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New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Lincoln the Man
Some Character Studies Of Per-
ennial Interest

THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY Ida n.
Tarbel Two volumes S'o. NJ. GSs'' aze' 40.
I'M Macmillan Company
HONEST AAHN SIpny Srr y Or lNTEaHITx NTNahAx
IpH%,oIN Ey Alonso Eothschud. Svo. up $50.
The Housh,on Mitfn Company.
LATEST LIGHT on ABRAHAM LINCOLN .sd ASp
WAn h III III. y With m iuiro,luc;lon by BISHOP
Ths Fleming II. kevcI Company
Miss Tarbell's Life of Lincoln ap-
neared in 1900. Since then much val
rahle Lincoln material has come to
light. Gideon Welles's Diary gives az
intimate view of Lincoln's relahoW
with the members of his Cabinet, of
the personal frictions inside the At
m;nistration and of Lincoln's states
manship as valued by ono who was per-
hans too close to the heart of many
,ssues and controversies to give an un-
oiassed and truly critical opinion.
schurz's "reminiscences also enlarged
our knowledge of Lincoln, and only
few weeks ago Gilbert Tracy published
volume of more than 500 Lincoln let
fers not contained in the supposedly
complete Gettysburg edition OF lln-
coins Works. Miss Tarbell has drawn
IN all this new material in amphfying
her original Life.
Her interest is chiefly in Lincoln the
man. Lincoln the statesman and war
PRESIDENT is a secondary figure That
was necessarily her point Of view, since
she set out to clear up many disputed
points in Lincoln's earlier career, and
thu 20 dispose Of popular misconcep-
tions of him handed down from the
neriod when he was subject as & public
man to the malice of political gossip
and caricature. Miss Iarbell rightly
emphasizes Lincoln's inherent personal
quality, his extraordinary integrity, his
fsir-mindedness. his modesty. his mag
panimity. He was true gentleman. as
well as a great man. He was as eX-
eeptionsl ir character as he was in
intellect.
The preface to the new edition is
an admirable piece Of criticism. 1t
exhibits indeed, q critical faculty
which is not so much IN evidence IN
the life itself Lincoln the man has
grown on Miss Tarbel. rs he grows on
ell VINO study him. There is. however.
noticeable failure to treat intel
lieentlv the shortcomings of Linco!n's
military policy. Few American his
torians have ventured to assess can
didly Lincoln's responsibility for the
mess the North made of the war on
its military side up to 1864: Upton
h;nts at il in mis- "Military Policy OF
the the United States" But most Others
have backed away from the facts. As
% director of strategy and q maker OF
generals, Lincoln was an almost unre-
ljeved failure up to the time ne soc
Grant for a commander and forsworee
interference with the management OF
the armies in the field. Some cay we
shall have life of LINCOLN wh1cA @im ,.1
not gloss over that failure. a LlnGo;n ~
T'a''I He did practically acknowledge it in
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Not Idle Visions
The Spiritual Comradeship of a
Gallant Soul

THE INVISIBLE GUIDE. BY G. Lewis Hind
l9mo, DID, 20s The John Lane Company.
1t is vcnturesome undertaking to
write such a book as this. There is
the danger, on the one hand, of falling
into a mawkish sentiment, and on the
ether of challenging credulitv and in
curing the reproach of extravaganza
and impossbilty. But if the author can
avoid both Scylla and Charybdis there
is opportunity for the production of a
rarely appealing and measurable work.
And such, happily, has been Mr.. Kinds
achievement. 1t is the story of the re-
turn and fellowship of the spiritual
presence of a dear friend who was
killed in the war, and the inspiration
of hope and vision and consolation
which was thereby afforded.
We have no doubt that in the poor
perversity of the human mind there
are those who will misinterprct it;
some as meaning too much and others
IS meaning too little. But to those,
who we trust are after all the ma
jority. who have sense of proportion
and vision, and spiritual sensibilty, it
must make an irresistible and most
precious appeal. The perfect natural
ness, the simplicity, the pervasive SYM
pathy of it all must commend it even
to those who cannot themselves enter
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Book News

