The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-11

5 PSAASSE
These sentiments form the undercurrent
of the book and are in strange cOntradic-
garding Russia and the policies 81 reform
adopted. They are in keeping. however,
with the latest newspaper accounts Of the
l surpassed in bagbarity.S The book is q
timely contribution to- current literature
THE STORY OF THE SLAVE.
ya and s Meston " q SIZE
New Jersey Historical Society. Camden
N: j.: sinnickson Chew g. Sons Co..
| This monograph is a recital Of slavery
sey. The fact is brought out that slav-
/ cry existed in America long before 1919,
when the Dutch traders came with their
| The Aztecs in Mexico enslaved not only
enemies taken in battle but those OF their
own nation who were convicted of theft
introduced in New Jersey in 16So-at least
| that is the earliest recorded instance OF
| ownership Of African slaves. Many OF
can slave trade There is a record Of one
good old elder, whose ventures on the
! African coast always turned out well,
harbor in these words: IAN overruling
Providence has been pleased to bring to
benighted heather to enjoy the blessings
of gospel dispensation." -.
Perth Amboy was New Jerseys chief
there in goodly numbers many Of them
tri6ai marks. Adaits Sold from $500 to
s Known a as r Sss ser1tude. existsd
throughout the seventeenth and .eigh-
tenth centuries. This form of bondage
tion 9 Of the term the redemptioners We're
merged into the mass of white population
without any special faint of servitude.
slaves, who were found to be cheaper
than white servants, checked in meas
ure the trade In redemptioners.
Il New Jersey from the British Islands, and
were merged into the mass Of the popu.:
lation. An act providing for the gradual
Their act in 1890 and still later another
in 1886, did not bring about the complete
there We're but IS in the entire state when
Lincoln's proclamation was issued. In
1880, Hon: Carrot A. Hobart, at: that tims
anG lad passed a bill which removed
from the statutes the last vestige of slav-
cry in New Jersey.
The little book contains much valuable
SALLY WISTERS JOURNAL.
Sally Wisters Journal. A true nara
tive, being a Quaker maiden's account
@on sSr as%y Ee '1 Sdted
: Albert Cook Myers. With Reproductions
Of portraits, manuscripts, relics "a AM n
views: y m mo- 10 PIP. 224. Philadelphia
Sally wisters Journal is the record
kept by Quaker girl of 16 during will
ter famous in the history of this country
? The greater part or the book has to dc
: with the sayings and doings of American
! soldiers visiting or quartered at the farm
and her II friend lend Iyddy and to her regret
l when certain of them go upon missions
. Of peril. Her teeth ratified" and hel
hand shook IKE an aspen Lear he wher
r says to her Philadelphia friend: MY ad.
eali tortitade to your r.; aid: ana aen.t. sui:
} nothing like courage; is what I stanc
t cred ae that scidi zss arr .a%an The,
: men; ~ they eat like other folks
\ and genteel" whom the following lines
v will most fully characterize:-:
e Hoy low skilled he is in each obligine
5 The nildest manners. with the braves
trous tall and brown, but has a certain
very agreeable" And then, Here comes
fa eus goe ETC., the major esnho BE- SO d 6a
> TOLD for the graces of lerson, but fol
= those of the mind he may justly be cele
. | bra ted; he is large in his person, manly
and an engaging countenance and ad
0 Dress
i ! ROMANCE OF THE COMMONPLACE
$ eeiett Burgess. $50 is San francisco
= | Paul Elder and Morgan Shepard.
: This is a volume of modern philosophy
e which ranks in that class of essays made
d famous by Jerome K. Jerome: Mr.. Bur
q | CESS says many clever things in his book
e discover many commonplace things writ
ten in a very uncommon manner. The
| desire to tell secrets" writes the author
|, IS one of the most contagious of diseases
= and few of us are immune. Some vigor-
y Gus moral constitutions never succumb
e but, once an epidemic begins it is hare
Il page is well nigh irresistible. Tell youl
S secret, then, broadcast, and let 1t have its
e way until it dies out. But above all never
= confide it to her who asserts she never has
It the slightest desire to tell, for there, like
n seed sown in fertile ground, it will ger
inmate and flower 1ong after 4y you hays haXe TOR
:, Again: "Flattery is, however, an edged
o tool, and must be used with care. 1t i
!, not everyone who has the tact to decide a
= glance just how much his victim viii
stand
q The author treats of art science ant
~ literature with such a delicate, 1ronlca
u | criticism and withal, with so much o
- | masterful art as to render this book o
=. unusual interest
u PICTURES OF SWEDISH LIFE.
y Pictures of Swedish Life; or Svea an
u her Children. BY Mrs Woods Baker
- Pp 4OS $780,. Engberg-Holmberg Pub
6 fishing Co.. Chicago,
IS This is beautifully printed and elab
: ! orately illustrated volume. The autho
lived for many years in the Land of tn
d Midnight Sun" The illustrations ar
4. especially fine and cover every variety o
d Swedish life. The author writes a
= length on the simplicity of living whic]
j. characterizes all classes of Sweden's pop
d ulation and tells us that the strength o
e this people lies therein. 1.-The sons Of tn
d nobility, when further advanced in life
: are accustomed to habits of life most sim
n pie and unpretending" In chapter en-
titled whats in Name?" the autho
shows still further the rule Of simplicit,
:. of these people and says with regard t.
l, surnames in Sweden, extremes meet. TIL
=, highest and lowest have none. Oscar II
is simply Oscar H., dropping the Berna
| dotte. The humblest farm laborer is bu
Anders or Axel, while his wife is simpl.