The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-02-07

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:, ISL CHURCH BUILDING. j
Church Building. a Study Of the Prin-
ciples of Architecture in their Relation to
the Church BY Ralph Adams Gram.
Boston; Small Maynard & Company. -
Surely, II there is any power in the world
today capable OF evolling a vital art, de-,
handing art as her true means of outward
expressing, it. is the Church.
A church is a house Of God, a place of
His earthly habltation wrought in the
fashion of heavenly things a visible type
gave to Solomon the, plan and fashion of
the temple down to those wherein Euro
peans Of the Middle Ages lavished their
scanty wealth and toiled with devout hands
to raise the awful fabrics of the mediae
val cathedrals and abbeys, this thought
has lain as the corner stone of everyone
OF the great and splendid churches that
brighten Christendom with ..he memory
building house of God, and the treasure
and labor lavished so abundantly were
consecrated as they might never be on
Of Al ha t S
treasures gathered from many lands, were
lavished here in gratitude and praise and
thanksgiving; and nothing was too prec-
ious; indeed, all things failed in a meas
ure, to show the deep devotion of faithful
men, and their solemn knowledge of the
majesty of that Presence that should en- y
ter and dwell therein. There is scant kin
ship between this spirit and that which
prompts and governs the construction Of
contemporary churches Were it restored,
if only in a small measure, men would
understand more clearly the fatal error
Of the modern principle, realize that no
tricks. no limitations, no cheapnesses, no
pretences of any kind, are tolerable in
q Christian church, and that the admis-
sion of those things in the temple of the
living God is blasphemy. Instead Of the
cheap and tawdry structures Of shingles
and clapboards, or flinsy brick and stone
veneering doomed to very desirable de-
cay, we should once more have solid and
enduring temples that, even if by reason
of our artistic backwardness could not at
first compare with the noble work of the
Middle Age, would at least take a place
with it in point Of honor instead of stand
ing, as now, a perpetual reminder OF our
meanness and our hypocrisy:
In this volume the author takes up the
question of church building from every
standpoint and he shows the application
of the ancient and eternal principles to
every phase Of ecclesiastical architecture
from the country chapel to the cathedral
1875 photographers and half tones and
plans of cathedrals, chapels, chancels,
affairs, etc.
JOHN JAMES INGALLS,.
John James ingalls,. The writings Of
press by William Elsey Conneley. vo.,
PIP. 535. Price according to binding.
Kansas City, Mo. The Hudson Kimberly
The writings, speeches, and orations of
the late Senator ingalls,, one of the great
est men, Kansas has produced, have been
gathered and preserved to future genera
tons in book form, and the collection is
authorized by Mrs. Ingalls,, who has de-.
voted nearly two years to the work Of
collecting material for the volume. Be,
what may be called the home side of this
distinguished man, which will make in
teresting reading for his friends and ad-
mirers. Letters and fragmentary sketches
and tender quality in the nature and
character of Senator Ingalls, which he did
not manifest to the world in his public
career The country looked upon him as
tendency to satire and keen excoriation,
which smade him greatly feared by his
enemies and his competitors in debate,
and which drew to the Senate galleries
known that he was to speak. It is prob
able that his power for whitening invec-
tive and his mastery OF language was
not equaled by any Of his contemporaries.
But it is with Senator Ingalls, as a man
of deep and responsive affection, and as
reflective Individual alive to all the hui
man interests of existence, that the book
presented by his devoted wife has to deal.
The following letter affords an illustra-
ton of the phase of her husbands char
acter which Mrs ingalls, desires to en-
phasize:
Dearest Wife: blue Grass seems to
be one of those compositions that the
world will not willingly let die. :,
Those were happy days when it was
written, in the little cottage on the bluff,
looking out over the great river with a
roomful of babies; obscure and unknown,
waiting for the destiny, so soon to come
Chat was to make me one OF the con-
spicuous figures of the country Tor so
But I would not recall my life and live
it over again if L could, unless with the
power to improve lost opportunities,
clearly we see our folies when it is too
late. YOUR LOVING HUSBAND.
HOW TO LIVE:
How to Live: By Edward Everett Hale.
d. H BUS'G to LiVe, S b BY Edward Everett
Hale, is one of the most entertaining vol
umes on practical ethics which we have
The ripe scholarship, wide experience
and practical sense Of the distinguished
Unitarian minister was never more lu-
minously manifested than in this volume.
One may form some idea Of the compre-
Sleep" "How: to Exercise: How to
Dress How to Regulate Expense.
Brothers Burden are some Of the chap
ters. which constitute this charmingly
written and entertaining narrative,
In chapter H.. How to Sleep the au-
duties uti S"' 30 not cultivate, do not permit
any of the sentimental nonsense which
speaks as if sleep were matter OF
chance. Or were out of your. control: You
must sleep well, if you mean to do the
rest we'll. You must have body and mind
in good working order; and they Will not
be in good working order unless you sleep
readily, steadily and enough" Then fol-
lows physiological analysis Of the brain
and body, and the: effect produced upon
both by unrest and sleeplessness How
to Exercise follows this chapter. and
the author shows his easy familiarity
with the whole range of physical culture,
who are addicted to the drug habit. :"
and whose maladies are easily traceable
else. How to Think and How to
Study" are chapters of unusual bril-
liancy, told in the simplest possible way,
and yet YOU feel the genius of the author
in every line. .">& -.r d -
THE ART OF THE VATICAN.
The Art of the Vatican. By Mary
knight Potter, author of Love in Art .
etc. Large IL mo. cloth decorative, pro-
fpssly Illustrated with + full page plates in
ton: l.. C. Page & Company. :.
The author says in her preface: .:s
ut has been thought better to devote as
much consideration as possible to the
most noted of the works rather than to
speak more briefly of many. In this way
it is hoped that the book may be valuable
both for travellers, who wish to have
something more than mere guide book in
formation of the great treasures of Rome,
and for the amateur who has not sufficient
time or desire to consult the many orig
inal works necessary for a thorough art
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