The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-31
AMERICAN SCENES.

AMERICAN SCENES.
A delightfully."- readable college history
has been written by WILDER Dwight
Quint in THE Story of Dartmouth"
little, Brown and Company. Thu au-
thor acknowledges his Indebtedness to
more formal histories, but he tells his
story in his own way and gives indica-
tons of original research. lie does not
allow his bump Of reverence to press too
hard his sense of humOr. lie gives
much attention to the story Of the
origins and. while he makes all due al
iowance for the Rev. Eleazer WheelocS
does not disguise tho Startingly mod
crate character of his methods. The
most interesting portion and the longer
portion is that dealing with the begin
nings and with the old college down to
the days of President Bartlett. With
what the author calls the third Great
Awakening" which transformed the coll
lege and the old hill town, he becomes
unavoidably descriptive He recognizes
that 1t is no use To lament for the days
that are gone. The book Is one that
every Dartmouth man will want and
that anybody who Is Interested in the
past of America will enjoy.
Under the title Social Life in Old
New England" CLittlc. Brown and Com
pany) Mary Caroline Crawford has put
together another charming volume OF
| excerpts from New England records.
| She begins with the schools, following
| this up with tho colleges, the learned
! professions and other occupations before
she turns to weddings. funerals and
celebrations of all kinds The account
Of Tutor Flynts tour Is worth volumes
of didactc information. The author
here, as In her previous volumes, shows
remarkable judgment in selecting what
describes effectively the manners of the
! time.
Fortunately understanding that the
! history and associations Of old house
are as interesting as the architecture
John Martin Hammond has written an
| entertaining and instructive book in
Colonial Mansions in Maryland and
| Delaware" 81. Il. LippinCOtt Company
| With the pictures and descriptions OF
the old homes he gives an account OF
the families that occupied them and OF
events that occurred in them. with
many quotations from diaries and other
records. No less than seven of the man
slons he found in Annapolis, while -four
are in New Castle. Del; the rest are
scattered chiefly through the country
parts OF Maryland. The pictures rep
resent houses in city and country that
! every man would like for his own, not
so much on account of archlts cturaI
beauty as for the comfortable hOmelike
appearance they all have For the Co
lonial investigator the book with II:
excellent pictures, will be very valuable
An example that should be followed
by every State and city Is set by In
diana in insisting that school children
shall be instructed In the local history
II IL the one method by which history
and geography can be made To have ;
real meaning to children and cease I,
be a mere training Of memory. Th'
Indiana teachers got together and APP
pointed II committee to prepare suit
able book, which appears I'm Reading!
in Indiana History" Gndiana Cniver
sity, Bloomington, Ind). In the main !
Is a collection Of extracts from contem
porary writings. the source books o
history, arranged so as 10 give com
prchensive picture Of the times. Tn
State may be as prOsaic as any or tn
quick creations OF the West, but II ha
an Indian history that will appeal L
every boy. a pioneer history that ma,
be substantially that OF It's neighbors OF
either side but that Is vastly interest
ing. and its own later history as a State
The editors have done their work yer
5 well; they have avoided turning tn
E book into compendium OF statistic
=. or OF material progress; they hay
Q passed over the recent ambition TO he
5 come a literary centre: they have ar
, ranged in an orderly manner the scriou
0 things OF which Indiana has reason I
. be proud, so that children may roa
r them as nearly rs possible in the word
: Of those who saw them done,
= One curious twentieth century d.
r velopment Is the dash Of the mov!n
b picture man into the forefront of adver
e ture. Where once we looked for y
S missionary planting the cross or the a,
n venturer raising his cOuntry's flag v
?. now expect the photographer with h
n camera; he accompanies the eNplor
4 into the polar ice and Mr.. Roosevelt in
- the Jungle. 1t was the quest for movlr
n pictures that sent the KOlh brothers {
n the adventurous Journey, accomplish
a only three or four times before. Whit
= is described in Through the Graz
Canyon From Wyoming to Mexic,
a tMaCnlllanS), DS Ellsworth H. hpl
with many beautiful illustrations. ri
= trip was as dangerous for them as
% any OF their predecessors. save Powe
y who had to face the unknown. 1t
/" told entertalnngy and with much sir
y pliclty. II was broken once for pilot
" graphic reasons ana ended with {
picturesque portion OF the river. Lat
the writer determined TO follow out t
IT river to Its mouth, which he did aior
.e and strangely enough that portion
N the story is more interesting than t
rs description of the greater feat accol
s. plishcd by him. II is an extremely
le teresting book We do not expect m
ID the Colorado trip will become comma
rs place soon.
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