The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-06


No more interesting contributions to the
history Of the civil war have been made
than the accounts Of the actions OF single
regiments and other organizations. In
these are found the little details and ac-
counts Of individual ~gallantry which the
general histories pass over necessarily
but which give individuality and character
to the actions described. Particularly at
~tractkve are the Confederate records which
are now beginning to come into print,
and among these Mr.. Edward A. Moore's
The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stone
wall jackson" CThe Neale Publishing Com
pany, Washington will more than repay
the reader. The author had the rather
unusual fortune Of serving through the
war as a private; his experiences are there
fore those Of the man in the ranks. His
corps. the Rockbridge artillery battery.
was recruited largely from college students
and served in the army OF North Virginia
from Manassas to the surrender at Apo
mattox. The memoirs were begun, fortu-
nately, thirty years ago. but even with that
in mind they are surprisingly vivid and
rich In picturesque incidents.
An entertaining account OF a celebrated
social and religious community has been
written by Mr.. Stephen NJ. Griswold In
Sixty Years With Plymouth Church
(Fleming H. Revell Company. The main
events in the history Of the church during
the ffty-three years that the author has
served as usher are put clearly. Some in
cidents are passed over lightly, as Is only
natural, and some names closely connected
at one time with the church are oonspicu-
ously absent. No attempt Is made at a
complete picture Of Mr.. Beecher. The
authors optimistio views OF the influence
OF the church since Mr.. Beecher's death
may seem to outsiders derived from con-
temptation OF the past rather than con-
sideration OF the present. The Brooklyn
he remembers Is now only part OF a greater
New York, and in It Plymouth Church IL
only one among many others.
On the occasion OF the se~venty-ffth
anniversary of the opening OF Lafayette
College Mr.. Richard N. Hart publishes
O sketch OF Francis Andrew March," the
most distinguished ornament OF the college
and prominent among living American
scholars (The author. Easton. PENN. Prof.
March is still teaching at 81 In the chair
to which he was appointed ffty-two years
ago. His b~iogrepher dwells IN his SER
vices in English %philology and IA a pioneer
for spelling reform, hut his sketch will
be valued for the less accessible information
IL gives, the personal anecdotes, the class
room incidents. h glimpses Of the man
under the scholar.
With the jamestown celebration in view
Mrs. Mary Newton Stanard tells again
The Story OF Bacon's Rebellion" CThe
Neale Publishing Company. She takes
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tanning and ~relegates her roaders to the
complete photography at the end for au-
thorities. The merits in the case may not
be 90 onesided as they are pictured here
but the importance Of the episode In colon
ial history Is becoming more and more
emphasized in the newer general histories.
IL may seem strange that a new edition Of
sPlato's Apology and 'Crto- should be
called for. but these well known college
texts have never been presented to youth
in more attractive form than by Prof.
Isaac Flagg OF the University Of California
american Book Company. The orns-
mental cover drives away the thought Of
a school book. The text Ia edited care
fully, the notes are abundant and helpful
for the understanding OF the argument.
while a mass Of necessary historical. legal
and archaeological information is embodied
In the index.
Again the Japanese Government tries to
enlighten the world as to her internal con-
dition and u by the publication Of
well arranged statistical account Of her
finances. commerce. agriculture. industry
and means Of communication. For a COPY
OF the edition in English OF The Seventh
Financial and Economic Annual OF Japan.
1907 Government Printing ONCE. Tokio)
we are indebted TO Mr.. X, Midzumachi.
vice-Minister OF Finances.
A brief o Of China, OF missionary
s~ndesvorn and Of present conditions. has