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PICTURES OF WAR
With Conqucrors and Con-
ouered. East and West

.,..,.. ,--.o>.-- O.. -'- F!-. l.."c- win Sl,h
~. 4..-ia,. Ocrin4r aud l'-,t,1. Nh
", ROBE: Dam limo. pP. '''
Mn Dunn's letters from the iroa' j,
u.a.ster1 and western theatres OF NE
WV hayo been so widely read and con-
va. unon that they hardly heeu
n'nVn,n,ordation row. Il must be sa.u'
t So,,.'' that Their publication IN nooH-
" most welcome, since. written
+borch they were from day 10 G ,
tbcre is much in them OF lasting F" ,,.
TLa,, bsva the human touch ana lht5
a.o picturesque, the move pictureS4ue
~. he contrast they present between
,5c older conditions Of warfare :" "
tlo,,,,.ard civilization, ON the East
- - ,.,- Ca1ic;an frontier and lhe
,oorotoaous efficiency Of ui'ra, i"ou 'I. J."
.r,,;Iitarism in the vest. AFTER ''". ~"
historic British retreat ir'" -'o"
(Which fills some OF the author ''0'-
II no, with the military OF inc
.....,,,,, nations alone that Nr. Dunn i'
concerned. but with the c'V| pop"'a
.,on. IN IN, conquered zones as wen.
with the Bclgians and the rre"ch %
Tho territory which since Scp'ei"Dc'
has been in German hands. ne Won
doris AT the lack OF TACT AT me
1a,,s,oss tina, accompanies the eNclehcy
,,.b;cb has replaced old-fashioheu
Trencb railway bridges with steel ana
noro,o which has built cut-o'is' SD
49,. NOW nermancnt ways with Stahd-
ard grades and heavy rails ana n'''''u
tbem ready for destruction III ca7c %
o retreat. All this he saw under con
s+a,t most punctiliously courteous on
ciol escort: but he did not fan TO no.
tice that. willie thus personally con
drc+od he had but few opportunities
- talk freely with the sullen suDJec'
no2ulntion. "One may rage thaI '"'
Germans invade like Huns ne con-
cludes. but they are remaining IKE
Pomans. as if they had come TO stay
lie was not in Belgium at ;he time OF
the invasion. but he has seen the ruin
that is Serbia, and writes Of It with
burning pen.
/ Mr. Dunn wrote freely 20 his paper
wherefore ne became persona non
crata in Vienna. and crossed the ku-
manian frontier, whence he succeeded
in Joining the retiring Cossacks III
Bukowina. But before this he had
found ms way into Przemsyl and seen
the cholera. sinister camp-follower q
humanity at war under the old con
ditions.
one recurs again to the contrasts o,
this book. from Northern France &c
the unkempt. sodden Villages Of Galicia
suryivals of the Middle Ages, ignorant
and injurious Yet IT was there that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-29

into tho wider field of Napoleonic
lecendry and collecting. Thus he Gls-
poses first Of oil Of the tradition mat
the elements ragged with terrifying
,iolence Hhen the Superman died.
Scott. Hazlitt. Barring Gould. French
and German bogIaphers Sc zed upon
the story With me rhetorical erect
But the logs Of the tour British men
of-war then at anchor at 81. Helena
reported prosaically that the weather
was fire and moderate.
To the death mask, however. ne
facts brought out By Mr. watson snow
that AntommarchI refused 10 take IL
for fear Of failure; thai thereupon Dr.
Burton undertook the task and sue,
cecded that the mask was removed
from LongHood Immediately after
ward. through the agency Of Nine.
Bertrand. and that Dr. Burton never
was able 20 regain possession OF H.
In 1898 DR.. Antomwarchl began the
commercial exploitation Of the death
mask in England as we'll as in France.
ard the legend OF IT'S authorship
started on its way. 70 be accepted Oy
practically all Napoleon's biographers
until within recent years. There IS
an additional chapter on the Sahhey
cast. al impression in wax taken BY
a Young English artist, Joseph William
Rubidge, from DR.. Burton's cast. It,
descent" is clear. From its maker il
passed to the Rev. Nh Bays at St
Helena. who bequeathed 1t to his
daughter, Mrs. Sankey, from whom II
passed 70 her son, the present owner
DR.. Sankey. Of Oxford. Mr.. Watson
disposes in shor. order of DR.. Arnott's
wax cast as an original. DR.. Bur
tons parent cast" is now in the pos
session of Prince Victor Napoleon.
The author proves his thorough &C
quaintancc with Napolconic literature
and iconogcsphy He is particularly
we'll worth reading on the confused
subject Of the reliability as likenesse'
of the Emperor's innumerable por
} traits, busts, etc.
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with the rest Of the world Japan and
nov China demonstrate. Dr. pu bo's
seems 70 anticipate some such renaS-
ccncc or revival Tor the blacks. but
i, must be- borne IN mind that clrcum
stances. because OF the very facts
which we have cited, are far less favor
able for II iu Africa than IN Eastern
Asia. There are also other uniaVor-
able conditions. One ia the enormous
loss Of physical "a well "a intellectual
and spiritual energy in the Withdrawn
Of AZ least a hundred millions or her
most efficient inhabitants to perish in
the middle passage" or 70 serve as
slaves IN foreign lands. Another Is 'he
passing Of nearly all Of the continent
beneath alien dominion, so that ATT
cans can now hope to develop them-
selves not in independent nauonal'.'s'
but merely rs the subjects OF foreign
novcre Whether the Pan African
movement which DR.. Du Bols flscerhs
Is practicable remains 70 BE deter-
mined whether ii can be successfully
prosecuted. is q question when lies 81"
tho laps Of the gods. But AT leasU we
must unhcsitatnGly hold that Tor the
sakc both OF justice in atoninG for me
vrongs Of the past and OF the practical
nrodt Of humanity in the present ana
,bc fu+urc. It behooves the white race
a. regard the black with all possible
consideration. sympathy and encour
arcmcnt. Or. Du BOSS little but com
nrebensive volume should prove po-
tent argument and cXhortation to that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-29

