The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-05-31

torture Of beasts viii depart. Legs;
the 20, outca cas- and pariah, obtains our sym
nothing tjh but aversion and execration.
The glimpses Of forest, mountain.
roam in solitude, broken rarely ar BY the the:
feet of man, the animals .'on their native
n he = u, s. are painted by the author in
Mna1s aromat ith with the scent Of
Wilds, and weird withal The moose has
his has story to tells the Moose who was a
colossus a s,1s s. now" his horns broadly, palmed
ana silxed with fringe of bayonet prOngs
which 1a1ls J, We're vel the terror and envy Of the
The volume is profusely illustrated by
Carl Rungius, and he has interpreted the
authors ideas with an art striking and
picturesque u &..I2i'7s<7 = -
THE GATE OF THE KISS. l. 81
= Inc Gate of the. Kiss. BY John w.
HARDING Bound in brown cloth with il
tans tea ceyes Keugh edges 1lustra
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This is a Biblical story dealing with one
81 the e. most ,eyent # passages in the his
rible ruler Of Babylon. The prophet
Isaiah is one Of the conspicuous figures.
and soldier of noble lineage. Naphtali,
a. favorite at court and friend Of the
king, altogether a fine type Of Jewish
sennacherib is envious Z, Of. Judah's
against Hezekah, Using as tools % p the re
dictionary idol worshippers still strong in
Of the Assyrian consiprators. Miraone, "a a
marvellously beautiful woman who has
been prescribed in Jerusalem for play
rous orgy. She adroitly blinds the Jew
lsh noble to her real character, ana he is
SUR rise while making love to her at a
rendezvous, by one of his comrades, Tai
n. a n YHyh0 iron oo'c
rea! nature and purpose have been re
xealed by, Vashti,. one Of her servants.
This maiden has fallen in love with Naph-
tall, and tries to save him from innpend-
ing disaster. Talmon is killed in the
struggle which ensues, and Miraone; is
saved from captivity. Naphtali is blind
as his wife. There she has every advan-
tage to continue the plotting against
Judah, and in a great battle the Assy-
eih aostS deteat the kng ana
Naphtali has been deathly i'll of fever.
and, recovering, learns from Vashti, tn ,
servant who loves him, The true character.
becoming the favorite Of the king there.
Naphtall .sWears vengeance, and proceeds
with the devoted Vashti to Babylon
the king. .. = IT.. II .,=&%
The faithful Vashti whose unrequitcd
love for her. lord is the most beautiful
element in the story, saves him and her
self from the fortunes by entreating kiss
as her last favor from Naphtali, when,
with vial of poison concealed in her
lips, she releases both from the terrible
It is a story which conpels comparison
thereby: It has all the elements of. a.
| WHAT A GIRL OUGHT TO KNOW
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I This book to young girls is a :compan-
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series to boys and men by SyWanus Stall,
u. D.5 The book before us is composed of
series of talks between mother and
daughter, and the child is taught in a
ing: Every mother should know how to
| answer her child truthfully and sacredly
regarding the beginnings of human life,
and where she has been restrained either
find this book just the help needed, hay
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we're %rt5en by wise and lqyng moth
book viii also, be helpful. : It's teachings
gnconsciously breathe the sweetness and
delicacy of the authors own personality.
pr. Allen is. widely known as the Ma
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TO- her writings that clearness and sim
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first book in Self and Sex Series to
boys and men, by Sylvanus Stall, 3. D.
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difficult subject in difficult way It is
scientific, but can be understood by a
| For purity, .clearness and intensity it is
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There is universal need for a book of this
every boy, but by. every man, preacher,
mother, and especially, by every. teacher
IN the country. TO what extent and in
should impart information upon this sub
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Y. IT.. DOROTHY SOUTH. HUI
Dorothy South. BY George Cary Egg
gl sR; ton s15o. Boston: Lothrop Pub
Mr.: Eggleston deals in this book with
the Virginians Of the great plantations
during the decade before the civil war.
them a misfortune, il not sin of omis-
sion. They looked upon their countrymen
from Other states very much as the Greeks
them "barbarians' = Mr. Eggleston tells us !:
and he sympathizes with the 5 feeling. at
leg st for the purposes of his novel, which
with series of pictures of the life and
the time and the place that are full of
The Negro characters in the book, they
are all slaves, were well treated BY their
masters and we'll cared for because they
were ere very T,rg, va valuable lI,s property;
OF OF, prig. but he becomes human very rap.
idly after circumstances have led him into
the currently the plot There is no drama
here ne even though the war fills the closing
picture of the peaceful, cultured, conserva-
i've Il old fashioned south OF the past.
& THE WESTCOTES.
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land in the time of the Napoleonic. wars,
has been running serially in the Era and
aaa Hlaek z,.S Magazine The which
Ma1n ans of the French
with the gentry of the neighborhood, hinges
on the instructive difference between the
GO Briton and the picturesque.
comes into the tale, with its bitter and its
sweet, to try loyal hearts, and, after suf-
fearnl lg 20 bring peace.