The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-14
HISTORICAL AND
BIOGRAPHICAL


lock In the "reminiscences Of his life.
which he calls Forty Years Of IT, Gap
| pletons), does not keep on a. he begins.
In his first chapter. telling Of his grand
father and the town he was brought up
| In. he draws q picture that 10 charming
and that is remarkably vivid. even n II
Ia touched up q little by romantic mem.
ory. In the rest OF his book he Ii
serious and has purpose: he dwells
wholly on his political career. on the
| men he has met and the reforms that
have engaged his attention, and passes
over his personal life entirely. His
views OF men like Golden Rule Jones
and Tom johnson are interesting: 10
q his account Of his campaigns and his
Mayoralty, but when the autobiograph ply
turns to an exposition Of the authors
social ideals Il becomes much less en-
crossing.
The personal element, on the other
hand. Is too prominent In the recollec-
lions Of Joe Taylor. transformer" by
J. II. Taylor william r. jenkins Com
pany); not that the author Is egotisti-
CAL for he says much too little about
himself, but he has treasured up his
own remarks and repartees, which are
often amusing and often trivial. 1t IL
curious life Of adventure that he tells
OF; Maine country boy who drifts to
Boston. Is drawn to the minstrel and
variety stage. gets to California In the
early gold days and then wanders about
for over half a century chiefly through
the far Western States and the English
speaking Settlements on the Pacific.
Honolulu. Hongkong. Singapore. Aus
tralia. New Zealand. There are trips
east and to Europe, to be sure, but
they count for little. The new adven.
ture and open air writer's will envy Mr..
Taylor his experiences. but he makes
light Of them. lie has written his story
in his own way, with no pretence OF
literary style. and the reader will And
good deal Of entertaining human ma
ture in II.
Unparalleled Study Of Negps.
study OF the development Of the
negro In community where he has
been regarded with less prejudice than
anywhere else In the United States and
where. for time at least, he was made
into political fetish will I've found in
John Daniels I'm Freedoms Birth.
place" tHoughton Mifflln Company
The birthplace Ia naturally Boston and
the author goes back to the report in
1887 that Mr.. Maverick kept three negro
servants on Noodles Island A con-
densed history OF the negro In Massa-
chusetts to the end Of the civil war. Ia
followed by a sociological and statistical
inquiry into conditions since and up to
the present 1t Is strange to learn that
the Invasion OF foreigners on the new
Boston has driven the blacks from their
century old sanctuary on the western
slope OF Beacon Hill to the South End.
the borders Of the Back Bay and Cam.
bridge: the securing begun by Italians
and Greeks has been competed by the
Jews II Is still stranger for any one
that ever saw the congregation Of tn.
Charles Street Church on a Sunday. to
learn that some Boston negroes are
now hghting for full recognition of ali
their rights" in the home OF william
Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips.
The essay at biography which
Theodore Thomas Frankenberg calls
Spectacular Career OF Rev. Billy
Sunday" (McClelland and Company.
Columbus. Ohio). though written in
)ournalese and striving to be ser,sa-
tional. contains a great many more
facts In the revivalist's career that will
interest the public and a some hat
more lucid account OF his work than
are to be found In the Rev. Transform"
Browns eulogy. There is plenty OF
room still for a STRAIGHTFORWARD. matter
OF fact and impressive description OF a
man and movement that are attract
Ing the attention of a great many
people.
The new tariff brings with II a new
edition. the sixth, OF Prof. F. w. Taus-
sig's "Tariff History of the United
States" GO. p. Putnams sons. A new
chapter describes and discusses the
tariff act OF 1918 and Its probable effects.
The earlier articles have all been re-
vised.