2 SEPTEMBER 1899, Page 25

A Glance at Current History. By John Cussons. (Cussons and

Ce , Glenallen, Va.)—Mr. Cussons seeks to vindicate the South from Northern attacks, reviews with severity a book of Mr. Goldwin Smith, and, among other things, says a word for the American Indian, who indeed has not been well treated in the States, but not better by the South than by the North. When large issues are challenged, it is natural to note a writer's accuracy in small matters. Mr. Goldwin Smith may be a shame- less partisan, but he is not a "Doctor of 0116•11 Law." The D.C.L. means "Doctor of Civil Law:*