The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
THE NIGHT #s1DE<oF LONDON.


i. "The Night Side of London" BY Rob
ert Machray. Illustrated. vo. 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 m
terest one takes in it. The p pen OF h the
used with fine effect in laying bare the
infinite variety of human characters and
types whose contrasts are more striking
in London than even in Paris, or else
where in the great and popuious 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
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
TT is scene that stirs the fancy and
touches the imagination: AS the the
aires and music halls of London empty
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,
walking along, smiling and testing, and
talking of what they have been to see.
You catch charming glimpses in the soft
ening electric light of slyph-like forms
ders hidden in lace or chiffon, or cloaks
of silk and satin: Diamonds sparkle in
| my lady's hair; her light laughter ripples
over to you, and you smile responsive
foi fror
| ing air, and the vision sweeps past you
! on outside your radius. And there are
many such visions; each with its oWn
! we have nothing to do, further than te
say, that. 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 moi
badly dressed, nor are all painted. Some
bold eyes, some have not They seem
| sober-every one. But what a number
| of them! And all sorts and. sizes, so tt
say. AN D, fond of kiss and fond Of q
The night side of London thigh life
is on the surface extremely Kaleidoscope
but beneath. the surface and in all es.
side of high life from what it was since
high life began. Its main feature is, az
it has always been, and always will be
Mr. H. c. Wells anticipations to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. the pursuit o.
pleasure in an everlasting Vanity Fair
It is a 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 amusements; sketch
| es Of the social outcasts and their strug'
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-
T G Rsv e N Ed Fg By Ss
ford, Miss: Printed for the Society.
tons of the Mississippi Historical So
which that society has vet given to the
public. Besides giving much interest
ing data with. reference to the early
history and settlement of the state, it
State.
The wars which were fought in the
and famous battles fought during the
War of the Rebellion are described, and
much information which has hitherto
A discussion of the Reconstruction OF
the Southern States is deliberately set
forth from the view point of the. South
and in the light of the present agtation
teresting to note some things contained
in the chapter on Reconstruction.
1T is deeply interesting at this time,
Civil War; have passed away, and when
in the tranquility and repose of a patri-
otto and reunited people, past events can
be reviewed with calmness and fairness,
connected with this amendment (the
14th amendment) and to draw just
conclusion in respect to the purpose and
%otyeS Of its and te under
States declined to accept the terms OF
reconstruction thus proposed by Con-
gress."
The criticism made by Mr.. Blaine an6
the Republican leaders of that time was
that the South's action was character
lzed bv a lack OF statesmanship and sa-
them forced Congress to make negro
suffrage the final basis of reconstruction
AS an evidence Of the change of view
in which the South now holds Lincoln
Southern States largely under the au.
| spices Of the executive of the govern
m me- So, which plan would have restored
terms - -,
If Mr.. Lincoln had lived his larg,
with his tact and wisdom, might hav'
the South. Mr.: Johnson was lacking j,
al al those qualities, and with him tn
differences between the Executive an,
Congress which Mr.. Lincoln would hay,
reconciled and adjusted assumed the pro
portions Of an open rupture.
graa+ Lincoln, nte41a was patriot as well a
| spices it is improbable that the Soutl
would have been crushed between the
b two sentencing thH forces in political wa
tive departments Of the government"
| The volume is beautifully illustrated
and is a very valuable contribution +,
! the historical literature of the country
from the viewpoint of the South.
BIRD GODS IN ANCIENT EUROPE
~, Bird Gods in Ancient Europe.,, r.
WARES Wha les De Kay. With DECORATIONS BY
Bird Gods,'' by Charles De Kavzi +he
rather unique title of volume full of The
f fa class Of information relative to the
1eathered deities Of the Northern Euro.
pean and the older races of the earth
There is the evidence of much research
IN this book-research which is exnosed
in narrative style at once attractiHae -, 3
entertaining. - -, -. = oiio
The author not only tells us what birds
the ancients woishipped, but goes into
the philosophy of such worship, and tells
US its reason: in fables and anecdotes
Take the woodpecker as an instance
When we picture to ourselves the Eu
ropean savage. noble ancestor of our
puHed,up race. finding la matter Of
deep thought how to keep "a roof over.
his head, loving murder.sa bloody tyrant
to the weak, bringing before power, sub
sJect to periodical famines because Of his
Of his laziness and filthy habits, We can
understand his envy and admiratior, of