The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-10-17

the New England city the observing
F'rench1nan> recorded that he discovered
"neatness without luxury" and if in 9TH
er cities and towns that he visited he
found more luxury and less neatness, in
all of them he met cultivated men and
women SO charming that he. frankly adj
mitted that for beauty and conversational
ability they compared favorably with
| those of any court in the Old World. =.
In discussing the landed gentry of the
southern states she writes: I'm 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 tireless, and
chased Reynard across the eastern pen
! insula from the Chesapeake to the At
| lantic. The return journey and the stops
| at hospitable mansions on the way, took
! and the whole expedition sometimes last
| ed a week."
| In chapter on "Jefrerson1an Simple
When Mrs. Madison me gave ene Expression to
| her sweeping structures upon Democrats
she must have made mental reservation
! in favor of Mr.. Jefferson, with whom
she was great favorite. Indeed it was
in consequence of Mr.. Jefrersons having
| given the precedence to Mrs. Madison at
state dinner that he aroused the ami
mostly Of the British minister minister, Anthony
seem to have occupied Mr.. Jeferson's
thoughts very considerably at this time,
| and either from scarelessness or because Of
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.
HISTORY OF THE GERMAN sTRUG-
! GLE FOR LIBERTY.
! History of the German Struggle for
1926 net. New York: Harper & Brothers.
! While the literature of Germany leads
the world in advanced thought concern
! ing philosophy, science, and even the
ology, it is absolutely barren as to biog-
raphies of the men who were. prominent
| in the struggle for liberty which began
Immediately following the battle Of Wa
! terloo, and ended in 184S. The. author
feelingly states that no mention is made
| in German literature of men above medi-
OGRE ability who took part in that move
! ment and that his task has been one of
! interesting delving into thousands of
| tain the information desired, not a page
| of which was enlivened by personal
| "Reminiscences or anecdote of the leaders
| of that movement.
| rising of the people was never sanctioned
| by those in power, and its leaders were
ruthlessly sent to prison. Nevertheless
! there were many advocates, but the pen
| of the censor prohibited the circulation
of documents urging any change in the
prerogatives of the existing absolute mon
archy. The censor even went so far as
| to confiscate private papers, and several
patriots, subsequently suspected, gave
| thanks that their papers and HOUSEHOLD
possessions were destroyed either by fire
or other disaster.
| With this dearth of material to work
upon, the student can fully appreciate
| the exhaustive labor the author imposed
upon himself to acquire data from which
to accurately describe ,, TINS momentous
| his work we'll is apparent to any one who
| will read this volume; and no better en-
conium can be given than to say it will
stand as monument to his unwearying
| industry and literary ability in present
! ing for the first time faithful history of
the struggle of the German people for
liberty.