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mature exterior and a decidedly immature
heart. Cramped in the narrow confines of
her uucle's house after her return. where
she finds only repression and calculation,
she longs for happiness. There is vague
ness about the latter chapters of the story,
dealing with her love development. that
contrasts with the distinct delineatiOn of
the earlier part of the book. Alexina is a
dear girl. a child despite her stature and her
years and she behaves very childiShly when
She finally remeets her little lover of the
old DAYS king William of the brave
heart. Around her life has strewn wrecks,
her own mother. dying with consumption
and the victim of a degrading habit; her
aunt wooed late and won and wed by
hopeless cripple: her uncle the husband of
a girl many years junior, who hates him
with a fierce bitterness. UnhapplnesS all
about her and she shrinking from the way
that leads to her own joy. But she finds
the path and the courage to enter 1t. and
the way is clear to the 'house OF fulfill
mcnt' when the story ends.
TIE UNITED STATES, A HISTORY OF THREE
CENTURIES, 1607-1so4; Population Politics,
War. Industry. Civilization By William Esta.
brook Chancellor, author OF a TeXt-B9ok OF
American History and Fletcher Willis Hewes.
author of statistical Atlas of the United
States. In ten parts Part One. New ,' OH *
x Lothrop.
With this volume begins the issue of a
history which should prove to be notable
ana valuable work, comprehensive review
of the best materials in the multitude of
spnciaI works on particular topics now at
the disposal of the historian. The pub
fishers in announcing the work, state that
it is the purpose to present in compre-
hensive and carefully proporuoned MARIA
tive an account of the beginnings or the
national existence and of the successive
stages in the evolution of our distinctive
national qualities and institutions. The
frr 1rntA vrNri
because it is believed that the eatry of the
United States into the world field as fac
or in the international equation has round
ed out another phase of the national exist
,uce The writer's of the history have cen
ceived it in the form of a series CT psno-
ramas. displaying the progress of Ameri-
can civilization Tire ten volumes or parts
which will present these panoramaS Will be
thus divided in point of character and Pc
RODS: First Colonization, 1907 16yT;2, Co.
IGnial Union, lts}S-1II4; 3, Revolution and
Constitution, 1II3-lISS; 4, The Early he
public. 17S9-ls21; ), Industrial Awakening
lS22-lSi5; s. The Great Debate, 1S46-lS6O
4. Civil War and Reconstruction. 1861 1862
5. The New North and the New South
lSIO-lSsJ: .. Economic Crises, 1SS6-lS9I; 10
a World Power, 1S9S-19o4. 1t will thus be
seen that there Is tendency to divide
rather infinitely since the civil war, to break
up the record into briefer periods This is de-
signed for the purpose of giving full space
10 the SpecltCduOn ana ueIniIlOn Oh the
economic activities of the people, which OF
late years have been remarkable. Each
volume part viii be complete. and VIII
be issued a separate work. although the
whole series Will be uniform in style. Ac-
cording to present plans. the paris VIII be
issued at intervals of three or FOUR months.
Each part will be subdivided INTO four sec
tions: |. population and politics; 2. war
and conquest; 3, industry and commerce;
l. civilization. The first section VIII be
considered as the main narrative. Mr..
Chancellor is editorially responsible for the
entire work. and prepares The first, second
and fourth sections of each part, while Mr..
Hewes. who projected the scheme OF the
history, undertakes the third, or economic,
section.
The authors preface their work with the
following summary OF the several purposes
of the first volume: ITO present a brief ac-
count of the discoveries of America con-
shutting together an event in the general
history Of the world; to outline the story
Of the chief events of the sixteenth century
not only on the American content but in
Europe in so far as these events affected
American conditions; to indicate the iuflu-
ence of European events and conflicts Upon
American colonization and development to
narratc. in due proportion, the story OF
each OF the twelve American colonies of
the seventeenth century: to emphasize the
genuine heroism of the colonial life of that
eVenttul and dramatic period: to make
clear ne meagerness of the economic re-
sources that We're available during that
period compared with the Astounding vi
tally OF the religious and political life CT
the ColoniSts. to account f.. Inc Likeness
and the contrasts presented by the English
colonial conditions in America compared
with those of other natl qualities in the
American colonies; to set forth TIE infiu-
cnce of the American Indians upon the con-
'nucd existence and The development of
these colonies; to prepare the way for con-
SideratiOn in the later volumes, of the
varied causes that led to what may be
called the final Americau:zing of the va
rted national elements from which were
made up the people of the American CONT
nent from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
from the lakes to the gulf"
The narrative is written Il II clear grace
full style. 1t is richly illustrated with
maps, many OF them being small marginal
insets pertinent to the Immediately ada
cent text. Mr.. Hewes has furnished a num-
Der of graphic perspective diagrams which
bear upon the phases of the work TO which
he has personally contributed.
GODS GOOD MAN; Simple Love Story. BY
Marie CoreH author of The Master Chris
tan" &C. New York: Dodd. Mead * Co.
Washington: Brentanos.
Miss Corellis idea of simplicity Is GER
tainly not founded upon a conception of
brevity, for 1t has taken her 523 pages OF
closely printed matter to tell this simple
tale of rural English life. She dearly loves
10 describe a pastoral scene, but she is
happiest when rendering the garrulous dis
course of some language-slaying peasant
That is what Is known broadly as 'charac-
ter drawing" But this is not the only