New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-06

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books.
The Letters and Addresses of Thomas 'el'i
son" have come to in one OF the etrracI4'o
I,++1a volumes NJ the Unit Book Publishing Com
many. The book is largely based upon the com
p1ete works of Jefferson. published under the
ausn,cas Of the Jefferson Memorial Assoc1auons
and ia edited for this edition by William B.
par,er. lecturer IN English. Columbia UnfVer-
sity End Jonas viles, assistant professor OF MS
tory University OF Missouri The letters ana
nubIio addresses Of Jefferson are Va4uapIe as
containing the great coumoners views on I'll
the subjects to which his many SIDED ullno YVES
yariously directed. such as national nnancs' po-
uticai and religious liberty, the relative meri@
~ agriculture and trade speculation and lux
urv. slavery, State rights education, the simple
life. ''entangIing alliances" Imperialism the
nr.ss and the French Revolution. They also
racord his opinions Of his noted contemporaries,
sucb as BENJAMIN Franklin, John Adams, John
law. James Monroe, Alexander Hamilton, La
sayetts, Aaron Burr, Louis XVI. Thomas
Paine and George washington The contents OF
the volume have been exceuenty arranged
tttIad tnde1ed and annotated by the EDITORS
The volume admirably fulflls the conditions
which these publications aim to realze-"snau
enough to slip into the pocket, large enough TO
stand upon shelf with dignity
Anna r Brown Lindsay's little volume, What
Is Worth While" which was published originally
In 1898 is still in steadily increasing demand
and Thomas 2. Croweu Sc Co. its publishers
report that It has recently passed the 20OOOO
mark
This Is a BENJAMIN Franklin year. Two maya
zines are printing biographical studies Of him.
nj
an excellent review by Professor W. P. Trent OF
Columbia University, Of Professor Snyth's ad-
unirable work, '"rhe Many Sided Franklin" we
quote the concluding paragraphs which clearly
show that the reviewer has not depended Tor
his estimate of Franklin on the volume which ne
has taken for his tex::
Everywhere we touch him he Is the human and
therefore the fascinating BIank 11o L ons nf the
sort Tt' at which he would have smiled with depre-
oSt tbs eRe W6uI have told an nsavory ansodOt9
with Disseminating results InerS - vzouid
Fcem IN Phadephia-that were not at all attrac-
tive PGof ss sm smdg5n tP the
left behind him IN . ne q bs letters to the of
feet of his strong animal instincts upon LIS Gull
It is this combined with his comparaGiITs IN
sensibiIlty poetry and TO spiTitua LIE
puts Franklin in the final analysis , 6e1oT swan vas
men Johnson and respects and
xIselS selves he Justly taxed with sestnetlc
deficiencies. But when his nnauQ 9ts+ i Frankiin
NJ TSsfoa and for much the same reasons. 20 20
one of the most fascinating OF norIats bosa oS his
students who examine n1nutely ever p@ FITTINGS
Roth men had in its fullest 0evelot Pc 5To In both
be called the genius for the prIs9 f pIebeian spirit
with the result that they 90 E0I 's15eansh
ove-senstve souls. Other SOULS Ell 80 ana
Toore robust more catholic, you WI, t oornhiTa
ciai delight in watching the eects OF a LIS upon
tion of democratic and arstocraL1u at sons OF
the lives and writings Oh tnes viii not cease to be
me peOPtH me precious style affected by hume
Gus uoderns becomes an eternal sSa4 4eIectabIe
English sn sgeaER 66bnson crsoe FEantlins
Autobiography" may be oaa1sn sa L nave devised
substitute the aesthetic worId a sn4 MS oonsum-
nation ms II is to be hoped that tranhIln "1''e0
will remain In broad circulation
Tn Modern Germany" published oy H. Z
Tntton g. Co. the author, 0. Eltzoacher' aims
N cover the field Of Germany's poll1icA anu
economical problems her policy her alllDl-
+to,s an6 +ha causes OF her success he writes
+ro,, tba nont Of view of the Brtton VINO mas
,,,,.rsssAd the growth of Germany. since 4o'I'
r-o,, a .hun1ble adnlirer and modest tmitator OF
a,,ar,,tbins English" into formidable and even
tbraa tanning competitor OF Great Britain IN COM
roarce Industry and world politics The work
is commemorative rather than exhausuvei put Is
successful in presenting an admirable STUDY oI
the resources the conditions and the OUTLOOK OF
the empire The authors general conclusions
Or cornnactly summed up in the following para
graph:
Germany has been successful, but she IS not SO
snccsssfm as she might have been. because lhdi-