The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-13

and liberality that are buried deep under th
poverty, ignorance and bad theology tina
have been the triple curse of so many New
England farmers. She knows how all tina
is sweet and sound at heart can be vivified
how the waste places can be made to blossom
and the seed that falls in stony places to TAKE
| root"
The first story in the volume, "The Sphinx'i
Children" is imaginative, and eloquently so.
These children were "stones made alive, hu-
man beings with intellect and will, but with
hearts of flint" Mrs Cooke finds the coun-
terpart of these in other peoples children;
and in the stories which follow, we have sew
eral illustrations of Puritan New England
Observation-Disclosures and cold, calculating self
ishness, but relievediby touches of humor and
the commanding influence over human life
of love, genteness and charity. Several of
the stories are powerful in their pathos and
earnestness. "The Deacon's Week." is one
of the best, showing how an originally cold
hearted churchman can rise to the highest
point of humane feeling and become min
lister of good in the community. "Aceldama
Sparks" and "Some Account of Thomas
Tucker" are genuine New England stories
indeed this may be said of all in the volume
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and not feel the high moral purpose of the
writer. Rose Terry Cooke is the true literary
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