The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-07-16

HISTORY 59E: OF OF THE 1E COMMUNE OF 1871 81
Translated from the French of Lissagaray
by Eleanor Marx Aveling, New York:
International Publishing CO.
History OF the Commune of 1871
by Eleanor Marx Aveling, is a well writ
ten volume of history, dealing with one of
those political commissions which have so
frequently shook France to it's founda-
tions. IL
The translator has performed the diff
cult art of preserving the peculiar cpl
grammatic and pointed style of all French
prose, and of which Lissagaray appears
to be master.
The descriptive art of the author never
lags from the opening to the closing
chapter of this book of extraordinary
happenings.
The Commune of 1871 was the culmina-
ton of French weakness and imbecility-
the elimination of a criminal torpor that
rested upon those in authority, and which
followed swiftly upon the heels Of the
prostration OF the French by the wonder
full armies under that prince of military
srrategists Won Moltke.
" In reading certain chapters. of this book
one might easily imagine that the revolt
ing cruelties of the, Revolution were again
being enacted in Paris and elsewhere
throughout the country
The events which led up to the war
with Germany are thus described by the
author:
Bismarck prepared the war, Napoleon
III. wanted it. the great bourgeoise looked
on. They might have stopped it by an
earnest gesture. NJ Theirs contented
war our certain ruin; he knew our terrible
inferiority in everything; he could have
united the Left, the tiers part, the jour-
nalists have made palpable to them the
strength Of opinion. have said to the
Tuileries, to Paris if needs be, ssWar is
impossible; we shall combat it as trea-
SON."
The humble, the poor, those who for six
years contended for thee with the Empire.
"Wh1le the upper classes sell the nation
for, few hours of rest, and the liberals
empire, handful of men, without arms,
unprotected. rise up against the still all
powerful despot. On the one hand young
men who form the bourgeoise have gone
1889. resolved to continue the work of
the Revolution; on the other hand work
ingmen unite for the study and conquest
of the rights of labor. In vain the en-
pire attempts to split their forces, to Sc
duce the workingmen.''
The author then follows up with q de-
ScriptiOn of the terrific political struggle
between the contending factions which
finally burst forth in all the horrors of the
Commune
Paris, Marseilles. Toulouse and Narbon
were soon to be converted into veritable
human slaughter houses. in this fratricidal
checked violence finds few counterparts
in the history of the human family.
Many new events-that is events which
have hitherto been obscure to the student
author, in his work which considered
either from a literary. or historical view
point is an achievement of no incOnSid-
cradle merit.
CIVIL WAR TIMES.
Civil War Times. BY Daniel Wait
Howe; author of the Puritan Republic.
Merrill Co.
The war of '61-5 will never cease-at
least in the present generation, to be a
and never falling topic OF alb
was a war of giants; because many OF
those giants still survive its yictssitudes;
it's hair bre s .ts and the immI-
full marches; its Gettysburg and Ch1eka-
maugas; because the finale Of that con-
fiict profoundly Influenced the civilizations
vertebrate in all the various activities OF
American life. 4
Because of these things the author s
volume is interesting. It can be read
dents OF the great strife which has hith-
erto remained unwritten, is brought forth
by Mr.. Howe.
One Of the most interesting chapters
lation Of the Confederacy toward the NE
gro Soldier" The author tells us, that
nearly every important Confederate com
mander favored the. enlistment of black
bated in the Confederate Senate, and the
bill author izing the enlistment of Negro
soldiers, was defeated by but one vote
that Of Senator Hunter. That when the
TO oir ncfo nf Tho fn1.
eracy became so visible that the leaders
saw the doom of Richmond and the
''cause,' draft order was issued to force
theS black soldier to fight under the Con-
made effective, the fall of Richmond, and
the flight of Jefferson Davis was at hand.
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There are other very interesting chap
tiers in the book, The style is clear unin~
volved and natural. and the author has
written instructively.
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