Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-12-15
Jefferson Jewels.



| In books alone companions find.
| In recent purchase of 1877 books we have
added another casket OF diamonds. Their
beautiful bindings and splendid typography
delight the eye and crafty aesthetic taste;
but the "insides" contain the real value and
charm. They are all of the highest grade
of books, variant in subjects, models OF style,
a thesaurus of knowledge, of deepest inter.
est to every mind seeking information, edu'
| cation, culture along any or many OF its
diversified lines. The stern resolution is
rigidly adhered to that our Club library
shall not be partisan in either political or
religious sense. No private library should
| be OF that character. Its close and constant
use will inevitably prove calamity, by fos-
tering one sided, narrow minded nuisance
| No one mind was ever yet the repository OF
| all wisdom no one class OF thinkers, though
perfectly agreeing among themselves, was
ever the sole propaganda of virtuous senti
ment, or universal truth. There is very
well defined current Of opposition to free
| thought, specially 10 the discussion Of edu-
| cational or doctrinal themes, increasing in
volume with every year. 1t is well nigh
universally considered heretical to breach
any opinion which does not chime with the
view OF some supposed authority, or pander
to the prejudice OF the uniniormed. Let
every Jeffe sonian prepare to resist this In.
tellectual and spiritual tyranny. The best
corrective OF bgotry is the wider view
read both sides, eOery side, as presented In
your peerless library If one speak against
your belief, hear he may add to your light;
| II he is wrong, correct him at all events, let
him speak
This counsel will apply to the American
Statesmen series, oil which there is good
list. In these books there Is matter OF vast
! historical value, with some things TO con-
denim, or to indorse, as the reader may de-
| eide. What Is poison for one Is tood for
| another. The statement Of fact may be CON
sldered generally reliable; the author will
sometimes inject a sentence OF a page of his
own opinions or prejudlces, overpraising, or
detaming: magnilying, common place merit,
or twisting and distorting mistake into
crime. This is very human. Few authors
cen entirely forget their own personality
when dealing with the history OF another;
II 10 80 difficult not ITO set down aught IN
malice" Conversely, he Is really great
man who is brave enough u write truth with
IoreknOwiedge that some will spit upon his
page Ol the authors Of this series, Henry
CaUot Lodge. ID @. Gilman, and Allen Il.
Magruder are, perhaps, ialIest IN t0eir estl
mate ol the character Of which they treat
Our library Is rich IN the p bssesslon OF sew
erai Lives VI the same person. VI Napo-
leun, we have three Or Jour, that Of Hazitt
worth more than any other, because az
nearly absolutely lair AS biography can
possibly be Iu IKE manuer, II Lodges
ashiugton DO not meet your approval,
Irvings WORK ls ut your right hand, Head
Iey's ON your LETT. Ii Carl Schufz ID deem
ed Unfair, in any respect, 10 Henry Clay, we
have his Lille by quite another hand. he
0usti6us non dtsputGndum est-remember the
woman VINO KIsseJ the COW Even THE
book does not quite SATISFY every body. ln
the case OF secular, human productions, the
evil must be thrown away, and the good
preserved. You would not scorn price
less diamond because you found II on dung
| hill. No man could more heartily despIse
| the politics OF Milton than the editor; yet
| Milton has been his study and delIBht IRON
boy hoOd-nutwit hsLanding that the boys
were required TO parse Paradise Lost back
wards
The American Commonwealth series Is Of
equal value, and open TO the same candid
criticism. The complexion oil the authors
mind, In some points, colors his page. DIS
examination, comparison, substitution, even,
| may be deemed necessary. We are provld
| ing the library for sensible people, and ex-
| pect them to exercise their sense Alterna'
tives abound. Carr speaks Tor Missouri, for
| Kentuck, Smaller; New York is written by
Roberts, John Esten Cooke stands for Vlr
GINA, though edited by Scudder. There
are several others. Every time you take
| down one of these books get ready your 1ttIe
fine sieUe !, but read them, Tor all that. We
| could never have had such superb coIlec-
ton with these two series lett out. In
dependence in thought, and courage In
separable from a great character. They are
guilty politics which require concealment
and the use OF dirty tools. That Is weak
policy which shuns the light and leans on
hireling agents. He Is the miserablest OF
human things whose religion, motives, lille
will not endure the sharpest criticism oil an
enemy. Opposition Is the one thing that
may be depended upon 10 develop the lion,
the hero, or the martyr, in the sublimest
make of man. So, as you read, or hear, as
sisted by the consensus Of opinion OF the
best and purest minds make your own Tree
Intellect and right conscience judges oi what
you must believe.
We had to take an old, but excellent,
leather bound copy of Bakers Saints Kest.
Probably out OF print; certainly, very pre-
cious. The average church member oi TINS
generation has no use Tor Baxter fhe good
old Presbyterian digs too deep, and cuts TOO
close, and shaves too clean, Tor the professor
of the hour. Hepwortn and Talmage, dm
onane ge1las, suit him better. But there lie
is get acquainted with him; he Will do
you goodf Breakfast, Luncheon, and Tea,
by Marion Harland, is costly, like the meals
she tells how 10 prepare, but will be useful
TO such as can afford the materials. In OK
Quiste dress, we volumes OF Hans Christian
Anderson, novelist, traveller, and poet, make
q lovely group. Millions OF children love
him Tor the stories written tor them THESE
are for maturer minds. The ImpTovsdtore
Is a story OF Rome ,embOdyng a large amount
OF learning, local description, with enough
Of love and imag nation Ia It To hold the at
tention while the mind absorbs the real
worth. The Story OF Ny Lille loiiows' Tue
autobiography Of Anderson richly merits
the name he gave 1.-THE Wonder Story
10 SPAN anu Portugal is u ulle WHICH,
taken 10 connection with the authors name
and fame, Will serve Tor table 81 contents
A Poets Bazaar is not poetry At all, but an
e1traDcing description III tour ~ dermahy'
IAly, Greece, and the Orent. o. L. Is queer
title. have not read the boOr, but IRON
the Latin motto TO the first chapter the reader
may hope Tor fortune and iavur-tIu0d Jeta1
EdssstNmque at. All the books are UrImluI
OI Information impaired 10 an easy, grace
iul style.
Apologize Pro Vita Sua, by Cardinal Ne"
man, Is Ia close proximity 10 the Immortal
Jonathan Edwards, both men oil might
widely divergent In tenets theoloslc, but TOO
tar removed in point OF time u wage logon
achy. Never be afraid 10 have your re
ligious views contradicted 10 print It's no
bier 10 bear the test than say, as did a certain
old bigot, who spoke for thousands, III I'm
wrong, l don't want TO know IT," II you
are close observer, you will find ten thou
sand excellencies In other sects, and tOrty
thousand meannesse In your own. IL you
have been reading plea for hlgh tarln,
and find your blood getting too hot Tor the
season, cool off on Bastiat's Political Econ
omy, and his Sophisms of Protection; You
will waut 20 know something of John Bright,
the great commoner; Vince will tell you.
Ia dainty blue and white, charming book
ia Japanese Girls and Women, by Alice