Charles Scribner's Sons will present
ly publish "The Voice of Lincoln" by
II. NJ. Wanmaker, justice of the Su-
preme Court OF Ohio, consisting largely
OF LincOlns own utterances, revealing
his character and genius.
B. w. Huebsch is about to publish
Collected Dramas, practically complet-
ing his productive work down to the
beginning of the war.
Moffatt, Yard & Co. announce for
February Is Life Of Charles Car
roll Of Carrollton," by Lewis A. Leon
ard
G. P. Putnam's Sons have in hand for
spring publication THE Notebook of
an American Parson in England" by
the Rev. G. Monroe Royce.
The Houghton Mif1in Company will
publish next week Impossible People"
by Mary c. f. Wemyss; THE Finding
OF Norah," by Eugenia B. Frothing-
ham; Trapped in Black Russia" by
Ruth Pierce; "The Door of Dreams"
by Jessie B. Rittenhouse: Lincoln in
Illinois," by Octavia Roberts; "Com-
panions Of the Way" by Edward NJ.
Chapman, and Life of Naomi Nors-
worthy" by Frances Caldwell Higgins
Doubleday. Page & Co. announce the
following books for February 27:
Comrades in Courage" by Lieutenant
Antoine Redier; Aliens" by William
McFee; Booth Harrington" by Rob-
ert Cortes Holiday; "The Enlisting
Wife" by Grace S. Richmond; "The
Golden Block" by Sophie Kerr;
"Cleek. the Master Detective" by
Thomas W. Hanshew; "The Spirit Of
Lafayette" by James Mott Hallowell;
"The Fallacy of the German State
Philosophy; "The Ransom of Red
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09

concerned about theological formulas
and doctrines.
A highly interesting chapter contains
hitherto unpublished excerpts from
the diary of the Rev. DR.. p. D. Gurley.
pastor of the New York Avenue Pres.
byterian Church, in Washington, of
which Lincoln was regular attendant
Dr. Gurley became an intimate friend
and spiritual counsellor of the Presi
dent. In one entry i'll the diary Dr..
Gurley tells OF visiting the White
House by appointment at 7 a. IN. and
staying until 8 a. m. On his way home
friend asked him what he had been
discussing with the President.
"The war, | suppose" said the
friend
ear from it," was the answer. eve
have been talking about the state of
the soul after death. That is a subject
Of which Mr.. Lincoln never tires. I
have had great many conversations
with him on the subject. This morn
ing, however, was a listener, as Mr..
Lincoln did all the talking"
The author wanders good deal, but
he is seldom uninte resting.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09

THE SOCIAL PLAYS OF ARTHUR WING PI-
Tanaueray" "G and the Notorious Mrs Ebbsmth
Edited. with general Introduction. by Clayton
Hamilton. $40, PIP. S67 E. =. Dutton & Co.
1t is not necessary to accept unre-
servcdly Mr. Hamilton's declaration
that Pinero in writing "The Second Mrs.
only great play written in the English
language since "The School for Scan
dal" in order to welcome this handsome
book. Heretofore Sir Arthur's plays
have been available only in the familiar
paper backs, or an odd one here and
there in collections of "best plays" In
undertaking to present the present
authoritative cdition-this volume is to
be followed by three others-the pu
fishers have laid debt of gratitude on
the large and ever-increasing tribe of
students of the drama who want their
plays between permanent covers as we'll
as on the boards.
Pinero is surely entitled to place in
the library. His eminence as crafts
man is unquestioned. even by those
who don't like the "well-made play" in
which field he was pioneer so far as
the English stage is concerned. He has
been model and master to scores of
aspiring playwrghts and after more
than two decades "Tanqueray," his
first great play, probably his greatest
(thougi on that estimates are bound to
ditfcr). holds it's own in tightncss. in
sweep of movement, in emotional cl-
max, with the best of those who came
after him. The works Of many lesser
lights are printed for preservation; his
deserve wide circulation in their new
form
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09

