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

tive articles Of great power and Beauty 10
anoW now may be uitiyated that swift
susceptibility to thought and feeling, the
mute them into organic creation, which con
st1tutes the highest purpose Of culture. =
|! "a the third division, The Rose of Morn
ton Of noyelists with especial approval eS Of
those that throw the searchlight upon hui
man MAJ life. The fourth and fifth divisions
are along the same lines. 538 ~,
= AS "a whole 1.-THE World Beautiful in
Books contains much that is eharming
and and much that hat is: is valuable.
s. TWO TREATIES OF PARTS.
| Two Treaties of Paris BY Sidney
Webster we pS .: S1.25F New York: Harper /
The two. treaties are those Of 1909 Nv
which the great louisiana Purchase was
acquired, and 6f 1898 by which the Philin.
pines, Porto Rico and Guam were eeded to
the United States . n s. - I
erto obscure facts of a diplomatic and
poitlcal character connected with the form
Ell ana discusses e the leading political
It is interesting to note that when the
louisiana Purchase was under discussion
II Congress Ia the same arguments were then
to acquire foreign territory n becaa apeD, of
constitutional prohibitions. as were 'used
6y the antiimperialists pending the rati-
ncatlon OF the last Paris treaty
Inc author pays a glowing eulogy to the
P poll and diplomatic fnesse Of Thomas
J ,e who acquired by his residence
a g! Paris as the American minister an in
Innate knowledge of the intrigues of ;Eu-
rope, which enabled him as Secretary Of
State to. guide with such masterful genius
the foreign policy of the infant Republic
O. sgeh strong force that had he been the
resident in SO, he would have com
psi1gd LIZ Spain to have retired from Cuba
eighty there ito the Spanish Speaking slIl
people of the island.' - 70
There are a great many interesting his
t to e facts, which the author with great
lucidity of expression discloses, connected
win the, acquisition Of these large foreign
possessions, which have hitherto remained
The volume is Indispensable to tho aror
age American reader anxious to know all
o. 81 the leading facts about these Two
unted States he result 1T Gf which lifted ths
made 1t world power. r,'~ %'''1
EDGAR ALLAN POE. IL
New Glimpses of Poe. By James A. Har-
E g hf s. New York and London: M N.
RMS book, the outgrowth of q movement
among Ili,l the students and professors Of the
~, University OF Virginia, to do honor to Poe.
It's most famous alumnus. This movement
resulted In the formation Of, the Poe Ne
moral Association, and the purchase and
placIng OF a beautiful bust of the poet by
Aolnay, in the library Of the University.
I Ihls Trilogy in three Glimpses gives us
lnsights into Poes career: The child, the
student, the man. !" --@,' !" -'"
AS child Poe was beautiful, brave and
manly-a leader among his playmates. He
had talent for defamation, was accomplish
ed and trained in the habits of polished So
ciety. IA ,,.s..t...r ~. -. !. . - ~
rs Although some of Poes biographers have,
painted him as habitually intemperate, Viii
liam Wertenbaker, who was librarian of
the university at the time Poe was stu
dent,; states that he never saw him under
the influence of Intoxicating liquors and
among the professors he had the reputation
OF being sober, quiet and orderly young
man. Had he been guilty of the intern
perance and reckless Wildness imputed to
him by biographers it would have. come to.
the knowledge of the faculty and met with
merited punishment. There is no record of
expulsion or punishment of any kind in
hlcted, in the official books of the uni.
versity. -, - 3 -
: The concluding glimpse of Poe's life,
winch began the same year as Tennyson's
Darwin's, Gladstone's, Abraham LincoIn's,
Chopin's and Mendelssohn's is as a. lecturer
and reader after he had attained Celebrity
as writer. He is described as 'poeticaI
hsure' His voice was pleasant enough
but he emphasized the rhythm unduly.''
=. The book is beautifully illustrated with
inserted plates -.