Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-05

OF power welded by Seward the treatment
OF Chase; the relations between Stanton
| anu Lincoln the characterization of FIRE.
mont, and finally the Mcclellan episode.
Much that Mr.. Rothschild says on this
| iast-named subject will evoke sharp COM
ment. Gen. McClellans partisans are still
active In his behalf. That war-wound
has never healed. But no champion of
Little Mac can honestly claim that their
hero has not received a handsome treat
ment from this critic, who extols his vir-
tues, praises his great genius for organiza-
Ton and pays tribute to his marked abil-
lty as a defensive fighter Mr.. Roth
schild unfiinchingly holds to the view that
McCiellan'1 dismissal was justified and he
describes at length the remarkable pa
thence with which Mr. Lincoln bore with
the fault-finding Of his military leader
The deduction drawn by the author is
that no man ever mastered Lincoln; not
Douglas, despite his reelection to the Sem
ate which cost him the Presidency: not
Seward, who accepted the State Secretary
ship with the idea that he was to be the
real power of the administration not Chase
who could never conceal his scorn OF the
homely man In the White House: not STAN
ton. who delighted in ignoring his orders
and thwarting his wishes and came to love
and reverence him; not Fremont who
thought to precipitate emancipation and
tried to force Ldncolns hand; not McClel-
IAN who thought to impose his own pecu-
mar Fabian policy upon the administra-
uon- Ihose who did not surrender to his
Sitdb ptIsoiidI IOfCe We're compelled to de-
part; but those who. like Seward and Stan
ton came to know the real greatness the
unSeltsh modesty, the warm heart and the
fervent patriotism of the man, remained to
serve him loyalty and none ever had oc-
casion to complain with truth that this
master of men had acted unjustly toward
them or had hampered their activities for
any end but that the republic might live
Mr.. Rothschild should continue this study
to the end of producing a supplementary
volume on Lincoln's relations with Grant
and with Congress.
IN THE SHADOW. Bv Henry G Row
land. author of Sea Scamps," etc. New
York: d. Appleton & Co.
Mr.. Rowland is capable of writing bet
Ter stuff than is put within these covers.
more convincing and more delectable. even
though his forte IS the depletion of strong
characters and tragic events He has told
the story of reverson to type of q
Haytian of good BIRTH a pure specimen Of
his race, who has been educated in Franco
ana england, Is accomplished to the limit
Oh MODERN culture and is moreover endowed
with a marked gentleness of shirt ana n
iofty aspiration to help his people He he
Heves that only through their organization
unuer KING or an emperor can they at
tam their fuIl measure of happiness and
development and he plots to seize the reine
OF power In Hayti at an opportune moment
But ne taiis because of the treachery of a
'NPBNSCN any anu the WlleS of
woman who lures him into the denths of
the forest and arouses all the ancient VOC
doc worship of his ancestors The Iines Of
DeSsallnes are cast with those of A groun
OF "h!te people, English and American,
ana TO their aid In solving the prohlen1s
10 which his adventures give comes the
always attractive DR.. Leyden who has
heretofore appeared in Mr.. RowIand's sto
res res. Inc book Is powerful in places and
weak in others. 1t is not a convincing
statement of the true issue OF the race
problem.
er Woods. 1r.. MA. New York: Elem
ing H Revell Company Washington:
Woodward & bothrop.
Horace Walpole declared that Holm
Witherspoon, a Scotch Presbyterian mar
son who had migrated to the new world.
was the one man who was to be held re-
sponsible for the American revolution.
Whether Walpole's estimate was accurate
or not, the fact is not to be gainsaid that
John Witherspoon exercised q powerful in
fuence in behalf of American sepa ration
from England. He had been a revolutions
list in the old country, struggling for popu-
lar rights In the Church of Scotland. and he
brought to the colonies the spirit of dis
sent that finally eliminated in the Decla-
ration of Independence. Of which he was
one of the signers. Having preached and
argued the colonies into revolt he took an
active part in the conduct of the fight and
was great force in the sustaining of hope
and the prosecution of the war to a sue
cessful Issue. DIR. Witherspoons work as
president Of Princeton IS rated highly as
contributing at early and critical stage
of the American educational development
the vigor and singleness of purpose which
he brought from Scotland when he accept
ed the invitation Of the trustees of TIE
newly organized institution. This biogra-
ply written In a scholarly spirit and with
evidence of thorough research, is from
the pen of a greatgSandson Of Witherspoon.
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP IN GREAT
BRITAIN. BY Hugo Richard Meyer
sometime assistant professor of politi-
cal economy in the University OF Chi
cago, author of Government Regula-
ton of Railway Rates" New York:
The Macmillan Company. Washing
ton: Brentano's.
Prof. Meyer has studied deeply along the
lines OF government regulation and public
ownership during the past fourteen years,
and this Is the second volume he has is
sued as q result OF his researches In the
present book he sets forth the experiences
OF the cities Of Great Britain in the owner
ship and operation OF public utilities His
verdict is unfavorable to the experiment
He declares that the interference of the
municipality or the state in such endeavors
operates as blight upon individual activi-
ties and this In turn detrimentally affects
the welfare OF the citizen. In England the
municipal ownership idea has been carried
to an extreme. It's advocates have known
middle ground and have lined them
selves up in antagonism toward certain pro-
gressiye forces. For instance, a result
of the public operation and management
OF the telegraph the weight of official au-
thority has been thrown steadfa3stly against
the extension Of the telephone service Sim
ilarly. the municipal operation 0f gas plants
has served to check the growth of the
electric light industry. The author believes
that IN this country We have no Ills that
call for the heroic remedy of treating the
public service industries as differing in any
way from ordinary trading and manufac-
turing ventures" The book is a valuable
contribution TO the literature of this i'm
portant question
THE TRUE ANDREW JACKSON. BY Cy-
rus Townsend Brady. Philadelphia:
j. b. Lfppincott Company.
Mr.. Brady has brought to this biographI-
| cal work the charm of style that has
/ made his works of fiction so enter
| tanning. To say that he has made the
story of the life of the picturesque seventh
| President of the United States as interest
| ing as novel is to award but seant praise
| TO Mr.. Brady's painstaking work. He has
| made II more entertaining than work
/ OF the imagination. True, he had the
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