The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-04-18
THE NIGHT SIDE OF EONDoN

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The Night Side of London by Rob
ft ba is Hnnsq nI INT Rtmg
terest one cakes in it The pen of the
author and pencil Of the. artist are both
used with fine effect in laying bare the
types whose contrasts are more striking
in London than even in Pa"is O.: else
where in the great. and populous centers
the authors description of the human
fiotsam and jetsam, coming and going
with the nights, in Picadilly, like unto
and SO picturesquely has the artist in
terpreted the authors ideas and Illusions
that we fancy ourselves pro!m91enading
and paradng ne Up and down the umnat
the, ''lounges'' and cafes, which stand
with inviting appearance along the
streets, and participating in the gay and
pieasure-bent pageantry of the, crowds,
or watching in silence and pity the moral
and physical cripples whose names are
legion there.
touches the Imagination AS the the
aires and music halls of London empty
themselves into the streets, the Circus is
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 ,jesting and
| talking of what they have been to see.
| You catch charming glimpses in the soft
J ening electric light of slyphlike forms,
pink flushed, happy faces, snowy Shout
ders hidden in lace or chiffon or o. cloak KS
my lady's hair; her light laughter ripples
over to you, and you smile responsive;
faint fragrance perfumes the wander
ing air. and the vision sweeps past you,
on outside your radius. And there are
many such visions, each with it's own
story, it's own revelation-but with these
say that they are all part of this pageant
! of the night
And of the London half-world the au-
! thor says: 'On this lovely summer night
| they faunt themselves in all their brav
cry; the majority of them indeed are not
badly dressed. nor are all painted. Some
| Of them are foreigners, but most OF them
ac b5 Eng hd S TSeS
Lsober-every one But what a number
of them! And all sorts aAd sizes, so to
say. all ,, fond of kiss and fond of
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. Its main feature is, as
it has always been, and always will be-
| Mr.. H. c.. Wells anticipatiOns to the con-
pleasure in an everlasting Vanity Fair.
! It is merry go-rOund, whose merriness
ness Of ones physical and moral diges
| ton, passes into monotony.
! Sketches of club life among the work
| ing people and their amusements; 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, and
n taach lesson in morals.
I The book ought to have large SALE
MISSISSIPPI HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Publications of the Mississippi Histo-
| rical Society. Vol. VI. Edited by Frank
ford, Miss: Printed for the Society:
ne Of fxt the ES5ams q Ills P so
ciety is of the most interesting
which that society has yet given to the
ing data with reference to the early
history and settlement Of the state, it
| follows in a succinct and careful man
ner the industrial development Of the
state.
early times with the aborigines therein.
and famous battles fought during the
much a " information ' which has ' Hitherto e
e * discussion Of the Reconsideration r ton of
the Southern States is. elaborateE set
and in the light of the present agitation
over the suffrage question: it will be in
| teresting. to note some things contained
! 1T is deeply interesting at this time,
when the passions aroused by the Great
! Civil War; have passed away, and when
in. the tranquility and repose of patri
| otto and reunited, people, past events car
be reviewed with calmness and fairness
to examine the great historical events
| connected with this amendment (the
conclusion in respect to the purpose anc
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 anc
the Republican leaders of that time was
lied by lack Of craftsmanship and sa
gacity, and that the attitude taken by
them forced Congress to make negro
g t N;da na BASIS f he OF
in which the South now holds Lincoln
we find the 1following:. "Mr. Lincoln hat
ontba4n States arSsH S Of th
spices Of the executive Of the govern
| ment. which plan would have restored
the Southern States to representation il
terms
IF Mr.. Lincoln had lived, his larg
personal and political influence, united
with Ibis his tact and wisdom, might hav'
the South. Mr. johnson was lacking ii
all those qualities, and with him tn,
! differences 81 between the Executive AM
reconciled and adjusted assumed the pro
portions of an open rupture.
MIR. LINCOLN was patriot as we'll al
a great statesman, and under. his au
spices it; is improbable that the South
would have been crushed between the
two contending forces in political wa
t the Congregational and Execu
i've be aep PARTNER $ OF the government
ana IS very valuable contribution t,
the historical literature of the country
from the viewpoint of the South
BIRD GODS IN ANCIENT EUROPE.
~, " Bird Goo, Gods in Ancient Europe" B,
V Wharfen lie Kay Kay with Decorations BY
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. o'". paw
Bird Gods,'' by Charles De KAY, is the
rather UNIQUE title Of volume full of the
feathered deities of the Northern Euro.
pean and the older races Of the earth.
l.: There is the evidence of much research
! IN this book-research which is exposed
! in, narrative style at once attractive and
! entertaining. ~...,: ~
The author: not only tells Us what birds
the aneients worshipPed, Sbut goes into
! Inc PnhosoPiF or Such worship, and tells
| US it's reason, in fables and anecdotes
which make very delightful myths
! 'sTake the Woodpecker as an instance:
| When we picture to ourselves the Eu-
ropean savage, noble ancestor Of our
deep thought how to Keep a roof over
! his head, loving murder, bloody tyrant
| to, the weak, Bringing before power, sub
| ject to periodical famines because of his
| sloth and ignorance. to disease because
! of his laziness and filthy habits, we can
understand his envy and admiral ton of
| a bird which in addition to various mar