Review of reviews and world's work . succeedingllie war throw a vivid sidelight on the prejudicesand misunderstandings of that time. JudgePryor won a distinguished professional successin New York in after years, and his wifes? Reminiscences of Peace and War and otherwritings have brought her no little literary fame. Two very entertaining books relating to Illi-nois politics, chiefly of the latter half of thenineteenth century, have just come from, the 2 My Dav : Reminiscences of a Long Life. By A. Pryor. Macmillan. 454 pp. $ From ibe Baker Art Gallery. Columbus DR. WASHINGTON
Review of reviews and world's work . succeedingllie war throw a vivid sidelight on the prejudicesand misunderstandings of that time. JudgePryor won a distinguished professional successin New York in after years, and his wifes? Reminiscences of Peace and War and otherwritings have brought her no little literary fame. Two very entertaining books relating to Illi-nois politics, chiefly of the latter half of thenineteenth century, have just come from, the 2 My Dav : Reminiscences of a Long Life. By A. Pryor. Macmillan. 454 pp. $ From ibe Baker Art Gallery. Columbus DR. WASHINGTON GLADDEN. (.\uthor of an entertaining volume of recollections.) SOME BOOKS OF THE HOLIDA Y SEASON. 755 press. Colonel Clark E. Carr has written asearcliing analysis and review of the career ofSteplicn A. Uoiiglas. basing his conclusion^largely on his personal knowledge of Mr. Dong-las rapid rise to fame, and particularly of tiioLincoln-Douglas debates of half a ceiuury Colonel Carr is himself a Republican,he has become satisfied that scant justice haslieretoforc been done to Senator Douglas andthat his patriotism has not been before the repeal of the Missouri Com-promise and the advocacy of popular,sover-eignty Senator Douglas had become. in^ColonclCarrs opinion, the foremost American states-man. Eornier Vice-President Adlai E. Steven-son relates in his new book, Something of MenI Have Known, a great number of enter-taining stories, chiefly relating to public life inIllinois during the past half-century.
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