The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-16

in which all good souls of all nations
might be brought. Jesus was not an
inventor, philosopher or scientist His
sphere is the moral and spiritual. At
a certain point in history the religious
genius of the Jewish nation produced its
highest example and illustration. Jesus
was born at the point where he could
best develop, at the time when his inf1u-
ence could be most widely diffused
The goal of evolution Mr.. Shutter epi-
tomizes: First must come the man who
is of EARTH earthly; then shall come the
man that is of heaven. First, the low
er. the savage, the physical; then that
which is higher and more Godlike''
The God of evolution, he insists is not a
nonresident, but is in nature and part
of it, living in the physical nature as
the vital spark of life lives in the ma
terial man. and as all the laws and meth
DDS of nature operate to the production
and perfection OF human character, the
end is righteousness and goodness
Righteous and good must be the poweIe
"The Worlds Discoveries
''The Worlds Discoveries by William
henry Johnson. Little, Brown d Co.,
Boston.
These stories pertain to the voyages
made with view to discovering the sea
route to the Indies, and form a connected
account of the search which proved SO
fascinating a theme to brave men for
hundreds of years. Mr.. Johnson's sub
ject could not lack interest, but in this
instance the manner of telling the story
of Columbus and the men who followed
him is so fresh and spontaneous as to
hold the readers attention from start to
finish
Some of the most thrilling chapters in
the book are devoted to the story Of Sir
Francis Drake and his ship Dragon"
In sharp contrast to the pronounced
characteristics of that expedition was
the one headed by William Barents, the
Dutch explorer, traces of which were
found 274 years after the brave fellows
spent a winter on the coast of Nova
Zembla. The awful cold against which
they struggled so bravely made some
amends by preserving relics of their
rude life during that long Arctic Win
ter.
The book is divided into two parts; the
first describes the voyages of the early
navigators who, beginning with Columbus,
endured undreamed-of hardships and pri-
vatfons unaided by experience and with
out the weapons which science put into
the hands of nineteenth century voy-
ayers. The second part begins with the
story of the Inflated Franklins expedi-
ton and ends with the final discovery
and navigation of the Northwest pas
sage.
"tLessens of the War
Lessons of Our War with Spain. and
Other Articles by Alfred Z. Mahan,
d. c. L.. L. l.. D. Little, Brown Il
Co., Boston.
Capt. Mahan evidently believes that
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound
Of cure. He thinks an intelligent ap-
probation of our strength as nation
will serve to avert the unreasonable de-
mands upon the government which arise
from ignorance and fear when an emer-
gency comes, and, on the other hand,
a knowledge of our weakness will induce
a pressure upon our representatives for
such an organization of force as our
conditions demand
The greater number of these articles,
which were previously published in Nc
Clure's and other magazines, are devoted
to the Lessons of the War with Spain.
But the thirty pages dealing with the
peace conference and the neral aspect
of war are pregnant with meaning at
this time when our interests in the far
East are proving a matter for gravest
consideration.
In these articles Capt. Nathan has
avoided technical terms whenever posi-
BILE, and the result Is book which has
great interest not only for the army and
navy, but for the general reading puo-
lie.