The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-30
BOOKS OF THE WEEK SEEN IN REVIEW AND COMMENT

the field OF European history an effort
has been made to- keep .hDm out OF the
region civilized by the Romans. At the
breaking up of Charlemagnes cupir-
the device used was buffer State,
LOthar's kingdom, and in some form Or
other that barrier survived to the
present day A sketch of the history OF
its successive phases has been prepared.
rather hastily. by Ruth Putnam In
'Alsace and Lorraine From Cesar 20
Kaiser" co. y. Putnam's Sons) and is
interesting reading just now. The little
book is provided with adequate maps.
In honor Of Professor William Archi-
bald Cunning. ph. D., LII. D., of Column
b.a University fifteen Of his former
pupils. now teaching history in various
institutions, have written and published
"A volume Of studies In Southern His
tory and Politics" columbia University:
Lemcke and Buechner). Nearly all OF
the essays deal with some phase OF the
reconstruction period. The theme OF
judicial Interpretation OF the Con-
federate Constitution" IL delightfully."-
aCademical
For the laudable purpose OF instruct
ing newly made Americans Emma
Lillian Dana in Makers Of America"
Immigrant Publication Society. New
York; has written simple biographies
of four great men, Franklin, Washing
f, ton, jefferson and Lincoln. and inter
woven with them the stories of the
! Revolution and the Rebellion.
The greater part OF Susie G. Clarks
"John Mccullough" broadway Publish
ing Company, New York; is given up
to "a sympathetic account Of the TRACE
| dams career. in which personal fail
inps are hardly mentioned and much
space is allowed for the ceremonies at
his funeral and the eulogies that ap-
| peared at that time. The last hundred
pages. however. are taken up with the
communications which the acsor Is as
serted to have sent from the spirit
world since his death.
An intercs ing sketch OF the first
great American painter in Frank W.
| Baiey's The Life and Works OF John
! Singleton Copley' CThe Taylor Press
Boston, precedcs an elaborate descrip-
| don OF every picture that Copley is
| known to have painted. The descrip-
/ lions include brief Biographies OF the
persons portrayed with the statement
Of where the picture is Now. II is a
very long list, and 1t is remarkable how
large a proportion of the pictures re-
mains still IN the private possession Of
New England families.
In series OF snort articles by many
writer's The Giories OF Ireland" are
| recounted NihoeniN, Washington. ID. c..
/ The editors are Joseph Dunn. Ph. D.,
/ and l.. j. Lennon. Lift. D., OF the
! Catholic University. The authors do
not limit themselves TO the early days
before the English came. though those
glories are Ivy no means neglected. but
I they tell also what lrishmen have done
| IN every field down 20 the twentieth
century. The new Gaelic literary move
mcnt is described. but only in its proper
proportion in Irish history. the list of
lrishmen who stand in the first rank
Of English letters makes these moderns
look rather small. \ book that Irish
men will be proud OF and Others may
read with profit
In compact form David u. Barrows.
] Pm. d. LII. D., gives an account of
"A Decade of American Government in
the Philippines" (World Book Company.
Yonkers. y. ". The survey gives in
convenient shape Information that 20
far had to be sought in many different
places. 1t borrows at times the dry
tone Of the reports on which il is based
and the compression makes some state
ments more dogmatic than they were
intended to be. probably. Tho author
occasionally seems to re9ress his
opinion Of men; his book would be far
more interesting if he had let himself
out