The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-14
INTERSECTIONS

By Herbert Howe Bancroft. The Ban
croft Co., 156 Fifth avenue, Publishers.
New York.
The republic of Colombia wants paw
from the United States for taking from
ner, as she says, her precious Panama.
rms Is fair sample of Spanish-Ameri-
can politics, as Mr. Hubert Howe Ban
croft points out in "Restrospection. It
was the same at Nicaragua fair bar
gam sl0,O0O.00o for canal zone, In both
cases, and in both cases a back down
and demand for more Finally the state
OF Panama declared independence. neeoti
ated direct with our government, and the
thlhg was done. Thus the right of way
Tor ships through the continent, which
LOT 4Oo years all the world has wanted.
was secured
me work is political and personal an
analytical review of the century. wherein
the good is praised and the evil cen
sured striking picture of the times is
Drawn, with the nations wonderful eco
ilonlc development and the rise and
progress of the political power of the re-
public The authors boyhood and busi-
ness career are mentioned and his his
torlcal efforts and successes given in de-
tail. All interested In the opening of
the Panama canal or in the San Fran
cisco exposition, will find these books
OF rare interest and Importance
| AlmOSt
as II he We're looking at an unfolding
picture the reader sees the sweep Of
things as they swing forward in the
great movement which has peopled and
developed our continent and brought the
United States to a position of world
power
"A student of history all his life and
a writer of it during three score years.
hubert Howe Bancroft, in telling the
story OF our nation, is as one who stands
upon height and gazes upon n passing
pageant. The vast range of his knowl-
edge the peculiar capacity he enjoys for
correct analysis, his fine power of ex
pression-all illumined by wit and re-
fined by strong human sympathy-ulalifv
MN as few are qualified to present in
moving train and engaging him form the
record or our national progress
THE DAUGHTER OF A REBEL.
BY G. We're Tyler. DuffieId & Co. pub
fishers New York
An interesting story, 1.-THE Daughter of
Rebel" is by G. We're Tyler. who mas
the happy faculty of writing we'll and de-
Neioplng good plot at the same time
MIS- Tylsf is a daughter-in-law of
President John Tyler, having been mar
ried AT an early age to one of the younger
sons BY his second marriage to the beau-
tiful Julia Gardiner. According to her
statement, the country scenes described
IN her book are based upon Impressions
OF Sherwood rorest, the James river plan
tatlon of the TNlors at the period tie
book Is laid. Her novel. dealing with the
social condition in Virginia when tie
after effects of the civil war were at
their height, is a new depa rture. Mrs
Tyler's literary reputation having been
based upon her psychological work in
hovelettes and short stories
Page Warwick. the heroine Of 1.-The
Daughter of 4 Rebel" is a very attrac-
tive type of girl. and her sweetheart.
David Lee, is a Yonnes man with poetic
personality. great force of character. a
born orator and a very unusual mind.
He makes a big success in winning q
famous murder case and after many stir
ring experiences and affairs in New
York. he claims tn ehand OF his southern
sweetheart and everything turns OUT
happily.