The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-12-09

Crawford" by Mrs Gaskill; s'The House Of
Seven Gables. by Hawthorne, and '"The Abba
Constantine, by Ludovic Halevy.
The lovers Of beautiful books will be at
once attracted by the fine mechanical work Of
this series of volumes, in the clear print,
thestasteful binding, and the delicate tinting
and general excellence of the colored pic
lures. OF the several volumes 1t is scarcely
necessary to say word. They are books
that belong in the list of English classics
OF Lucille" it may be said that Owen Mere
dith is seen at his best. 1t is the work of his
mature years, and is rare sweet song Of
love, which Is as old as the race, and never
is a rare sounding OF the depths OF the human
heart. and teaches beautifully of that love
which reaches out for its perfection in the
boundless life beyond OF the death of Luz
ellie, the poem reads:
She turned, smiled, and passed UP the twilight.
- He family discerned $50. IS.
H:r form, now and then, on the fiat. lurid sky
Rise and sink, and recede through the mists:
by and by
The Y mars closed around and he saw her no
Nor shall we, for her mission accomplished is
The mission Of genius on earth! To uplft,
Purify, and confirm by its own gracious gift:
The mission of genius: To watch and to wait
To soothe and to solace, to help ard to heal
The sick world that leans on her. This was
Lucille. [.zss5
The first forty four pages Of "Evangeline'
are given to a brief biography Of Longfellow
by Nathan Haskill Dole. The opening chap
ters OF the poem are as beautifully descriptive
OF people and scenes as were ever penned.
They tell Of the homes Of q simple people.
The poet describes the home of Evangeline.
Where, at peace with God and the world, the
farmer of Grand Pre-
Lived on his sunny farm, and Evangeline gov
erned his household. r.
The story leads along to the wooing Of
Gabriel and how his love was reciprocated
by Evangeline whose love had been growing
stronger from the days of artless childhood,
when they had played together. Then fol-
lows the story of cruel war. when the lover
is banished to far-away Louisiana. The
story then shifts to the wonderful and mys-
ferrous Teche country, to which Evangeline
journeys, only to find her lover gone farther
out upon the boundless prairies, and her
search for years and the sad finale. While
the story Is not joyous. 1t is yet charming
even in It's sorrows and tells OF love a.
air. The prose volumes of the series, Gran
ford" by Mrs. Gaskill; '.The Able Constan-
tin" by Halevy, and The House Of Seven
Cables" by Hawthorne, are all gems in ro-
hantic literature. The series Is marked ''The
Copley Series" and The Inter Ocean has be-
fore reviewed the two other volumes in the
serles-"Prue and. l." by George William
Curtis, and "Barrack- Room Ballads" by
Kipl!ng. The books, separately or as series,
re beautiful gift books that every cultivated
r*ader will appreciate. (New York and Bos-
ton: T. Y. Crowell & Coz n
'tstalky Co." BY Rudyard Kipling. The
"Sta.ky." The Academy says that ''if it Il.
to be read freely by impressionable boys, the
sooner the curtain is rung down on the farce
of Christianity the better, for there is hardly
a precept of the Sermon on the Mount that is
not joyouzly outraged in it's pages What
the book chiefly needs is some humanizing
relief. Throughout there is the same unerring
deeper feelings; the same torrent Of brilliant
slang
Another critic says: whether or not Mr..
Kiplihg claims TO have set before us the whole
boy, or only q special acquaintance of his
own, we do}not know; but if ':stalky & Co., y
where Eric, )" Dean Farrar's famous story
land Mr.. Ktpling's bugbear), only romances,
we must say at once thatit comes short Of that
ambition The. impression of boy life con-
veyed by Eric" Is not more false than that
given by "Stalky & Co.." but the two pictures
are. the poles asunder. Dean Farrar's weak
ness for sentiment Is quite eQualed by Mr..
Kiplings infatuation for might. 'sss4A Is as
wrong as the other. The real boz comes some
where between the two; you will find more Of
him in Tom Brown" and tom Sawyer" thar
anywhere else. Mr.: Kipling for once is caught
tripping. In his endeavor to recapture his
youth he has remembered everything but
youths immaturity. The escapades Of youth
are here the Joy Of living, the high spirits; bu-
q cleverness beyond all credence has beck
superimposed. The attempt to make forcible
dialogue and successful strategy has been toe
much for the author, and fidelity to the fact
has gone overheard In the interests of the
acter who writes much and so hastily is
likely to overdo it. He easily beats all the
slums in his slang and Vulgarity, and keeps !!
up Until it is nauseating. If Kipling is real.
istic in "Stalky &, Co., the less effort to make
heroes Of such masters of vulgarisms the bet
ter The book is unfit for the shelves of the
library of the cultivated, Christianized, civil
lied home. (New York: Doubleday & Nc
Clure company
"The Queens Rangers" BY c. S. Merton
This is a story of revolutionary days, with
revolution was .tcival war and when
il broke out the people were not united. Many
chung to the old government, fearing 10
change. AS the war progressed, many who
were neutral at the beginning, were forcsd
to take sides. Colonel Norton takes for his
selves stranded IN New rk.-.while the city
is in the possession Of the British. under
General Howe, band together for their mutual
advantage, and although patriots at heart
they feel that they can best serve their
country by enlisting for a time beneath her
majesty's flag, Here they serve with dis
tinction until, one by one, as subsequen:
events offer them an opportunity. they change
their allegiance, and after the battle Of
Brandywine they are again united under the
flag Of thelrecountry. The author has given
himself . wide field for an exciting story, and
readers OF war stories will not be disappointed
in it. (Boston and Chicago: w. A. Wilde
company
81 Dorsey, the Young inventor This is .
book which will please wide awake American
boys. It is from the pen of Edward s. Ellis,
who never fails to please and instruct
his boy readers His boys are never over
good nor bad. They are simply live boys
generous. He pictures homes as they shoulc
be, and such stories will inspire'many q boy
to make homes happier and better. Dorsey
the hero of the book. is a live country boy
who starts in by inventing little bor-sav1ng
devices The story Is told most entertain
ingly and graphically illustrated. New York:
Ford, Howard e !Hulbert.)
..The Bronze Buddhai q Mystery By Cora
Linn Daniels. This is q wonderfully attrac.
tive story, both in its characters and 1t.
ent the old and the new. Oriental custom;
and splendors5 stand out In contrast with the
simple manners OF the new West. and princes
lin diamonds stand up side By side with tht
unaffected beauty and grace unadorned o.
another hemisphere. It is the rare geniu.