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tf THE RACE PROBLEM. 'An Historical Defence of the Ameri can Negro. HlgElnaon. IX* D. 12mo. pp. xiv. ** Small. Jlajnard & Co. The negro Is fortunate in having his case argued by so able and earnest an advocate as Dr. Sinclair, himself a negro, born in slavery. A man of education, as his book bears ample witness, and one who has devoted his life to the education and uplifting of his race, he feels keenly the wrongs and Injustice suffered by the Afro-American, and makes his plea with a strength and ardor that must compel attention, even if his arguments do not Invariably carry conviction. The author's main theme Is a Justification of the enfranchisement of the American negro* basing his claim on an exhaustive presentation of the civil history of the race in this country, recounting what it has dene for the benefit of America, both in Industry and on the field of battle, showing Its demonstrated capacity for advancement, and demanding a recognition of Its accorded rights and privileges. The volume Is strongest on Its historical side, Dr. Sinclair follows the stery of the negro through the In stitution of slavery and its abolition, through the reconstruction period and the days of the "Black Code," bringing It down to the recent adoption of new constitutions in various South ern States, whereby the war on negro suffrage, never relaxed since the adoption of the Fifteenth jLmendment to th* Constitution, has been made affective through legislative enactment. The author Is weaker In some of the conclusions which he draws from the facts which he has so capably arrayed, and perhaps weakest, if it may be permitted to have recourse to an Hlt*r nldsm la writing of the African. in some of the statements that he has omitted to make. It Is In fact a very one-elded view of tha negro that we get In reading Dr. Sinclair's book. The black man Is held us to us a victim of Injustice and an object of pity, but never as an object of disapproval or condemnation. His shortcom ings are Ignored cr gloced over and attributed to the treatment he baa received. Dr. Sinclair •ays: The Institution of slavery, as bad and debasing as It was for the negro in one way, was probably even worse for the whites In another. It so stupefied the conscience of the whites that even now. forty years after the fiestructrtm of th« system, they bmw few ■i«us ox reoovfcry from it* baneful effects. Doubtless the whites would reply that the greet masses of the negro population show quite as few signs of recovery from Its baneful effects. This, of course. In no wise diminishes their re sponsibility for the present condition of affairs nor for taking speedy and effective means to remedy It. Probably they conceive that the least likely means of fitting the negro for these rights of citizenship which he nominally pos sesses wculd De In actually investing him with them. Racial prejudice 13 at the root of the trouble, ax*d racial prejudice never has been, and never will be, ©radicated by legislation. The only cure for it Is in education and assimilation. Not by any means racial assimilation, but the assimilation by the negro of white civilization, which can only come about by his education and the recognition of his rights as a citizen. The education of the negro Is accordingly the white man's first duty toward him, and the Question Immediately arises on what Jlnes shall it best be conducted. Dr. Sinclair takes issue with Booker T. ■Wash ington and his theories of industrial trainin^r, believing, but scarcely proving, that the ad vancement of his race can be most speedily ac complished by giving the brightest members cf ft a!i the education they want and turning them loose to educate their fellows in turn. His plan is too much iike that of planting seed on a few scattered spots of naturally rich soil and ex pecting- to get the same results as from a care fully prepared and fertilized field. He is not op posed, however, to an educational, or even a property, qualification for the suffrage In the Southern States, provided It Is applied to white and tlack alike, and he argues from figures >rhkh he Quotes that such a Qualification or Vlflcatlons would effectually put at rest the Jl>ear of "negro domination** — to-4ay, yea; but J for to-morrow. The "assimilation" of the negro Is not going to be accomplished by his mere acquisition of sufficient book learning to pass the tests that would not also exclude the bulk of the white vote. It Is this that the Booth tears, and that causes it, however unlawfully. to keep the negro from the polls. To prove the safety and value of the negro vote. Dr. Sinclair «ndeavor» to show by the election returns of 1896 that McKlnley would have been defeated aad Bryan elected but for the votes cast by necroes In the States of California, Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland and West Vlr fjlnla, "While this may, and undoubtedly does, oommeaia tha negro as a voter to those who Lold to the principlea advocated by The Tribune, it is not at all likely to strengthen ala poaltlon In the South, CO-EDUCATION. 