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sketchirg and the preparations he
makes for such an expedition does not
reveal the man to us, and surely the
primary aim of biographies should be
the revelation of a character. In this
respect the Homerton book signally
readers will not care and the other half
will find in it's obvious merits full COM
pensation for it's lacks
C'Phillip Gilbert Homerton: Autobiography
and Memoir. Roberts Bros. 49, For
sale by the St. Paul Book & Stationery Co..
Day Books" is the title of a volume
of short stories by Mabel E. Walton,
which came to US from over seas with
the stamp of ZangwelPs approval
CHRONICLES of good and evil" says the
quotation upon the title page. 1t is
Miss WaltOn'S misfortune perhaps that
the evil predominates over the good.
She has imagination, insight, power
but applies these fine qualities to such
repellant themes that they lose half
their grace at times. The final story
in the book THE Fifth Edition." has
all the excellencies without the faults
of it's predecessors and is wholly ad-
mirable in theme and manner.
DAY Books by Mabel Wslton Roberts
Stationery Co..
"The Beginners of a Nation" by Ed
ward Eggleston, while complete in it.
self, ushers in larger enterprise. For
seventeen years the author has been
engaged in studies for a History Of
Life in the United States of which the
present volume is an introduction. The
scope of the books involves the English
knowledge and notion of America at
the period Of settlement and the slow
rise and development Of PuritaniSm
before the pilgrim migrations To
quot Mr.. EggleStOn'S own presentation
of his intention: 'It has been my aim
to make these pages reflect the char
acter Of the age in which the English
colonies were begun, and the trials of
the colonists, and to bring into relief
the social, political, intellectual and
religious forces that promoted emigra-
ton. This does not pretend to be the
usual account of all the events attend
ing early colonization; it is rather a
history, in which the succession of
cause and effect is the main topic-a
history of the dynamics of COLONY
planting in the first half of the seven
teenth century. Who were the begin
nerS of English life in America? What
propulsiOns sent them for refuge to I,
wilderness? What visions beckoned
them to undertake the founding of
new states? What manner of men
were lUGlI lodOeIS! ana what is the
story of their disappointments? These
are the questions l have tried to an
swer"
1t would seem to the casual reade,
that they could hardly have been an
swered more satisfactorily. The book
is written in a thoughtful, vigorous
style, the grasp of underlying philo
sophical principles is complete and
even the phraseology is more pictur-
esque and satisfying than historians
are wont to use. Mr. Eggleston has
made an admirable beginning to an
important piece of work.
CThe Beginners of a Nation" by Edward
Eggleston. d. Appleton & Co. ST so For
sale by the St. Paul Book & Stationery Coz 4
One Of the handsomest calendars for 1897
which has yet appeared is issued by Perry
Mason & Co., of Boston, publishers of the
Youths Companion. The calendar is in the
fern of folder, 1012 by "a inches in size
having four leaves or panels, on each of
which is the figure of a beautiful maiden
Autographed in twelve colors from an orig
inal painting. The calendar will be an orns
ment to any home or any business office
Perry Mason & Co. give it free to all sinh.
scribers to the Companion who send the
subscription price of the Haper for 1897.