The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-11

Devils Experiences With the Allies In
China Q,ongmans, Green 4 CO.. Mr..
Lynch was newspaper correspondent; his
knowledge OF China was very superficial and
his impressions naturally hurried The un-
speakable horrors that he witnessed, how
ever, turned his sympathies to the side Of
the helpless Chinese. and he draws an in
teresting parallel between the test In prac-
tice OF their civilization with that OF their
Christian opponents. He shows no reti-
cence In his account OF the barbarous
cruelty toward inofensive non-oombatants.
and In particular toward women and chill
dren; Of the open and shameless looting.
and is especially severe In his exposition OF
the plundering by missionaries and their
converts
An unpretentious little history, giving
the main facts concisely In the language Of
school books, with an occasional lapse In
grammar, Is The Story Of the Philippines
by Adeline Knapp Silver. Burdett d Coz.
The main facts are narrated. while In the
last third Of the volume we find a summary
account Of the present state Of the islands
knowledge OF the Talmud lore In not too
widespread, and Mr.. Adolph Danziger's
sJewish Foerunners Of Christianity Of.
p. Dutton d CO... though misnamed. will
be found more than Interesting. The
book gives lively account, with many leg
ends from the Talmud. OF Hlllel and Sham
mui and OF many carly teachers down to
Rabbi Juda. the compiler Of the Mishnah
and founder Of Talmudic literature.
A compact account OF an important sub
ject that will he useful TO specialists IL the
Financial History OF the United States,'
by David Dewey Rich, Phi d. Oongmans.
Green a Coz. II Ia a conscientious COM
pilation. written In the jejune and unin-
teesting form Of American doctor disser-
tations which the late Prof. Herbert B.
Adams OF Johns Hopkins and Prof. Albert
Bushnell Hart Of Harvard have 80 per-
sistcntly forced upon tho public. II Is one
Of the flowers Of the Seminary an edu-
cational instrument OF great value. but
which will become public nuisance fall
Of the chat It threshes out Is printed and
published.
II carries us back two generations to read
the Rev. william Elliot Griffis's young
Peoples History Of Holland Houghton,
Miffiin q Coz, The patronizing tone In
which information Is impaired is borrowed
from the Mr.. George OF .Rollo in Europe
In our day It was maddening to youth.
Mr.. Griffs's idea OF historical perspective
may he judged by the fact that he gives no
hint Of the vileness Of the late King william
III. while dcvoting two chapter TO the
neventful reign Of Queen Wilhelmina,
and that save for bare names and dates
there is no picture Of the glorious days
when the Dutch fleets under Tromp and
Ruyter swept the seas.
A brief and clear account OF the life and
exploits OF Father Marquette leads up to
a lucid statement Of the reasons for be-
lieving that his remains lie n the grave at
St. Ignace on the Mackinao Strait in
Father Marquette. His Place OF Burial at
st. Ignace. Michigan by the Rev. Samuel
Hedges, A. NJ. christian Press Association
Publishing Company. The authors dem
onstration is based on the researches Of
DR.. John Culinary Shea and other historians
a. we'll as on his own investigations.
There IL a Western breeziness and con-
tempt for the limitations of space In the
first three volumesoof the History OF Ore
gon. The Growth Of an American State. by
Horace s. Lyman. assisted by several SUBJ
editors CThe North Pacific Publishing Com
pany) that leave the reader unprepared
for the audiences with which the tale
IL wound up in the fourth and last volume,
The first volume 10 given up TO early dis
coveries by sea, the next two to the land
discoveries. the first settlements and the
border conflicts The narrative In these
Is garrulous and not overprecise or clear.
The last volume IL arranged by topics
which create a chronological chaos There
are many portraits and other pictures
with maps. The work seems designed
on the bad historical model Of the Ban
croft histories OF the Pacific, and to be
not 10 well done.