The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-25
TItD COLI III n IL. BY WILLIAM H = ja-
I,hilllrs 4. Coz, N Nv Y OIL Bel BOOK
iS n kjyn Al, ery Cd ~ n chm Cr1. XIX S94a

Phillips g. e ~ s'l l' 'I''l
SS1nA thfesssGvicitlon that 5ths existing raco
fhat s sis a.iikely 10 III gage the Aniericat))
l Reas's q Isl ssrne, a' }rsfessof uae
university. has herlj undertnken n olson ,is
exfanstlvely from u or bo.
logical ine FM,ure4
tsnstltutioris, Gus md laWs ! slnk
Into inslHnincancaS when com pared VIII
ths 1atter st[hfeahSSS s sus
I,}eetioh u0 blood nte ~,
death gkneli"oi the people 9 A,aerif;a:$
gG9fEss III tn1PGsssedS q
& biology and ethnolos ne J. mogrGo
hlood a MS Mtlts Il fe eee,
; H. o 81 tI,e author ceords aprc
1imlnary demons tor, and Y ne als s.,
stows that and; hopSie ~
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.Ion onsinsss odthFpss ossst
burden Oft ne de " -e1n,
rational tho entire elligenee q. the
Z Northern press would Ehablti,inli re- g.
4, dect Them, he nuli ifies ttribu lt
& which PREVAILS Ia MI other sections Of
1.-THE country tisSthe argument Of scntl-a
- ment and shnzys5 prilAnthrophy, he "a
and tilc IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. doctrine Of sci 8.
3preserval lon. Tho first duty Of q race Is
iowa and nothing but so,np, 10 Z
e one saosk 0 d an liefmihgllns WI
another az delilonstrable If, ferlort s..Let
Rsno ESmnn Join toge tlier."3 quotes Pro- cssor5
st a SEA haa p ras ssap s1eer
i ,of peraoaa, excellence 30 est Z, he'd. 1
tho twilight Of this century will 90 Their!
u upon n nation liopelosslt sinking III tho.
ssnrcS or Mongrcl Ism The inferlorlty Of
4. the African race, IN sl,ort lies far too
deep, 70 ba renewable by,"ed utcnttor Or
based upon 4 contrary belief are but
5$rlea sants dreafns Sat once shattered by the
I; cold llght, OF reason: he Mort bern affec-l
root only In TIM enchantmcntS believed;
n to be- tent by dlstance. ~ n hey love 70 pet
saysnd LET their Se a;y Iins
numbers 70 the nortfland. iiitrodnc-s
ting his disintegrating and Sdlsorgaiiizings
coan
at S1i NoMhorns error he eonsIndes an
take in%philosophy. iii cosniolog III the
scisnt hc interpretatioii q tho proc sses
Put lr,Sa word i TIRE authors elllnents
Us tina social Gqnallt " would. inevitably
bnsear1lase and bss
ono Of trenIeHdou aud Vital Importance
South: yand Professor smiths handllng q
y tatiyc. rho book IS one well worthy OF
ous sconHid era ton is distinctly one
sEof the most effective damonstra ttonsgof
d ihc8 Soutil's point OF view that has yet
been 81 wen us. 81
& 5EEyrHovEN n "a ID HIS FoRERUS-
EIa s. ss. B daniel Gregory A1a sun.f
sss ID
mountaineering clarity q thought and con
=, lr'nnesa g. bat only
D The reader, 1 & he Is. like the majority OF
us. athsr ~ clned 4 q be on the defensive
III when ne encounters an Sunvonclied-f for
4, his chair Her these crucial words, his
81 slspi clons anieted by tho assurance that
whatever .liessrea ds. tllougl possibly OPP
he worth tho reading. s ~ '' d s'''
The nuthor5 knows his SUBJ cct. and he,
knows the Engllsh langtia &c. These two
II qualltle alone would 5snfilc to raise the
book far W he present q yerag &c, . but
Il has In add don sc, ,ral OF herS almost
H equal ~ praise worthy lharacteristics. The
:. plan or con ccpti or.8 NJ Jason ha real.
tfzed .tha IN riting, The Ills tory OF the
development . flmusic his subject is not
aT gress Or civilization. but rather hat the
two arc SO closely connected, so incxtri-t
u oably Sinterwpv zen. that It lis Impossible to
Men IN havs IL psShs
IA or ecclesiast ic or pol tical Or artistic his
tories purely. They have realized that
IL n,ighty product; that history Is not a
mere chronicle of events and their dates
Il butsthe record of a continuous movement.
1.-THE SLOW but Irresistible progress OF q "
q mankind tnwar ds a j Ighcr and more per-
ID feet led Type IL ri t5 j. Jl
m Re lglon, 8 science n nd art are tho expo!
on ea the e
Il Girection6Of tho currents below. This Is
q the conception Mr.. Mason has Of music
y is tha Nhic makes his hooS
"A He shows q how music dcve oped y from
VI the battle songs ana funeral dirges3 of
gdnt tie pos,roS
1.-The staff OF poetry, gradually acquired a
Y PERSONAL lily OF Is own; and II has Il ways
STAG 9fPoetryitt srasllally
from tho medieval ysticism OF Pm Ia cs-
Il trina to the eighteenth century idealisll,,
4 Of Beethoven. whose work he considers
b beauty d X .ss 5lt Btf
s. II, short, Mr.. Mason has set about his,
task m the spirit of q scientist Invest
1 ali artist euloglzingi his art, and the res
h suit is that his book, though never bril-
I liant Is always and Enthusiastically inter-
b cSElH b. fl 4i tfs s M N &C.,
II In THE ARENA BY Booth Tarkngton.5
Pages 276. !. $l6 MEG lure Is Phillips S
s s,atinneyv NaW Rlshond h0ok s
In this half-dozentgo OF poll tical tales
x Mr.. Tark ing ton has en-, ployed. VII b pleas
+ ms effect some Of the material he has
n q! nien1b erT or the Indiana legislature, For
8Sithearnost part, the stories are cons ned
withstha, humnrs of political flfe.fbut1they
u arc something better ana bigger, than
merely humorous stories, s r. there was
y eyer4anY5 touch the amateur about Mr;f
perm anently shaken It off, These stories
are written Wlthstle freedom. the ease
The sureness Of a. tried Il and confident
n pld-stager;G and they ma Ike good reading,
" Whet her you ca re a rap about politics or
mot, The t0lunlan8 ! forest ~ clement In
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