The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-22
THE STORY OF A
PLUCKY WOMAN'S
BRAVE
Mrs. T~ompkins Pictures a Young Girl in a Sitting
Philanthropic Atmosphere Lincoln the Lawyer.
German History-The Administration Of President
Hayes Virginia During the Revolution.
An Official Memorial to the Memory Of Horace
Creeley-Frcnch and English Text Books.

Statesman CHoughton Mifflin Com.
pany). The author has taken the
pains to rummage through the Illinois
court records In search Of all the cases
in which Lincoln was engaged. a
search bound to be incomplete because
all the original records for the South
ern district Of the State were de-
stroyed In the Chicago fire. He shows
~conclusively that with all the disad- |
vantages Of his education Lincoln was
as fully a master Of law as ne was Of
pure English. He examines In detail
the noted case in which a protested
e~yewitness's story was thrown out
by 1.incoln's introducing the evidence
OF the almanac to prove that there
was no moonlight and himself proves
through the "Old Farmers Aimanack'
that 1t was honest evidence and not
sharp practice. Mr.. Hill also discusses
Lincoln's attitude toward the bred
Scott decision. the legal side Of his
actions as President and his views on
reconstruction. He appends the list
Of cases in which Lincoln III council
on one side or the other. The book 10
a notable addition to the Lincoln
literature.
Germau History.
Two more volumes OF the excellent
History Of the German People in
twelve volumes. edited by Edward 8.
Ellis and Augustus II. Keller. are
ready (The International Historical
Society. New York;. Volume H.. 'po
litical Development OF the Renais-
40, - - - lo,ly ,..sth snA s..t-l - @n-
fusion between the extinction of the
Hohenstaufen and the establishment
of the Hapsburg ~dynasties. with an
account of the changes in constitution
and conditions. a period which there
is a temptation to hasten yer Vol
ume ", The Renaissance and HUI
manism in Germany" IL a compact de-
scription of social and intellectual de-
velopment. bringing the history dow
to Luther and the Reformation. The
small. handy volumes make this his
tory extremely convenient for the gen.
eral reader.
4 EulORy ri Mr.. Hayes.
Delivered at Kenyon College IN
Gambler. Ohio. OF which MIR. Hayes
was the most distinguished alumnus.
and in the presence Of the surviving
members OF his family. IL was inevi.
table that the lectures Of Prof. John
w. Burgess on Thu Administration Of
President Hayes Charles Scnbner's
Sons) should he wholly eulogistic. He
began with a review of the %deplorable
condition of political life prior to his
election. described the electoral con.
test will full approval Of the COM
missions decision. praised the conduct
Of the Administration and the moral
reforms instituted by Mrs. Hayes and
II up with the phrase 1.-The finest
examples OF genuine American man
hood and wonanhOod who ever occu-
pied the White House Of the nation
were Rutherford Birchard and Lucy
Webb Hayes"
Virginia IN the Revolution.
The picturesque and exciting Incl
dents that led Immediately to the Rev
olution and have made their way into
general history happened all in New
England and the North. The doings
in the Southern colonies and In Nir-
ginia. the greatest OF them al. have
attracted much less attention. II was
fully time that "A careful study OF what
happened in the Old Dominion In those
early days were made and that task
DR.. II. j. Eckenrode has performed
in The RerOlutiOn in Virginia (Hough-
ton Mif,in Company. His selection
of material from the sources leaves
nothing to be desired and his book
will be drawn upon by other his.
torians. II Is somewhat unfortunate
that he adopts the judicial n some.
what cynical tone fostered by modern
. history professors and does moi ALLOW
himself to express admiration. The
result is that honOred figures In oul
, history are made 10 appear AZ little
more than scheming political workers
3 more stress being put on methods EN-
, ployed than o n the patriotic result
sought for. OF Patrick Henry the 4
= thor seems to have a pretty pool
= opinion and Of Thomas Jefferson nom
> too high an estimate. II allowance b'
made for this reluctance to accept ira
ditional estimates the facts collected
= by the author will he found valuable
instructive and interesting.
Horace Greeley.
An official memorial to the memory
Of Horace Greeley IN published unde'
the title Proceedings at the Unpethn.
OF q Memorial to Horace Greeley a
p Chappaqud. n. ". by the Cniversit,
of the state OF New York ALBANY
The greater part Of the volume Il
taken up with the speeches delivere'
, at the various centenary meetings II
: 1911. AZ Chappaaua. in the New forI
City Hail, at Amherst. n. H., In Colo
Q rado and by Typographical Unio'
M. &. To these are added the &C