The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-17
GLIMPSE AT LATEST BOOKS.
THE WOMEN or AMERICA. BY Eliza
beth McCracKen. 3yi spages. $1.UJ net.

This Is a good book written. WIN IN
and w,irli,y tlieine. Inc nlsson OF the
author has been III q word, TO lnYes-
,igatc and report the rrr,re cIarlete );
anu lypiIy,ng features OF the deals ana
itcnievelnetlts OF Atnerlca1l women ct the
present. time. and III all paris OF our
country. For tho purpose OF collecting
lieI facts ut first hand. Slo5undeftoJK, at
the instance Of The OUTLOOK COMPANY,
rathet A.enucd trIp over the n.sn
States O. year or more ago, laying OUT ner
itIletniy wish II view 20 seslctiiig put
4 The TYPICAL and significant, aud eiS'2!ding
result OF this plan and this point OF view,
and By gathering her truth OH Its own
native soi. our nuthor has succeeded q, ~
obtaining. ns IL were, BIRD s-eye ylcw
or tho WJn,ril OF AmericH, comprehensive,
Ofathc women of A.ncrica, com nensiye,
iIcss; and what these women nte dong,
What they want to do, and above all what
they nro thinking and why, IL has In the
ann to record. Ef,8sl ft@
The hook is divided into some dozen or
more chapters, III this way providing u
rouga classification of the tyi,cs Of }Ameri..
can women according to their mental
Dcnt and especial interest IN life THAT
Tho author has not I'll any Bensc had II
in mind TO I'D" anything for fellow-w w..
man at large; TO plead the suffrage Tor or
her or otherwise to work for her politicali
advancement. or indeed to go az nll
4 beyond the sufficiently brond task o. SET,
her aims, Tho titles OF these chapters plain.
7 ~ Indicate. In her opening chapter the
author tells OF what was perhaps, her
,.rst meeting WITH one n. q .hos g., prh NJ
rot shrunk from, turning her r,, back
definitely aud finally upon the civilization
and refined case OF life OF, an Ensterr
city, 70 follow the man she mnrr,ed 70 w
3ftrackless prairie and the little cattle
ranch thirty-five miles from the railway.
Az 70 tho mental attitude which will
bring about this sort OF sacrifice, y was
lrom8thls little woman; colleEe:bred and
barely more than girl, that our 3a,itiio
learned athnt "a woman must have twice
IL mans confident strength before she can
,iucement before she quite will ventura
1t was In a. little Ncbra ska railway sta
lion that the meeting. quite casual
took plnce;8 and on learning that. Mrs
Z! her life at the lnoYnen stood for every
thing that she herself hid forever re- |
bounced. the pioneer. wonlen's eager q ies-4 4
tIons broks forth YOU ever been s,
) Did You eyer go to Float Day at Welles-l
&ley?& Have you seen the new Abbey pic
Il lures q And every question showed more
plainly than language could speak that,
4 ihougi, she had willingly and checrfully
given all those things up. for her own
good reasons, yet Just what was tins /
sum total OF this renuncia ton. she would
never altoget her forget. Ss3 II .N} \
a It has often been said OF sns In America
that We have no leisure class. but our
author has disprovcd this BY !ndisputa bly,
town How his is So. and, further, no W
III is that the interests OF the women sc I
situated. though frequently nying IL IN.
II Tho purieus OF a large city, are so wholly
removed from the larger matters ancct-
ling the country ms whole. our " au!hor
chapter that will &unfaisngly be Of a real
and special interest TO readers IN IN lnis
q gpr eaiFy srs eGraken
mako her researches in this tlcld at a
s1e,enty el9se e make
possible. and she has been 8irresisttbly led
10 the conclusion that The Southern W. 70.
men are everywhere working tn I,oa ne
or the home. III taking a.splendld. y not
4 leading. part in he setfacement q old
fsstioa' noe w nss Wose
wnfrecollections OF the war are stamped
Upon their hearts beyond all for
gsngb a5e St en of Wose
own personal knowledge Of the negro is 4
such az leave no room for oR'ffmId
str ashs as ss and
Ibettcrnent; OF women whose lives were x
broken IN the rending q the States past {
heart, and Il teaching their children so to-
labor. toward a complete, genuine and
seamless reconstruction. That the supreme [
Effort IN bshalf GA splrtna no 70 eas
way come from the very class which.
perhaps suffered most of al! for the
sake Of quite a different hope. Is a cause
for our authors sympathetic wonder and
admiration.
lnthe foregoing papers and the many
n,hees Il even 70 H
Mrs 3lcCracken5 has made not merely an
interesting addition q 70 q the library OF
books about woman but a. really valuable
and In a way unique contribution to the
4 history. Of modern times. Eli S5S3 5.sF5
FREcKLEs. BY Conc sstratton- Porter.
3N York; Bell Book g. Stationery Com-
S5. pany Richmond. M ise t5& IA.
This book Is rather handicapped than
aided BY its name: Inferring from Its
sOfsprccOclous and marvellous boyhpod, you
would be likely to- pass it by, and this
would be n decided pity, IF eckles'' Is n
sort and every reader with soft spot
III his heart rather tlinn In his head, VIII
he touched and interested by 1t. Freckles
himself was q plucky Irish lad Of TWEEN,
lineage. and with "a left arm ending In q
useless stub, who. thanks to tho kind
Iess Of Boss Mclean. gets JOB as lum-
bcr guard in the Michigan Lmberlost. i
md what was even more remarkable un-
der The circumstances. holds It In spite
OF everything. It was q rough Job at
best, not without danger, sd few able
hodied men would have had 1t Mt any
price In the woods Freckles had some
pcrilous adventures witlsa few desperate 4
fellows. whose ambition It was to cut
down and haul ava y certain trees under
many hundred dollars each: but the
young guard proves his mcttle. and Nc
Lean doesn't lose a tree. At ono time
two or three Of the tree-robbers have him
gagged and bound 10 H. tree lIsand mr., 1
wrangling over the question &whetheryto
finish HIN UP tlien or later; when help L
arrives in The most dramatic & way III
tile world. In the woods, too. Freckles
made the acquaintance OF tho Bird Wo-
man and her charming young conlpanion,
the swamp-Angel, an adventure In it.
self. and one that was to play far moro
memorable part in his life than any
of his others.
The tale is well written and contains