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NEWS or TIE BOOK WORLD
THE UNEASY CHAIR

that Tells the Stirring Story of a Small but (
Mighty Section of the Nation, for the
General Reader.-The fifth volume Of The
History Of North America is being dis
tributed. It bears the subtitle ''The COLI
onization of New England" Bartlett
Burleigh James, Ph.D., professor Of
philosophy in Western Maryland college,
is the author, and his work shows that
the editor of the history chose wise
ly In placing in his hands the prepare
ton Of the record of perhaps the most
interesting portion Of the continent, at
least from historical standpoint
>. 1T has been the aim Of the author" /
SO ne says In his preface, ito tell the
story, of New England settlement as an T
account Of the relative influence of reli- I
gious and economic motives in their ac-
ton and .1nteraction upon political hap
penings. The final triumph Of economic T
influences as furnishing the worthiest /
Ideal for colonies with such broad aspir-
atoms as those entertained by the incip-
lent states of New England was, after
all, the triumph, thru civic forms, of the
old religious notion of fellowship, and was /
the preparation of the New England con-
seriousness for the interpretation Of the
kindred tenet Of independency in terms
of civil liberty. -. $3.50
The narrative goes back to the causes
which led to the settlement Of New Eng
land, and includes chapters en- "The' Pill
grims at Plymouth 1.-THE Puritans at
Massachusetts, Bay plymouth and
Massachusetts" THE Colony of Connecti-
cut, settlements North and South"
Massachusetts Under Endicott,' 1.-THE
Colonies and the King" king Philips
War; Revolt in New England" ''The
Witchcraft SUPERSTITION "The Rising
Tide of Revolution" and others of like
interest. ..,.. 1853.
found to lack interest. Each deals with
some series of incidents which has left
its stamp upon the nation.
10 turn to an example Of Professor |
James work itself, take the chapter on
W1tchcraft, the saddest chapter in New
Englands history" The witchcraft Of
New England was a survival of medic |
val superstition, transplanted, and in a
new soil suddenly grown rank. Within
a space OF fourteen pages, Professor
James gives picture of the conditions
that will stick in the mind of any reader
for the rest Of his life.
! mat the charges Of witchcraft were
not fastened upon the lowly and the pc
! cullar alone the following bears evidence:
Many persons who received intimations that
they We're under suspicion deserted their homes
and their possessions and fed from the country.
! Ihere had been twenty executions; fifty persons
had obtained pardons by confessing; hundred
ana 1fy were awating trial and charges
ing hearing. The accuse tons, which
In the beginning had been PIE
1erred against persons in lowly positions, were
now aimed at men and women of prominence.
Among these was Hezekah Usher, one of the old
magistrates Even persons of such spe
c1al eminence as John Alien, secretary of Con-
nectcut, Lady Phipps, the governors wife, and
Mr. Willard of the Old South Church of Boston,
were caught in the maze of accusations which in
the morbid state of the popular mind, spared no
ase sex or condition.
! The record Of the cases Is strange story Of
human credulity well as an object lesson Of
NJ ptah1
pie to perjure themselves in obedience to popu-
lar demand.
+ Professor James has written evidently
! from a .thoro knowledge of his subject
! and from q deep sympathy Herewith, but
has viewed 1t in it's broader aspects as
related to the growth and development Of
the nation
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Spake each to one another,
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81 No lifted hand may cover" -,
"Froln eating of forbidden fruit, -
Brother, my BROTHER ... 4 >
The three ghosts on; the sunless road 49,. >
81 Spake each to one another e y e-y , Is 90 ri
whence came that red burn your foot - I
No dust or ash may Govern g. :"s - ?i"s
\ II stamped neighbor's hearth-hame out,
Brother, my brother
The three ghosts the MINDLESS road
Il Spake each to another,
) whence came that blood upon your hand
No other hand may cover?' -
II From breaking of woman's heart
Brother, my brother"
"Yet on the earth clean men we walked,
Glutton and Thief and Lover; s.,..
White flesh and fair it hid our stains
:: That no man might discover
"Naked the soul goes up to God,''
/ Brother. my BROTHER r'-'
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