The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
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OUR LITTLE ESKIMO COUSIN. By Mary
Hazelton Wade. Illustrated by L. ). Bridg-
man Boston: L. c. Page & Co. For sale
This IS another of ss rSe little Cousin
series, which includes THE Little jap"
The Little Russian" and others, and in
PRODUCES the child reader to the peculiar
people of the far north. It shows him
how their houses are built. how their
food is supplied, tells him of the Eskimo
Christmas and the strange ceremonies
which. are observed at that season. =
ANIMALS BEFORE MAN IN NORTH AMER.
~lCA. Their Lives and Kind By Frederic A.
Lucas, Curator Of the Division of Comparative
New York: D. Appleton & Co. ,Frice, 81 rs,
net. ~<:s=~J: = ~ -
The purpose OF THIS book is=to picture
the early life on our continent beginning
with the lowest form and advancing to
the higher. What is here set down in
words Is a transcript or translation, into
language written and spoken OF the rec
ords Of the past The story OF. the. sfos-
sils; particularly Of animal life, according
to the periods Of the different grades, is
told in popular style profusely' illustrated
by drawings made from specimens in the
National Museum and in other scientific
collections. --- = s7 - - 4 -~.-*' ''~s's.-
RESIST NOT EVIL. BY Clarence S. Darrow.
Chicago: Charles n. Kerr & Co.. Price, Is
cents.
The writer is a follower Of Tolstoy, who
in this book gives us an echo. of Toll
stoy's doctrine Of non-resistance. The
work is a protest against all constituted
authority. His concluding sentence is
that no human soul can be rightly
reached except through charity, humanity
and love-" There you have the key to
his entire hornily. He has no use for ar
f1oics 1-ieS
Of civil government meet with favor in
his sight. He speaks Of $50 called
crimes as if he was not sure there were
any real crimes; regards just Judgment
as impossible; declares that punishment
for violation Of human law cannot be JUS
titled, because human law Is a variable
thing. different in one period from what
it was in another; and so, in disguised
fashion. he repudiates allrestraint and in
effect would institute condition OF an
archy. = -
A TEXT BOOK or NURSING For the Use Of
Training Schools. Families and Private Stu
dents. By Clara Weeks.Shaw. New York:
d. Appleton Co. Price. S1.75.
This book.as its title indicates,a manuel
of nursing, intended not only.for the pro-
fession itself, but for use in the family. It
is well arranged. thoroughly indexed and a
practical work on the care of the sick, the
dressing Of wounds. the prevention of con-
tagion,; the administration Of medicine and
all matters pertaining to the best treat
n1ent Of diseases and wounds.
BOSTON DAYS The City OF Beautiful ideals,
Concord and It's Famous Authors the Golden
Age of Genius. Dawn of the Twentieth Cen
fury. By Lillian Whiting Boston: Little,
/ Brown & Co.
The author tells us in her preface tina t
the aim of this volume is simply to present
some transcripts Of the remarkable life In
Boston during the nineteenth century. 1t
is not her purpose to attempt any history
of literature or biographical record--but
only to- read backward. like the Chaldeans
some of those delicate omens traced in
air"--to interpret some Of that mystical
hand writing on the wall which. traced in
the invisible ink Of spiritual record by the
| great and good whose theater of action
was in this city. yet reveals itself as in
letters of life to the vision Of sympathy
and of reverence. Boston she says
| was planted in prayer and nurtured by
spiritual uplifting. To the student of
American history, even modern Boston
and its environments must always be a
place of peculiar interest for although
| many OF the men and women Of the last
| century. prominent In the literary, politi-
| cal, philanthropic and religious activities.
| for which Boston is famous. were born in
other places, many Of them were drawn to
| Boston by what the author calls some Ia VI,
of spiritual magnetism. A few OF the
names which make up the Boston constella-
ton ere Alcott. Emerson Hawthorne.
George Bancroft. John Lothrop, Motley,
Rufus Choate, William Lloyd Garrison.
Robert c. Winthrop, Longfellow, Thomas
Star King. Agassiz. Whittier. Margaret
| fuller James Freeman Clarke Theodore
! Parker, Wendell Philips. Thoreau Lucy