The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-23
SOCIAL LIFE IN THE EARLY REPUB-

SOCIAL LIFE IN THE EARLY REPUB-
Social Life in the Early Republic. BY
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton: Pre- :,,
y, top, uncut, edges. So net. Philadel-
| phia: ). 8. Lippincott Company.
| Within the last year or two there has
been. written a good deal OF interesting
| 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 i'll preparation. and can
! Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, however, IN
! Social Life in the Early Republic has
written Historically and we'll. This lady
| has made profound 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 on "A Social Evolu-
ton carries one straight to the heart
of the subject. without any of the sicken-
ing little proogues or apologies which
! usually characterize works Of this class.
''Ine Hostonlans unite simplicity or
morals with that French pOliteness and
delcacy Of manner which render virtue
more arniable." wrote Brissot de War
ville who visited the principal cities OF
America soon after the Revolution. In
Frenchman recorded that he discovered
"neatness without luxury ard, if in 9TH
er cities and towns that he visited he
found more luxury and less neatness, in
all Of them he met cultivated men and
women so charming that he frankly ad-
nlitted that for beauty and conversational
ability they compared favorably with
those Of any court in the Old World.
Tn c:nu he, landed Of
southern states she writes: I'm nothing
were the English characteristics OF thu
Southern settler more clearly shown than
chronic l writes Of his c s a On
horses that seemed almost tireless, and
with dogs like the horses, they sometimes
chased Reynard across the eastern pen
|tinsula. from the Chesapeake. to the At
lantic: The return journey and the stops
at hospitabIe mansions on the way. took
more time than the pursuit Of the fcS,
and the whole expedition sometimes last
In a chapter on .'Je1ersonian Simple
ity' she writes the following story:
When Mrs. Madison. gave expression TO
her sweeping structures upon Democrats.
she must have made mental reservation
in favor of Mr.. Jefferson, with whom
she was 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
mostly of the British minister, Anthony
| Merry. White House etiquette does not
seem to have occupied Mr.. Jefferson
| thoughts very considerably at this time,
and either from carelessness or because OF
his defiant red-republ icanism. he quite Sc
riously offended number of people. =
The author writes Interesting chapters
\ on the politics, society and intellectual
| interests Of the early inhabitants Of the
Republic.
THE LITTLE OWLS AT REDGATES
The Little Owls at Redgates. BY Ella
Frances "a noes roster ter Cloth oblong ouar 1.
net, so cents. Boston: Dana, Estes &
iCo r. .
This is companion volume to thai
very successful: little book, Jfmm,
Grow, and to the earlier books in this
j popular series" Where Was the Little
il White Dog?' and What Did the Blacl
Cat dc? The story is told, as in the case
Of the other books, by means Of rebus
i illustrations, drawn with great grace ant
skill and forming charming common.
tary on the text. Ess