'A. Woman** Opinion of Its Value in the United States. tsApO-rrrDCATIOJN dbs eaxEa By F. Th. Mej^ Octavo, pp. 18L (Bonn: Charles Bsjsjgfjfj XI Is now wenersJly admitted that th© higher education of women Is advantageous; and in dost parts of this country ih co-education of <*»• sexes Is regarded with favor. In the East ern State* and In Euros* there Is still lack of cnanlmltr as to the merits of mixed schools and colleges. Mile. Meylan has made the subject of ■woman's education a matter of faithful study, the results of •which are contained in this mod est brochure. She dates her preface from Bryn Mawr School, near Baltimore; she is herself a licentiate In letters of the University of Lau sanne: her thesis Is from the university press of Bonn. These are outward sl ns of her cos mopolitan liberality, which is no less remark able than her dispassionate temper. Any one who Is seeking data concerning the education of women In general and co-education in par tlctiiar may here find abundant information and intelligent discussion. There is no boast of heralding; a new idea. The author's object is eimply to give the results of her experience dur ing a long Etay In the United States, and to col late some of the more Important opinions upon worniin's education. There are five short chap ters which treat of a) the general characteris tics of education In the United States, compar ing It with European methods, and at the same tin. showing the variety of Ideals and of prac tice in different parts of America; (2) sec ondary schools and universities; (3) women's coheres, annexes and co-educational Institu tions; (4j co-education in general; (5) the phys ical. intellectual and moral differences between men and women from a pedagogical point of view. These are followed by a conclusion sum ming up the results of the previous chapters. several appendices and an interesting bibliog raphy. Much of the ground thus traversed is already familiar to American students, but the book is •addressed particularly to European readers, and the*» are undoubtedly furnished with a great deal to think about. All the stock objections to woman's higher education are met with perfect candor, and there Is a total absence of that rather spiteful manner toward the opposite and' |sm beautiful hi whioh ha* somstlmss Uca productive of mlsogony. We are told by the au thor that an advanced education is not incom patible with the qualities required of a good housewife, "Algebra or mathematics can be of service to the art of cookery, should occa sion arise, not from the learning of formulas, but from the habit of reflection or of Judgment, two essential qualities of every day life." The book contains a graphic and interesting chart. Illustrating the extent of co-education throughout the United States. It appears that in all the Western States except Minnesota, lowa, Indiana and Missouri, co-education is to be found in all non-Catholic Institutions of learning. Of the United States, New-Hamp shire, Rhode Island and New-Jersey are alone In having no co-educational colleges. In all the remaining States there are either colleges for women exclusively, annexes, or other forms of limited co-education. The author prefe: b co education to the system of annexes or of women's colleges. It is more "natural," being in. narmony with the laws of the family, of so ciety and of common life. It is to the advan tage of the teachers In their Instruction and discipline. It is economical, because it neces sarily requires a smaller expenditure of both energy and capital. It is Impartial, because it offers to both sexes equal opportunities of in struction and culture. It Is especially desira ble, because It is beneficial to the general mo rality. It U further maintained by the author, in reply to certain a priori objections, that ad vanced education does not unfit a woman for being a Kood wife or mother. The marriages amon* those who have been educated together are happy because those who have been so as sociated have learned to know one another, and the disappointments which follow marriages of another kind are less frequent Nor is the con stitution