The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-01-25

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,rigin to Free Masonry. :s .E
~ one peo Of s, the most Interesting chapters in
Filipinos and describes them individually.
Luna u; M zl was assassnated by order Of
A;ag az y. is described as the greatest mil
States. He had visited the leading mill
tary nations OF Europe and hadS
e eansa study ct their plans of attack and de-
Iense, and that he was ambitious to have
one pitched battle with the American army
and stake all on the outcome. To this
Af Sgail dlssented and here commenced
their estrangement, which finally tculmin-
ated IN his assassination. z. E77sEZS Es3 II 5s
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mis- FAIL, THE ISLE OF DESTINY.
oh Ireland elan Historic and Picturesque. BY
and sumptuously bound. So. Philadelphia:
Henry T. Coates & Co 5'l u I ].
This Is =, not an ordiary superficial volume
descriptive OF Ireland. Mr.. Johnston tells
tne story Of It's history from the era of the
cromlech builders and gives credit to the
spiritual and imaginative by the Celtic
race. t.=,, zs IT'D 81 s. :
nj. Johnston writes in the genuine Irish
spirit and gives-with enthusiasm the story
OF ndhe land Of Fire, very old, yet full Of
ed by sorrow, vet with heart of living
| gladness; too often visited by evil and pale
a aeath lifsy YET yelling ever up in unconauer
From the very gray Of her morning the
children Of Ireland, were preoccupied with
the Invisible world; it was so in the dark
driven from this world, we took refuge Ell n
| that; it was not the kingdom of heaven IN
on earth, but. the children Of earth seeking
haay Ell So he note rings and
the Invisible world. If I rightly under
stand our mission and our destiny, it IS
this: To restore to other, men the sense
mortality; as Ct old our race went forth
eearrViing the sGailean Evangel. We shall
nrs5 learn ana then teach that not with
that our enduring interest is not here but
there, In the unseen, the hidden, the i'm
sbe ef the %er exist I'll the
our mission N and our purpose, well may our
Iair mysterious land deserve her name:
lnIs Fail, the. Isle of Destiny =. Fl
His chapter on the cromlech builders is
especially interesting, showing that these
mysterious circles Of monoiiths must have
ngen 4, built In an epoch Of Celtic supremacy
He sketches deity and charmingly the
chief periods of Irish history, telling Of the
work Of st.. Patrick. the raids Of the Morse
men, the triumph of fe4dalism: and the Bit
linger in modified form. r = = :.
Ireland is land with wonderful past.
Il mas been and is now a land Of singular
beauty, and the book contains twenty six
castles and ruins. The descriptions are Of
never ending interest.
- STRAY PAPERS.
Stray Papers. By william Makeneace
PPh h5eda1ngg;, EDITED by Lewis Melville
To the American reading public, with
whom Thackeray has been one of the
t tayt,,; = English authors and whose mas
f ferfH Ghar bi sketches in Vanity Fair
Of the years publications, edited as BY his his
biographer,. Lewis Melville, will be wei
Th0n
The author, says in his preface: 'When
was compiling the: photography append
t ed to t., IN, my Life Of William Makepeace
stories and Sketches ,e not inciu nHs9
in any edition of the Collected Works: and
IT to ne that volume of these
s siderab1 literary value at least of
STRAY Papers" make very interesting
political, literary, artistic and sociological,
treated by Thackeray in his youth, before
t the maturity n at of genius, and demonstrate
literary, as in any other career.
70 contrast the creator Of ''Lord Steyne''
and 'Esmond' with some of the papers
d9 Resen is to enEaSt the grand genius
ana yet, there are found in this compila-
ton flashes Of wit, brilliancy and eIouuence
s which g gage promise Of the later Thack-
1871 to 1S47, and contain many vivid de-
scriptions of the social life Of the English
people In that evolutionary period of wars,
corn laws, slavery, art unions, and high
political intrigues. - :. =
A review on. the essays Of McCauIay and
thelr erect upon the national intellect, is
especially fine, as being the result of
youthful literary enthusiasts observation
OF contemporary whose great position he
qua on n not envy put applauded Of McCaulay,
acter OF his times, who because of his
eminence in the literary world, became the
political and social equal of the nobility,
whose station resulted from wealth or
hereditary privileges and that his writ
lngs did more for the liberal party than
had come man who had made literature
respectable. .. } =. :. - :. = = - "A
PRIVATE LIFE OF THE SULTAN.
Dorys, son OF the late Prince Of samos. a
Y Governor Of Crete Translated by Ar
yate LIE Of King Hd%ara VIII VIII The ast Prt
ed, 12mo, cloth, $40 net; postage 10 cents
ADDITIONAL; New York: 5. Appleton e. Co:
ply. book has left the domain of the Sultan Titan
OF Turkey, and is now resident Of Paris.
He has been recently condemned to dea h
and viii be executed should he return to
This description of the inner life Of
the Sultan has probably never been euualled
Ier 1rankness Of description and boIdness
lifts the veil on every phase Of the daiiy ?
existence led by the Padishah in his eiideif
palace, which is really a strong fortress,
W. Wnere ne lives IN constant fear of poison.
having dogs and cats and even his staff
taste his food before he partakes of it.
lie is pictured as having horror Of dark
ness nf, ,, ana keeping his Yildez Park lighted
al night IN consequence; in constant ap-
Prehens1on OF attack and ever ready to
1raW one OF the three revolvers with which
ne IS always armed on the most inof-
blood and violence; suspectinge all around
MIN, and exiting and putting to death every
one against whom he has real or imagin-
IIarem probably furnishes the most ac
Gurate and complete account of the daiIy5
life led by the three hundred unhappy
Wome bee smut Up IN the serago that has
:, short time ago a dispatch stated that
the Sultan, while having his teeth attended,
TO, drew q revolver on the luckless dentist,
a little extra wrench. thinking the latter
had designs on his life. Another dispatch
reported ,epp, t. that mysterious confagration
picion of having been implicated In It. ;.
In ;se Incidents and many others Of 4
statements Of Mr.. Dorys, who thus draas
and presents him in an a Ras apln ne%
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y God be thanked for books, They make
us heirs of the spiritual life Of past ages
Ihey give to all who will faithfully use
them the spiritual presence of the hest
ana greatest OF our race. No matter how
poor I am; no matter though the prosper |
tySof my own time will not enter my Oh. I
scure dwelling, If the sacred virtues will
enter and take up their abode under my |
soof II Milton will sing OF Paradise and /
shakespeare open to me the worlds OF
imagination and the workings of the human /
heart; It Franklin will enrich me with his |