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"D
ANTON and the French Revo
lutlon." by Charles F. War
wick. la a prefatory note
the . author aaya: "When
'Mirabeau and tha French
Revolution' waa publlahed, I stated
that It would be followed tn turn by
the lives of Danton( and Robespierre,
that It was my purpose to trace briefly,
the causes of the revolution and group
Its principal events around these men
who were the manifestation of the revo
lution in Its three distinctive periods.
Although each book will be separate
and complete In Itself, the three val
unies will form a series covering ths
entire period of the resolution." This
consequently Is the second ninber In
tne series, and casts an illuminating
view upon the part taken by that colos
sal figure, Danton, In the hlstory-mart-lng
period of the French revolution,
which not only made history for France,
but for the world, .and the Influence
of which the world will never outgrow.
Mirabeau was the first great figure of
the revolution, and his death markJ
the close of Its first period, and th
author truly says: "When Mirabe-iu
passed out of the revolution Danton
steDDed In. The great tribune was dead.
and there strode forth a man with al-
most superhuman power, who was to
tear down and destroy that system
which Mirabeau would fain have saved.
Danton gave to the revolution a fre.ih
Impulse, his courage and his audacity
aroused the spirit of the radicals. From
now until the execution of the Ivng he
was the mater. 'He mde to the whirl
wind and directed the storm.' "
.While noting marked resemblances
between these two great leaders, tho
author believes, and every student of
French history will agree with him,
that, had MirabPflTi lived, bitter con
tention would have arisen between he
and Danton and who can tell what the
result might have been? This is one
of the great "Ifs of history." which
Is only speculation, although, . after
reading both of Mr. Warwick's? books
It might not be Idle speculation to worit
ir our., ror are not some or ine revolu
tionary Ideas of these two men creep
ing Into our body politic, to produce,
perhaps later, our Mlrabeaus and Dan
tons? The author thinks that perhaps
some of Danton's extreme notions,
which strongly smack of socialism
would not have been entertained. y
him. In other than revolutionary tlnvs.
It was on Danton's motion that tiiq
convention decreed in 1793 tthat "In
.every section of the republic, when the
price of corn Is not in Just proportion
to wages paid, the treasury Bhall levy
a contribution on the rich, out of which
shall be defrayed the difference be
tween such price of corn and the wag' s
"of the needy." Had not Danton's lifs
been offered up, a sacrifice to his prin
ciple!,' upon the -scaffold at the early
age of 36 'yer he undoubtedly would
have worked other revolutions for hi
onunttv that 'tvnl Ittcal Wla Irleua of
education -were advanced for his parlo'lj
Itpon one , occasion he said: "When youl
aow. the vast Held of the repuoue oo
not, 1 beg you. count the cost of th
seed. Next after bread, education H
the first ' necessity of the Jlfe of the
people ''.. After glvlrig France
liberty and conquering lier enemies,
nothing will he more glorious than to
secure to coming generations" an educa
tion worthy of our liberty." Danton
had bitter enemies; enemies who tried,
and to some extent succeeded In fatt
ening upon him every form of dishonor,
though the author claims that they
never produced any positive proof .f
a single charge they made. But !n
the three short years he trod upon the
political stage of France waa enough
to leave his lmuress upon the age',
and no story of-the French revolution
would be complete without a large and
iastlng place given to uanton.
It has been a wise and valuable con
ceptlon of Mr. Warwick to take up
these three great characters and treat
them In a separate and Individual man
ner. He has made his work a happy
combination of history and biography
and in so doing has cast the glow of
double Interest upon it. J ne autnor
has a clear, simple style of .expression,
and, a concise manner of presenting
..( which tnleratea no dlsnlav ll
rhetoric, and which Is, after all, the
purest and best literature.
No less to the student of political
and social economy, than to the stu
dent of history can we commend Mr.
Warwick's books, for In treating the
subjects as ne nas done, miey carry
great lessons in both, and give one a
mnre Intimate knowledge of motives
and conditions, and the real causes of
the revolution tnan tne usual nisiory
where these things are obscured y
greater events.
The volume Is handsomely bound in
coarse, linen, suitable for library use.
and It Is liberally and handsomely Il
lustrated with portraits, copied generil
ly from the famous masters of those
times. A frontispiece of Danton l a
copy of his portrait by David. Ueorgo
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Socialists at Work "by Robert Hun
ter. This Is an Indispensable book to
tnose who wish to understand, not onlv
the principles of Sochillsm, but Its pres- 1
ent status as a social fnree Fnr a
number of vears Mr. Hunter has been 1
a close student of the movement, not i
onlv In America hut alsn in vrlnm
parts of Europe. The picture which he
presents of socialistic activities. parti--:
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everv Important country M'- Hunters ran,re' for "' 1,rrlin a,11 Vienna. This
descrintlon of some area t. Socialist meet-I w'OTk 18 a ('lrver'V written account of
ins in Kurone and his analysis ofl . . . . ; "" ;m "
pitals. intended primarily for those of
tie American meoical proression wnn
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drawings by Tom .lopes.
