The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-11
lived thru the. time of Stevens power and
who has read the book says 1t is in the

lived thru the. time of Stevens power and
who has read the book says 1t is in the
main true to the man:
The story Mr.. Dixon tells o. reconstruc-
ton is as dark as This story of Stevens,
who was responsible for the form recon
struction at first took. 1t was a period Of
horrors worse than those Of the war it
self, and in pure self-defense the ku KluX
Klan was organiZed-a picturesque army
| which worked by night swift vengeance
| upon those who were making life in the
south unbearable. Mr.. Dixon makes he
roes Of the members of the "Klan.' and
says it contained the best blood of the
south. In defending the organiza ton
against the charge of ruffiaaism he has
since said: Il could give the names of a
thousand of these 'ruffians,' who are to-
day among the noblest men in America -
The book has been criticised AS one
likely to stir. the fires of sectional hatred.
On the contrary, we believe it is more
likely to awaken a new sympathy in the
north for the south in the handling of
that most difficult Of problems, the race
problem.
The romantic element of the story is
subsidiary in purpose and interest, but it
is we'll constructed. and serves to brighten
what would otherwise be too dark pic
ture. e..
Doubleday, Page & Co.. New York, s1.5O
PROF.. MUNsTERBERG WRITES A
BOOK ON INTERNAL LIFE."-The Har-
ward professors almost inevitable call to
write a religious book has come to Pro-
fessor Munsterberg, whose Eternal Life
will soon appear from the press of Messrs.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. He has given it
the form of a dialog between two friends
just returned from the burial of a COM
rade. He believes that Immortality de-
Ponds upon the, conduct, upon the real
ization in life of absolute values due to
truth, beauty, morality, and religion.
His book does not trespass on the do
main of DR.. Osler's Science and Immor-
tality."
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S
tooth BIRTHDAY is NEAR.-Those who
have known the delights of Hans Chris
tan Andersen's fairy tales will feel real
interest in the one hundredth anniversary
Of the mans birth. The antifairy-tale
folk will feel an interest too but it will
be the interest of the hostile. For our
part we second the New York Times Sat,
urday Review in a suggestion that We
celebrate. The chance would be a good
one for the schools. The Review says:
Let us not forget to celebrate in some suitable
II small way the one hundredth anniversary
April 2. of the birth of Hans Christian Ander-
sen. His writings belong to the whole world
His viv1fed toys his magic goloshes. his fairies
his marsh-kings and sea-maidens are familiar
in the nurseries of every civilized land His
STORY That the Star Told is an fdyI in many
| tongues. His fragmentary autobiography ranks
with Franklin's. tho it reveals very different
sort OF nature from that of the great diploma
fist. By all means. therefore let us celebrate
/ the Hans Christian Andersen centenary joyously.
For he left the world better than he found it.
McClure-Phillips have fixed March 25 as the
date for publication Of their book, THE Yellow
War This volume contains a sheaf of dra-
matte sketches dealing with the personal and
| romantic side of the Russo-Japanese conflict The
author takes the reader right into the trenches
and tells not much what great battalions do
| as what the little brown men and the bearded
| Cossacks did when they shot at each other, over
entertainments charged each other over plains.
j or torpedoed each other on the high The
| title-page bears the pseudonym 60" which con-
ceals the identity Of man who had unusual
opportunities. because Of his personal Importance
| and his political position, to be right at the
| front and see everything. free from the re-
| strictions that regular newspaper correspondents
suffered under.