The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-13
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Books That rIade Great
Names in the 10Th
Century.
CHE GemfNry Bookg~

I sists of Napoleon's ''Civic Code, ''Goetha's
faust Hegels Encyclopedia of the
Philosophical Sciences" Schopenhauer' S
World as WILL and Froebel's "Educa-
ton of Man" The second dS49 to 1869
group includes Sainte-Beuves Mon
days. Mrs Stoves Uncle Toms
Cabin, Spencer's Principles of Psychol-
ogy," DarWin'S Origin of Species and
Remains Life of Jesus"
The absolutely sure names in this list
are Goethe and Darwin; the most doubt
ful ones seem to me to be Sainte-Beuve
and Renan, whose influence, though wide
spread and profound, was essentially
transitory. Much IS to be said eeI the
substitution in place of either Of Balzee 's
Coincide Humane"
President Hall names: 1, Darwin; Q,
Hegel; 3, Strauss; T. Horace Mann's Ed
ucatfonal Reports;'' 5, Mrs. Stoves I'm
Gle Toms Cabin 6, Helmholtzs Audi
tory Sensation" 7. Carlyle's tFrench
Revolutions" s, Gocthe's "Faust;" .. yyag-
ner, because he re-edited the myths
which constitute the best parts of the
ethntc Bible of his race and brought
them home to the heart by the charm of
a new musical. method. Lastly, would
add lbsen as the dramatist of the future,
who, l think, has done more than any
man now living to exalt the work of the
arust.'
Mr.. Hyde's list is as follows:
l. Hegers Logic" which taught that
all that is derives its being from the
Conscious Mind of whom ''all think
ing things, all objects of all thought, ]"
inhere.
2 Comics Positive Philosophy"
which turned mems thought from specu-
lation about eXtraneous causes of social
conditions to, a study of the conditions
3. Lyells Principles of Geology"
which explained the configuration of the
earth by forces now in operation, thus
bringing inorganic matter within the
4. Darwin's Origin of Species
which banished special creation and en-
throned Immanent Reason supreme
throughout the cosmic process
5. Spencer's many voIufned Synthetic
Philosophy" which, though on dubious
metaphysical foundations has reared a
formula applicable to every province of
matter and every problem of mind, thus
fulfilling with marvellous richness of de-
tail HegePs prophetic outline of a uni
verse reduced to the unity of one COM
prehenSive idea.
6. Carlyle's ''Sartor Resartus," which
smashed the shame of hereditary custom
and convention, setting up present worth
and power to do the duty of the hour
as the genuine heroiSm and the true no
bility.
l. Emerson's Essays" which re-
nounced allegiance to all external claims
of gods and men and institutions, save
such as win the spontaneous sanction of
the universal spirit which dwells in each
individual breast.
s. Ruskin's Modern Painters" teach
ing with stern ethical sincerity, as the
recently erected tablet in Westminster
Abbey says of him. ITO hold in loving
reverence the poor man and his work
the great man and his work, and God
and His work
9. Mrs. Stoves Uncle Toms Cabin
which made the wrongs of the oppressed
so vivid and the brotherhood of the low
lest so real, that no sacrifice was too
great to pay for their release
l. Browning's Poems which teach
to the influential few who read them the
infinite significance of every concrete
situation.