The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-21
THE CALL OF THE SEA AND OTHER POEMS

$500
BY L. Frank Tooder., New York: The Cen
fury Company. Price, S1.2O.
The Century Magazine has published
many of these poems from time to time
| and E. c. Stedman has included some of
the best of them in his Anthology" while
there are some in the volume which have
never appeared until now. The title poem
echoes. the very overture of the sen, the
turbulent strife of it's swelling wind foam
ing, waves, while, in THE Last Fight, -
The Voyager,'' 1.-THE Captain Ashore ~
and other sea pieces we have the sounds
and movements of the sea finely trans
lated. ''The Road We Came is a fine
poem, was read at the twenty-fifth an
niversary of the class of 1877, Yale Uni
versity. a..A - {
LEE I5 ;, OF ULR1oH zw1NGL1, THE SWISS PA.
sS IH1oT AND REFORMER. esBssssamuel simp-r
son. New York: The Baker and Taylor
Company, 1887 Seventeenth street $50 20,
IWlng1o' was the Conspicuous leader Of
Protestant reformation of the sixteenth
century in Switzerland, when Luther was
leading the revolt against the Bishop Of
Rome in Germany. Zwingli did a strenu-
GUS work in. that era of emancipation of
thought from the medieval sha ckles
which restrained and suppressed it's
winged activities. Zwingli made the mis-
take Of taking up the sword to promote
the reformation of the church and he per-
ished by the sword on the bloodv field Of
Cappel He was muscular reformer and
MS sword, battle-aX and helmet bear wit
ness to his martial activities in a. ela So
case IN the armory at Zurich. Zwingli
dl1ered In his views of the sacraments
from both uLther and Calvin, but he laid
the foundations Of Professionalism deep and
stfong IN the German cantons of Switzer-~
land An interesting pa ssage of the book
IS the account of the controversy Between
Luther and ZWingli at Bonburg, at which
an earnest effort was made by the friends
OF the reformation to bring these two
champions III agreement upon the articles
OF the reformed faith H.. !
GLENGARRY SCHOOL DAYS. Bv Ra1nh CIV
nor Key: Mr.. Gordonl. Chicago: Flemfnr
r.. Nevell Company. Price. $3.50
halph Cononr has established a fine
literary reputation by his ''The Sky Pilot -
-Black Rock and other stories Of the
canadian northwest He not only is gift
ed with the power Of elouuence whicb
can successfully appeal to the higher ma
lures or backwoodsmen and miners, but
ne can write as strongly as he can talk
a a1 WIN tender pathos, as well as with
the stronger touches of his pen. .GIen-
garry School Days. is a story of q. school
master In the woods of Ontario who pre
slded over log schoolhouse and so1pht
TO train to clean and strenuous 1ivine
the youngsters under his'scharge. The
sCoIy Ur1hSS the reader into the dailv life
and thought Of the Glengarry woods con,
munity, their joys and their griefs and
quality and there are passages deenlv
pathetic. This book will doubtless follow
mr.: Gordon,s other books to the three
quarter million sale mark
STU, STUDY OF BRowN1NG's SAUL. b. Cora
Alarttn Macdonald, Late Professor Of E,o1ish
Literature in the University of Wvominr
Chlcago: Fleming H.: Revell Comnany- Ss
washington street. Minneapolis: n Nc.
Cartby. -. ... -.4S ~ MI
Browning based his Saul on the Rih,e
story In the first book Of Samuel. taking
"a few points and watering them witt, his
genius and producing a wonderful flow
ering of: thought His commentator. who
is a lady Of excellent judgment. thinks
Saul is one Of the grandest poems Of
the century. It is not, however. Brown
1nsSs finest work, but the lady. purs,,inn.
her study Of Saul" proves herself to he
most charming exegete. She is right in
her view that great authors, like Brown
ing, have the power Of disclosing vast
stores of spiritual wealth through their
investigation of the hidden forces of he
ing. She appends her view Of Browning.s
creed, as suggested by his poetry.