The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-15
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HIS Drama of the Same Name Illustrated. |
Chicago: Laird & Lee Price 10 eenas ;te
This is very well-told story, an amplln- |
cation OF the play in which the action begins |
by the chance meeting Of little MISS emp
Fogg, the ferrymans daughter, win young
Gerald White embryo lawyer, while en- route
to Judge Norwood's house. 1t is related no"
in the course of time and after many trouo-
lous scenes and the development OF TWO VI
three bad men and women. Miss CHIP fogg
was found not to be that person, but the sto-
len child of Judge Norwood. How the proof
was found which raised the ferryman
daughter-to aftiuence and how, ultimately, the
youth who had the pleasant chat with her
when she was a little shabby, ragged chlla'
running her fathers ferryboat. became dearer
to her than anybody else in the world are
detailed with dramatic effect.
History of the Christian Relation.
By Judge c. B. Waite. Chicago: e. V.
Waite & Co. ~
THIS book can hardly be called history
1t is rather assault upon the history OF
the Christian church during the first ana sec
ond centuries OF the Christian era; an assem-
blage of contradictions from the 1llumlnati
and gnostics of st. Paul's day, and from
CELSIUS up to the present time. The autnor
takes I'D the exploded theory that Christ ana
his disciples were Essences or NaZarenes-i
extreme sticklers for the iegallsm "hlch |
Christ strongly condemned, and places ms
chief reliance for help upon the apocryphal
gospelsrsome Of them falsely credited to
certain apostles, which we're rejected when
the canon, of scriptures who concluded and au-
thoritatively approved after siftings OF genu-
Inc from spurious during the second ana
third cent uries. The remarkable statement IS
made that St. Paul makes no mention of the
resurrection Of Christ. The author could
never have read the fifteenth chapter OF
Paul,s first letter to the Corinthians. All the
apostolic preaching was based upon the fact
of the resurrection.
C.,,tain links. Hero. BY Ernest Crosby,
author of "Plain Talk in Psalm and Para
h1 Es'o frustrated by Dan Beard New York:
Funk and Wagnalls company. Price, Sl.eo
The author has succeeded in welding a
rather incisive satire on the military splrlI'
military education and discipline ana the
''glory''so war, in this book. Very amuslnsly
he describes the rise of the military ardor in
ar-old Sam links, through the present OF
box of lead soldiers given him by his un-
Gle Colonel Jinks. Previously the kid had
been devoted to farm life, but, from the hour
he took the leaden soldiers out Of the box
he was a changed lad. He went soldering in
an amateur way with the boys Of the village
and as soon as he was old enough, he got
an abpointment to West Point and from
there he went on commission to the war with
Spain resolved to be a second General Grant.
The youth had but one idea, and he went
through hazing and campaigning like phil
osopher but finally his monomania landed
him in a mild form of lunacy. The author,
through young links, hits our military and
naval heroes and methods hard. The persons
and places mentioned are but thlnly G1s-
guised in the spelling and there is an amusing
description OF the corpulent Shafter at the
siege of Santiago, his name appearing as
General Laughter with plenty Of whisky and
soda handy, seated in a. superb arm chair
with his back to a pierglass." The i'm
proved method Of manufacturing military he
roes is set forth humorously.
Lepidus, the Centurion. A Roman of
To-day By Edwin Lester Arnold, author
of ''Phra the PhoeniCian,' etc. New York:
Thomas Y. Growell & Co.
The reader will find himself interested In
this book in fact, he will read it vigorously,
although he may be annoyed at the start tc
find the hero evolved confessedly from the
imagination. The narrator, Louis Allanby,
rich and idling Englishman, accidentally finds
q stone with bronze ring in it, buried in the
ground on his country place; pulls it up
and finds a cavity, which leads to vault, Ii
which he finds corpse of young Roman
with an inscription on the stone above his
head bearing the name, Marcus Lepidus
the Centurion He sees indications of life
and resuscitates the age-sleeper and finds
he is a nephew of Vespasian, and had beer
an officer of the Roman army of occupation
IN BFlIdlH. ne RUIlldll SSutleuidl VI SlSuteel
centuries ago was then introduced into Eng
lish society Of the twentieth century, and tn
fun In the book comes In with the story o
his attempts to adapt himself to social condi
. tons he had never dreamed of in the eide
day. The conveniences Of modern life, espe
~ cally electricity in its various applications
and revolvers and shotguns and gunpowder
bothered Iepidus greatly, but he learned t.
handle shotgun and drop birds on tn
wing, although those with him had to maneu
Yer to keep from being shot. The crisis in til
story comes when Lepidus falls in love witt
Miss Priscilla Smith, concurrenty with AL
lanby, and there comes in the cream of thi
peculiar tale The Roman sets fire to tn
Allanby manor house, intending to carry Of
Priscilla during the confusion, but his plan
fail and the rivals adopt a deadly method G
having the question decided. The author ha
succeeded we'll In his portrayal Of a patricia