The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
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Daniel Everton, Volunteer Regular.
is the title of a romance OF the Phlilpp1nes'
by Israel Putnam. New York: Israel Pul-
nam. illustrated. Price, $1.20)
This is an up-to- date romance Of the Philip
pines. telling of the tempestuous experience of
an American soldier of education and good
birth, who had enlisted in the ranks when
the Spanish war broke out, and went through
the Santiago campaign, and was then ordered
to the Philippines, where he had more fight
ing and promotion and wounds and fevers.
and got his honorable discharge and, to save
his father the disgrace of a defalcatlon, mar
riei handsome Spanish-Malayan girl,
daughter of a rich hacienda owner, to get the
$50, 900 necessary to help his father out! Such
marriage with a mixed blood, is a social dis
grace in the Philippines, and Everton was in
q bad plight, for he had been rejected by a.
beautiful New York girl three years before,
and he could not get over his love for her.
The secret of his marriage came out, to his
confusion, but ultimately a tragedy sets him
free and he smiles again Incidentally army
life in the archipelago is an interesting fea-
ture, giving the reader glimpses of the drink
ing capacity and amusements of officers and
men of our army and society ways in Manila.
and in the garrisons. while the natives are,
depicted as to their social relations with the
whites. RS
Education md the Larger Life. By
G.. Hanford Henderson. Boston: Houghton,
Miflin & Co. Minneapolis: N. Mccarthy.
Price, $50.
The motive OF this volume of essays is to
Inquire how education can be applied in this
country so as it may best promote the prog
ress OF the higher civilization. And by civil
ization is meant a force, a progressive idea
expressing itself in social environment, and
education as an inner experience and a prac-
teal process for the nutrition and growth of
the civilization idea. While the author recog-
nizes the exclusion of immortality from the
concepts of science, like the late Professor
Fiske he finds immense advantage In a sim
cere and vital belief in Immortality. which
enlarges the vision and reduces to insignif-
canoe the things which lack the eternal ele-
ment, while realization of infinite pro-
gressiveness and the unity of mankind stimuli
lates to the pursuit of the perfection which
is the true goal of the humanized life. The
source of power is in human emotion, In hu-
man desire and in the human heart, while the
source of weakness is in the absence of hui
man emotion and sentiment and of the inner
necessity, while education, leading to radiant
and achieving life, is the realization OF the
source of power. In the chapter on Or
sanic Education" it is argued that re-
deemed humanity will be a humanity ''deig-
cred from commercialism and incompleteness
and organic defect, and all other unclean-
ness" and humanity getting character and
ACCOMPLISHMENTS In the chapter on The
Agents of the Social Purpose the author
admits that the social purpose cannot be &C
cornplished by single class, but by human
ity making common cause and passing out
from all narrowness and provinciality of class
cleavage into the freedom and opportunity OF
brotherhood" so that each man, woman ano
child will be the agent Of the social purpose
The author writes very beautifully IN this
strain. but in his abandonment OF the doc
trine of the potential divine agency as alxll'
larry in the redemption and transformation o.
the human race. he weakens his argument
very materially
openinrs in the Old Trail. By Bret
Harte. Boston .Houghton, MiH1ln q 20
Minneapolis: N Mccarthy. s12S.
Bret Harte's repertory of California ano
other western stories, humorous and tragical
WAC practically inexhaustible. In this flna
volume he gives us nine stories, which sho"
that he had not lost an iota of his ability as
an entertaining raconteur. They are plctur'
esoue and attractive. Such brac1ng stories
ss "ColoneI Starbottle For the Plaintiff lr
which the inimitable colonel wins the breacl
of promise case Of the bumptious Zadee
Hooker and 1.-THE -lR eincarnation of Smith
and Miss Peggy's Proteges, show that thu
old raconteur could tell good tale In the
cIosin9 dayS OF his life. Bret H1arte helt
consistently to his chosen field and his Ions
residence in England did not disturb his feal
ty to the atmosphere OF the American farther
west.
The Minority. BY Frederick Trevor Hill Hill
i author Of 1.-The Case and Exceptions. New
York: Frederick "A. Stokes company. Min
neapolis: N. Mccarthy. Price. $3.50
This Is a very up-to- date novel. 1t bring
wildly before the reader scenes of curren
business and industrial life, opening with
realistic picture of John Kennards factor,
and counting room in the roar and the rumble
and crash and shouting of great business
day, showing man OF mastery business
force in John Kennard and fine example
OF an employer who takes kindly interest II
his men. Kennard refuses to put the estab
Iishment in a trust and is antagonizes an;
worried by strike Of his men, for whom h
had cared so well. Finally he is forced int
him to get control of the board of directors
and there follows bitter warfare, in white
Wall streets crooked methods crop out &
the attempt to bear the stock and ruin Ken
nard The love episode is very EeGectivfl
wrought, Kennard winning the xdauEhteps 9
his most bitter enemy. The author hay Efve
some very fine descriptions Of lew York Tea
lures and the strike is well pos. fayedf SIS 4
Uncle Sam. Trustee. BY John Kendrie
Bangs New York: Riggs Publishing com
pany, 1l23 Broadway. Price, Silly s
Nj, Bangs has dons good sersuesyl 81 th
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