The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-04-05

most of the branches We're taught there,
Thoreau replied: Yes, indeed, all the
branches and none of the roots. At this
Emerson laughed heartily. Emerson, we
are told, took pleasure in the guidance of
young men, and that his following among
them, all over, New England, became one
OF the most uplifting forces in the nation;
that wherever Emersons teachings have
found welcome among men, they have
bier impulses b.. r. -,.ass.-. 5. {:>sa =! = -
to have been one of the most potent anti
slavery forces in New England
! The style Of Emerson was captivating;
or, was it style? The essays have
For to use the sages own words, 1t is
not my periods that 1 polish, but my
ideas pause until the drop Of light Of
yyh stand IN i! need is formed and falls
The Volume is highly entertaining; and
in it's style the author shows the pro-
upon his disciples, of which he is clearly
one of the most devout. One lays this
book aside with regret, that the author
did not write more.
E. J. DEVLIN, BOSS. T.. .
whit !; Devlin l., Boss sS Ry Francis Churchill
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Williams, is. Il romance of American poll.
tics, or more, properly, the biography of
an Imaginary American politician This
erature The e aat6or has Tentur sS o into
held hitherto untrod by the writer's OF ro-
NANCE. and gives glimpses into the lives
OF the ward workers. ''henchmen' and
bosses, which may be read with pleasure.
pure and SIMPLE" His rise from n't errand
boy in the employ Of neMsp2per to con-
in interesting detail by the author, who
must have known something about the sub
terranean methods of the ward boss. J.
break witt Bfady ana as " nay
IoWn account with Il minority following
and wrings concession after concession
growing in Popularity with the ':heelers' S
brutality of BOSS Brady '
Brady, employed "bruisers'' to wreak his
Jimmy was opposed to such methods,
and herein came the cause of their split.
,n Years went went on, and with them Jimmy
Of the three ears csars' Who determined the
political destiny of the city. -
The author shows that the successful pol
itieia nm must have heart within his body,
not entirely foreign to his mission.
The sturdy character of Jimmy, is
shown sh. IN his reliability in financial mat
tiers, where as the president of a bank he
personal securities.
ar rns We from of this xs stSy o one wRe
the author, she had seen neat attire gain
a hearing. when cleverness found no chance
to speak
which for tenderness and pathos has rarely
been surpassed by writer's of fiction.
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