZ
| ography is somewhat too partial to him,
but it is valuable reading; -
CALVERT OF srRArHoRE. By Carter Good
| loe. Illustrated New York: Charles Serb
ner's Sons 1a6-157 Fifth avenue. Minneapo.
lis: N. Mccarthy. Price, $1.5o
This story is of the period Of the French
trevolution, beginning just before. the
meeting of. the states. general, when tho
/ Iforeshadewings Of the awful scenes whlcf
followed made thoughtful people tremble
| The hero. Edward Calvert, who Tough
/ on the staff of Lafayette before Yorktown
| was the secretary - of Jefferson, ther
I American minister. to France, and great!
beloved by him. Calvert falls in love will
| a court beauty and has several deadly EN-
counters with her other admirers ane
| finally wins her love by saving her broth
er from the conscription for the guillotine
1.-THE life in. Paris during that dreadful
|speriod is interestingly portrayed, and thu
reader is introduced to Jefferson Gov
,ernor Morris. Lafayette, Talleyrand. Dan
! ton and others conspicuous during tn,
tempestuous days Adrienne is hne typ
Of the heroic aristocratic woman of th'
period w ...-..
THE SOCIALIST AND THE PRINCE. BY Mrs
1 Fremont Older. New York: Funk 4 Wag
nails company. Price, $50.
Mrs Older has produced a novel witt
+ some really fine dramatic situations, in
I PRODUCING her story during the Chinese
must-go'' agitation in San Francisco II
the seventies, when Dennis Kearney wa
+ such conspicuous figure, and she use
some Of the exciting doings of kearney'
I crowd at the Sand Lots and on Mob Hill
with considerable effect. Stryne, tn
leader of the anti Chinese movement, ha
! also a socialist program and his rela
ton to Prince Ruspoli, an Italian noble
! man, grew out of the fact that they wer
both interested in the rich and beautifu
Theodosia Peyton. daughter of a No
Hill millionaire, who, by her presence 0
mind and surpa ssing beauty stayed tn
incendiary hand Of Stryne's rioters fror
+ her fathers residence. Theodosia, a gin
of caprices, had refused the prince sew
;. eral times and chose to flirt with hin
She had a certain sympathy with Stryne
and did some very foolish sympa theti
acts and stryne. supposed to be iii low
only with the cause Of labor, gradual
fell in love with the beautiful woman
who, meantime, yielded to the prince
1 overwhelming persistence and was be
trothed to him in very romantic way
and that way makes one of thermost at
Etractive chapters in the book.
HE KNEW.
Sioux City Tribune.
I When Marshall r. Wilder was RETURNING
j from abroad the last time, he says h
4 overheard the following dialogue betWee