CAMTKS.
nit? iraurrs in trie movement, such as
I.iebknecht. Rebel.' .Taures ami K-ir
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don's "Iron H"l" and Mr. Wells' "New
Worlds for Old."
As Mr. Hunter has given us the host
account extmt of the concrete activi-
tis of the Socialists, so Mr Wells hns ! i. i- x -n i
bv common consent written the most' ' ( "na1,ans AmonR I s Ohjoct to Being
trustworthy and attractive esnosttlon ! Iuhlxrl With That Title.
of Socialist principles. Mr. Wells Is I
theorist to the extent tint he dls- : from the New i ork sun.
cusses fundamental principles; bur lie' "There seems o be a great deal of
Is eminently practical In the annllca- i . . i
lion of his theories. Furthermore be ; misapprehension hereab.mts concerning
has gifts not always dlsnlaved bv writ-. the significance o' the word Canuck
ers on economic subtects; patience and I Nlvs a (-nadian who Is In business In
tolerance, lurlditv and attractiveness of ' . , ., . , .,.. , ,
stvle. ImaB-inailnn nn.t a .,s r New York, and for misr.f and my fel-
mor. It Is doubtful If he has ever low expatriates,
written more wlnninrlv than tn "Vow! i--. .i - .
Worlds for Old " n-hlrh Is ll i, I "s" "' 11 ""
reading for Its charm milte anart rrnm Most ,r lorKfrs seem to nave the
the value of Its Ideas. The Macmlllnn i idea that all nersons hailing from Pan
cunipaiij puuiisi.es imin DOOKS. aA, r.n,lr.u -ni1 nf ,h. .
'The Servant in the House" 1 ,h" term as If It were one of oppro-
rharles Rann Kennedy The author has brfum. Now a Canuck is a French-Ca-
one'of which ts that It Tho, "Ie,T"; ! or habitant, and the samples of
som permanent Interest nf the men i that type who have driffd across the
of all ages as well ns to mirror the' border Into New England certainly have
Rbsorhlng features of the dav. Mr. I done little to make the title ona of
ivenneuy ims in nana a series or seven i irt -tiiii
dramas which he plans shall do this. -Rut the Canuck in his native One
t e rsm inai tneir rentr"! themes are'beo village is 1 pretty decent sort of
in.- , v.,,, -,ui.ii hi MuiinfTiv iivmv. rne .i(An n .. v. A v, . a I sn
ii. th ;.,"i .rr,.m bert Parker's storlea know, for Parker
l?.-r Wu"mn" ?, f"0."' the crMf '""ir"" recorded the habits and traits of
i in' in in.- ' i.iiiiii i in i FrfH Hnn i n , i. i ii ii..i .
debated Idea of freedom. None of these' ri,. i..t,i.n. t. ... .,,i.
"'Ki-nirou 'Tcepi : ,l,. ,n ,v, rrn..i-- Ou.K-. h,.
tner was not a living rnr all of them
wish to protest
has anv allegorical
The Servant In the House. " aind even
In (he latter the problem In the vicar's
family takes hold of man- people quite
no r I f r-r m Vi a .vn,!.! i... . . v V 1
the servent. The fact ' thst the n, ' , " """'''rig rate, with no con,dertlon
11 nt itm . , "i " Mr rraromir principles ss is in
as th population Increased. an1 French-
( anadian population does Incresse at
Is outlasting all of Its neighbors In
New York and that the Harper stock
of the book has been twice exhausted
Is an Interesting comment on the ap
peal thst allegory can mike to a twen
tieth century public.
"Marot" hy John Avscough This
one of the most delightful novels
or the season and has lust been pub-
principles as laid
down hy the theorists
"This surplusage of humanity, largely
Improv 'd'nt. naturally ollld over the
border Into New England Manv of the
workers In the. mill towns are these
Krench Carallans. or Canucks, and tht
rank In popular estimation not far above
the dumb animals. There are no Ca
nucks of this class In New York, bu
l'shed by the Put nam s It Is a stori- of nam haa got here and la used all
Bielltan life, a-entle and simple. The 'oo frequently for Canadians of straight
heroine, daughter of a titled Sicilian ! Enrllsh ancestry.
fsmllv. In singularly lovelv, a woman ; "Of late vears these habitants have
pure without coldness, snd one whoe i ben invading tne maritime prorlnca
religious nature cannot blind her eve or anada where tnev are regarded nn
to the human appeal of the world and . more hlrMv than Ir New England The
of love. ! Fr-nch were cleared "at of these nrm
Tl,. n V Ia... " - ' 1 I . w I k V- - n I AM . . .f
ji't- rivi ' "-i iii in, - n I'llll 'n l'l- ii"-i- ii, w .t---h M ' , Hnil
Incldenta of this novel Is Interesting to now the rare la drifting hark
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