have on the one hand most realistic
pictures of the soldiers in the mire
of the trenches with earthworms
wrggling out of the walls and moles
heing squashed under foot. did you
know that there is in every section
of trenches soldier appointed by the
superior officers as q "taupier," whose
express duty it is to keep the trenches
cleared of dead molcs, rats and mice p
On the other hand. we have marvel
lously exalted analysis of the spiritual
emotions, passions, aspirations. of the
soldiers themselves. Incidentally, there
is much practical information of val.
liable kind which we have not else
where seen. Thus:
was exchanging impressions with
some of my young friends, when
one of them said:
Gas a matter of fact, the 'Boches'
are absolutely unbcarable."
"The what ?" said I.
"The AEboches.
am sure that all those who have
tried to find an ingenious explanation
for this new word in etymology have
gone astray. The French word for
German" is "Allemand." This was
changed to "Alboche" by the men
because it was kind of play on the
word and the syllable "Boche" ex-
pressed derision, because it rhymed
with such terms Of contempt as
"caboche, moche, bidoche" and
crowd Of others. Later the first
syllable was dropped to make the
word shorter and more adaptable
to rapid speech.
Here is picture of the poilu at
work, which gives us an idea Of why
the Germans "did not pass" at Yer
dun:
There is among us a good fellow
with 4 kind and calm appearance.
At the outset of the campaign his
section was caught in tight situa-
ton at very short distance from
q line of enemy sharpshooters. He
threw himself into a huge shell-hole
from where he could without great
danger shoot at the devils in helmets
as they advanced. The rest Of the sec
ton sought shelter in ditch a
few yards to the right, from which
was shooting as if on the target
range - loading, aiming and firing
with exactly the same precision. He
said afterward that he had made
wonderful scores. But the remarka-
bic thing was the expression of greed
and pleasure he showed each time
man fell. His mouth opened in a
smile from ear to ear and his eyes
sparkled. He looked like little boy
sitting down before a mountain of
cakes. That man, who in civilian life
perhaps never even wanted to see
death. was actually laughing while
killing Germans.
Yes, this is remarkable book: one
of the most "worth while" we have reac
about the war. We have never seen
another which so vividly and to the
life portrays the "poilu." body, mine
and soul. Only, it says that we should
not call them "poilus," because that
coarse name does not suit them and
they do not like it," But they have
glorihed it.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
In German Prison Pens

THn PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY BY
Daniel j. Mccarthy. NJ. D. Illustrated Svo
pp 344. NloHat. Yard & Co.
DR.. Mccarthy has rendered valu-
able service in revealing to the world
the actual conditions of life-and death
in the war-prisons of Germany, and
the treatment which we must expect to
be bestowed upon those of our own
soldiers who may be so unfortunate as
to fall into the hands Of the Huns. In
some Of the prison camps enlighten-
ment and humanity prevail to a graft
flying extent, while in others conditions
are indescribably atrocious. After the
horrors of Wittenberg and Minden,
memories of Andersonville and Sails
bury seem almost refreshing and CRATE
full. The amplitude of DR.: McCarthy's
information. and his impartial veracity,
will not by anybody be successfully
challenged; any more than will be the
copious citations Of official documents
which form an invaluable appendix to
his hook
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09

