The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-04

lied man. many OF which are likely
20 hold permanently while many Others
may be modified or ampliied by the
results OF later excavations. Most In
~teresting is the account - tho way In
which the chronology has been ar
ranged. The history is continuous.
full out Of proportion, II may be, as
all histories are. for the periods where
the records are more abundant, tell
ing the story Of the city n OF the
empire in the Euphrates valley from
the beginning to the time az Alex
! anders conquest. The chapter on
he Persian Kings Is especially useful
because Il links the history derived
from the monuments with that trans
mitted by books. The book Is copiousiy
illustrated and should help greatly IN
making this extremely interesting MIS-
tory known to the general pubic.
An extremely interesting book has
been compiled by Clifton IN
battle-ground Adventures In the
Civil War ,Houghton MifYlin Com
pany) by a method so simple and OBJ
! vious that Il Gems strange nopouy
should have tried ii before. t1fty
years after the war Mr.. Johnson UNI
i.rtook "a pilgrimage TO the battieneids'
Al each place he visited he hunted up
/ old people who had seen the fHht ana
took down their stories Just as they
told them. These he has put together III
his book: they range from
Ferry and Bull Run 10 Artietam'
Fred.r,ckshurg. Gettysburg. Cold Har-
h,- the wilderness, Cedar creek ana
in the Western field. Shiloh. Nicks-
burg. Ch.ckamauga, Atlanta ana
nI.ntv more. AT nearly every place
he secured several narratives, which
Will. they ma not lie OF much techni-
cal importance. are full or human IN
,er.s, We like his notes on the pres
ON, condition of the narrators. Inc
book IL illustrated by RodneF iho"n-
son. II presents a new view not merely
Of the civil war but o, all "ar'a.
During "A visit TO England Anne
Hollingsworth Wharton n pr
grInage to several places conhec'eu
with American history n recorus
her visits. together with n good oeai
~ historical information h q she ac-
cumulated, in English Ancestfai
Homes Of Noted Americans to- H.
L.ippincott Company. She naturally
looked IN the places OF origin OF as
.incuishel Philadelphians. Ecton. from
which III. F'ranklins came. n fehs-
hurst. with other spots associated win
wil,inm Penn. She visited also the
Washington villages. SulgraNe
H~rinytors and the homes OF h HI
gr,ms. Scrooby and Austerfield, as
VOL as me London buildings that
sn,l1uarlars have connected with me
ear,v colonist.. She digresses into
many historical details that are
ha-dlv relevant. Tho book n hlus-
.r.,eH. What she tells If pretty well
known already. and tho personal
touch does not add To- its interest FOR
tho reader. but it IA all peasant
enough reading.
conscientious study 81 n Girondist
leader in the French Revolution W.T."
also travelled in the United states ana
wrote about what he saw, has oeeh
made 10y Eloise Ellery. IN u, IN
~prlssot do Waryille' 'Houghton
Nifiin Company, n o. the volumes
published to commemorate the |assar
conference.-the. The author has evil
IDENTIFY read all OF BrissotS writings.
for she gives SUMMARIZE. OF their con-
tents: for this she 10 20 pe com
m~i.erated. IT Is a book 10 he con-
suited rather than read. for the author
a. is natural, takes Brissot at his own
valuation and white she enumerates
all tho matters IN which no engaged
dwelling on his intention rather than
his accomplishment, she gives very
little idea OF his proper place in the
history OF France, OF the Revolution
and OF his party. The Girondists and
Rr!s.ot with them, with their half
baked schemes for reforms and their
asseverations Of high purpose. hare
received more sympathy than IL their
due. chiefly on q Of their ex-
ecution while they werc very young
which prevented them from showing
what they could do, when equally
young contemporaries lived 10 accom-
plish grea, things. The book Is ar