The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-12-30

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LongfelloH "Lucille," BY Owen Meredith:
Crawford, !" by Mrs. Gaskill:: The House. 81
Seven Cables" BY wthorne. and The Abba
Constantine, by ,Ludovic Eialevy.
81, The lovers OF beautiful books will be at
once attracted by the fine mechanical work Of
this series Of volumes, In the clear print,
the tasteful binding and the delicate tinting
and general excellence of the c0l0red pic
lures. OF the several volumes It is scarcely
necessary to say word. They are books
that belong in the list OF English classics.
OF Lucille" 1t may be said that Owen Mere
dith is seen at his best. It is the work Of his
mature years, and is a rare sweet song of
love, which Is as old as the race, and never
grows old. It is a poem rich in imagery. and
is a rare sounding of the depths of the human
heart and teaches beautifully o. 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 =.
Her form, now and then. on the nat. lurid sky
Rise and sink, and recede through the mists:
The vapors closed around, and he saw her no
The mission Of genius on earth! To uplift, 4
Purify, and confirm by its own gracious gift:
The mission of genius: To watch and to wait
TO soothe and-to soiace, to help ard to heal
The sick world that leans on her This was
Lucille. a t
The first forty -four pages Of "Evangeline
are given to brief biography of Longfellow
b. Nathan Haskill Dole. The opening chap
tiers of the poem are as beautifully descriptive
OF people and scenes as were ever penned
They toll Of the homes Of simple people.
The poet describes the home Of Evangeline.
Where. at peace with God and the world, the
farmer of Grand Pre-
eined his Ihousehold, ~ 80 : - e''Ae 80
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,
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
the story is not joyous, it Is yet charming
even in its SORROWS and tells Of love a.
pure and spotless as the snowfakes in the
air The prose volumes Of the series, Gran
ford" by Mrs Gaski11; .'rhe Able Constan-
tin by Haleyy, and Tho House Of Seven
Gables" BY Hawthorne, are all gems in ro-
sIantic literature, The series Is marked ''The
SOPACy oCA ICosF oAO i u0 1ut0I OCedu las DE-
fore reviewed .he two other volumes ia the
ser1es-"Prue and t. by George William
Curtis, and "Barrack- Room Ballads" by
Kipling The books, separately or dis series,
IKE beautiful gift books that every cultivated
reader will appreciate. New York and -Bos-
"stalky & CO. By Rudyard Kfprtng { The
English critics come down strong on KipNng'f
'Sta.ky." The Academy says that IF it /.
TO be read freely by irnpressionable boys, the
sooner the curtain is rung down on the farce
OF Christianity the better for there is hardly
a prccept Of the Sermon on the Mount that is
not Joyously OUTRAGED In its pages; What
the book chiefly needs is some hum anizing
relief. Throughout there is the same unerring
metallic smartness, with hardly hint Of
deeper feelings; the same torrent Of brilliant
slang" (
Anethef critic says or not Mt
boy, or only a special acquaintance Of his
OWE, we do not know; but il tStalky & Co., -
as we half suspect, purports to- tell the truth
where Eric Dean FArrar's famous story
(and Mr.. Kipling's bugbear), only romances,.
we must say at once that it. 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 equa lied by Mr.
Kipling's infatuation for might Hs...,N 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.. Kirllng for once is caught
tripping In his endeavor to reSapture his
youth he has remembered everything but
youths immaturity. The escapades Of youth
are here the Joy Of living, the high spirits; blu,
G cleterness beyond all.credence has beer
dialogue and successful strategy has been TOT.
much for the author, and fidelity to the fact
has gone overheard in the interests of tna
yarn" A man Of Mr.. Kipling's positive char
acter who writes so much and 50 hastily is
likely to overdo 1t. He easily beats all the
slUms In Ills slang and vulgaritY, and keeps !.
up hrtil 1t is nauseating. II Kipling is real.
istic in "Stalky & Co.. the less effort to make
heroes Of such masters of vulge risns the bet
ter The book is unht for the shelves of the
library Of the cultivated, Christianized, civil
lied home. (New York: Doubleday & Nc.
Clure company
:: ''The Queens Rangers"-Bw c.. a. Norton
This is a story Of revolutionary days. with:
its leading facts historically accurate. 'Tha
revolution" was a 'cival war and wner
it 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 forced
to take sides. Colonel Norton takes for his
heroes three young men, who, finding them
selves stranded in New York, 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 8 flag. Here they serve with. dis.
tinction until, One by one. as subsequent
events offer them an opportunity, they change
their allegiance, and after the battle Of
Brandywinet they are again united under the
flag Of their country. The author has given
himself wide field for. an exciting story, and
readers Of war stories will not be disappointed
In 1t. (Boston and Chicago w. A. Wilde
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Dorsey, the Young inventor This is a.
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,
full OF fun and froNc. but always manly and
generous. He pictures homes as they should
be. and such stories will inspire many boy
to make homes happies and better. Dorsey,
the hero Of the book, IS . Live country boy,
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Ford. Howard q IIulbert:)
THE Bronze Buddha; 3 Mystery: By Cara
Linn Daniels This IS wonderfully attrac-l
tive story. both III it, characters and It's
ont, tho oId and the new. Oriental customs
and splendorz stand out In contrast With the
simple manners 81 the new West and princes
in diamonds stand up side ~ side With the
unaffected beauty end grace ufadofned ot
another hemisphere. 80 IL Is the rare genius