The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-19
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world; the pitifulness of life In its mean
nesscs; the greatness of life In It's hopes
1 and ambitious: the austereness OF me- ne
1 in its answer to duty; the sacrifice OIL hle
| in its service to love are played upon
evoking some dscord. but striking choros
| that lift the mind above the. slough ana
| strife Of the coarse and ignoble, while the
strains echo in the ear, .s 4, /,
The lesson of the book is tound ~ IN, a
| paragraph like this: Day by day l a,1n-
fully to do ones work and to be restless
| for no more: without bitterness, 10 accepI;
obscurity for ambition; to possess all vila =
| passions and to govern them; TO stanu
OH the worlds thoroughfare and see, the
young generations hurrying by, and 70
there a light which will burn long after
ones personal taper Is extinguished; 70
| look back upon the years already gone
as not without usefulness. and forward
from failure or any form Of shame. a., and
thus for ones self to feel the humility
Of the part before the greatness of the
whole of life. and yet the privileges and
brings blessedness, If 1t does not bring
happiness"
The beauty of the book can be somewhat
understood by the following description
Of one Of it's heroines "she did not so
much seem to have come out Of the
house as out of the garden--to have slept
there on its green moss with the new
moon on her eyelids--indeed, to have been
born there, in somewise compounded OF
violets and hyacinths. She started on her
way with movement somewhat like that
of tall. slender lily stalk swayed by
Changing rhythm Of JOY: plain walking
on solid earth was not for her"
The conclusion of the book Is found in
what the man who Is its chief character
says in dying to the woman who mar
ried him for love:
"All your troubles came to you because
vol, were true to the highest. You asked
only the highest from me-, and the high
kind to my memory. Try to forget what
is best forgotten. but remember what is
worth remembering. Judge me for. what
wished to be-. Teach my son to honor my
name; and when he Is old enough to ln-
derstand tell him the truth about his
father. Tell him what 1t was that sad
mothers face. it will steady him.
THE AARON BURR CONSPIRACY.
Written by Walter Flavius McCaleb,
Historical Association. Sometime Eel
low In History in the University Of Chi
cago. Published by Dodd. Mead 6 CO.,
New. York. For sale by Bell Book and
lie found exceedingly attractive to
the more profound students Of hi :
and highly entertaining to the aver ,s
history when the country was in its he.
and about which there Is and has been SO
much uncertainty as the conspiracy Of
Aaron Burr. Every possible feature cal
culated to make the whole :, OF importance
either. in the. process of the conspiracy
or In it's elimination In the greatest Of all
American trials held in the city Of Rich
mond, when the a,blest lawyers In the
land We're counsel and the foremost
jurist the country has ever produced:
John Marshall. presided and delivered
opinions off-hand which have never been
equalled or gainSayed.
DR.. McCaleb's excellent volume does
not pretend to give a life Of Aaron Burr,
but Is most grapic Teeltd Of the
acts, prefaced by an adequate. sketch Of
the times In which the conspiracy was
Matched. a Photographic view, so to speak
sumate plot Of a master mind, The story
of Burr really begins. with his tour Of
the West and from that time until the
Last Years this wonderful mans steps
are faithfully traced.
The recital of the trial at Richmond Is
particularly graphic and because of the
local color is of great interest to Viz
ginians.
Burr was kept for a while at the Eagle
Tavern. which was situated on the south
side Of Main Street between Twelfth sdft1,
ing When Marshall delivered his first
opinion as to what should consti-
pTo9 of 6en sh Hfea any
Burrs most powerful enemy as we'll
as political opponent. Burrs stay here
brought TO the city , ms beautiful ntn -, ana p.
ed the streets of Richmond together and
were feted and honored above. all others.
Burr for brief time occupied an apart
ment in the State penitentiary here, and
for time was identified with Richmond
AS an authority on the Burr episode.
DR.. McCaleb's volume cannot be ranked
ica iie' execution tese Of the work is without
blemlsh.
ON sATAN's MOUNT. Written h. Dwight
Company. of Boston. For sale by the
Richmond. Price. sl.5o,
MI 70 make use Of muGh abused NmSlr woru
erature may be described as strenuous.
The vaulting ambition OF man from
the West, John Peter Norton, his plans
for advancement In wealth, politics and
party power make stirring episodes and
incidents. Contrasted in the book with
Norton Is Philip Craig, his confidential
leader. member Of the Presidents cabi;;
net. and lastly President OF the United
In the lives of the former and the lat
ter. the one selfish and the other disin-
teresled, are shown the corruptions. the
trials and the insurmountablc difficult
ties that beset and the upward
large, clearer vision that seeks to act
for the good of others The gordon knot
Of circumstance Is cut only by absolute
REIMBURSEMENT and self-effacement,
The book does not lack for interest and
is written with an intensity and strength
that commands the readers attention
throughout