In the death of Booker T. Washington the field of history lost one of its
greatest figures. He will be remembered mainly as an educational reformer,
a man of vision, who had the will power to make his dreams come true. In
the field of history, however, he accomplished sufficient to make his
name immortal. His "_Up from Slavery_" is a long chapter of the story of
a rising race; his "_Frederick Douglass_" is the interpretation of the
life of a distinguished leader by a great citizen; and his "_Story of the
Negro_" is one of the first successful efforts to give the Negro a larger
place in history.
Doubleday, Page and Company will in the near future publish an extensive
biography of Booker T. Washington.
During the Inauguration Week of Fisk University a number of Negro scholars
held a conference to consider making a systematic study of Negro life. A
committee was appointed to arrange for a larger meeting.
Dr. C. G. Woodson is now writing a volume to be entitled "_The Negro in the
Northwest Territory_"
The Neale Publishing Company has brought out "_The Political History of
Slavery in the United States_" by J. Z. George.
"_Lincoln and Episodes of the Civil War_" by W. E. Doster, appears among the
publications of the Putnams.
"_Black and White in the South_" is the title of a volume from the pen of
M. S. Evans, appearing with the imprint of Longmans, Green and Company.
T. Fisher Unwin has brought out "_The Savage Man in Central Africa"_ by
A. L. Cureau.
"_Reconstruction in Georgia, Social, Political, 1865-1872"_ by C. Mildred
Thompson, appears as a comprehensive volume in the Columbia University
Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law.
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