The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-13
THE GREATEST TEN BOOKS.

series OF articles giving the opinion o.
ten men OF wide knowledge and expert
ence rs to tie greatest ten books of the
century Just passed, which have most
Influenced its thoughts and activities -
The men whose opinions are thus set forth
are James Bryce, author of ''The Ameri-
can Commonwealth;, Edward Everei t
Hale, Henry Van Dyke. professor Of: Eng
fish literature at Princeton university;
the Rev. DR.. George A. Gordon, pastor
of the New Old South church, Boston;
Arthur L. 1adley, president of Yale uni
Versity; the Rev. DR. A. NJ Fairbairn,
principal Of Mansfield college. Oxford &c
Stanley Hail. president of Clark uniyer-
sity; William de Witt Hyde, president OF
Bowdoin college; William T. Tucker.
president of Dartsmouth college, and
Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
This attempt to formulate a criticism of
the literature of the worlds most won
oerlul century is one that can hardy
be sUmmonized from the Outlooks ar
ticle. The whole should be studied to
fully appreciate the opinions of the able
critics whose judgment is limited to the
books of less than twenty authors, or
least only nineteen, received two or
. more votes, and these We're as followsI
Darwin ('Qrigin of Species'O. 10: Hegel
3, Mrs. Stowe C'Uncle Toms Cabin'0 :;
Goethe, C'FaustD, 6; Emerson. 5; Carlyle
;; Wordsworth, 4; Tennyson, 4; Scott. !:
Ruskin, 3; Strauss, 8: Hugo. 3; Browning
2: Hawthorne, .; Renan. ?: De Tocoue3
Vile, :; Tolstoi 2; Comte, >; Spenser, .
Mr.. Bryce names: /. Darwin. Origin of
The Species;' 2 GOethcs Faust =.
Hegels History of Philosophy;" l.
w ordsworth Poems; ). Mazzni's Duties
OF Man; q. Karl Marks "Das Kapetal:"
z De Maisue's lie Pape;" s. Tocqua-
vile democracy III America" g. Nal
thur ; "Population;" 10 Hugo or TolstOi.
Nr. Hale names: l. Goethes Faust"
= DarNins Origin of Species;" 8. De
IocqueVilles Democracy in America -
q. Bryce's american Commonwealth"
D. Euskin's Modern Painters" 6. Emer-
sons essays; Z. SCOTS works: s. Hugo's
WORKS ., Ienhyson's poems; and 10 Re
mans Life of Christ
Mr.. Van Dykes list is as follows:
l. Lyrical Ballads. with Wordswurth's
preface OF 1900, which marked the begin-
1lhS of new era of simplicity. sincerity
humanity, and liberty in English poetry
WaVerly, the novel in which Scott
showed the noble possibilities of fiction
raising it to the dignity of fine art. and
MAKING 1t minister, in the broadcast sense.
10 the enrichment and elevation of life.
> AIDS to Reflection" in which Cole
ridge brought philosophy TO the illumina
nor OF religion, and strengthened faith
not by supDressing thought, but by deep
ening it
f. ''Sartor Resartus,' in which Thomas
Carlyle sounded the battle-cry OF mis- long
anu great warfare against the idolatry of
sh8mS.
.. Emerson's Essays" in which he
led the young and brave-hearted up to
the mountain tops of truth and beauty
and freedom, and babe them live by their
VISIONS Bl not by their misgiyings.
D.. Ruskins Modern Painters" in
winch he spoke the open, sesame!'' to
a new treasury, not only of art. but also
81 po@Es, and Of nature and of human
=. "A System of Logic. in which John
Stuart Mill gave to the surviving ele-
nenjs OF utlitarianism their most clear
ana reasonable statement, and provided
arms Tor succeeding. generation of ag-
nOSJics.
IS. Sir William Hamilton's edition Of
the w oEks of Reid, in which the loft
lest philosophy of idealism was defended
and eMpounded on the basis of common
sense. and new Impulse was given to
chose who would live in the spirit
- The Origin of Species" N which
charles Darwin gave iucdity and coher-
~erce TO the conception Of progressive
and continuous creation. which has
changed the face of the modern scientific
world.
10. In Memoriam," in which Tenny-
son expresses the victory of spiritual
13ilh over honest doubt, and set to music
Ihe creed of immortal love
Mr.. Gordon's list is as follows:
1. Goethe's Faust" as the supreme ar
tstic EXPRESSION Of the agnosttc mood.
OF the eVer-recu,ring tragedy OF loves
TcdemptIVc power.
?. IIegeIs Logic for its 1.reoualed in
huGnce IN philosophy, Theology, history
=. q. Carlyle's 'French Revolution" for
1t2 exhibition Of moral law operating
through the endless COnfuslons OF a vf9s1
historic c'isis.
=. TennNsCl's In Mcmorium." as The
M, c,fv-
presSiNe utterance CT doubt and faith con.
coming life after death.
/ >; Darwin's Origin OF Species" as
. RHf!eVilg revolution Of human opinion
or It's subject, and as preparing the Wav
Tor a new conception OF The physical ad-
g. Comics Social Philosophy" under
the influence OF his pOsitivism, as inspir-
ms the religion of humanity.
q. Webster.s Speeches. as a mine Of
political wisdom, and a record of deter
minative intellectual power in national
life.
s. Emerson's "Essavs." as a nrotesr
against the blind tradition and as an
expression Of high spiritual insight
:. Mrs Stoves Uncle Toms Cabin .
as Uhe epic Of an outraged race; as an
appeal to the conscience, first of Ameri-
ca and then of the civilized world; as an
\ invocation OF humanity against inhuman-
10 T. II. Green's introduction 70
Hume as the first complete answer in
English empiricism, as honestly accom-
piishing the defeat of the fundamental
enemy Of theism, social ethics and per
Sonality.
Dr. Fairbairn names the works of 1.
Kant; >, Hegel; 3, William Grove; 4.
Darwin: .. Champollion; 6, Nebuhr; T.
Wordsworth; s, Scott; 9. Strauss, and
divides 10 between "Schleiermacher, who
did so much to rehabilitate religion as
distinguished from philosophy, and
Thomas Chalmers, who had the courage
to apply Christianity to our serious in
. dustrial and commercial problems, and
also 10 give the most splendid illustration
om century contains of the inability of
civil law to regulate and to command
The life with which God has inspired His
church"
President Hadley said: 1.-The books
:. chosen in answer to this question must be
selected for their results rather than fol-
their merits. They should be the one;
which have had the largest measurable
effect on the worlds thought and civiliza
ton" Hence he restricts himself to The
following groups:
Nh, first er,.0,1r ffror-, 1901 m 1904 onn