The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-01-11
1HK APPEAk A NATIONAL AFR AMERICAN Ne PAPER
LIFE. or CARDINAL WoLsEY.

LIFE ,lrl'ls OF 7'E7' CARDINAL WOLsEY.
3 !, lhomas Wolsey, Legate and Reformer.
Rg i q Inh D. Taunton. S. net New
Ethelred L. Taunton is an English Ro.
=m .141i. Gatholic priest. He IS the author Of
x 1o.,l presents Cardinal Wolsey in new
Isnt Ailhoush Catholic, the work is
perMeated With an evident desire for the
plain plan truth Taunton's estimate Of the car
~ grea,1y at with that of
r lsa Wolsey as saying: 5 4.
1 liad ~ ! put served my God with half the
4 served ed 2 my king, He would not in mine
Have leftfme naked to mine enemies.
ne Autnor claims that Shakespeare
would not nave dared to write the truth
a M1ina a ,GardlnaI Wolsey in the time Of
# the several propositions Of this latest
, VOTE on {ne primate are to be accepted,
tirely. that Of the churchmanIable, studi-
Gus loyal and In the end self sacrificing.
h he IS represented as ambitious, chiefly for
s g1i eR Was SAKE The spendor Of his
gGIIory Of + his Office. His intimacy with
Henry II due to "a love Of power, was due
a ~ TO q love for the advancement gand
his !; Master: Finally, even in the negotia-
tlons over what the writer calls 1.-THE .Di-
y9rce, Henry's ambassador fell because
ga1es reorganization to preserve intact the
One thing. is, however, certain. That is
me cardina ina faith in education, which is
h nae e. by the historic Christ Church Col
The author commends Wolsey for his sup
presslon. OF Luthers writings in England
ana q, f tl. MS desthbed advice to Henry: :
Il request his grace, in Gods name, that
I ne nave a .Flgllant eye to depress the new
sp ,ne sect OF Lutherans, that it do not
increase within ri his dominions through his
negligence .fa s; n such sort as that he shall
back to subdue them ul'o - n lA'S
K .sig the liberality Of mind Of the
Though stern toward false teaching. and
clearly alive to the danger, the great
minded cardinal had pity. on those who,
Not one Of the many brought before the the
Legatine Court on the charge of heresy
was 4, burnt: And this Christian tolerance
Hn Inc Phe1 OF Wosey is all the more cred
WI which prostituted the name Of religion in
me In !, latter years Of Henry, and in the reign
OF n'I be aanghters, Mary and Elizabeth.
last chapter, "rhe Cardinals Greatness"
HeNls spoken of as having confirmed cate
G Gumens t While on his way to Cawood castle
I'll tnah memorable no. last journey un
such That done, me said his eyensons
salf t thera Went We TO supper and rested him
ing, before, setting out, he laid hands on
almost hundred children more and rs
u nr roe on n the crisp air Of a Yorkshire
cross which stood on little green near
1erryDrldge, a group OF nearly two hnn-
dred children waiting for the archbishon
TO TO co 1a1a them. At once he alighted from
unGer the canopy of heaven = - = = :,
rms comprehensive volume on the life
OF o.. SO prominent a cleric will prove Of great
more th,n na AZ Taunton does not treat
great Cardinals life. but he treats these
~ interesting: detail The book is, illus
t ta;,,eu WIN tWenty-one good engrayings of
ia IL characters and cathedrals /.
,AME:RICAN..POLIT HISTORY.
81. .Aneflcan Political History tO&the Death
OF OF Lincoln By Viola A. Conklin. 435 m
~ - mo. - 90. New York: Henry Holt &
Instead Of the dry facts usual to most
histories we find in this book the charm mo- Of
= stofy enterta!lningly told. It is the story
the the ! Irresistible Ii upward movement Of
The - town meeting is the keynote Of the
Thomas Jefferson said: HThose Wariis
called townships in New ENGLAND have
proved themselves the wisest invention
ever . devised by the wit Of man for the
*
It's preservation" IS - y 1 ~
The New England colonists divided tho
la "a q mt, towns and adapted the principles
needs Of gFu hmglsn Town government to the
ditions: The people of each town direcfiv
e ereaas t fhen AS the population in
MAIDS are me necessarily many changes
1ni eIi IN miniature. The feeling of ma
iiohalty was of slow growth. Previous IN
M rne he f It did not exist and it was
fHnp1o a..
ton. .g1slS~ 49,. - ~ - a A w
\, ! he !, population Of both Virginia and
t lie. was q striking contrast in Social con.
dltions The Virginian SO far as possible
patterned pat his mode Of life after that of
ane e, 4 t1d Ie. gentry of England He ruled
and refinement: These conditions bro pro.
duce a. men: of fine executive ability, such
as wa WeasIhington, Jefferson, Marshall, but
<indentured servants and transporfed d ~ con.
. Vets, We're inferior. Slavery was intro
dueed !, IN 1919, and Negro slavery in
creased the poor white sank in the social
scale. The population was scattered. nd
common school system Of education was
! n Virginia the Independent planters were
against English aggression; in New Eng.
ianu 1T was the people, the men trained
n u, Inc e., district school and the town meet
|
resisting oppression. This difference in. tie
social conditions is Of great importance in
determining the outcome Of the great strug-
US the North and the
n "a things the South was foredoomed
s, The book Is concise account Of our po,
lltlcaIg history. The author hopes that ii
may prove of value to the man who votes
and the woman who often Influences tie
voter = 49, - l'
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MS FAIL, THE ISLE OF DESTINY
ireland, Historic and Picturesque. Nv
Charles Johnston. Beautifully illustrated
f Hsnr sun1Eptq2gsly haund Philadelphia
This IS not an ordiary superficial volume
descriptive of Ireland. Mr. Johnston tells
the story Of it's history from the era Of the
cromlech builders and gives credit to the
race. a = =
Mr.. Johnston writes IN the genuine irish
spar TT, ana gives with enthusiasm the story
OF the land Of Fire. very old vet full Of
perpetual youths thousand times darken-
cd by sorrow, yatswith a heart Of living
gladness; too often visited by evil and pale
a aSh1h life 81 Welllng ever up IN unconaner
+ s. $, rom the very gray Of her morning the
tthh en- Ireland, were preoecunjed with
+ est hours OF oppression and desolation:
Il driven q from this world, we took refuge in
! snaf; = was not the Kingdom of heaven up
-, y. DLI tIe EIliuFen OF 6elrIh seeking
q .refuge In HEAVIER. So the note rings and
echoes through all our history: we live on
me invisible world. If II rightly under
stand our mission and our destiny, it is
tbs -. TO restore to other men the sense
/ q that V1sible:: that world of our i'm.
naorIaalIy;.,as Of old our race went forth
carving the Gallean Evangel We shall
tlrst !. learn. and then teach. that not With
ss,a can the soul of man be satisfied:
tnaf our enduring interest is not here Iuf
thers.in the unseen, the hidden. the i'm
n =, ei,; FOR. whose purposes exist all the
visible beauties of the world. s. If this be
our o mission and our purpose, well may our
tar mysterious land deserve her name:
ln lIs. fail, the Isle of Destiny.
s. Hiss cihapters on the cronllech builders is
e .sse interestin howing that these