TllE CoMPETITNE NEPHEW BY Nsirf
Glass. illustrated. limo. ~ 80 p0s'e''
rag co
Abe and Mawruss have 70 share
the business ventures and family con
pIcations OF which Mr. Glass tells y
these new stories OF his, and Henry "
Feldman appears only once ~ zen.
action over jewellers saie' NaS
gives him an opportunity TO cApia,h W. v.
cdIc1f cmDfyr principle upor VINCE Nv
Tribune is waging war Bat It Is -
lations rather than trade VINO furIs.
the plots Of most OF these stories W.
instance: II ones best customer y.
Il nephew a d insists upon hnoI.s
a place for him in ones bushes.
what is enc going 70 do ABOUT
And II ones wife got IL poor rs'
ton, and the poor relation got
daughter who spoils ones goods IN NV
making. how Is one gong 70 dispVs.,
Of her? Worst OF all, If a CLOAK ~ ~,
suit manufacturer falls SEX ana ~
sons take advantage OF his tempois'
helplessness 10 rob him Of the oos'
ness he has established AMI built w
how is ne going to prove 70 them 'ns.
"oncet in while father couIa sV'
it a serpent's tooth. too and dont !yWi
forget it," And there Is JACOB ~
Fieldstone. who changed from san'ii
waists 10 theatrical management ss
became J. Montgomery Fisldstone !.
the process. lie was between TWO nr ',
the jeaousies OF his two stars Az ~.
the sense OF ownership Of his Wiz
The stories are amusing. Nr. vIs.'
proves anew his clever knack OF enA
acterizstion through dialogue ~ o..
lect. the unconscious humor Of his peg peg
pie is as genuine as II was, ou' g..
tn, first novelty Of ,nls phase OF We,
York life has worn of somewhat az
Continued on page ".
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John COMPANY"
Ships, Shippers, Sailors, Mer
chants and Passengers.

TIE OLD EAST INDGANiEN b L ke5'e
Tlaueron. Il y illustrated $40. ~
Nu as. Philadelphia J. r. Lipp!ncou Com
psny
Mr.. Chatterton has already to his
credit several good books on the sea
and seamanship. among them Sailing
Ships and Their story" and ships and
Ways of Other Days" In this new
work of his he tells the story OF the
ships and their sailors Of the English
East India Company John Company.
RS it came to be called ~ India. lie
does not. howe neglect the history
Of the company Itself, or of the era OF
discovery and merchant adventurlng IN
Portugal and Spain that led to its or
ganization. Possessing the most
sweeping monopoly ever granted by "a
government to IA private enterprise
the company. while earning great
profits. was in its best days almost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-29
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
OF CURRENT FICTION
Mr. Knbbss Second Tale of Tramp-Nlontague Glass S
New Stories-Nirs. Dejeans and the Modern Woman
A Detective Story with Purpose

