The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-25
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lea whose foundation stones were laid
in the Southern wildernesses of our
country by many such little bands as
that of Mistress joys Father Tobias"
meaning, in brief, the Methodist
Church. Mistress JOY" is not relig-
icus novel, yet it deals most tenderly
and beautifully with the history of
primitive Methodism. Those who know
this history are aware that Methodism
came to this country by way of the
Georgia coast. Both Wesleys landed at
Savannah, labored in the Georgia col
ony, preached here, and it was here
that John Wesley received that deep
err spiritual insight, that second call,
which gave us Wesleyan Methodism
instead of Oxford Methodism. At the
time of which Mistress Joy treats
Georgia was still in partial possession
of the greater portion of what was then
the province, and is now the state of
Mississippi. The new sect spread rap
idly, and Tobias Valentine, father of
Joyce Valentine, the Mistress Joy of
the tale, was a circuit rider and as he
himself expresses it, pastor to a little
flock of the faithful near Natchez, in
1898. The interest of the story centers
about his daughter brave, impetuous,
beautiful, who thinks she has a call
to preach the Word and finds that the
world calls her SO strongly that she
needs must doubt her own vocation. To
tell how she fought out her battle,
found the solution of her problem, is to
tell the story. In the course of her
struggle to test herself she goes to the
home of d wealthy uncle in New Or
leans, learns with that same fiery zeal
she has brought to bear upon spirit
ual matters, to dance and play the fine
lady. There. at ball given to the
royal wanderer, she dances the sword
minuette with Louis Philippe, and
leads all hearts captive with her naive
girlish charm. How she returns to
Natchez and the wilderness, demands
to be disciplined and is disciplined;
how she follows the leading of her own
pure heart and finds happiness, these
things are told in the book, and told
with unfailing grace and charm, yet
with pervasive humor, a breadth and
humaneness. unusual, even in a work
so good as this.
''Minette, Story of the First Cru
sade." by George F. Cram. 12 mo.
Cloth. Decorated Price $3.50. John
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says in his introduction this is not a
story that, having been read can be
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is deeply interesting story and, ap-
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Rod of the worlds history of which IL
treats. There is abundant evidence
that the author made a close study of
the First Crusade before he began his
work, and that he has kept pretty
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qualified to express an opinion on the
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The book is one that will be read
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are of novel writing. In fact, this is
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To say that he has been successful is
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Whites Art of Teaching" BY EN-
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In the study of special methods, great
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No other work we have seen discusses
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and helpfulness.
'That Girl Montana" by Marah Ell
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THAT Girl Montana" they are care
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Mrs. Ryans characters live--they
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