Review of reviews and world's work . t voiced the spirit of the AmericanRevolution. Dr. Hale had a keen interest in history; andif he had chosen to make literature his voca-tion, instead of his avocation, it is probable thathistorical studies would have claimed the greaterpart of his time. As it was, there are manyessays in history and biography to his credit,and he did much to popularize such studies, al-though his disregard of the minor details ofhistorical inquiry made him impatient of someof the accepted methods of the school of dry-as-dust historians. His Memories of a Hun-dred Years is a
Review of reviews and world's work . t voiced the spirit of the AmericanRevolution. Dr. Hale had a keen interest in history; andif he had chosen to make literature his voca-tion, instead of his avocation, it is probable thathistorical studies would have claimed the greaterpart of his time. As it was, there are manyessays in history and biography to his credit,and he did much to popularize such studies, al-though his disregard of the minor details ofhistorical inquiry made him impatient of someof the accepted methods of the school of dry-as-dust historians. His Memories of a Hun-dred Years is a wonderful series of reminis-cences of men and events of national authors intimate acquaintance with the menand women of whom he writes and with thetimes in which they lived makes his work recent years Dr. Hale employed much of hisleisure in relating his recollections, and in noway could he have given his friends greaterpleasure. His simple, direct, man-to-man styleof narration made a vivid impression on the. EDWARD EVERETT H.\LE. (.\s he appeared about the time of writing TheMan Without a Country.) reader or hearer, and imparted an interest to hisreminiscences far beyond the ordinary. As a short-story writer Dr. Hale achieved abrilliant success long before the modern Ameri-can short story, now familiarized by the maga-zines, had won recognition. The Man Withouta Country was written in 1863 to inspire loyalsentiment in the North at a critical point in thefortunes of the Civil War. It went into manyeditions, was translated into foreign languages(only last year a Greek version of it was pub-lished), and to-day, years after its firstappearance, it is read by thousands of a youngergeneration. Other favorites are Mv Doubleand How He Undid Me. In His Name, and Ten Times One Is Ten. Elsewhere in thisnumber something is said of the world-wide in-fluence of these stories in the formation of clubsamong young people for various sorts of altru-istic serv
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