The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-03-01
This 3 is IS particularly interesting, and per

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laps the first admission by. an American
that the Katipunan organization traces its
origin to Free Masonry.
One or the most interesting chapters in
the book is one which takes up the leading
Filipinos and describes them individuality
luna, who was assassinated by order Of
itary leader in the revolt against the United
States. He had visited the leading mill,
tary nations Of Europe and had made a
fense, and that he was ambitious. to have
one pitched; battle with the American army
and stake all on the outcome. To this
AgulnaldO dissented, and here commenced
their estrangement, which finally culnin-
ated in his assassination.
AME1RIcAN.P POLITICAL. HISTORY.
| American Political History to the Death
OF Lincoln BY Viola. "A. Cenklin. 435 PIP.
~ mo. $l.50. New York: Henry Holt &
k Instead of the dry facts usual to most
histories we find in this book the charm Of
story entertainingly told. D. 1t is the story
not simply Of bloody wars, but a review Of
the, the ;lIIrsslst1ble upward movement of
na The ct town meeting is, the keynote Of the
Rhomas Of sai he uted
proved sW
ever devised by the wit Of man for the
its preservation 80 $s I#sIs so
The New England colonists divided the
land into towns and adapted the principles
needs OF, a new country and changed con-
ditions. The people of each town directly
govern themselves. AS the population in
creases there are necessarily many changes
meeting in miniature The feeling of ma
tionality was of slow growth. Previous to
the Revolution it did not exist, and It was
ton. ss. = g p = : -.
- The 1ae population Of both Virginia and
there was q striking contrast in Social con- on.
ditions The Virginian SO far as possible
patterned his mode Of life after that Of
little kingdom, was a man Of education
and refinement. These conditions pro-
duced men of fine executive ability, such
as washington, Jefferson, Marshall, but
indentured servants and transported con-
yicts,. were inferior Slavery was intro
duced In 1919, and as Negro slavery in
creased rei r the poor white sank in the social
scale. The population was scattered, and
common school system of education was
In Virginia the independent planters were
defending their rights and privileges
against English aggression; in New Eng
land It. was the people. the men trained
ing, who stood beside their leaders, boldly
resisting oppression. This difference in the
social conditions is of great Importance in
gle between the North and the South which
eliminated in the Civil War; for in the very
nature Of things the South was foredoomed
The book is a concise account of our 20
lltlcal history. The author hopes chat it
may prove Of value to the man who votes
and the woman who often influences the
d s.
ms FAIL. THE: IsLE~OF DESTINY. I
Charles Johnston. Beautifully illustrated
and sumptuodsly bound S. Philadelphia:
Henry e. Coates & Co. X w.,
descriptive Of Ireland. Mr.. Johnston tells
the story Of its history from the era of the
cromleeh builders and gives credit to the
Spiritual and Imaginative by the Celtic
MI. Johnston writes in the genuine Irish
e So th ana gives With enthusiasm the story
perpetual youth, a thousand times darken-
ed by sorrow yet with heart Of living
gladness; too often visited by evil and pale
a aenth life. yet yelling ever up in uneonquer-
IRON the very gray of her morning. the
children On ct Ireland, We're preoccupied with
the invisible, world; it was so in the dark
driven from this world, we took r refuge sao in
that; 1t was not the kingdom Of heaven up
ON earth, but the children of earth seeking
echoes through. all our history we i've on
the Invisible world If rightly under
STAND stiI o., our mission and our destiny, it is
OF that invisible; that world of our i'm
CARVING carr ing =. the Gallean Evangel We shall
nfst learn, and then teach, that not with
wealth can the soul Of man be satisfied:
that our enduring interest is not here but
there there, in I'll the unseen, the hidden, the i'm
visible beauties of the world. If this be
our our mission and our purpose, well may our
fair mysterious land deserve her name:
lnls Fail, the Isle of Destiny. -s : = :.
His chapter on the cromlech builders &c
mysterious circles Of monoiths must i haye
which eumnated % Or yaars aeo
He sketches deity and charmingiy33 The fhe
chief periods Of Irish history, telling 81, the
men t Of st. Patrick the raids Of the
I Ter wrongs of the land question that Still
linger in modified form. go =
= l re- haon is land with wonderful past
u mas Deen and IS now land Of singular
beauty, and the book contains twenty-six
eastes pnG pjns 9f Irish
never ending interest. 80 : : = = =
) STRAY PAPERS.
M stray ia Papers: By. William Makeneace
Philadelphia George ". Wac Jacobs ei z &C. -
To the American reading pubiics with
whom Thackeray has been one ef the
I 1a English authors and whose mas
testify to his Incompatible felicity Of exs
preston Pr tho . and genius, Stray Papers one
1 Of the years publications, edited by his
come me addition to Thackeray literature
me author says in his preface: .When
was compiling the photography append.
81 e my Life Of William Makepeace
stories. verses, and sketches, not Included
IN any edition Of the Collected Works; and
it occurred to me that a volume Of these
Reees would be- i
siderable interest - - ~,
STRAY Papers" make very interesting
reading; because OF the variety Of subiects'
p s literary, artistic and sociological,
the maturity of genius, and demonstrates
the law Of growth as inevitable in the
nft ,ery as In any other career.
40 contrast the creator Of Lord Steyne''
found herein is t.. cntrast the grand genius
OF aSnakespeareIwith that of Alfred Austin
and yet there are found in this compila-
which gave promise of the later Thack-
cray. These papers cover the period from
81 TO 1847, and contain many vivid de-
scriptlons Of the social life OF the English
people In that evolutionary period of wars
corn laws. slavery, art unions, and high
political intrigues. . :. :.
S 8, A review on the essays OF AIcCauiay and
their effect upon the national intellect. is
especially fine, as being the result Of q
youthful literary enthusiasts observation
or a c0ntemporaryWh whose great position he
3r q, not envy but applauded. OF MccauIay,
ne. says that he was the only literary char
tacter OF his times, who because of his
eminenee in the literary world. became the
sPollflcal and social equal of the nobility.