The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-28
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Company. .~,., N.
This book Is from Appleton 9 Historic y
Lives Series. and Il written N IL mo =
delightful form. enabling the reader eatlt Y
realize Thoroughly how grcnt {, part " n
ogiethorpe played In the early history 1.o
OF tho United states, III ihls colonization
,f Georgia and his STRUGGLES against the
Spanish, &. NJ VI s5st
& rho account given Of oslotl,orpe's boy.
hood includes a characteristic lncluent
told Of his service Under Prince Eugene
OF Savoy, which is told us follows:
''When n very young man, only fifteeli,
he WIS Sitting ut table III company With
d prince OF the house of NVtirtemhers,
who took IN a Elnss Of vine. and, BY a
flip, nado some Of 1t Fly into oglethorpe,s
face. Tho young soldier was III d.
Slemr,a. He durst not challenge so dis
tinguished parsonage. yet he must no-
stco tho affront
'rThereforc, keeping his eye fixed on
Iris Highness, and smiling at the time
5as if he took what had been done in Jest,
Oplethorpo exclaimed: That's q good
1olse, but we do It much better In Eng
iand!, Whereupon he flung whole
glass full of wire in the princes race.
An old general present observed: 'lie
has done right. my prince: you began III
and thus the affair ended In good humor
Oglethorpe's efforts In behalf OF the
poor ana oppressed OF England and Eu-
rome: his offering and obtaining for5a,
them an asylum in America; the purity
iof IBIS character and his exalted motives
are treated with tho fullest justice IN
Miss Coopers book, which Is we'll Illus
trated. il En- i = III
perhups Bancroft's estimate OF Ogle-
thorpe. quoted by Miss Cooper In tho
closing pages OF her book, gives inc
fullest idea Of a man whom all Ameri.
cars OF to-day can butt admire. II says;
~ ,'Ibc Erntloness Of Oslethorpe's nature
\ npeared In I'LL his actions. He was
amcrcful to tile prisoner;an father TO the
cmigrant; tho unwavering friend OF ives
&lev;E the constant benefactor OF the MO-
rnyians; honestly Jealous tor tho CONVEX
sion Of the Indians: invoking for the ne
gro the panoply Of the gospel. ile was
for n commercial age. the .representatlNe
of that chivalry which knew neither
fear nor reproach. and felt stain on
honor like wound.
Loyal and bravei choleric, yet mer-
I oiful; vcrsed In elegant letters; a mon
3auchist in the state, friendly TO the
church. he seerAyd like the relic of q.
former century ind moro chiva!rous
nre. illustrating to the modern world OF
business what crowd of virtues ana az
charities could cluster around the heart
2 OF cavalier.
TIE LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR. Edit Edit
ed by c. NJ and A. NJ Williamson.
Published by Henry Holt. Of New
York. For sale BY the Bell BOOK
I. and Stationery Company
a whimsical, but pleasing. little TO-
nance, which deals with the experiences
OF nm American girl. travelling abroad
under the chapcronage of her aunt. Hcr
experiences are told in letters to her
father, written mostly from motor car
trip through France and Italy. De
scrlptions Of French chateaus and ltai-
ian scenery are really fine and are very
we'll told.
The romance lies in the fact that the
OF etended chauffeur, who takes me glrl
on hero automobile tour, Is In reality an
E;nglishman OF rank and Is furiously IN
love with her. The girls father crosses
Etbc Atlantic at the last; there Is an!
explanation, and tho chauffeur Is trans
formed into real and happy lover ),