rEIWEEN THE uNlTED STATES AND GER
MAS9 0Gc. August l. i9Apil "a e. % 1sl Based ss,
rS5ds1t of the American Institute soo of Inter-
University Press.
Gas it was in the beginning" so it is
now with the empire of the Hohenzol-
lcrn Huns. 1t was founded in crime
and it has come in similar crime to
what, please God, will be it's end. To
set forth that fact is not the sole nor
the chief purpose of the work in hand;
perhaps not its purpose at all Yet
that purpose is most efficiently served
and really stands out as The most strik-
ing feature of one of the monumental
books of the year. 1t may be a sort
Of by-product of the work, but we all
know that by-products sometimes prove
to be the most valuable part of the
whole output. DR.. Scott has aimed to
give us what the title indicates-a sur
vey Of international relations between
the United States and Germany from
August l, 1914, to April G, 1917, or
from the beginning Of the great war
to our entrance into it, and he does so
with completeness, an auth GRITTY, an
amplitude Of information and power
and charm of expression which stamp
tHc NOluInc as QeunlLlVC IN lJS nolQ an q
as one Of the really great books thus
far produced about the war 1t is in
the necessary prelude to this survey
that he portrays the origins of the
power with which we are at war, pre-
senting on the indubitable authority of
self-confession one of the most revolt
ing pictures of moral perversion and
turpitude that history contains.
The world so honors the memory OF
Bismarck as that of great, con-
structive statesman that it seems
shocking to condemn him as a liar and
potential assassin. Yet such. accord
ing to his own admission---nay, his own
cynically exultant boasts-hc indubita-
bly, was. We have long been familiar
with the story of his deliberate falsiti-
cation of q dispatch for the purpose Of
provoking France into beginning the
war of 1S70-for the striking out of
significant words may be as much fall
sification as the Interpolation Of others.
He himself declared that he did it for
the purpose of giving the dispatcn a
meaning and securing from it an effect
which the writer had not intended He
was already fully resolved on war, but
he reckoned that it would be to Prus-
sia's immeasurable advantage to appear
as though acting on the defensive
against the aggressions of France. And
so he garbled the dispatch. In brief, he
lied
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
lhe War in Spirit and Substance
Current Literary Miscellany

into such communion as that which 1t
relates We cannot all hear the eter-
nal melodies as Beethoven heard them,
ror see the mountains and the sky as
Ruskin saw them, but il we are not
wholly of the earth, earthly, we may, at
least, accept their sensibilities and
their interpretations. So we may and
so we should receive the all but inef-
fable message of this volume; and be
glad.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09

Mr.. Rothschild's book Is posthu.
nous one and has something of the
air of an unfinished work. 1t is a study
OF Lincoln's character, yet, generally
speaking, it covers his life only up ia
tho time Of his election to Congress,
when his real career was Just begin
ming. The author has everything his
own way in establishing Lincoln's cx-
traordinary sense of honesty. That was
the mans dominating trait And
honesty in his case did not mean
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
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So his successor in 1914, wishing to
make it appear again that Germany
was acting on the defensive against
French aggression, deliberately in
vented the lie that France had begun
the war by invading and committing
hostile acts upon German tcrritory-a a
lie that has since been officially con-
fessed to have been a lie.
But that was not the only crime
committed in the foundation of the
German Empire. Three years before
1t Bismarck was privy to an attempt to
assasslnate the Car, and made him.
self practically D0rtlceDs crin1inis in
IT, for the sake of political advantage.
That was when the Car and other SOW
erelgns visited the Paris Worlds Fair of
1867. Bismarck was informed by one
OF his secret agents that a Pole was
preparing to shoot the Gar the next
ranged with his agent that the matter
should not be reported to the police
nor interfered with in any way, but
that the assassin should be permitted
to go on with his work; only, Prus-
sian spy should be at hand to strike
up his arm at the instant of his shoot
ing, SO as to have the shot go wild.
ried out to the letter at Bismarck's
command. Bismarck connived at hav-
ing the Car made the target for a
murderer's bullet, trusting to luck to
defect the mortal shot. The object
was, of course, to prejudice the Gear
against France as incapable Of safe
guarding royal visitors, and thus to
assure Russian neutrality in the i'm
pending war. Had not the spy been
bow at the moment when he pulled the
trigger, the Car would have been shot
and Otto Won Bismarck would have
been guilty of his death
Has history again repeated itself?
We're the murders at Sarajevo which
served as pretext for predeter-
mined war also connved at and in
deed, directed by some imperial Chan
cel!or, or by some emperor himself?
der was followed by an actual falsiii-
cation. and then came war. In our
later day the war was again based
upon actual and deliberate falsifica-
ton: Was the lie, as before, preceded
by not merely a potential but an actual
murder?
DR.. Scott does not engage in such
speculations. He simply tells the
story of Germany's ntrigues and plots
and tortuous ways. Having been re-
minded Of what Germany was prior to
1914, we are prepared to view with en-
lightened eyes and with informed judg-
ment her conduct toward us since that
date. Thus we have a record which. if
all other books in the world were to
be destroyed would itself alone be an
abundant condemnation of Germany
and an abundant vindication of our
present course in warning against the
Hun. Whatever else we may or may
not read about the war; it's antecedents
and its causes, this is q volume which
no one desiring the fullest information
on tho best authority can we'll afford
to miss. The nation is greatly the
debtor of DR.. Scott for his having
written it.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09