of young women too weak for the com petition required in co-educational colleges. They are not intellectually Inferior to young men: and the presence of the former with the latter is good because of Its novelty and be cause of the cjvllizing influence of women upon men. Mixed colleges and schools are not im moral; en the contrary, they purify morals. The man In them are more manly, and the women more womanly. Co-education removes a serious danger, by showing the students life as It really Is, not as they Imagine it to be. They are no longer a prey to unreasonable melan choly, and to the unwholesome ideas which often take pessassion of them. Such in general are the author's conclusions. While co-education has made a great deal of progress in seme northern countries of Europe, it may be doubted whether as a system it will ever gain much ground in Catholic communi ties It is generally assumed that Catholic op position to co-education is due to the persistence of a kind of m«di»val tradition. It is at all events true that there Is not likely to be much first hand knowledge of the tendencies of co-ed ucation through the confessional, since few Catholic students are to be found In co-edu catlonal colleges. Whatever view be taken of the mingling of men and women at that inde cisive age, it is certain that the physical and psychical qualities of the latter have compara tively little to do with determining the advisa bility of co-education. The rapid increase of such Institutions in communities where the standard of morality Is high speaks well for the results thus far attained. And it must be ad mitted that the moral evils Incident to the segre gation of the sexes according to our semi-mo nastic traditions are almost as formidable as those which are feared from the association of the sexes in mixed schools and colleges. There may, after all, be troth in Plato's Judgment, that the two sexes 6hould be educated together be cause they are to be associated together in the future. The Greek philosopher seems to have had his prephetic eye fixed upon modern times when he adds that this is particularly to b« rec ommended in the gymnasia, where much stress Is laid upon athletics. GARDEN AND ORCHARD. Beautiful Color Combinations in Tiieory and Practice. OABDBN COLOUR, Spring, by Mrs. C. W. Earlej Summer, by E. V. B. ; Autumn, by Roae Kings ley; Winter, by the Hon. Vtcary Glbbs. Notes and Wuter 6olour Sketches by Margaret TV ater fleld. 4to, pp. 1&6. E. P. Dutton & Co. THE BOOK OF TOPIARY. By Charles H. Curtis and W. Gibson. Crown Bvo. pp. 80. John Lana. THE ORCHARD AND FRUIT GARDEN. By B. P Powell, limo, pp. 322. McClure, Phillips <St Co. THE GOLD MINE IN THE FRONT TARD, and How to Work It, By C. B. Harrison^Limo. pp. 278. Bt. Paul: Webb Publishing Company. "Garden Colour" is a book calculated to give pleasure to flower lovers and amateur garden ers everywhere, though a large proportion of Its suggestions for picture planting cannot be available in the climate of these Northern States of America, Many of the flowers which con tribute the most glorious masses of color to English gardens, wild or tame, will not flourish In this latitude. But as regards wild flowers, it must not be forgotten that we have their equiva lents In native plants which are equally sus ceptlMe to artistic arrangement. Miss Water fleld's charming sketch of Michaelmas Daisies gives point to Miss Klngsley's reminiscence of an October day at West Point, when the march- Ing cadets "brushed through a delicate lilac mist of dwarf asters, as they are called over there." Not half enough use is made of this beautiful wild flower of our autumn as a land scape element Planted in rich masses, the varying ehadee and forms In Juxtaposition, th*sy create a picture of Btnrtling loveliness. It is a fascinating task to study combinations of the familiar flowers of the Informal garden. It Is not beyond the power of any amateur, for example, to set in a sunny spot a group of Forsythias (euepensa) drooping above a com pany of yellow daffodils In the grass about them. They make together a golden glory not easily forgotten. Miss Waterfleid reminds us that tha Forsythia la excellent for training up a house. wall, and believes that, if the situation admits, the shrub is prettier If allowed to grow nat urally, without pruning. Her sketch of a splen did Moutan Peony of vivid red powerfully sup ports her advice as to planting them in the rough, half-shady places where they are said to do .remarkably well. Remarkable effects can be got out of Judicious planting of peonies of different colors against a proper background. American