The Appeal., 1902-02-15
LEE OF CARDINAL WoLsEY. 81


LIFE OF CARDINAL WoLsEY. sss sss5ss
By Ethelred L. Taunton. So net. New
York: John Lane. }s, r.
Ethelred = Taunton is an English Ro-
History Of Jesuits in England, q and this
volume presents Cardinal Wolsey in q new
slight.s 4At Althoggh q Catholic the work is
plain truth. Taunton's estimate Of the car
dinals is greatly at variance with that Of
Shakespe who in his Henry VIII. rep.
Z Sreseats ..ase, ; Molsey. ',el as saying;
I served my, king, He would not in mine
Have left me naked to mine enemies..''
The, author claims that Shakespeare
would not have dared to write the truth
about n3!N Cardinal Wolsey in the time OF
If the several propositions Of this latest
work on, the primate are to. be accepted,
however, Wolsey's truest eminence is en-.
tirely that of the churc Gilman -able, studi.
9ns s loyal and in the END self
his church's sake. The splendor Of his
sui suite was va M DESIGNED Ito indicate only the
Henry, if dueato a love Of power Was due, due
also to "a love for the Advancement and
higher dignity of the earthly vicarage of
MS a master Finally, even in the negotia-
lions over what. the writer calls 1.-THE Di-
yorce, Henry's ambassador fell because
Henry's desires suffered through the le.
gates determination to preserve intact the
power of Rome. ~. . s..S.1s Sc
One thing is, however, certain That is
the cardinals faith in education, which is
attested by the historic Christ Church Col
lege at Oxford. M
The author commends Wolsev for, his sup
prNsslOn of Luther's writings in England
and for Lis deathbed advice to Henry:
:! request his grace, in Gods name, that
pernicious sect of Lutherans, that it do moi
Increase within his domnions through his
ne Rhes1ig;enee IN such sort as that he shall
Back tar at bengh to put harness his
|, Regarding the liberality of mind Of the
cardinal, Mr.. Taunton says: ...-
Though stern toward false teaching, and
minded cardinal had pity on those who,
through Ignorance, had become infected.
Not one Of the many brought before the
LegafLme hent Court on the charge Of heresy
on the part of Wolsey is all the more cred.
which prostituted the name of religion in
OF his daughters. Mary and Elizabeth
a beautiful picture is included in this
last @s s; chapt;er, sln;a, The Cardinals Greatness
during that memorable last Journey, ''un-
til IL constrained ID for WEAKNESS to sit down
IN q chair, the number of children was
such. - That DONE "he said his evensong
and then went to supper and rested him,
self there all that night. The next morn
Ing, n before. setting out, he laid hands on
almost a hundred children more and as
he. rode on in the crisp air Of Yorkshire
morning, ne found grouped around a stone
cross which stood on a little green near
Ferrybrldge,. a group of nearly two hun.
dred children waiting for the archbishop
to confirm them. At once he alighted from
his mule and administered the sacrament
un4qer the canopy Of heaven
I nhnr, ,o1,,
of so prominent a cleric will prove Of great
interest. Father Taunton does not treat
more than the ecclesiastic features of the
trated with twenty one good engravings of
famous chare ntars and cathedrals "a.
M GaAKLES W. ,CHESNUTTS BOOKS.
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diraetad h a t4e OF Tradition' has
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we perg bi many any monsns since Mr Chesnutt took
Zion Stories WRcb Rroupceu a. anc ms Groi R1anta
aoWeils,. the dean OF American critics, to
~ .fnoHace 1ot4 stne q appearance IN the republic
nitnda as nnnha n, aocnei star ol the same mag
nisgne Sinea as ..pbd munpar.,, arh -,
sandV Mers SoGphered NG;riapeyne
RanIy,s, ;ai'a ;madsLJ Jeem Nightmare, Sis
Of the e. slave sia plantations before the
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Tu. Iin o9,L coM,H.iS, WI. Chesnutt mas continued
of anu ehIerea INTO tae more serious
paases pns joi A;iI9-AHeIlcan llfe with sue
81 ins si+p H9use Bealnd ;9f the Gedars' is story
~ ", ?" noIanern NE, IN. Whlch every social
pn phase ~ - presence fs %itn the startling Gun
Amercan E an ,dst nialasi young AFRO.
III u NALL almost Wnlte, studies law
IN tne once OF an arlstocratic old Southern
gentle41an, zen a dor Whom ne worked. as an office
o,;,a ! ne af was 4le nalnfal son by mulatto
c;oi ana - husi'ns: Mnits man OF nigh SO
North "a rnI;na IIs.ness slanalng @ 1 ne Leaves
Mhere i1es the = "a y, W declared persons having
iy oniy one-e -eighLh negro. blood shall be de-
clared to be white. = He becomes an
;no sath ssnathiaEMyeh ~ and marrles into a lead
ola ola home Of 1lany years he returns and