The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-10
SOME OF THE BOOKS OF THE DAY
PASSED In CRITICAL REVIEW
Fine Life of Chief Justice
Marshall BY
Flanders.
OTHER NOTABLE Bl0GRAP HES
New Novel by Marchnloi,t-Illc
Diary OF a Musician, by
Bacon-Otl1er Books.

THE Lice OF j HIN MARSHALL. BY
Henry FLANDERS. Inv. Johnson y
5 Ss Co, philadelphia. For sale in Rich
mond BY Bell Book and Stationery
A G Company. " "a sStss "
J a growing interest In the life and work
x OF Chief Justice Marshall has demanded
the Issuance in a. single volume of this
excellent aud comprehensive work. origi-
#nally published in n series written by
A Mr.. FLANDERS and embracing the Lives
and Times of the Chief Justice of the
United States AS an appropriate fron-
astispiece, the book contains a picture copy,
9.of the famous lnnlan portrait, taken DUR
Ing the latter years OF Mr. Marshalls
q life at the request Of the philadelphia
Law Associa ton, and now. hanging ~ III
THE library OF tho ASSOCIATION. Il
S5 Mr. Elanders's book begins With n brief
all,lsioi, to the ancestry of John Mar
shall, the second chapter being devoted
to an account of his birth and his cdu-
cation. conducted principally, so the ati-5
thor says, by Nfarshails father. Accord
Ing to him. at tile age8 OF twelve. the fu-
ture jurist had Transcribed Popes Es-
IS saw on Man. ard some of his moral
essays, and had acquired a love Of poe
try from the solid sense and beautiful
imagery of Pope. Dryden Milton, aud
Shakespeare. S4is sy8 IS
St5 At.the age of fourteen John Marshall,
Mr. FLANDERS informs his reader. was
sent to5Westnoreland to study with the
q Rev. Mr.. Campbell, of that county. Here
4 he was ga .classnate OF james Monron.5
S1Iegreturned$ to his home, In Fauauier q
n the end Of 81 year to continue his studies
with the Rev. Mr.. Thompson. reading
Horace and .ivy In Latin and turning.
with ardor to English literature under
the supervision of his father, of whom
n he afterwards wrote:3
my father Superintendent the English
part Of my education,S and to his care
II am indebted for anything valuable
which i may have acquired In my youth
He was my only intelligent companion,.
and was both a watchful parent and an
Baffectionate, Instructive friend.
81 Mr.. Flanders says:ssThe study of law
vas begun by Marshall when he was IN
his eighteenth year. But he had scarce
Z sly commenced reading Il lack tone when
the Revolution broke out and he entter--
cd the army. An eloquent count is
H given Of his career, first as lieutenant
and afterwards as captain; Of his par
8ticipation In the battles OF Iron ( Hill,
Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth,
land Stony Point; of his wintering at
Valley Forge and his resignation from.
the army In 1850 8ls
From the Continental army Mr.. Elan
s. ders follows Marshall in his attendance
81 upon Chancellor Wythe's law classes q +
William aud Mary College, his en- trance.
upon his professional career In, Fa uluieri
4 county, his removal to Richmond his
i spra ctice Tat the Richmond bar,#ands the.
causes of his apid rise into prom rence.
I'd Is rgumcnt in the case Of ware versus
4IIylton, familiarity known as the "Bri-.
q t!sh debt case and taking placegin Rich
lnond iii 1893, is referred TO at length,
he winning special distinction at that
time among a number of heGmost elo-.
8quent and able American and English.
4 jurists The comment of the Countess
OF Huntingdon, who was present at the
TRIAL is given BY Mr. FLANDERS She said,
referring 10 the counsel, after having
& heard their speeches:
THAT If every one of them had spoken
in Westminster Hall they would have
4 been honored with a peerage,
John Marshall, writes Mr.. Flanders.
y was married January 3, 1853, to Mary
NJ Willis Amber, a. dai liter OF Iac1ueline
e Amber. then treasurer of Virginia. He
= had become attached tos5this lady be-
II fore slae left the army, an attachment
s which continued with srnabated fervor
to the end of his days. She died several
years before him; but he cherished her
memory with lnaffeted tenderness. and
q spirit that had fed from tho sufferings
2&of life.
In 1854 he was elected n member of the
Virginia Legislature. and In the Assem-
bly,. says Mr.. 'iteIandcrs. he maintained
e the necessity.-of "a: more vigorous scheme
4 OF government, not.ony to preserve the
4 Union, but to insure its benefits. The
s. doctrines no now advocated formed the
basis OF his political creed through life.
" From first to last he was a Fedcralist.
Among innumerable false. unmovcd
& mistaken, unseduced. unterriled;
His loyalty he kept. Ills love, his zeal"
lf%. A., ,he+r,,, .fis,,I /, r.ln H., H.,
r the Virginia Convention Of 17SS. supports
I ing the Federal Constitution. Is given by
Mr. Flanders In the sixth chapter of his
4 book The seventh deals with his addi-
uonal service as a member of the Viz
4 ginia Assembly. and the eighth tells of
his appointment May 81 1871, by Prcsi-,
4 dent Adams as Envoy Extraordinary to
France. In company With Charles Cotcs-
4 worth Plnckncy and Francis Dana. A
most interesting account Of the mission
OF these ENJOYS, its failure, and their
{. return to the United States follows.
Marshalls career as IA member OF Con-
& Eress next claims Mr.. l1landcrs's attcn-
4 ton; an extract from the great states
: mans speech III. the case of Jonathan
Robins. which, in the opinion of the au-
II thor. forever settled the questions or
constitutional law involved In IT, taking
a up the pages OF the ninth chapter; his
appointment as Secretary Of State under
y president Adams In lsO0 End as Chief
{ Justice of the United States In 1901 oc-
cupying chapters tenth and eleventh. AS
z Chief Justice Mr. Flanders quotes from
& his opinion in the case of Gibbon versus
z Ogden. and describes him In presiding IN
Richmond at 1hcstreason trials growing
h out OF the enterprises OF Aaron Burr In
Il which Burr was represented By Edmund
4 Randolph John Wickham, BENJAMIN
Bolts, John Baker, Luther Martin. AT
torney-General Charles Lee. and the gov
S eminent By George Hay Alexander Nc
Rae, and William Writ,
Having contemplated MarAhall, the sol
dcr and the statesman, Mr.. Flanders
turns 10 him as an author IN enumerat-
B ing Of the motives which induced him to
Write his biography OF Washington, it's
+ publication, and the criticism which 1t
h excited, He quotes Marshals estimate
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