The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-11-25


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Never was q mind more fatally LACKING in.
logical power tran Emerson,s He utters half
truths with the force Of whole truths. He
makes sweeping generalizations on insult
Gent data He never sees the whole truth at
once; he sees only fraement Of ii. hut he
views il at SO close range that the fraement
assumes the proportions of the whole to
him. and he falls into extravaganza when
ne escribes 1t. Another point OF view brings
and he at once forgets what he has seen, and
that which now absorbs his atten tio1:... Hence
those almost lncOmprehenslble oscillations
from idealism TO matErialiSm, from the Wild-
est or fanciful specuiatiors to the sternest
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as seryieeahle :. that. - ~ any, dav slsharsr
who earns his bread and butter by it--frnm
the most extravaeant 1audations 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 mail that he has written "a nd
he has written much, prose as we'll as poetry,
there is q distinctiyely individual note. quick.
" recognizable to the lover Of Whittier, and;
endearfng him more and more to the poet as
was in him remarkable blendine ~ the Qua
ker severity and chasteness with the poets
susceptibility and passionate love of beauty.
tolerance wide as the world for All human
frailities and human doubts, and q. faith in
God as simple and unquestionable as little
child's; nervous sensitiveness almost fas-
for all simple. homely iovs-sos restfnl q
calm, sought and kent amidst all the -nos+io,
oscillations Of fiery spirit, = Sheuuotes ia,ge-
~ from his poems, to best emphasize the spirit
!, Of his work. We have not room for fur
Their extract or comment. and will only ra-
peat that this volume is valuable and charm
ing book Chicago: A. G. mcclure & Coz
: Il
"Inyisible Links"-By Selma Laperlof
This is a series of COMPLETE short stories nv
the author of the famous hook. COSTA Rer-
Sling" It is their first IRA nsiation. from the
Swedish into Eneligh. They reveal swedish
life and thought, and are made deeply inter
esting by fine descriptive scenes and incl
cents that illustrate and make deenlv i'm
spressiye the stories recitad And vat {hey
Gro M. ,.hearf,,i ~ sot;sfaotaru ator;o, nj =.
racita u, tha nooin ctor;cs 49,, ssa =. L..s.'
1actorlly 10 the reader. But Withal they
show pathos and fantasy, a weird origin
ality, and fine word painting that hold the
reader by their spell. (BOstOn Little, Brown
Coz
49,
From the Macmillan company New York
we have new and handsome edition of Ham
In I'm e4sr!ands snort stories, entitled, Main
Travelled Roads The stories are; "A Branch
Road" up the Coolly, 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
az MS pest IN these short stories He is a
lover OF nature, and ne writes entertainingly
OF field and forestand stream, and the people
ara tne lie IN the rural districts. The 1nteI'
Ocean has charged that Mr.. Garland in Rose
OF butchers CO0lly" has done injustice to the
innocent child life in rural homes, but these
short stories give wonderfully clear brief de-
scriptions of home life upon the farm. One
OF the best stories OF the book Is Under the
Lions Paw, which reveals not:oniy the hard
labOrlOus life OF the farmer and the farmers
wife and the farmers boy, but illustrates a
type OF the generous man in the person of Mr..
Council, and Of the mean, grasping man in
Butler But the stories are all good They.
So
From Dana, Estes & Co., Boston. we have
several boys hooks which will rnh the .aves
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o. o. Amefloan boys OF Steep. Iney are DIT