ficient proofs in prehistoric remains to
claim ar least some measure OF truth
in It's support. The answer has been
that, while this may be true Of the
past, it does not apply 10 the future,
because the race has now so FAR pro-
crossed in its evolution that a total
loss of what it has achieved has be
come nconceivabic But the events o.
The last ten months are undermining
that feeling of security. 1t is not war,
but plague OF unprecedented ma
lignancy, that sends mankind back TO
the stage OF bow-ard-arrow in Mr.. Lon
don's story, but plaques are born OF
war, and already We have before our
eyes in Serbia an epidemic Of typhus
that deties control.
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closure. and he makes il on the test
mory OF a professional hunter IN
Aairob Said this man;
If any sporting millionaire
wishes 10 make a big lion bag and
doe. not care how he gets them, 1t
can easily De arranged. II you are
where the lions are plentiful. and
put down ton or fifteen kills day,
and rour strychniuo holds out, YOU
can make a big bag; and you may
find some Of the lions before they
are entirely dead, a. least they
may get on their feet and growl at
YOU | know q man who went out
with a wealthy foreigner and came
back with eight lions for four
teen days trip. and every skin mad
bullet hole in II, and sometimes
two. think II was prussic acid on
this occasion. They say II Is
quicker than strychnine, but lit
tie more expensive.
Mr. Barnes states positively that this
isroblc practice is more often resorted
to than reported; aad, Of course. the
settlers. the farmers. freely put down
poison 10 kill the game that destroys
their crops and stills their cattle. bu-
they. IL. least. do not urotend 70 be
sportsmcn.
The author observations of Wild
life while taking pictures with his
companion a. the water holes are
among the most interesting passages
in the book He has nothing TO say
on the subj-c Of protective coloratlon;
no okapi presented itself to be photo
grlphcd. but one Of his conclusions i
that the curiosity oil wild animals,
which is so often their undoing, is IN
reality only form OF caution. lie
and MIR KcartCn relied upon II while
setting up their apparatus. They did
not 60 near the hidc-ups for several
DAYS. with the result that these struct'
ures were subjected 10 = thorough eN
animation. and thereafter were no
longer objects o. suspicion. "The wary
balloons had climbed i'm and out Of the
hidc-ups. The Grevy zebra had walked
all around them. The elephants had
passed their trunks inside. The rhino
alone had displayed no interest IN then
presence"
We get some inaigr. Of the profits
% the African trad. companies. A
Mr.. Barnes observed them. their trans
actions with the natives are about as
follows: The ivory they bring IN "a
the trading station IS paid for in cash
which they Immediately spend in the
company store for Gewgaws sold &c
them at an enormous profit. They ther
are hired 10 carry the IVORY TO the
nearest shipping station Of the con
Germ. and paid for this service once
more with the same money, which, o.
their return. they leave second time
in the companys store. CurlouslN
enough. when Mr.. Barnes was in the
Belgian Congo. long before war wa
ever thought OF. rumors were spreading
among the natives. especially in the
eastern districts. that the conduct o.
affairs would soon pass out OF the
hands Of their Belgian masters. AnC
on the Belgian British frontier th'
natives are in the habit of changing
their allegiance by crossin: It when
ever an attempt TO collect the hui
tax il impending.
Mr.. Barne; enjoyed his expedition;
so will thos- who read his account o.
il. even though he declares tand Mr.
Kearton agrees with him) that there
are certain portions OF it which he
would not care to do again. And. o.
course, there is an abundance OF Illus
trations.
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Mr.. Dunn was oftenest hailed by one
time dvellcrs in the New World. The
immediate danger from being mistaken
for spy. he has learned from expert
ence. is greatest not when one IS W
the m DIST Of the armies. but when one
is away from them among the panic
stricken civilian populations. The book
= Of absorbing interest.
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, HISTORY OF THE NEGRO.