c. Henry Smith, of San Francisco.
has endowed an "Illustrated History of
Scandinavian Art" to the amount of
$5,000 to be published within a few
years by the Foundation American
Scandinavian. Arrangements for the
publication have been under way for
several years. The book comes into
existence IN responae to numerous de.
mands from American students Of
Northern art. 1t will be a book of six
hundred pages or more. copiously IL
Illustrated. About one-third will be de
voted to the art Of each country, tn =
section for Sweden being written by
Carl G. Laurin, that for Norway by
Jens This, that for Denmark by Emil
Hanover, all critics of the highest
standing. The introduction will be by
the American art critic DR.. Christian
Brinton. The giver is a prominent
export merchant of San Francisco. He
is a native Of Norway and sailed re-
Gently for visit to the country Of his
birth.
Harper e. Bros have in press "Thc
Iron Ration" by Captain George Abel
Schreiner. and "a History of Archi-
lecture" by Fiske Kimball and G. H.
Edgell.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Poilu: Body and Soul
A Marvellous Reproduction of
Life in the Trenches

COMRADES IN COURAGE. BY lieutenant An
zone Ws. hediSr & Translated by Mrs Philip Duncan
"''so"' LIMO. pp 26o. Doubleday. Page & Co
1t is seldom that the spiritual and
the material are so perfectly por-
trayed, interpreted, described, or what
not, as in this remarkable volume. We
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09

1t must be confessed that the Rev. DR..
Chapman's work is rambling in manner.
1t consists of chapters on topics relat-
ing to Lincoln's personal character and
political career-such as his physical
appearance, his religious views. his
advocacy of temperance and prohibit
ton, his anti-slavery attitude and poll
ces, his relations with Horace Greeley,
Senator Ben Wade and Representative
Henry Winter Davis, and the extent to
which he gave his sanction to the
Jaques Gilmore mission to Jefferson
Davis.
The author saw something of Lin
coin in Washington during the war and
was familiar with many of the notable
figures in the politics of that period
Much of the material which he ha col
lected is interesting. A great deal of
space is devoted to the elaborate dis
cusson of Lincoln's religious beliefs
and tendencies, and this part of the
work assemblies much new testimony
which may help to modify the popula
conception of Lincoln as a man SIM
cerely accepting the general Christian
attitude and practice, but not deeply
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
OI7ORS: PUBLISHERS REVlE VS.: COMMENTS
New Books About Lincoln
Our Relations With Germany

the end. And an admission of failure
IN that sphere cannot cast any ma
terial shadow on his greatness in
fields in which his genius was more
at home
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
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The Huns Empire
Conceived in Sin and Born in
lniquity

A SURVEY or INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GER
MANY; August /. l9l4-April 6, 1917: Based
on Official Documents. BY James Brown Scott,
President Of the American Institute of Inter
national Law. Royal svo pp. cxv 800. Oxford
liuiVorsity Press
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09

Chief and Other o. Henry Stories" As
chosen by F. X. Matthews; "The Cour-
age of Marge O'Doone," by James
Oliver Curwood, and Home Vegetables
Gardening from A to D." by Adolph
Kruhm.