gardeners are too apt to 6et them in formal rows In the open border. Another de lightful sketch by Miss Waterfleid la of a mead owy nook filled with Japanese iris of various colors. It is an exquisite scene and one which ought to be irresistible to other feminine gar deners In search of suggestion. She offers an other Illustrated hint for late summer In a group of Trltomas, or "red hot pokers," which in a mass of yellow and orange scarlet are deeply satisfying to the artist's eye. Another feast of color is suggested in a note on the old acacia tree of George Herbert's garden, whereon a Crimson Rambler rose hangs its magnificent tapestry of glowing red. Topiary, the art of "Verdant Sculpture," Is considered historically by Mr. Curtis and la practically discussed as a part of the modern garden by Mr. Gibson- The sixteenth century was the period in England when this clipping of trees into fantastic shapes was most popu lar. There never was any real beauty In this fashion, but there Is a qualntness which fits with gardens centuries old and the gray walls of ancient manor-houses. Mr. Gibson sees signs of its nomine; Into favor again and thinks the art may have a great future In America. "Sculpt ures" in box harmonize admirably with certain formal architectural groupings, but It must be acknowledged that we mist la Uai* country the NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. MAY 20, 1005. Books and Publications. By the Author of "Truth Dexter' THE BREATH OF THE GODS With its original plot, replete with surprises and strik ing situations, its vivid Japanese coloring and its fas cinating heroine, this long-!ooked-for novel by Sidney McCall author of " Truth Dexter/ is a dramatic story of unusual power. 1431 PaHes, X2mo, Cloth, $1.50. At All Booksellers LITTLE, BROWN & CO., Publishers - BOSTON glamour of history and romance which clothes these grotesqueries in an Elizabethan garden. But even in the days when the royal lady wan dered, in "maiden meditation, fancy free," through aisles of close clipped box and yew there arose stern critics of topiary. "I, for my part," wrote Bacon, "do not like Images cut in Juniper or other garden stuff; they be for children." "As for the making of knots or fig ures that they may lie under the windows of the hous« on that side which the garden stands they be but toys; you may see as good sights many times In tarts." Mr. Powell tells us that the object of his volume is to furnish trustworthy Information to those "who are eutablishing their homes on the improved basis of Intensive culture, and especially to assist those who are escaping from the confinement of city life to the freedom and luxuries of suburban homes." His advice In the matter of fruit growing is eminently ju dicious; he Is equally wise in his comments on the proper handling, storing and marketing of fruit. Hia chapters on that noble fruit, the apple, should be read by all growers. All will agree with him on the necessity of an excellent cellar for the preservation of apples, but we should have been glad to note some effective protest against the undue chilling of the fruit in Ice storage — the chilling which Bends It to the consumer with no flavor whatever left to it. Mr. Powell repeatedly advises the grower who Is near a large market to secure private cus tomers, and to make It known that his fruit la so graded that It cannot involve disappointment For those who have a city lot but country long ings he provides a paragraph on his gardening arrangement with his next door neighbor in St. Louis. We agreed to divide our energies, bo that each should produce a different crop, and exchange prod ucts. It was a capital idea, and might be more often carried out in our cities. Each one of us had a lot fifty by one hundred and eighty. It was my business to grow garden fruits and his to grow vegetables. Grape vines were trained, not only over mv walls, but along the line tences. I ac knowledge that with them I grew limp, beans, which I did not quite trust to my neighbor. It wai not lon if before we had strawberries and currants and raspberries, and then peaches, apricots, plums and pears. From his garden we had the most de licious lettuces, radishes, baets, tomatoes, cucum bers, onions and eggplants. "Beauty is wealth," says President Harrison of the Nebraska Park of Forestry Society; and he proceeds to point out to the farmer of the Northwest how ntillions of dollars can he added to the value of prairie farms. His in structions as to the surroundings of a heme and the growing of trees and flowers are full of homely wisdom not untouched with humor. BOOKS AXD