Evening star., 1940-08-25
New Biography of Grant
Is Marred by Authors
Love for Her Subject
Volume Represents Attempt
To Present Psychological
History of Character
A Man Named Grant.
By Helen Todd. b

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its & tone & e to s s one o % has 6ss
idea that plain But it hardly valid idea in the first place and
Write history
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if there record which base it or if in filling the hiatuses in
such record exists the author admits to sumse Miss Todd however
0beed by Desire
She with flowing abandon of the generals intimate emotions
on eone she does deenae
those which are based on knoweage ana noe whcn spring @
firmly her
from misunderstanding has obviously obsessed her and acting
has on M 5 h a @ Sa Dee ats e
the Interpretation merely we-rounded
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her less lavish of sent
the fact that her are complicated period
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bance the of politics however is
down Miss Todds concept Of Grant as President
we find that ingredient monumental passvity The
ed o D h m the s' sss Rs no
political life and thereafter simply emuaed the turtle He pulled
his head in and let the fall to where a b m snnxa e n s
performed only the most essential duties and with
eot o cusn with public So
, not leave it at that.
this nacton derived from Grants pure
mind that likely
ncapay Gen Grant had known S % ne
are always true public always held sacred As soldier
however he oumaneuvd and the politicians
we TOO s for % % n a he % oy in and
waited The issue unfortunately was not amenaoe M 10 oh as
defeat he hung even to hankerns after
period She SGeh sSm ,neoefea n nses
him But she constantly simplify the business She endeavors
Without let to get footing She insists on
u re Rt dtus 5T Pois aG ma
The only trouble that the picture Itself also all % e M no o
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Had the generals charm for the lazy @ n
there would have resulted nothing of which
there really mo g gm nssd n a S DO os We ein ee 1oet Written
m greater guso denthu
Six Came Back.
aes Gsgs ps9a '''s'
Washington TO-DAY soe
the late Gen. Adophus w. Gree leo
1881 The of the tragic tate OF ta
history 1t sent out to
attempt 3Ooyear-old
With "a Gen. eey then
undertook accomplish this brave AIM he ucceeoe
one nsS e the fseeo group psi chosen o
its first summer 1t Wlntered
another
Se1gt Branard was one OF the
expedition then complete ana Wen 10
relief ship scheduled shortly to arrive But he snip
did hadbe Ross Sea ice
relief likewise failed to reach the explorers They were
Obliged winter with supplies for only few
their drastic
they had But when rescue nay
reached following all but of the Is had died OF sVa
stealing after repeated warnings
order OF the seven surviving one
And that six came back SIX and no
American Flag flew farther
north than other.
of the expeditions
with his account of the sailing from ST.
dropped his
81 1884 The rescu arrived the evening OF the
following day
Seret Brairads the expedition vital In the last
order naming
the last months oo 1t Bnard
who b fishing supplied food which STAYED on sVa-
ment. 49,.
second heuenans COM
Cuba Phnppnes
and retired with the rank OF brgadler general IN
together cnoos.
ncl which their comrades useo
the expeditions first winters
Brainards about amusing
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