p.-,.... ID. B., Pa.
n MI; ,.a- uap, .r' '''. 1874
81. 1880 81
The negro IS not an exception 20 '''
general laws and conditions o' hN''"'
ity. That. IN hriei' Is 'N' a.
of pr. Iu Boss \''o'',
conv'noine'y supports N.."
ccnuousrcss than ngch'oS.N
IN fact ~ me '"'.'l '..,,1s.,..,
shrewd devices "' -.t.,,.
that he fs least s"''''"''"'
more than once hr essay ~
roll Of mon o. negro o'''" ...,
world has DC. GIFTED 10 ho'oi' "'"
doing subjects hlmSe' q" >'''''S 100.
lcnge, ln some cases 10 ''P'1.'','.,
VIC kno" o. no reason .''
.F.sop 60 1ave been negro
was slave, hu'' % w. D."
self points oIt. slaves were '''" "O'
confined o the black race. our were '''
the contrary. mostly WHITE. ''D'' n.y.
ono story says that he was born Id '...
iopia: but thai name Wa, thc' app. co
% all o. Africa 80 that he might nave
been a. Egyptian or Cartnac '''a"'
Moreover, nc Wa also SAID 10 nave p''''
born in PhryCia. iu Ihraco. ~ Nam'S'
and IN Amen ''S''-' rorcrcc
that Clitus was negro or IcI'"',,
though he was born at carthage.
We turn 70 legend and romance V'ne'-
n was a Moor. but :he Moors belong
d;stinctivclv 20 the white race; fe're
fss. son Of Gamurct and MOOT sh
queen. was surely not a mulatto' "hl'c
a. for Prester John. tic majority 9.
legends concerning him, ihcIual"S al
the earlier ones, MADE MN y
an Armenian or az lnolan' oe-o"S'''N
20 Asia. not Africa. fuSnH..' '0'"..'e
1ror, fable 20 authentic annals was '''-
6ced one.eiCh'h negro, one o. MS s'e"'-
rrandfathers having been OF 'ha' ra( ~
s,d the elder Dumas had a negro i''
he maternal grandmother, and was mus
one.fourth negro blood. l. is poss'o,e
that Heredis had q trace o. 10 -.
though he is Supposed 20 nave pee"
nvre Creole As 10Y me StsseS'''"
that Beethoven. Hamilton ana p'o" u
ine were in the slightest degree OF ne
gro descent. i is fan'AS'ica.E "oSu' Vs. u'
and we must regret even reference ~
= In volume o. serious pu'PoS' "''0
veal value. -.
All these citations. some be'hg uuO'
oYs and some positively Grouna.ess,
,reslen the authors argument; while il
.lev we're al susceptible Of verlhca-
80 thew would add little or nothing
..~orc..b The status 81 the black
600 s,,orr the others Of mankind is
80, 80 he determined by a few rare and
a>co,.ioral members. whose very emil
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Am AUTHORS REVIEWS AND COMMENT
LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
Dr. Burshardt Du Boiss History of the Negro
Mr., Dunn's War Correspondence
Welcome Book of African travel

,e,.ber .he Egyptian nor the Cartha-
c.nians we're negroes. ;he former beng
rrobablv Of some AslaIc stocA' WINE
The latter were certainly Semitic hu'
both became largely mingled by inter-
marriage with reEritlc stocks NAIVE 10
Africa. or established there from time
iwmcmorial Elsewhere IN me 'o""-
rcrt there were, and are To-Day hun'',
Gus distinct peoples. varying raol'@'
j.. BetVcer me Hol'eh'o'S anu
Zulue. between the hushn'' anu '''
NandinCoes. between ''' "~"'"' ''''
Che Berbcrs. there is t''a''' ''"
trast than between. Ic' Us say INC
>Ncdcs and the ItaIans. mere are
white men and black. brown men an"
yellow. giants and d"arls' @Ucn
mixture and such a "auetN "f we sh"I'
scarcely .rd elsewhere.
There arc oven some negroes ln A.
rica. BY tina; VIC mean men correspond
ing 90 the traditional black. tnIch-
Timed. vooily-headcd type. bu, these
arc comparatively fcw and are by no
means typical Of the so-ca'led black
race as q whole. The Pygm'cs, - the
contra forests. and the BuShmon aud
Hot:cntots m the southwest. arc the
only survivors Of the primitive negro
stock, and they are more yellow than
black The great Bantu race, occupy
ing the major part Of The continent
south of the Soudan. comprises the ma
iority Of what we know as negroes
with vast range Of differences from
the KafirS and Zulue AZ the southeast
TO the Mandingoes IN the northwest
Tho Hausas and other tribes Oh me
Soucan hetray an adm'\'ul' OF >'il,,Ic
blood, me GaiIaS' me '". 80 ''''
Abysslnans and the N''.-" nave
still greater proportion OF Hon cEriuc
stock: while the MoorS and berherN be-
long 70 the white race with only some
occasional utilization Of negro blood.
l. seems probable that down 90 the
Nsbometau conquest Africa compared
not unfavorablv with the otrcr CONT
nents in civilization. What IS known
Of the Great Zimbabwe. % Ilmbuctoo,
and or other centres 90 human activity
and achievement indicates this We
do not mean. nor does Dr. pu Bots,
that those regions eaualled .he fore
r,o.t lands of Furooe but they prob
sblv surrassod the major parts OF both
the American continents. excepting the
Mayas. Tncas and Aztecs, and rivallcd
much Of Asia. Down TO that time.
moreover. there appears 20 have oc,n
little and generally no rejudice
against the black race. Certainly IL
was not in ancient times regarded as
essentially seryile. The slaves o.
Greek and Roman times were more
white than black. Handicapped as i
was bv the natural conditions to which
We have already referred. Africa was
r,a1fuIv struggling on in the same
direc.ion with the rest OF the world
uben there bofel il the catastrophe OF
the Mahometan CONQUEST. Because OF
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OEATH-MASK
A Contribution to Napoleonic
Iconography,

