Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-08


his character. In great heart every.
thing Is great In vain IL one changed az
remains the same; that
which changes Is not he who IL converted.
hut his surroundings: he IN suddenly M
troducel into a new path. but he runs IN
IL with the same ardor. Francis sun
remained n knight. and II IL perhaps this
which won for him In 70 high degree the
worship of the finest souls OF the Middie
Ages, o,a
"The life or st. Francis to quote
again. las troubadour has been written
IL would have been better 10 write 1t as
kni,ht Tor this Ia the explanation oil
his whole life. and, 'as II were, heart OF
h : heart. From the day when. Forgetting
the songs OF his friends. and, suudaniy
stopped in the public place OF Assisi' ne
mo, Poverty. his bride. and swore 10 her
faith and love. down 20 that evening.
when. naked upon the naked eaIuh VI
he breathc1 out ms me-
may be said that all his thoughts "ene
out To this lady Of his chaste loves Iv'
twenty years he served her without iai-
teriug sometimes with an artlessness
which would appear nfantine IT some
thing infinitely sincere ana sublime ur'
not arrest the smile upon the most sceP-
ticlI lips" .-,,....,,,,
Lack Of space prevents our lo'l"""
the saint's career or quoting more ilVi'
these interesting pages. when, De IL sa'''
Seem 10 lose nothing in the adinifapIe
Apart from the h'stoI'CI4 III
terest OF the book. we feel desire 10
l,,,,v more Of the author. That he Is
nainstakiug and conscientious we 90 nov
doubt but we think he exposes himse'l
TO severe criticism when he undertake.
10 show that st. Francis, this apostle o.
povertv and humility" objected 10 nus %
dor bolug zone battalion more IN inc
armies OF the Papacy ia,
An the facts in the life Of the SAINT
20 TO disprove this. St Francis WIN ~
sublime simplicity, was far from pracu-
cal as evidenced by his receiving d.
lrothcrs Of his order any persons VINO
,rnressed themselves wiling to give UP
an N the moment and preach the COS.
mel Many Joined the order In their NE.
fcryor without a time OF pfoDa'iD", an
soon became lax and tired OF weH-nV'n5'
ana this was a great weak point III ','1
rule. which the Pope Insisted upon Ie0"
flying. - it r,,,e
which forbade learning. became q htterd.
,e,,- In fine sense that he composed one OF
tho most beautiful canticlcs in his mother
t,,o1ie In referring TO this "Cantic!e OF
The son" Matthew Arnold says: me be-
glnn,ngs of the religious poetry OF ltay
are I'm Imbria with -. Francis. HIS are
the humble upper waters OF a mishly
stream"
Tlis Life Of 81. Francis' has pass d
through many editions in France, ana i
well worth the careful perusal oil the
general reader as well "a the student.
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An Examination OF rs
Nature. It's Strength. and lis Weak
ness. With Suggestons for Social re
form. by Richard r. Ely. Ph. D. -
u. Boston and New York: Thomas \.
Crowell q Co. lo4 80 pages.
Before he gave to the public this present
work Professor Ely was already an ex-
tensive author on social and economic
He did some such work for
and from Johns Hopkins University; but
now he is professor OF political economy
and director of the school Of economies,
political scienc-. and history in the Uni
yarsitv of Wisconsin. lie is personally
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The work before MS Is conservative,
conscientious, and highly In
siruciive. Indeed. II is more instructive
than convincing. and tn author has at
tanned his aim. for he says: lie does
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cnliehten and frequently those points
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page 1l3)
lie has. Therefore. given us a judicial
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The appendices and thorough bibliogra-
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under consideration. The author states an
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Mrs Helen Frances Bates, - graduate
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Days" "Nez Perces Joseph" sc. Text
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The avowed purpose Of this book Is to
give Isabella tn glory she deserves for
the part she bore in the discovery Of
America" IT cannot be said 10 repre-,
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contains a good deal 81 information de-
rived from well-knOWn authorities, that
information does net gain anything by
being interlarded With General Howard's
moral dissertation. We learn nothing
really new regarding Isabela's charac,
ter and the style in which the most eN-
CltlnE events OF Nei lie are ndIfdtfI
Is excessively tame At times we are in
doubt as to whether General Howard did
not intend the work for a Sunday-school
book. Yet ii is far from aifording evil
donce that as an author Of Sunday schoOl
literature he would prove "A success. The
chief value OF the volume IL In the photo
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Midway PlaisancA. BY Lawrence l..
Lynch az. Murdoch Van Deventer).
Author Of "a Deal Mans Step" &c.
Chicago and New York: Rand, Nc
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\ lively and entertaining echo from
the famous Worlds Fair, but free from
the questionable scenes OF "Middleway
Peasants" (as one Of the characters Of
the novel dubs III, though some Of its
practices are unavoidably introduced.
IN AND OUT OF THREE NORMANDY
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