The Literary News, 1902, Vol. 23
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Excerpt from The Literary News, 1902, Vol. 23: A Monthly Journal of Current Literature Strictly speaking, it is autobiography which Mr. Riis gives us; but that is only one form - and to some persons the most pleasing - of biography. Definitions aside, the book is one of unusual interest. It is written with a frankness that is most engaging. Mr. Riis´s name and work should be well known. It was he who wrote that remarkable account of the lives of the poor in New York - "How the Other Half Lives." And he has devoted himself to alleviating the burdens of the "other half" in the most practical fashion. He knows what they are because he has borne them. The story of his early struggles is all set down here. The author was born in Denmark in 1849. He came to New York in 1870, partly because the girl he loved had refused to engage herself to him. His father was schoolmaster in a small Danish town, but the boy would not follow a professional career, and learned the trade of a carpenter. His early experiences in New York were disheartening. He discovered that employment was uncertain. For several years he drifted about engaging in many unlucky ventures. He went to Philadelphia and to Buffalo. It must be admitted that he himself may have been in part responsible for his misfortunes. He seems to have been rather "bumptious" on more than one occasion. Certainly he never hesitated to speak out his mind. It was when he began newspaper work that he found his true metier. He was able presently to secure a small weekly paper in Brooklyn, which he afterwards sold to advantage, getting money enough to go back to Denmark and marry the girl whom he had once despaired of winning. Then he returned to New York and obtained a place as police reporter on the Tribune. It was here that the social conditions of the city became familiar to him. The chapters dealing with his experiences with the police and his efforts to clean the pestilent slums make most interesting reading. Mr. Riis never lacked either moral or physical courage, and under such conditions the victory was sure to come. Of Mr. Roosevelt and his work as Police Commissioner there is an enthusiastic account; nor is much charity expressed for the officials that opposed him. The book is full of quotable passages, but here it can only be commended in general terms. The illustrations add to the effectiveness of the text. It is worth while to observe in conclusion that all who are seriously interested in the social problems of a large city should by no means fail to read what Mr. Riis has written; the personal note in these pages makes them even more convincing than the earlier volumes from his hand. (Macmillan. $2.) - Providence Sunday Journal. James Bryce´s Latest Essays. In a volume of more than nine hundred pages the New York branch of the Oxford University Press has published a collection of sixteen essays under the general title of "Studies in History and Jurisprudence," by James Bryce, D.C.L. None of these studies has previously appeared in print except two, namely, one relating to the Constitution of the United States, and one to the respective Constitutions of the two Dutch republics in South Africa. Even these have been enlarged and revised. The purpose of all the essays is to bring out the importance, sometimes overlooked, of the constitutional and legal element in history, and to present topics which, because somewhat technical, often repel people by their apparent dryness, in a way which shall make them at least intelligible to readers who have no special knowledge of law. The first paper in the volume embodies a detailed comparison of the Roman Empire with the British Empire in India; it will be read with interest by those who would forecast the destiny of the British rule in the Indian Peninsula. Another essay is devoted to "Primitive Iceland." In it the primit
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