rlu >rpIa oF NArOLLoNS DEATH.MASh.
l'.a 'ton II' org Al p'.imcni'. y, g. J.. de
N.isl. VIII 81 u-'ra'ion- >E1.. ~ L
-o' 'l.lo. .lL.,,i O. . 200 .o2ies Tie John
This is primarily a book for the col
loctor OF Napoleona, but in the course
Of his argument. which proves that not
Antommarchi. bu- Dr. Francis Burton,
surgeon Of the j5th Regiment in gar
rison az -. Helena. made The famous
death mask. the author gives his book
a general interes: by his excursions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-29
THE SCARLET PLAGUE.

THF SCARLET PLAGUE. Il, Jack London. Illus.
rated hy Gorlou Grant Emo. ~ ~. The
Macmillan Company.
The republication Of this story is
made timely by the steadily spreading
danger 70 civilization Of the world war.
The theory Of success 'ive civilizations
in the history Of mankind. each OF them
terminated By catastrophe that sent
the race back to savagery to commence
once more its laborious upward climb.
is familiar enough. and has found suf-
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UbLL.OuT-OF.PRINT. BOOKS

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THE COMPETITIVE NEPHEW.

story deserves TO be taken into cor
siderat:on for the summers reading
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Continued on page II.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-19
jim GOOD RAps WILSON,.
iowan Attacks President For Favorine
Rate lncroaaa.

iowan Attacks President For Favorine
Rate Increase.
Washington, Feb. 1s.-Representa-
tive Good yesterday in a speech IN
which. he criticized the shipping bill
attacked the administration for boost
ing railroad rates. He recalled the
letter Of President Wilson which APP
peared in the papers of Sept. IL and
was addressed to Frank Trumbull call
ing attention to the need that rail-
road credits be sustained" or, in other
words, that rates be raised, Good said:
The president wanted freight rates
increased for railroads that were earn
ing IL per cent in 1913 after they had
paid all operating expenses, charged
off all that was necessary for depre-
citation. and set aside $11,000000 for
the surplus fund.
and yet you gentlemen on that
side .(referring to democrats) now
claim that you are in favor Of bearing
down on the trusts and putting them
out Of business and of bringing low
er freight rates to the country"
Under such circumstances Good de-
rided the claim of the democrats that
they wanted to strike at the shipping
trust. He assailed the democrats for
extravaganza, said this was not the
time to spend $4o,000,ooo for an lin
ternational quarrel and that this was
not the time to embark in the ship
industry, but that prudence and COM
mon sense would dictate to US that we
should attend to our own business"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-19

NEW YORK FARMS.

For Sale--New York farms. Soioman
1000 years ago wrote of this man, "Lo
/ want by the way of the sothfrl man
his buildings were tumbied down." etc.
l0o-acre farm with twelve cows and
team. Price $4,000; $500 cash down.
500 yearly.
Renter. invest $500 where It will
make your living feed your family and
double In value; S0-acre farm and six
teen cows and milk route. one-fourth
mic to railroad village and thirteen
from Syracuse.
Faith may move mountains but $500
will make this your own: forty seven
acre farm. eleven miles troE, Syracuse.
Price $1,000, $500 cash $50 yearly. Rail-
road fare one way to purchaser. Write
for photos. Il. Munson. -;26 South
Salina street. Syracuse. y. Y.
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.'armor ring" is composed Of the Car
negie, Midvale and Bethlehem COM
panies. He charges these companies
also are in the Ammunition ring" ana
adds to these the Du Pont Powder
Company. He alludes to these four
great concerns as constituting the
war trust" He draws scathing IN
dictment of them, of army and navy
officers who purchase war munitions,
sets worth figures to show how much
more cheaply the government manu-
features or could manufacture war
munitions, armor and the like than the
contractors are paid, attacks the navy
league as lobbying In ~ interest Of
greater armor contracts, and says pri-
vate manufacture of arms and arma-
ment is standing menace to peace.
Among other things, he pictures the
war trust" not only as world wide
but as operating in sort Of combined
movement to promote International
jealousy, rivalry, quarre!s and war in
order to make bigger profits