The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-09-12

ldNuOuS ny JCTOLlC JcIOulS. NIL. DuA
CESS says many clever thin Is in his book.
and one may glance at anH chapter and
discover many commonplace things writ
ten IN n,t manner
rs one Of the most conta gfo9s of diseases, 4
| and few of us are immune. Some vtgor-
GUS moral constitutions never succumb, I
but once an epidemic. begins it is hard
work stopping it, and secret on the RAM
page. is well nigh irresistible. Tell your
secret, then. broadcast, and lst 1T have Its
confide it to her who asserts she never has
the slightest desire to tell for there, like.
| seed sown in fertile ground it will ger
inmate and flower long after you hayetfor-5
never planted" ~ f&} -
Again: ''Flattery ts. however, an edged
tool, and must be used with care. It is
not everyone who has the tact to decide at
! stand ,'~~l -, ..-: -
The tn; a. author treats Of art' science and
criticism, and withal, with SO much Of
| masterful art as to render this book of
unusual interest
THE WORTH OF WORDS.
The Worth Of Words; By DR.; Rails dso
In the introduction Dr. William Colby
Cooper says: Words are. the red corpus
cles in the blood of language, and upon
1duSudSc UCpcIluS SOC1d1 integrity. Dee
the mighty Importance of words: Is it
less than sacrilegious to mistreat them
Words being,the red corpuseles Of Ian
guage, it follows that the smaller one s
vocabulary u.s., the more anemic will be
his brains children"
i DR.: Bell is poet and understands the
value of words as only the few do, anc
in producing this work he has merely jus.
titled his natural fitness in this line.
Sore persons are correct as to gram
mar, others as to rhetoric. A wrong use
,0,.1N hn emit a nf
fensive to the trained grammarian, thu
improper application of a figure of speech
offends the accomplished taste.
There was u.s.; grocer VINO on vas s. very sn &C.
his customers to use proper language
and took some trouble to instruct them
One day customer called l., and d.. SAID nl t,
him: WnaS egss et Th sa ffp
hear it, the last ], got here were: NOR
.. In 1.-THE Worth of Words" DR.. Bell a.
tacks misused words, vulgarisms,. every
day errors and slang in a concise bu
clear manner, and many errors OF speec'
, which are often made by persons OF IN
study of the book:
THE ARCHERY OF SAHARA.
The Archery of Samara. BY Henry lilo
: VIII $3.50. Philadelphia: Henry I
l Coates & Co. go,
| Mr. HOW'LL We'll remembers lUo lc1I1Ol'
treatment of the Poles during their las
: revolt and says he has been an eyeWlt
ness of most Of the incidents narrated il
his romance. He writes with the the. bitter tie
tar enthroned in st. Petersburg is tn
: dragon that holds the half of two cont
nents between his terrific iron jaws, read!
to crush him who dares to pvt a, straw "a II
limited to the confines of the pale; it Gov
ers an>empire where the sun never sets
) peopled by 10000, 900 Of beings who be-
: long soul and body to the car. 1t is al
, unwieldy mass of heterogeneous humanit!
/ in various stages of degradation: at leas
forty kinds Of religionists hating ,eacl
other and all hating the police and tn
These sentiments form the undercurren
. Of the book and are in strange" eontradlc
, ton to what has been written of late re
, | garding Russia and the policies OF reform
! adopted. They are in keeping, however
: with the latest newspaper accounts OF tn
persecution of the Jews, which cannot b.
Surpassed in barbarity. The book IS
timely contribution to current literature
II !, l STORIES OF GREAT ARTISTS:
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TIE lives and works SgbTte Of m these er spe
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its numerous attractive and artistic; re Re,
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Ing him to recognize and appreciate tn
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FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS ABROAD.
Five Little Peppers Abroad. BY Mar
garet Sidney. Eight illustrat1ons ny r. Fan 4
nv Y. Cory. Illustrated cover Net Ply IL !!
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Co. I'M
newest Of the PEPPER 5 fsmns Is book
that have preceded it in the series: 1
takes Mother Pepper,-now Mother Fish
er-the little doctor, Polly, and Phron
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