The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-05

gan to try to catch or defeat him, and
were INSCRIPTIONS in their methods en-
ployed. They even used foreign Ian
guages, and ran sentences together with
out interval, employing several alpha
bets, etc. Poe overcame all that were
sent, reported at some hundred. The one
he failed upon at first proved to be an
imposition, jargon of random ehardc-
tors having no meaning whatever. The
entire article in The Bookman is inter
esting, and shows how marvellous, how
very original how thoroughly acute was
the brainpower of the greatest of
American men of letters He did not
Genuine himself to cipher mysteries in
English, but in Graham's philadelphia
Magazine, he invited cryptograms, the
key-phrase of which might be in other
languages, in French, Italian. Spanish,
German, Latin and Greek. He met every
demand, and solved readily all mysteries
OF cyphers. He never found any cryptic
gram he could not solve.
find / am in error as to the selling
of North Carolina books While my eT-
cellent and able friend Brooks has sur
passed nearly all North Carolinians in
the sale, as well as merit of his admir-
able religious work entitled "Scriptural
Sanct1flcation. l learn that another re-
ligious book leads him at present. Rev.
DR.. Edward w. Smith, of Greensboro, a
man of marked abilities, has published &
small work called The Creed of Pres
byterians," and it has reached its TWEEN
ty-second thousandth, and its sale is in
creasing. | knew of the book and saw
high endorsements from prominent Pres
byterian ministers and editors, but | had
not learned of it's remarkable sale Dr..
Smith is one of four highly endowed sons
of the late Rev. DR.. Smith, of Green's
boro, but a native of Virginia. I do
not know of a more gifted family. One
is President of Davidson College an eX-
cellent Presbyterian institution of learn
ing of the progressive kind; another is a
professor in the University of North
Carolina. and a gentleman of superior
culture, and an accomplished author and
lecturer; a third, the youngest, is of ex-
cellent powers, but rather heterodox, l
have heard and is in the North preach
ing in a denomination different from the
others. Dr. E. w. Smith, | 90 not know
except through an article or two l read
his reputation for very decided ability.
The success of his book is so conspicuous
as to draw attention to it's claims A
friend promises to send me a copy which
l will read with zest, | have no doubt.
admire the Presbyterian Polity very
much, and the history of Presbyterianism
is particularly interesting to me. They
have generally shown themselves to be
the friends of human liberty. Of DR..
Brookss work 1 have only good reports
1t is a capital production in every way
and appeals strongly to all true Chris
tians and seekers after the higher, broad
er. larger Christian life-the baptism OF
fire. l have received letters concerning
il since | first called attention to 1t in
the News and Observer. One educated,
able Presbyterian lawyer recently wrote
to me: In your charmingly written ar
ticle on Irish History, Theology, Poll
ties and Literature in the News and OBJ
server of March 18th, / read with much
interest your article on DIR. John K.
Brookss book on Spiritual Sanctifica-
ton After what you say, l must GER
tainlv get the book and read it, DO so
and YOU will be proftted. Rev. Jonathan
Edwards, the peerless American PresDy-
terrain minister of the Gospel, held the
views urged by DR.. Brooks, as have other
strong men of that church. The book Is
"Scriptural Sanctification, containing
over 400 pages.
THEODORE BRYANT KINGSBURf.
Wilmington, n c., March 81, 1903.