The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
NEW BOOKS.

RAYMOND LULL, First Missionary to the Mos.
lens. By S. NJ. Zwelner, F: r. G. s Author
OF Arabia. the Cradle of Islam,'' etc. New
YORK: Funk and Wagnalls Company. Price,
rs cents. &c. 49, :,
DIR. ZWemer is q, veteran Protestant
missionary whose field is the eastern coast
of Arabia and in the region of the Turks
northwest of the Persian gulf. He knows
the people among whom he labors well
and underst lands the difficulties of mis-
sionary work among Mohammedans He
naturally. writes with enthusiasm of the
heroic work done by. Raymond Lull, the
conspicuous figure in missionary work in
the thirteenth century, and the first
European missionary to the Mohamme-
dams, who had the faith and courage of
the apostolic age and set an example OF
righteous living which showed the reality
of his faith The thirteenth century ac-
tivitfes were precursors of the great
awakening of human intellect a little
later in the Reformation. Lull was of a
noted Catalonian family and was born in
Majorca, was a knight. at court and deep
in worldly pleasure, but, like ST. Angus
tine, was powerfully stirred to the spirit
ual life and consecrated and prepared
himself for a life of. self-sacrifce, and
died at the hands of a mob after doing a
work whose influence was permanently
good Mohanmedanism yields very slow
" to Christianity. DR.. Zwemer shows
that it is growing faster than ever in
many lands, but decreasing in European
Turkey, Syria, Palestine and Turkestan.
INCENTIVES FOR LIFE, Personal and Public
BY James NJ. Ludlow, D. D.. Lit D. Author
Of Deborah. etc. Chicago: F. r. Revell
Company. Price, SIPS.
This volume embodies one of the strong
est appeals in behalf of the, truly strenuous
life which has been put in print DR.. Lud-
low has shown himself to be a successful
writer of historical novels but in this
volume he shows himself as a, competent
guide to the higher and achieving life Al
the outset he shows that the real danger
to society comes from neither the rich
nor the poor as a class, but from the de-
generation Of manhood of whatever So
cial grade. One class cannot justly saddle
on another class all the perils and men
aces to society. And SO he strongly ar
CUES that the unrestrained will, like a
wild locomotiv is a menace wherever
found. Weakness of will is diseased
condition and the usual substitutes for the
human conscience are frauds. The book
Is a rich repertory of admirable illustra
tons from history, daily life, art, litera-
happy ia his illustrations and public
speakers and writer's will find it very val
liable on that account, although the Incl
dents related but deepen the value of his
fine suggestions as to the building Of
wholesome character.
NY DOGS IN, NoRTHLAND. nv pr Epertor
r. Young, Author of ION the Indian Trail. J,
4 etc. Chicago: +. II. Reyel1 Company, &
Washington street. Price, SIPS. Illus
/ trated.
The author Of this book was for abou
thirty years a missionary to the Indian.
of the Canadian northwest, in the Hud
son Bay region. His travelling was done
/ by canoe in summer and by dog sledge ii
4 the long winter, and being close observe
and endowed with much natural humo5
and a facile writer. he has produced al
extraordinarily interesting book He pay.
a fine tribute to his Eskimo dogs, which
were pure bloods, and they deserve it, fo
they served the doctor well and faithfully
ALTHOUGH they had an inextinguishabl,
propensity to steal everything they coult
leats even moenasfns and old leather shirts