The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-10
THE LITERARY FIELD.

Baltimore and New York.
Cardinal Gibbons is recognized as oze
Of the ablcst men connected with the Ro-
r7aa Ca;holic church. and his brilliant ser
mons and addresses are frequently pub
hshed in the daily papers. THIS Work /;
! dedicated 20 his fellow lsborers OF the
Clergy. and is filled with kindly words ct
advice and comforting exhortations While
It viii Re OF particular in.e.es. and raiue
10 the Roman Catholic ministry ii can b
read with pleasure and profit by those
who are outside the pale of ena: church.
| The work OF the pr.est-the ambassador o.
Chrsst--is discussed from every standpoint.
and the excellence OF the Christian priest
hood is clearly shown In his preface
Cardinal Gibbons makes the following IN
/ .eres:ing comment:
y do not think that any age or country
ever presented a more inviting field for
missionary labor than that which the
United States exhibits today.
/ the worn OF God is no, bound. or shack
( LED here, as II has been elsewhere. No
military saisap or State fGnctiona-y is
I permitted to enter our churches n the
! capacity OF an official censor, TO arrest
ms or .fnprison a minister OF the Gospel
I FOR his conscientious utterances In y!ndics-
ton OF SOCIAL morals. ami in denunc.F.iot.
OF official corruption.
The periodical whirlwtnds OF olsotry
1 th-t sweep over the land soon sa6side. Ike
[ me uphs4Na4s OF nature after spending
their force. Nor are they an unmlxed
! eNui 'ney servo some useful purpose. They
pui+iy the moral atmosphere: they clear
me spiritual skies, and give observant
man better insight ln:o the uncreated
Wo9.u' Ihey are winnowins winds. sep
hfN,ins the wheat from the chaT. They
are storms that Try mems soul They
help TO render the members of the church
more loyal to their religion. and they
awaken In serious and honest minds out
sue her pale salutary reflections. often
resulting in their conversion.
americans are fundamentally a rel.-.
ious people. They who characterize them
az = Nation so absorbed in trade and com.
meTce in agriculture and poll;ics, as TO
give scarcely n thought to eternal truths
judge them not correctly.
"A people having little regard for Chris
iian!tE would not spend millions annually
in the erection OF churches. ana in the
maintenance of home ana foreign mis-
sions as Americans are known TO do. 80
~Acccralng TO a statement Apparently
authorized the nve leading denorninsttors
IN me United States contribute annually
sSs.0oooco for the support Of their res7sc,.
i've churches and missions And these con-
tribntions are not exaoted as a comn,,l.
sorry tax, but are bestowed a., voluntary
offerings.
me American people possess. also. in
marked degree. the natural virtues that
are the Indispensable basis OF supernatural
life. They are gifted with a high order
OF Intelligence; they are self-poised ard
deliberate; they are OF Industrious and
temperate habits: they are frank, manly
and Ingenious. They have deep sense OF
justice and fair play; they are brave and
generous and they usually have the cour
age Of their convictions"
,,,g Hill Eyoiptlog of an Empire: \ Brief
by Mary Flat Parinele Publishe~i nv
William Beverley Harrison. New York
IN this volume the lessons OF early
American 1!siory are brought out in plain.
uirect language, with hardly a supertluous
word. II is one OF the lest and most
concise rresenunents of our country's his
tory which has yet appeared, and is only
married by an unjust view of leading
events in the late war. II Northern his
to?ians cor!a he content to write with.
out feeling called upon to applaud one
ser'ion while abusing the other. their ef
icr's would receive more consideration .,
the hands of Southern teachers and read.
ers n general. a careful marshalliny of
familiar historical facts and inteII,ro,,,
comment upon events that have had marx
ed influence upon modern conditions arc
welcomed in q work OF this kind t,,t
when facts are distorted and thous,,ds
OIL honest men ciassed as traitors and rem.
esades' the work not only loses much Of
us brliliancy. hut deserves the condemn
ton OF every fatr-minded scholar. In her
comments upon the civil war the author
eadeavors to show that the South was
Jealous OF tho North's prosperity; tina. the
south was enfeeblsd in wealth. in popula-
ton. and that large portion OF II was in
u condition of ignorance. misery and de-
praVlty. below that OF slave" She also
endeavors to prove that one section of the
country was fighting for the preservation
ana perpetuation of slavery, the other for
the preservation md perpetuation OF the
Cnlon.' No wonder that Southern
schools are now forced TO use only those
histories that are written by Southern
men.
The White Company" by A. Conan
Doyle. Published by Street & smith, New
York From Bother Bros, Houston.
story OF the adventures of free lances
lighting for fun and booty in the Middle
Ages that has been previously reviewei
In this column. II is a very vigorous ana
entertaining story. Conan Doyle ALWAYS
describes historical events wildly and in
tho pictures of battles he Is particularly
clear
Up In McFadden's Flat" and '.There'u
Be No Wedding Here Today" are the
titles OF two new songs by Thomas NJ
Bowers Of Houston. The first Is a catchy
boWery song. and the music and words
ought 10 make il II favorte for the stage.
Tor wh-stlers and for hand Organs. TIE
other Is OF a pathetic and sentimental ma
iure. with sweet and mclodlous air. and |
premises to become very popular. Mr..
Bowers IS the author OF After the Play" |
Little Wooden Stockings" ana several |
other well known songs.
''rhe Life OF General Phil Fl. Sheridan
by w. II. Van orden has been received !
from Bottler Bros. Houston The volume
IS one OF tho war seripa NON, l,af,,, ,,,,l