AUTHORS. Current Talk About Tilings Pres ent and to Come. The recent action of the French government In appointing Marcel Prevost, Eug6ne Brieux and Paul Hervleu on a sub-committee to make recommendations of amendments to the mar riage code la fruitful of suggestion. All of these men have written plays that deal with the ques tion of marriage and may certainly be consid ered experts on this subject Tet the action la characteristically Gallic, and we can hardly bring ourselves to conjure up a picture of Con gress requesting the assistance of Bronson How ard, Augustus Thomas and Clyde Fitch In fram ing a national divorce law. Still, example is contagious, and our playwrights may yet live to And their services in demand as sociologists and economists. The popular belief that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach is vehemently attacked by Helen Rowland In her recent book. "The Digressions of Polly." She says, and there Is at least as much truth aa poetry In her state ment, that — Not half aa many dlvorcea are caused by cold coffee as by a cold disposition. Whoever heard of a man a«ekins a separation because his wife let the biscuits burn while aha kissed him in the morning? Nobody! But there ar» dozens of good while th»>y wore busy with making the batter cooks sighing for the husband* they forgot to kiss cakes. The first definitive "Bibliography of Nathaniel Hawthorne," to which reference was made some time ago in this column. Is now announced for publication by Houghton, Mifflln & Co. next month. The book is the result of research car ried on for a number of years by Miss Nina E. Browne, the secretary of the American Li brary Association Publishing Board, and will contain, along with the entry of all Hawthorne's scattered and multitudinous writings, whether In book form or In old newspapers and maga zines, reference to everything that the compiler has been able to discover in print about Haw thorne in books and periodicals. The volume will be issued in a special limited edition, uni form with the large paper (8vo) edition of Hawthorne's works, and will be printed on only one 6ide of the leaf, In order to leave blank paces for any additional notes or comments that the owner may care to insert. it is proposed to make this a pioneer volume of similar bibliogra phies of other noted American authors, includ ing Lowell, Emerson. Holmes, Whittier. Tho reau and Longfellow. In his new novel. "Iole," which D. Appleton & Co. publish this month. Robert W. Chambers tells the story of eight pretty girls brought up In the country, "next to nature, free and un embarrassed," and then suddenly turned loose on New, York society— tho kind that is spelled with a capital S. It is one thing for an author of detective stories to solve the puzzles that he propounds himself and quite another to elucidate a mys tery that confronts him in real life. Dr. Conan Doyle's methods of dealing with the crimes of which Sherlock Holmes was so expert and saga cious a dlsentangler are quito different from those which he employs, doubtless with no less sagacity, when he himself is the victim of acci dent or evil design. Mark the following ad vertisement recently printed In the "London Dally Mail: IjOBT.— On road between Cambridge and London box containing four ladies' hats and some artifi cial flowers. Reward. Doyle, Grand Hotel. How commonplace! No hurried summons of the superfluous and Ineffective Watson, no secret Journeys to Cambridge or interviews with the undergraduates of the university who might be designing to substitute more becoming inil llcery for the awkward mortarboard and to deck UMUr sombre gown* with artificial flowers. Books and Publications. No. The Ingenious author can devise no mow Ingenious plan than to insert an advertisement in a daily newspaper and trust to the sordid incentive of an unspecified reward to bring about the return of "The Mysterious Bandbox." Who now shall longer dare to claim that "truth Is stranger than fiction"? The lectures on "The Japanese Spirit" deliv ered at the University of London by Okakura- Yashlsaburohas been published here In book form this month by James Pott & Co. Georgo Mere dith contributes an introduction, in which he states that the lectures "are compendious and explicit in a degree that enables us to form a summary of much that has been otherwise par ticularly obscure, so that we get nearer to the secret of this singular race than we have had the chance of doing before." Japan will soon be interpreted in so many different fashions that we shall need to have interpretations of the interpretations. While the proverb that "every