The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02

the authors wide circle of admirers that
more Five Minute Stories is one of the
most entertaining children's books she
has ever written. - i.
SALLY wISTER'S JOURNAL. =
tive, being ! quaker maidens account
OF her experiences with officers of the
Continental army 177l57S Ed3ted ,o ny
s st ?oftfstS mo- pp Pa Phadelphs
sally Wiste s3: Journal is the record
kept by a Quaker girl of 16 during will.
ter famous in the history Of this country.
The greater part or The book has to 90
soldiers visiting or quartered at the farm
house. to their attentions to the writer
and her friend Lyddy and to her regret
when certain Of them 60 + npcn mis- missions Sns
hand shook like an aspen lear when
she first saw these soldiers. but she soon
cvercomes the feeling thus expressed and
vice is summon up al! your, resolution,
call fortitude to your aid, and don't suf'
fer your spirits to sink my dear; there's
i i'i need Of Of myself a: y soon diseov-
cred that soldiers arr + ::man. They
are; she. says, very peaceable sort; Of
talk tif like: them and nal behave With elegance:
One ''.'isE the most: amiable Of men; tall
and genteel' whom the following lines
will most fully characterize:-
" How skilled he is IN each obl1gtng
The mil mildes $! manners with the bravest
Another soldier. n second is mons
trous tall and brown, but has a certain
very agreeable.' AND then, Here comes
the g0e g{e the major t. e eaan% BE- SO IA
tolld for the graces of person, but for
those Of the mind he may justly be cele-
brated; he is large in his person, manly,
Dress
SOCIAL LIFE IN THE EARLY REPUB-
Social Life in the Early Republic. BY
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. Pro-
fusely illustrated. Svo. Buclran. gilt
top, uncut edges. 50 net. Philadel
phia: J. 3. Lippincott Company.
Within the last year or two there has
been written a good deal of interesting
reading matter dealing with the early
life. Of the Republic and Of the colonial
! period. Much Of the matter that has
| been given to the public bears the stamp
| of hastiness and ill preparation, and can
hardly be classed as standard literature
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, however, in
written historically and WELL This lady
has made a pHofound1 study Of, the, colon.
ial period, and the previous volumes which
| she has written dealing with the men,
the politics and the tragic events of that
| most strenuous period of development and
evolution was not only we'll received by
| the reading. people, but caused them to
| look forward with much expectation to
| the present volume, which may be termed
| exhaustive.
| The first chapter OH "A Social Evolu-
! tom carries one straight to the heart
of the subject. without any of the sicken-
! ing little prologues or apologies which
| usually characterize works OF this class.
line Hoston1ans unite simplicity OF
| morals with that French po'iteness and
delicacy OF manner which render virtue
| more amiable," wrote Brissot de War
| vile, who visited the principal cities Of
America soon after the Revolution. In
the New England city the observing
"neatness without luxury and, if in 9TH
er cities and towns that he visited he
found more luxury and less neatness, in
women SO charming that he frankly ad-
mitted that for beauty and conversational
those of any court in the Old World
In discussing the landed gentry of the
southern states she writes: I'm nothing
were the English characteristics Of the
Southern settler more clearly shown than
in his love for field sports: A Maryland
chronicler writes of his countrymen: On
horses that seemed almost tireless, and
with dogs like the horses, they sometimes
chased Reynard across the eastern pen
insula from the Chesapeake to the At
lantic. The return journey and the stops
at hospitable mansions on the way, took
more time than the pursuit Of the foS,
and the Who y; expedition sometimes last:
In a chapter on "Jerersonian Simplic-
ity' she writes the following story:
When Mrs. Madison gave expression TO
her sweeping structures upon Democrats,
she must have made mental reservation
| in fav0,, If Mr. Jefferson with whom
she a great favorite. Indeed it was
in consequence Of Mr.. Jefferson's having
given the precedence to Mrs. Madison at
a state dinner that he aroused the ami
Merry. White House etiquette does not
seem to have occupied Mr.. JefersOns
thoughts very considerably at this time,
and either from carelessness or because Of
his defiant red-republicanisnn. he quite Sc
riously offended a number of people
The author writes interesting chapters
on the politics, society and intellectual
interests Of the early inhabitants Of the
HISTORY OF THE GERMAN STRUG-
GLE FOR LIBERTY.
History of the German Struggle for
Liberty. BY Poultney Bigelow. Volume 8.
1925 net. New York: Harper & Brothers.
While the literature of Germany leads
the world in advanced thought concern
ology, it is absolutely barren as to biog-
raphies Of the men who were prominent
in the struggle for liberty which began
immediately following the battle Of Wa
ter4oo, and ended in 184S. The author
feelingly states that no mention is made
in German literature of men above nedi-
OGRE ability who took part in that move
ment, and that his task has been one Of
interesting delving into thousands OF
pages of dead records Of the past to OBJ
tain the information desired, not a page
of which was erllfvened by personal
"Reminiscences or anecdote of the leaders
of that movement. =.
= 1t is needlss to say this popular up
rising of the people was never sanctioned
by those in power, and its leaders were
ruthless1y sent to prison. Nevertheless
there were many advocates, but the pen
of the censor prohibited the circulation
Of documents urging any change in the
prerogatives of the existing absolute mon
archy:,~ The censor even went SO far as
to confscate private papers,. and several
patriots, subsequently suspected, gave
thanks that their papers and houshold
possessions were destroyed either by fire
or other disaster. ts@:&ss|5
With this dearth OF material TO work
upon the student can fully appreciate
the exhaustive labor the author imposed