St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-09
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cation at the Close of the Nineteenth
Century" is the latest contribution to
the constantly increasing literature of
sociology. 1t is not an anarchistic
work In the popular acceptance of the
term. 1t is terrible In its truth. but
moderate in its philosophy. The popu-
| lar idea of anarchy is social chaos, but
| the authors anarchy is of different
! stamp. HIS hero. Auban, when asked
| to define his anarchy, says: "You
know that the word is derived from the
| Greek and means, in liberal rendering.
mo authority The condition of no au-
| thority is identical with the condition of
liberty; If have no master, am free.
/ Anarchy is consequently liberty"
Liberty is the absence of ag-
| greSSive force or coercion" 1.-The
state is organized force" AS
! force constitutes Its essential nat
ure, robbery is its privilege; so the rob-
berry of some for the benefit of others is
1.-THE means of his support. The an
| archiSt sees, therefore, in the state his
| greatest, yes, his only, enemy. 1t is the
| fundamental condition of liberty that
| no one shall be deprived of the OppOr-
| tunity of securing the full product of
| his labor. Economic independence is,
| consequently, the first demand of an
aTchiSm, the abolition of the eXploita-
| ton of man by man. That exploitation
| is made impossible by the freedom of
banking, by the freedom of credit, by
the freedom of home and foreign trade,
the freedom of land; or. TO epitOmiZe all
| these demands. the exploitation of man
by man is made impossible by the free
dom of labor" The picture the author
gives of the Sums of London is
| far rih 10 in M nx-tp
| of the Chicago anarchists is dwelt upon
at length. Auban says: "The fools !,
TO throw bombsl What nonsense! To
make it as easy as possible for the gov
eminent TO destroy them" He con-
siderS the hanged men murdered fouily.
The defensive, not the offensive, he
urges. Socialism, In cOntra-distinction
to anarchy, is severely scored. 1t
would mean only change of masters.
The tendency Of the book is clearly and
| decidedly atheistic. but not Immediately
revolutionary. Ages mad to pass be-
fore the idea of anarchy could arise
All the forms of slavery had to be
| passed through. ever seeking liberty
| only TO find the same deSpotism in
! changed forms, so had the people stag
| gered. Now, was the truth found to con-
denim ali forms which were force. Au-
thOrjty began to yield. The issue was
not one of transitory aims. The happi-
ness of liberty which was to be con-
| Quered was imperishable." The Oc-
casional awkward English is doubtless
| due to the translaIorS, but the book, as
whole, is worthy Of careful study.
"A Pagan of the Alleghanies" is fit
| companion piece to Told in the Hills"
| In its intimate acquaintance with nat
ure and its keen appreciation of the
| endless procession of changing beauty
| the seasons bring, the story suggests
| Charles Egbert Craddock. The bits of
natural description are exquisite. The
| pagan is all uneducated son of the
| mountains, who has imbibed from the
| rocks and trees around him and evolved
| from his own inner consciousness an
original philosophy. There is an ele-
| ment of stoicism III hiss belief and q
touch of fatalism. The breadth and
| DEPTHS of the natural world are in his
| philosophy, which, of course, makes
him man of utter and inconceivable
| WickedneSS to the SupeTsttiOus and mar
| row minds of his neighbOrs. His eX-
! quiSltely pure and strong love for Krin
| lie Fevre. the innocent and simple
| wife of the handsome illicit diStiller, is
! relief after the maWkiSh sentiment of
| the average recent novel. The novel is
| interesting and dramatic, with an at
| mosphere as fresh and pure as the air of
| the mountains.
Scotch stories, like Scotch music,
| usually have a minor chord running
through them, and The Little Minis
| ter" by j. NJ. Barrie, is no exception to
the rule.
| 1t is true picture of the life of a
| little Scotch town, where the minister
| is the pattern, theoretically, by which
! all Christian characters should be
shaped; but in reality the minister is
! the variest bondsman to public opinion
and tradition. He is loved and patron
lied, and corrected by the precent0r
the clerk of session and the women of
the kirk. very much after the manner
of an African fetch.
The story is sweet and human from
the first word to the last. and only an
| old-faShiOned novel reader would object
to the ending; it does not end. it simply
stops, and you can finish it to suit your
self
"A Fashionable Marriage" is story
of the absolutely conventional kind. The
patient GriseIda wife. who is as alto
! gether inane and unintereStjng as il is
often given to a woman to be in this
! world; the Apollo of q husband, with
| all the weakness of an ancient god for
pretty women; the woman he cast off
/ long ago. and who thirstS for the old
/ fashioned kind of revenge; the en-
trancingly beautiful and altogether en-
trancing siren who wins the tickle hus-
! band from his wife, and the story is
told: for, Of course, patient GrIselda is
! always rewarded in the end. and re-
/ ceiveS her erring lord thankfully when
the other woman has bored him and
paralysis claimed him. 1t is a silly lit
tie book, but not deep enough to be
harmful. In fact, it is very endurable
reading for an idle half hour.
Barley D'Aurevilly finds an enthusi-
astlc admrer and faithful translator in
! Edgar Saltus. The Story Without
I Name possesses literary ability and
| peculiar style in which the individual
| ity of the translator is easily distin-
! guished. AS a story it is distinctly un-
! pleasant. and improbable to the verge of
! impoSSibiity. 1t will. however, be
/ greeted gladly by the devOtees Of the
! modern realistic school and all admirers
/ of Edgar SaltuS.
Remarks by Bill Nye" is some
! what extensive book of characteristic
! sketches OF the humorist, Oh all sorts of
! subjects, from Roman history to Bunker
! Hill. and from an address to the presi-
! dent-elect to farming in Maine. There
/ is nobody like Bill Nye, and though he
is never witty. ard occasionally treads
dangerously near forbidden cOarSeneSS,
he IS always funny. Yarns by Bill Nye
and Poems by James Whitcomb Riley
make up a book of varied sentiment and
nonsense. Some of Riley's most charm
ing verses are included i'll the book.
among them That Night" which is
| understood to be one of the authors
early favoriteS.
The Knights of the Green CLOTH
will prove interesting to all lovers of
meodrama. 1t is a story of mysterious
secret societies. gambling, intrigue, put
together with great many thrilling
situations.
Only a few years back the announce.
ment of a work on Greek philosophy
from the pen of woman would have
called forth a storm of ridicule; but
Mrs. Mitchelrs Study of Greek Phil
OsoDhYn is a work which would do