The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-11-11

Interests and stimulates, but Is utterly lack
Ing In anything like plan or CONSISTENCY
Never was mind more fatally lacking In
logical power than Emerson IS. He utters half
truths with tho force sof whole truths. He
makes sweeping generalizations on INSULT
Client data. He never sees the whole truth at
once; he sees onlysa fragment OF it, but he
views II at SO close range that the fragment
assumes the proportions ofalthe whole to
him, and he falls.into extrayagances when
ihssG describes 1t. Another point Gf,Niew brings
another fragments f truth into promsI ence,
and he at once forgets what he has saen, and
tails into equally extravagant valuation OF
that which now absorbs. his attention. Hence
those almost incomprehensible oscillations
from idealism to materialism, from the Wild
est or fanciful speculatio7s to the sternest
OF scientific truths and Impractical shreWdness
as serviceable as that Of any day laborer
who earns his bread and butter by it-from
the most extravagant laudations Of Sweden
borg to the warmest appreciative sympathy
with Montaigne. OF Whittier this author
says: No American poet has so thoroughly
infused his own personality into his work
as Whittier. In all that he has written, and
ne has written much, prose as we'll as poetry,
there is distinctfvely individual note, quick.
~ recognizable to the lover of Whittier, ant
endearing him more and more to the poet as
ne learns the rarity and f1neness Of it. There
was IN him . remarkable blending ofthe Qua
yer severity and chasteness with the poets
susceptibility and passionate love Of beauty;
q tolerance wide as the world Tor all human
trailities and human doubts, and a faith in
200, as simple and ,unQu questionable as a little
cnl!d s; q nervous sensitiyeness almost fas-
tidious and jyetsso sane and tender love
1or all simple, homely, joys-so restful a
calm, sought and kept amidst all the poetic
oscillations OF fiery spirit. " She quotesiarge-
~ from his poems. to best emphasize the spirit
OF MS work We have not room forszfur-
tnera extract or, comment and will ,ionlyal.e-
peat tnat this volume is q valuable and charm-
Ing book Chicago: A. g. McClurg & Cos
Invisible Llnks''-By Selma Lagerlof
the author of the famous book, COSTA Ber-
ling" 1t is their first translation from the
Swedish into English. They reveal Swedish
life and thought, and are made deeply inter-
esting by fine descriptive. scenes and Incl
dents that illustrate and make deeply i'm
3pressive the stories recited, And yet they
are not cheerful or satisfactory stories. They
freclte in the main stories and scenes of hum
bic life which often end abruptly and unsatis~
factorily to the reader. But Withal they
show pathos and fantasy, weird. origin
atty, and fine word painting that hold the
reader by their spell Boston: Little, Brown
& Coz .aollG4 sE ~ a.5. EE.l
From the Macmillan company, New York,
we have a new and handsome edition of H AM
lin Garland's short stories, entitled, "Main
Travelled Roads" The stories are: "A Branch
Road" Cup the Coolly, y Among the Corn
Rows, = = The Return of the Private, :" Under
the Lions Paw, :" '.The Creamery Man." "A
Days Pleasure, - "Mrs. Ripley's Trip" and
Uncle Ethan Ridley Mr.. Garland is seen