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acter. We must forever rest content
with the recognition of an unknowable
ower-unknowable, save as mani
tested to consciousness through the
world OF phenomena; doubtless Infinite
and absolute and therefore neon
tceivable; yet symborized in the rythpic
life Of the universe, and in that moral
sense, that moral law, wnich IS I'M
plicated with each Of our ethical acts.
They who seek to transcend the cotl-
ditions under which alone knoE leaSe
is possible. In Goethe's profound lam
guage, they are as wise as little children
who, when they have looked into a
mirror, turn it around 10 see what is
behind il. In mars relation TO a
Power thus unllnowable, is the only
and the highest, ground for either falth
or alteration"
Thesaurus of English Words and
Phrases. classified and arranged SO as
to facilitate the expression Of ideas ana
assist in Htcracy composition, by Peter
Mark ROGET, NJ. D., T. ". s.. new edI-
lion ENLARGED ana improved, partly
from the authors notes, and with 2 fui
index by John Lewis Roget. New
YORK: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, pub
fishers.
No library or office is now considered
complete without a Rogets Thesaurus.
1t is the greatest and most serviecdblc
verbal classification which has ever
been undertaken for The assistance ana
benefit Of those who speak and write
tho ENGLISH language. only those VINO
have had 4 working acquaintance with
this great work can fully appreciate its
practical usefulness.
The first edition Of this work was
published in 1852; the second the en-
suing spring With the third issue in
1865 the volume was stereotyped, since
which time it has been published i'll
practically the same form.
During the later years of the
authors life, which closed at an ad-
vanoed age, in the fall of 1869, he was
engaged in the task Of collecting
words ana phrases for an enlarged edl-
ton of his great work The con
tinuancc OF this task then fcll to his
son who, after years of labor, carried
it to a most successful conclusion.
As published by Messrs. Croweii &
Co the book leaves nothing to be de-
sired. and should on its merits have a
cuuspicuoug place in every library, be
il large or small.
Bacon ana Shakespeare Paralelisms,
by Edwin Reed, A. NJ; cloth back;
decIllc edges: pp. 437. Price, $500
Charles IT, Goodspeed, publisher, 3
Park street. Boston. Mass.
Among the devoted believers in the
Raconian authorship of the plays as
scribed To William Shakespeare, none
have been more persistent, or pre-
scented tE.ir views with greater
strength and plausibility than has Mr.
Reeds His first contribution to the
literature " this great controversy was
made in 1891, when a work from his pen
entitled. Bacon vs.. Shakespeare, Brief
for Plaintiff" attracted 2 great deal Of
attention ana aroused anew the dis
cussion Of 4 subject in which the gen
eral interest was beginning to SUB
side. This volume was devoted 10 a
close and critical consideration of what
The wlitcr conceived to be the his
torical evidences which tended to prove
that Bacon was the real author Of the
famous plays.
In 1899 second work from his pen
entitled. Francis Bacon, Our Shake
speare." was given to the public In
this Mr.. Reed dealt wholly with mat
tiers of internal criticism and a con-
sideration of the philosophic purpose
which inspired the plays.
In his third and latest work he rests
his argument for Bacon as the sole
lauthor Of the poems ana plays credited
to Shakespeare OF the identity Of
thought and diction between them ana
his acknowledged works. To this
great task he has certainly brought an
exhaustive ana scholarly research.
Whether Or not the reader is disposed
TO admit the force of the authors de
auctions, he viii not fail to APP
preCiate the force and clevcrness with
which the analogies they rest upon are
based. are pointed out.
The various passages from the plays
and poems of Shakespeare and the ac-
<nowledged works sof BACON which
seem to parallel each otherin thought
or dietion are published side by side
WITH accompanying comment by the
| author. The work is certainly one OF
4 intense interest not merely in its bear
| ing upon the much 1nooted question OF
authorship but also in the analysis it
affords of the thought ana forms of
| expression entering -intoE the great
classics involved in. the general dis
fcussion. e sn Atts$
"A Lay Thesis On Bible Wines. by Ed
ward R. Emerson. New York; Merrill &
Baker lem n tsa
/ The writer Of this volume frankly con-
fesses himself TO bas"a maker Of wines
In this respect he is materially in adj j
vance of the dealers in intoxieants whs
seek to gain an entrance into Temperance
communities under false pretences. in
order to advance the interests of thef:,
unholy traffic. Mr.. Emerson is e.
gagged in a calling which would be Grim.
inal IL he attempted TO carryit on hers
III Maiae; but at least he does not at
tempt to sail under false ,coiors in this;
respect. He comes frankly III his own I,
personality and character, without sub
| teTfuge on Apologize 44s