The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-02-08

Tue spanish authorities, Tor reasons best
at Manila and initiated number of lead
ing half-caste Filpinos. Shortly after,
wards there tsprfang up all over the islands
finally became known as ''The Katipunan =
or 'kalaastaasen Kagalangalang Katipu-
nan nnaan-yery exalted and honorable union.
haps the first admission by an American
that the Katipunan organization traces its
origin to Free Masonry. es
the book is one which takes up the leading
Fllipinos. and describes them individually
Luna LUNA who was assassinated by order Of
itary leader in the revolt against the United
States. He had visited the leading mill
tary nations Of Europe and had made a
ana Of their Ell plans Of and de-
one pitched battle with the American army
and stake all on the outcome. To this
At Hgair s1 dlssented, and here commenced
thelr arrangement, which finally culmin-
ated In his assassination III
r AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY.
American Political History to the Death
OF Of Lincoln; By Viola A.. Conklin. A35 PIP.
y mo. $1.50. New York: Henry Holt &
Instead of the dry facts usual to most
histories we find in this book the charm of
as story s;nteItaningly told It is the story
mankind r -. H. - -, - =
9Th The e. town meeting is the keynote Of the
Thomas Jefferson said: sThose wards
called townships in New England have
proved themselves the. wisest invention
perfect exercise of self government and for
its preservation ~ !, d., go. ~:
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-
ditions. The people of each town directly c
govern themselves. As the population in
made. In cities. the primary is but town
meeting in miniature. The feeling Of ma
II. was Of slow growth. Previous to
weak for many years thereafter, Finally
the civil War welded the States into a Ma
The population of both Virginia and
Massachusetts was purely English, but
there was striking contrast in social con-
ditions The virginiana SO far as possible
the. landed gentry of England, He ruled
little Kingdom, was a man of education
and refinement; These conditions pro
duce I'd men aH Of fine executive ability, such
as washington, Jefferson, Marshall but
all the common people, among whom were
lndentured servants and transported con-
vets, yicts were Eel, inferior. Slavery was intro
creased the poor white sank in the Social
scale. The population was scattered, and
common school system of education was
In Virginia the Independent planters were
against English aggression; in New Eng
in the district school and the town meet
ing, who stood beside their leaders, boldly
resisting oppression. This difference in the
social conditions Is of great Importance in
determining the outcome of the great strug-
gle between the North and the South which
eliminated IN the Civil War, for in the very
nature Of things the South was foredoomed
to defeat. 49, - - -
/, The book is a concise account of our po-
litical history. The author hopes "that it
may prove of value to the man who votes
and the woman who often influences the
voter. p H. - - -. . 49, - :
IN!s FAIL. THE ISLE OF DESTINY.
Ireland, Historic and Picturesque. By
and sumptuously bound. 49, philadelphia:
Henry T. Coates & Co. -. 4. Il. =. =
: This IS not an ordiary superficial volume
the story of it's history from the era of the
cromlech builders and gives credit to the
spiritual and imaginative by the Celtic
race. -5r93 .-7--,.I-s n - : * -
Mr.. Johnston writes in the genuine Irish
spirit and gives with. enthusiasm the story
OF the. land Of Fire, very old, vet full Of
perpetual youth; thousand times darken-
ed by sorrow, yet with heart of living
gladness; too often visited by evil and pale
d assd Ky yet yelling ever up in unconquer-
lDle lie. ~ Il I'll. .=t@,
children Of Ireland, were preoccupied with
the Invisible world; it was so in the dark
EST nou fro Of and
that; it was not the kingdom Of heaven up
on earth, but the children of earth seeking
a refuge, in heaven. So the note rings and
the invisible world. If rightly under
stand our mission and our destiny, it is
this: TO restore to other men the sense
mortality; as Of old our race went forth
carrying the Gallean Evangel We shall
hrst learn, and then teach, that not with
W can the soul Of man be satisfied;
there, in the unseen, the hidden, the i'm
mortal, for whose purposes exist all the
visible beauties of the world. If this be
fair mysterious land deserve her name:
1nis Fail, the Isle of Destiny. K
HIS chapter on the cromlech builders is
mysterious circles Of monoiIths must have
which eg n i, 900 Or 1000 years ago
chief periods Of irish history, telling of the
WORK OF St. Patrick. the raids Of the Morse
mf me the triumph w Of fegdalism and the bit
1 Ter wrongs 81 TIE land question that still
:. ireland is a land with wonderful past
II mas Deen and is now land Of singular
beauty beauty, and the book contains twenty-six
castles and ruins. The descriptions are 81
never le ending interest.
STRAY PAPERS.
stray Papers BY William 1Iakepeace
PlhMIl a al George y. Jacobs s Co.
whom Thackerays has been one Of the
favorite English authors and whose mas
ter character sketches. in Vanity Fair
preston and genius, STRAY Papers" one
OF the years publications, edited by his
Lewis Melville, will be d well
come me addition to Tihaekeray literature
was compiling the photography append
ed to my Life of William Makepeace
IthaG;keray. noted several reviews, short
In any edition of the Collected works; and |
e occurred to me that volume of these
sasrabs Pieces would
interest ]" $50 ~ -. - -
STRAY Papers. make very Interesting
reading, because Of the variety Of subjects.
treated by Thac keray in his youth, before
t he maturity of genius, and demonstrate /
T. e. law OF growth as inevitable in the
literary, as In any other career -
70 contrast the creator of Lord Steyne'' /
ana Esmond with some Of the papers (
e nd herein is to entrast the grand genius
and yet there are found in this cOmpila-I
lion flashes of wit, brilliancy and eIoduence
which gage promise OF the later Thack
1921 to 1S47, and contain many vivid de-
scriptions of the social life OF the English
people in that evolutionary periodsof wars
corn laws, slavery, art unions, and high I
political intrigues. - - -
7. A review on the essays of McCaulay and
their effect upon the national intellect, Is
youthful literary enthusiasts observation i
of contemporarywh whose great position he
lid not envy but applauded OF McCaulay.
ne says that he was the only literary char.
lcfer Of his times, who because OF his
eminences In the literary world, became the