, 1877-05-20
Mr. Appleton, touching at the last tho wonder ot
teIagranhY aaYs IN conclusion:

Mr. Appleton, touching at the last tho wonder ot
telegraphy, says IN conclusaon:
'And, gathering courage from hope. he might
home eentient enveloped In hngling extensions Of
| himself. II there be such thing, logically, his
next advance shonld oe spirit intercoutse- And
that st Which might shi1er esrtl 70 ts ee n
tre its infant cry but repetition OF that very
sound which the telegraph had made familiar, and
which makes the metal speak. =
And further on:
'.For the world takes small notice OF the solIditt
ot The belief Of the people called sptFtuasts n
At, arc necessarily obscure, the nature Of
things, it must be 50; but that something with
intelligence makes iteelf to be perceived by
ing from the beyond, and with resemblance
throughout the whole world, cannot ba seriously
denied The tricks Of mediums. the nttls in. .
intelligence, are of small account to = philoso-
phcr who Gnu hold fast to the fact Of It's existence
That implies 80 much. Eren II this inter.
what it should be, It is STILL Il true one of the
most formidable additions to mans knowledge"
And at the last there is this decided confession:
'tAs the writer has no doubt whatever a. to tho
reality OF these modern miracles, he confidently
question Of time Then It viii b. seen to be part
ths nseh Ct the 4.t o
even makes onr nreeent nronortfons nn1cIies M
compared with the stature, dwarfed, and helpless,
o. pre- man. WnaI i may 20 Iof as 10 toe
han7y who ronjd ano1, non M oooI fnr Fnsn ~ VIZ
seems 10 stupendous-~ ~
Aid 1t is at the Mount Of Olives where. in con-
templattng the seat Of the old Miracles r. Apple
ton declares himself In this why. Modern spirit
ism, he thinks. is but 4 reawnkeninv of the old
Jewish miracle In different foga to suit the differ
ent tines Ar. Appleton has written so llttle that
ne is Comparatively unknown 10 tne general read
ing puoncs though NIB Ale JoafnA OF lew
years back Was SO -: :
WARMLY APPRECIATED Br THE BRAZILIAN
EMPERoR, -: ~
Dom Pedro, t9aat he sent him IN enthusiastic nots
OF thanks. That rather cool critic, Frank Sanborn,
of the Springfield Republican, says Of Appleton
that 'she is one OF the few Americans who have
written too little" and greater praise than that
author can wish for Yet to those who had so long
heard Of Mr.. Appleton as sharp wit, somewhat
of cynic, and man OF the world, this book ia q
surprise. Perhaps, il had read the ''Nile jour
nal" I might not have toswrite myself down as one
OF those surprised persons but. having no knowl-
edge Of that, and with that shorn lamb story, to-
ether with some others Of the same stripe, run
ming In my mind must say that expected q
different style Of book. In vain I looked
for sho<n-1amb stories. In vain looked
for cynical wit, and what the newspapers
call "a crisp STYLE" It il curiousIy e-1dent
."s oook wtl1seh W man ~ " -. .eas =.
IN every sentence and IN all sts arrangement OF
ideas. And It Is permeated with religious spirit
1,ou,a1a- .h.-a 49,. 1,tt,a ~ ronchae of nnmor ,
,; - snere M e n ay ~ ths r1os ~
description Of \ road scene from Banius to Da-
"ssas: .Tne scene owed ttsebarm on, to the tender
play Of golden browns, and the ve2teo1atsd wal of