The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-16

Inc man VINO seeks to take his history
OF the revolution thru the historical move
mas no longer any excuse for his course
Henry Cabot Lodge, United States *sen
ator from Massachusetts,. has taken ii
away from him by writing The Story OF
the Revolution. The book is a valuable
addition to Americas historical literature
not only for the readable fashion In which
1t IS written but for the attractiyeness
with which 1t is got up by the publishers
Ihls attractiveness is attractiveness that
Will attract-both young and old-and
make a friend Of him who opens its COW
ers 1t is a book, therefore, which will
add to the sum total Of American patriot
Ism, for one cannot read the story Of the
struggle for independence without feeling
MS love of country grow. .a.:<r
Ihe book is a monument to American
patriotism thru the Inscription which
makes its dedication:
| The Army and Navy of the United States
49,. Victors of /
Manila Santiago and Porto Rico
Worthy Successors of the Soldiers and Sailors
Who Under the Lead of George Washington
Won American Independence, :
This Story Of the Revolution ~
- - 81" is Dedicated. Z -% &
The effects Of the Revolution are traced
thru the French revolution, the enlarged
liberties. Of the English and the Germans.
the freeing Of the blacks in the south and
the rescue of Cuba from the Spanish,
and Senator Lodge predicts that they will
extend into Russia, thru the growth of
the spirit of liberty given such an impetus
by its triumph over the English at York
town. =. :.
The book is copiously illustrated with
the best work Of expert illustrators and
fine half-tones, the style Of the writer is
clear and smooth and his arrangement Of
the "story" is logical and connected.
To conquer success-that is the thing
that the young man of the right kind of
stuff Is always eager to do and any per-
son or any thing that will give him
straight tip as to how to go about the
business is just the person or thing he is
looking for. Conquerng Success, by Will
liam Mathews, LII: D., the author OF
t" Getting On in the World which made
hit about thirty years ago, ought, there
to the heart of the problem in the chap
ters on the Choice Of q Calling; and
.Tenacity of Purpose" The substance Of
these two chapters is-Choose a calling
which will enable you to follow the nat
ural bent of your mind and then take this
lesson (from some where else in this
forn) to heart and practice it:
Grit makes the man. 4.
The want of it the chump.
The men who win s.r-
Lay hold, hang on and hump. -..@z
II The precepts laid down in DR.. Mathews
book are clearly stated and enforced by a
great wealth of illustration which makes
them very readable.
It is evident that Miss Eliza Boyle
O'Reilly, a daughter Of the late gifted
John Boyle O'Reilly, has inherited some
of the poetic and Imaginative power Of
her distinguished father. In her NY. Cam
dies and Other Poems, she shows a poets
instructive love Of nature and her inter-
pretatfons have a, charming and refined
flavor, as In while We Sleep notably
in these stanzas:
While we sleep 1--WE think the world sleeps with
Thru the moist brown earth the mushroom grows,
In the dark it spreads its faery table.
Night time knows.
All the witchcraft Of the spiders weaving,
Proves his kinship with that spinner rare
Hanging dewdrops in his net OF gauze threads,
Light as air. #
While we sleep dost in unconscious dreamland!)
Rises soft the resent neon afar.
Close co1npanioned is she by the wondrous
Morning star.
1lenms pageant, amber rose, and lilac,
Upward is nights sombre curtain drawn
For the lucid, opalescent marvel
OF the dawn.
Since 1S68-70, when the feudal lords in |
Japan were summarily deprived of their
lll-used power and Japan emerged under
Mutsu Hito,l the present rnikado from in
srtness and Asiatic arrested civilization,
into the condition Of a modern, progress
sive state, that country has been one Of
The most interesting studies OF national
Development that can be found Interest |
n Japan Is deepened just now by the |
menace to Japan's independence thru the
aggressive movements of Russia, and I
hose who are Interested in the conditions
Ind progress OF the insular empire will /
Ind very attractive and Informing studies |