Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-14

we'll written discussions of such subjects
as money, labor unions. government regula-
ton and individual initiative. His book
will be widely read.
THE NEGRO AND THE NATION, a His
tory of American Slavery and Enfran-
chisement By George S. Merriam.
New York: Henry Holt & Co. Wash
ington: William Ballantyne & Sons.
Having already written volume on the
story of slavery, Mr. Merriam continues his
work as a sociological investigator to the
extent of presenting this work on the negro
and his relations to the nation. in the course
of which he dispassionately and fairly con-
siders the subject from the viewpoint of the
broadly constituted American. He tempers
his treatment to prevent prejudices, al
though he takes strong ground occasionally.
Thus he deprecates all the attempts that
have been made and are still making to
enforce the Constitution Of the United
States by reducing the representation Of the
south In Congress and the electoral college
proportionately to the Acknowledgement of
the negro in certain of the southern states.
Disregarding the higher morality Of this
movement, Mr.. Merriam proclaims it as a
mere political move calculated simply to
punish the south and to increase the power
OF the republican party, and, through pun
ishment, to condone the unrfghteous treat
ment of the negro and check the movement
for his restoration to his rights. This
somewhat illogical attitude however. is an
exception to the rule of the authors dis
cussion of the negro problem. He declares
in favor of education and Industrial oppor-
tunfty for the negro and believes that the
south will eventually awake throughout as
1t Is now awakening in sections, to a. real
ization that the problem can and must be
solved within the boundaries of the former
slave states, and not by violence or preju-
dice. but by enlightenment
SAINTS IN SOCIETY. BY Margaret Bail
lieSaunders. New York: G. p. Put
nam's Sons. Washington: Woodward
& Lothrop.
At the beginning the man was high
minded. pure in spirit and noble in aspira-
ton. He wanted to regenerate society and
assist the very poor of London to rise from
their sloth and dirt and poverty. His wife
was careless. needless, slovenly. little
minded, without thought for anything be-
yond cheap flnery and questionable pleas
ures. The man was taken up by noble
man of great wealth to become candidate
for parliament as representative of the
labor party. He succeeded at the polls
and began to degenerate in proportion as
he acquired good clothes and fame and
means, helped to all these by his patron.
The wife rose with him socially and then
began rapid divergence. She saw the
misery about her in a new light and became
cial betterment. The story of the man g
degeneracy and the woman's development
Is wildly told, with many convincing
touches. The hollowness of certain phase
of English fashionable life and the great
gulf fixed between the honest and the fashy
members Of the British nobility are revealed
with high degree of artistic ability. The
story pulses with strong human interest
MENTAL AND MORAL HEREDITY IN
ROYALTY, Statistical Study In His
tory and Psychology. BY Frederick
Adams Woods, MD, lecturer in the
biological department of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology. IL
Illustrated New York: Henry Holt e.
Co Washington: William Ballantyne
s. Sons.
DIR. Woods aims In this important volume
to contribute something new to the knowl-
edge OF the science of history, dealing with
men and women In their psychological
aspects and setting forth. as far as they
can be ascertained, the hereditary lines of
cause and effect which have borne heavily
or lightly upon the course of nations. His
study IL primarily one OF genealogical
causation. 1t IL strictly scientific IN its
method and It's deductions. He has devised
an elaborate system OF scoring aud refer.
ences which will tax the patience of the
average reader somewhat upon the first
perusai OF the book, but the method soon
becomes plain and the author has given
copiops nptes and references In aid OF the
conscientious geareteg for the truth con-
oorninS hereditary influences Ia royal lines.
tbs work sweeps the field OF European HIS
sory a9Ial rs. soa ga VIII s sas
eioy0riy avoiding the aAnftlai0n "a aftan