The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-01-18
LIFE OF CARDINALS WoLsEY.

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LIFE OF CARDINAL woLsEY.
BY Ethelred T. Taunton. SIS nets'iMew
York: John Lane. IS & "A AZ III S' -
Ethelred =. Taunton is an English Ro-
man man Catholic priest. He is the author Of
volume presents Cardinal Wolsey in & new
light. Although a Catholic, the work is
permeated with an evident desire for the
d ei Is greatly at variance with that Of
Shakespeare, who In his Henry VIII. rep
r res Wolsey as saying: ; =. 0' IA ! {
! Had put served my God with half the
served my king, He would not in mine
NJ T. age Es -: s5 II, @@.E% ..s1:, y III
Haye left me naked to mine enemies : ! 4.
would not have dared to write the truth
ABOUT a! Cardinal Wolsey in the time of
II the several propositions Of this latest
however, Wolseys truest eminence IS en-.
tirely. that of the churchman-able, studi-
GUS, loyal and in the end self-sacrificing
his church's sake: The splendor Of his
SUITE was designed to indicate only the
glory Of his Office: His intimacy with
Henry, II due to a love- of power, was due
higher dignity of the earthly vicarage of
his Master. Finally, even in the negotia-
lions over. what the writer calls tIrhe Di-
Henry's desires suffered through the ie:
gates determination to preserve intact the
power Of Rome. :. E %,-,s, - ~
&c One ns thing u.s., however, certain. That is
attested by the historic Christ Church Col.
lege at Oxford. .s':s r. =. : :
The author commends Wolsey for his sup:
preston pre- SO OF Luther's writings in England
ana Tor MS deathbed advice to Henry: v
:! request his grace, in Gods name, that
ne have q yigilant eye to depress the new
Pernlcious sect of Lutherans, that It do net
negligence, in such sort as that he shall
back to subdue them" :r} s&&'t I5E.1
, Degrading the liberality Of mind Of the
Though stern toward false teaching, and
clearly alive, to the danger, the great
minded minded cardinal had pity. on those who,
Not one Of the many brought before 't the
Legatine Court on the charge of heresy
was blrnt And this Christian tolerance
On On tn the part Of Wolsey is all the more cred
which prostituted the name Of religion in
the IN !, latter years Of Henry, and in the reign
OF his daughters, Mary and Elizabeth
last chapter lie eardnas uasa n his
He is spoken of as having confirmed cate
eumens while on his way to Cawood castle
curing az that memorable last journey, "un-
In a chair, the number of children was
such" That done, 'he said his evensong
ae fhere wHnt to and rested him
ing before settling out, he laid hands dnot on
almost hundred children more and as
ne rode on in the crisp air of a Yorkshire
morning. morn, ne found grouped around a Stone
Mdlch stood eao on a. little
dred children waiting for the archbishop
to confirm them. At once he alighted from
ms mule and administered the sacrament
under the canopy Of. heaven" - - n
RMS comprehensive, volume on the life
OF SO prominent a cleric will prove of great
meee f6an rather fa does
in Interesting detail The book is illms-
trated with twenty-one good engravings of
famous characters and cathedrals.
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CHARLES w. CHESNUTT,S BOOKS.
ch Inc success e; achieved by M. Charles w.
directed the attention of the reading public
to his other productions. It has not been
very many Z, months since Mr., Chesnutt took
ton stories, which at once caused W. W. IS s.
HoWells, the dean of American critics. to
announce the appearance in the republic
OF oi+n letters Of another star of the same mag
g. since The Coophered Grapevine" '.Po'
SANDY Mars Jeem's Nightmare ISIS
beckXs Plckaninny,' and other revelations
war won him a place in the literature H t6 OF
gu! country, Mr.. Chestnut has continued
ms work e and entered into the serious
c cess IS Of Afr9Amer + life with
Inc House Behind the .Cedars'' is a story
OF Southern life, in which every social
phase o IS presented with the startling cum
a, t man, almost white, studies law
IN the office of an aristocratic old Southern
gentleman, for whom he worked as an office
Doy; ne e. was the natural son by mulatto
clal, ana business standing. He leaves
North Carolina and goes to South Carolina.
Where the law declared persons having
to e. w RSsrS 0e %a 1 bssd Be de-
eminent lawyer and marries into a lead ID.
Ing South Carolina family, whose estate he
n 1ilsiy 1ntients after the deaths of all sur
old O. home of many years he returns and
visits visit his mother and sister clandestinelv.
LIS his - sister as't has grown into womanhood,
neani ndn, graceful and digniied. He final.
nome and take up life under conditions
where she would lose her racial identity
ana man 9e "a white " woman. A wealthy young
finds out that she is woman Of color and
breaks the engagement. In his solitude he
broods over his lost love and frantically re.
h har roo TO return to her. notwithstanding
Oh broken heart. The story IS We'll told
and It's Interest is sustained from the omen.
ing cihhaRfer to the close 1t is valuable
and created a favorable impression on e eVen
upon Southern critics. - :" : (, =. :
49, The : ne, Wife Of His Youth is another
t6nnnn ao tale by Mr.: Chestnut, which
skill as his other stories, vet remains .
Fascinating story of the love of a Iyoune
Adr0.Am eric. man nearly white for a
poslte-Dut who protected him in his dis
tress and poverty; educated him and was
the chief agent Of his success in life
hour w Of Mas not forsaken by him in his
me Chestnut books. are published by
ME1,oughton. Miflin IS Co., Boston, Mass.
1ne Couture Woman, 81 %; The wife of
G GaS u youth Il $1.5o; The House Behind the
AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY.
American Political History to the Death
no si5d Py N Xea Y a. Hanp 5
|. Instead Of the dry facts. usual to most
nistorles we find in this book the charm of
not no simply Of bloody wars, but a review Of
G! the Irresistible upward movement Of
political system Of the nn fSIe s 81 tne
Thomas Jefferson said: s.Those wards
called townships in New England have
proved themselves the wisest Invention
ever devised by the wit Of man for the
perfect exercise of self-government and for
It's preservation q TT1s 81 >-#, y
The New England colonists divided the
land into towns and adapted the principles
OF the Old English town government to the
needs OF a new country and changed con
dltlons. The people Of each town directly
govern themselves. AS the population in
creases there are necessarily many changes
made In cities the primary is but q town
tionality was Of slow growth. Previous to
the Revolution it did not exist, and it was
weak Tor many years thereafter Finally
tion. ~ : z -.
The population OF both Virginia and
chusetts was purely English. but