dog has his day" Is generally quoted with reference to its application to mankind, probably many of us miss the opportunity it presents to us through Ignorance of the date. George Barr McCutcheon seems to be more fortunate than most people in this respect The 2Gth of the month is appar ently the day set apart for him. He was born on the 26th of July and married on the 26th of July. He began writing "Graustark" on the 26th of December, "Castle Craneycrow" on the 26th of September, "The Day of the Dog" on the 26th of October and "Beverley of Graustark" on the 26th of November. He states further that he was not conscious at any time of these coin cidences until he happened to note them in look ing over his diary a few weeks ago — April 26? In her new story. "The Debtor," now running? as a serial in Harper's Bazar. Mrs. Mary E. Wllkins Freeman leaves behind her former New- England types and turns her attentioa to her present New-Jersey neighbors, availing herself of the results of her observations since her mar riage and removal to Metuchen. Thomas Dlxon, Jr., who recently in "The Clansman" depicted the horrors of the Ku-Klux Klan in a kindly and appreciative spirit, is about to publish through Doubleday, Page & Co. a volume of essays, in the opening 1 chapter of which, "Dreams and Dialllusionments," he shows what he calls "the horrors of city life." From this it appears that Mr. Dlxon prefers the Joys of the country, even when diversified and en livened by battle, murder and sudden death, to urban pleasures with their detrimental accom paniment of peace and security to life and pros perity. The book is to be entitled "The Lite Worth Living," and contains articles on "The Shouts of Children," "Some Sins of Nature," "The City's Lambent Flame" and other topics. Harold MacGrath, havlner written "The Prin cess Elopes," proceeded to convert fiction into fact by quietly marrying Miss Alma Kenyon, of Syracuse, and taking a w.eddlng journey of his own. There *■ as no real elopement, in spite of the efforts of the "yellow" Journals so to com strue the marriage, but the bridal couple, after reading the reports, decided that if they were perforce to have the notoriety they might as well have the excitement They "made believe" on their trip with much success, until on their return Mr. MacGrath telegraphed to a friend, "The Princess has ceased to elope." A volume of the unpublished writings of the late Lady Dllke will ba issued In a few weeka by E. P. Dutton & Co. It will be called "Tha Book of the Spiritual Life," and will contain a number of essays, which give the title to the book, and two short stories. There will also be a short memoir by her husband. The work will be illustrated with portraits of the author and facsimiles of her sketches. 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Uy a practical butcher, «Uli forty years' cxpeilenc* In tho rattle and meat business, and for many years manager of a cold storage beef house for on- of the chief packer! of toe trust. Vima, pp. ICO. Uua-iowa, Theodore S. EaotJ Books and Publications. Important • New • Books The Far Eastern Tropics b y Aiieyne Ireland Author of "Tropical Colonization," etc. "A "fries of studies in tropical administration that every American inter ("."«•<! in his country's experiment in the Philippines shouM read carefully. \[ r Ireland is a keen and experienced observer." — Ilo.iton Transcript. With colored map. Large crown Svo. $2.00 net. Postpaid, $2.14. A Manual Of Trees By Charles S. Sargent Author of "The MJm of North America," "Trees and Shrubs." etc. Brief descriptions of some 630 trees of North America (exclusive of Mex ico), accompanied by a figure of the leaves, fruits and flowers of each tree. "\ n admirable book in every way, by a past master in hi* subject, a book that £ocs straight to the foundations and that every one that loves trees must hare?" .\>i<- York Sun. With illustrations by Charles E. Faxon. Octavo, $(5.00, -, t . postpaid. Wild WingS By Herbert K. Job Author of "Among the Water-Fowl." Adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of America on land and Ma, "fully as exciting as if be were shooting, and the pictures will *be much more sit i-f i<-tory to the reader than the fullest of game bins." \ric York Sun. The publishers have spared no expense in reproducing these remark able photographs and in carrying out the many other little details which make this volume an exquisite example of booknaking. With an introductory letter by President Roosevelt, and 160 illustrations. Square Svo, $3.00 net Postpaid $3.21. 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