The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-04-04
THE lPPEAI2 q NlTIoNlI AERO AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
THE NIGHT SIDE OF LONDON.

THE NIGHT SIDE OF LONDON.
. ''TheS Night Side Of London" By Rob
ert Machray., Illustrated s. vo.s Deco.
rated CLOTH $3.50 net. Philadelphia: j..
B. Lippincott Company. ~
ert Machray, is an unusually. interesting
book. The illustrations by Tom Brown
are drawn. with skill and enhance the in in
terest one. takes in it. The pen of the
author and pencil of the artist are both
used with fine effect in laying bare the
infinite variety of human characters and
in London than even in Paris or else
where in the great and populous5 centers
of human vice and. virtues, So vivid IS
the authors description Of the human
with the nights, in Picadilly, like unto
the ebb and flow of the eternal tides;
and so picturesquely has the artist in
terpreted the authors ideas and Illusions
and parading up and down the illuminat-
ed scenes of Picadilly at night, entering
the lounges and cafes, which stand 1pd
streets, and participating in the gay and
pleasure bent pageantry of the crowds.
or watching in silence and pity the moral
and physical cripples whose names are
legion there.
1T is scene that stirs the fancy and
touches the imagination. AS the the
aires and music halls of London empty
l.
| full of the flashing and twinkling Of the
| multitudinous lights Of hurrying han
] SONS, Of many carriages speeding home
ward to supper, Of streams of people,
| men and women, mostly in evening dress
walking along, smiling and testing, and
| talking of what they have been to see.
You catch charming glimpses in the soft
eiaR HkSdd ha gh f
ders hidden in lace or chiffon, or cloaks
Of silk and satin. Diamonds sparkle in
my lady's hair; her light laughter ripples
a faint fragrance perfumes the wander
| ing air, and the vision sweeps past you
on outside your radius. And there are
Such visions each With nt its t6exq
we have nothing to do, further than tQ
say thai, they, are all part of this pageant
| of the night
thor says: ION this lovely summer night
they faunt themselves in all their BRAY
cry; the majority of them indeed are not
badly dressed, nor are all painted Some
are unmistakenly English. Some have
bold eyes, some have not. They seem
sober-every one. But what a number
Of them! And all sorts and sizes, sc. tc
| say, all fond of kiss and fond OF
| guinea" ''-~.~-. =
The night side Of London thigh life
is on the surface extremely Kaleidoscope
but beneath the surface and In all es,
sentials it differs little from the night
side of high life from what it was since
high life began. It's main feature. is as
it has always been, and always will be
Mr.. H. G. Wells anticipations to the con:
pleasure in an everlasting Vanity Fair
It is merry -go-round, whose merriness
quickly. or slowly, according to the tough
ness of ones physical and moral diges'
! ton, passes into monotony.
Sketches of club life among the work
ing people and their arnusements; sketch.
gle for existence in the, dens Of human
| Vice,-are drawn with skill and without
comment, the author is simply painting
in vivid word coloring what he sees, .anc
| endeavors to teach no lesson in morals.
The book ought to have large sale.
MISSISSIPPI HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
| Publications of the Mississippi Histo.
rical Society. VOL VI. Edited by go Frank
ford Miss: Printed for. the Society:
tio rse of f1 the ! %saissipp Historical lis So
ciety' is one of the most interesting
which that society has yet given to the
public; Besides giving much interest
history and settlement Of the state, il
| follows in a succinct and careful man
ner the Industrial development of the
| state.
The wars which were fought in the
early times with the aborigines therein
and famous battles fought during thu
War of the Rebellion are described, ant
A discussion of the Reconstruction o
the Southern States is deliberately Sc
forth from the view point of the South
and in the light of the present agitation
over the suffrage question, it will be in
teresting. to note some things contained
in the chapter on Reconstruction
| 1T is deeply interesting at this time
when the passions aroused by the "Grea
| Civil War; have passed away, and whe,
in the TRANQUILITY and repose Of a patri
be reviewed with calmness and. fairness
to examine the great historical event
s 99R with y this IS ame9dment {th
conclusion in respect to the purpose am
motives of it's advocates; and to under
stand the reasons why the Southern
reconstruction thus proposed by Con
! gress.'
The criticism made by Mr.. Blaine an,
the Republican leaders of that time wa
lied by a lack of craftsmanship and sa
gacity, and that the attitude taken b.
them forced Congress. to make negr
| suffrage the final basis of reconstruction
AS an evidence Of the change of Viev
in. WHICH the South now, holds Lincoln
we find the following: : MIR. Lincoln ha'
sontSa1n Sfl+a recgnstruction Of tn
spices Of the executive Of the govern
! ment, which plan would have restore,
the Southern States to representation il
the Unlor1 on liberal and, magnanimou
IF Mr. Lincoln had lived, his larg
personal and, political influence, unitet
with his tact and wisdom, might hav
! smoothed the way to a pacificatiOn O
the South. Mr.: johnson was lacking ii
an those qualities, and with him tn
differences between the Executive am
| Congress which Mr.. Lincoln would hay
IPCOnClIP6 4Io
I PORTIONS OF an open rupture. .,
Mr. Lincoln was a patriot as we'll a.
a great statesman, and under his au
would have been crushed between thu
two contending forces in a political wa
between the Congressional and..-Execu
The volume is beautifully illustrated
the historical literature of the country
from the viewpoint of the South.
BIRD GODS IN ANCIENT EUROPE:
Bird Gods in Ancient EUROPE 3,
4 Charles De Kay. With DeeorNtious bS
Wharton: 12mo. 273 PIP. Cloth. $500
New York: A. S. Barnes & Go. Is 80
Bird Gods" by Charles De- Kay, IS The
rsrest class Of information relative. TO, Tx
feathered deities of the Northerns Euro.
pean and the older races OF the earth :.
| in this book-research which is exposed
in narrative style at once attractive and
entertaining - s:sal5s = -
The author not only tells. us, what birds
the ancfents worshipped, but goes into
the philosophy Of such Worship, 5and tells
us. it's reason. in fables apd anecdotes
which make very delightful my tbs. Il : E,
Take the woodpecker as an instance.
When we picture to ourselves the SEu-
ropean savage, noble ancestor Of our
puned-up race, finding "a matter, OF
deep thought how to keep a roof over
his head. loving murder, al bloody tyrant