The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
LIFE OF CARDINAL iWOLSEY. # sIf
3 Thomas WOlsey, Legate and Reformer
BY Ethelred =. Taunton. S. net New

BY Ethelred Il. Taunton, SIS net New
York: John Lane. sT5s rs
Eth s S 4 . Taunton is an English Ro.
History Of Jesuits in England, = and this
light. Although "a Catholic, the work is
plain truth. T!aunton's estimate OF the car
idinal is greatly at variance with that Of
Shakespeare, who in his Henry VIII rep
Had & but s. served my God with half the
T served my king, He would not in mine
Have left me NAKED to mine enemies.
nhe author claims that Shakespeare
would not have dared to write the truth
about abe Cardinal Wolsey in the time Of
IN II the several propositions Of this latest
work on the primate are to be accepted,
however, Wolsey's truest eminence Is en-
Gus, loyal and in the end self-sacrifcing.
He is represented as ambitious, chiefySfor
his church's sake The splendor Of his
suite suite Mas de a.eslgaed to indicate only the
Henry, IT due to a love Of power, was due
also to g love for the Advancement and
higher n dignity Of the earthly yicarage of
tions over what the writer calls 1.-THE Di-
yorce,' Henry's ambassador fell because
Henry $ desires suffered through the Ie-
gate, s Reorganization to preserve intact the
/, One thing is. however, certain. That is
a dte t by The historic Christ Church Col
The author commends Wolsev for his sup
preston of Luther's writings in England
and a. for LIS deathbed advice to Henry:
he have vigilant eye to depress the new
pernicious sect Of Lutherans, that it do not
increase within his dominions through his
negligence ne fa N such sort as that he shall
back to Sdbdue Them Es 7.I. ", y. NJ
Regarding the liberality of mind Of the
cardinal lM M. Taunton says:
clearly alive to y the danger, the great
minded cardinal had pity on those who,
through Ignorance, had become infected.
was burnt. And this Christian tolerance
on the part OF Wolsey is all the more cred
liable when we recall the hideous cruelties
Of his daughters, Mary and Elizabeth -
Z a BE- . picture is included in this
iHe is spoken Of as having confirmed cate
eumens while on his way to Cawood castle
during that memorable last journey, "un-
in a chair, the number Of children was
such. - That done, "he said his evensong
ana then went. to supper and rested him
self there all that night. The next morn
ing, before setting out, he laid hands on
almost hundred children more and as
he rode on In the; crisp air of a Yorkshire
morning; ne found grouped around a stone
Ferrybridge, ia group Of nearly two hun
'dred children waiting for the archbishop
to confirm them At once he allghted from
his mule and administered the sacrament
under the canopy of heaven" Ej III . 2
This comprehensive volume on the life
Of so prominent cleric will prove of great
interest: Father Taunton does. not treat
great Cardinals life but he treats these
in interesting detail. The book is Illus
trated with twenty zone good en- cravings of
famous ch'a""cfers and cathedrals n
CHARLES w. CHEsNUTT'S BOOKS.
i The success achieved by Mr.. Charles; w.
Chestnut in the Marrow Of Tradition has
directed the attention OF the reading public
to his other productions. It has not been
very many Y, months since Mr.. Chestnut took
up his quill, and produced his droll planta-
ton stories, which at once caused w. d.
EHowells, the dean of American critics, to
announce the appearance in the republic
nltude as Dunbar E.t Aai. + +. + I II
Since THE Coophered Grapevine. .'Po'
sandy, mars Jeem's Nightmare, I" isis
OF the slave plantations before the
war won him q place in the literature of
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his work aud entered into the more serious
cess as decided as it has been surprising.
The House Behind the Cedars" is story
ct Southern life, in which every social
ming Of a literary Phidias A young Afro
American man, almost white, studies law
In tne efhce OF an arist0cratic old Southern
gentleman, for whom he worked as an office
boy He was the natural son by mulatto
woman of another white man of high So
clal and business standing w. / He leaves
North Carolina and goes to South Carolina,
@ Soo9 sha be- bev Ing
#clared to Be white He becomes mn mn
en- eminent sao lawyer and marries, into lead
a ny South Carolina family, whose estate he
viying heirs After the absence from his
ola nome OF many years he returns and
Visit MS mother and sister cIandestinely.
beautiful, graceful and dignifed He final.
induces her to return to his adopted
nome. nome and take up life under conditions
man falls In love with her. He ultimately
, out that she is a woman Of color and
. prea5s the engagement. In his solitude he
her race: He does so-too late, She died
Oh 81 br9hea heart The story IS vel told
ing chapter to the close. It is a valuable
contribution to the literature Of its class
and created favorable impression even
upon Southern critics.. NJ 4 mi
romantic tale by Mr.. Chestnut. Which
Though not told with the same degree Of
SILL SKI as his ether stories, vet remains a
Afro American man nearly white for 3
woman who was his mental physical on
Ip rasst a who protected him in his dis
the chief agent Of his success in ijfeas.
ana who was not fOrsaken by him in his
hour OF triumph. a - ~
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Inc hrst two chapters are devoted to the
causes ana incidents leading up to the Fill
~ NO, revoit agaist Spain. The oppression
q the Spanish Friars. their cruelty and
the enc are. described by one having first
the military leaders, are compIimented inlI
euiogistlc terms by the author, as are the
potltlcal ders in the revolt against Spain
he streachery of Spain IN h Dreaking her
OF reform and resorting to extreme
. : against the FL lipinos DR.. RIAL the
ViyidIy told -, - -. 80 e
the same men, however. who were pa
LOIS u Inelr struggle against Spanish OPP
5aesslon. become misguided leaders OF their
D. =, Lnelr contest against the United
s.A I.s ne same men who were euiogized
Z the nrst Two chapters are ridiculed and