The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-16

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and famous battles fought curing the
War of the Rebellion are described, and
much information which has hitherto
remained obscure, is brought to light.
A discussion of the Reconstruction of
forth. from the view point of the South
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
G e, war; ar haze passed away, and when
otto and reunited people, past events can
be reviewed with calmness and fairness,
to examine the great historical events
connected with this amendment lthe
conclusion in respect to the purpose and
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 and
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
the nd nnal basis "a of
in which the South now holds Lincoln.
we find the following: 'Mr. Lincoln had
sso ot,tsaI a reconstruction of the
ment. which plan would have RESTORED
the Southern States to representation in
the Union on liberal and magnanimous
IF Mr.. Lincoln had lived, his large
personal and political influence, united
.11aa+h his tact act and wisdom, might have
the South Mr.: johnson was lacking in
al those qualities, and with him the
differences between the Executive and
Congress which Mr. Lincoln would have
reconciled and adjusted assumed the pro
portions Of an open rupture.
Mr. Llncon was patriot as well as
a great statesman, and under his .au-
would have been crushed between the
two contending forces in a political war
netWeen the Congressional and Execu-
tive departments of the government
and is very. valuable contribution to
the historical literature of the country,
from the viewpoint of the South.
BIRD GODS IN ANCIENT EUROPE.
c Bird Gods in Ancient Europe" By
G ina les DE Kay Kay. With DECORATIONS by
Ne .Bir rGf Godz A. s. Sv Barnes s;s & Co.
rather UNIQUE title of a volume full of the
rarest class Of information relative to the
teathered deities of the Northern Euro
pe an ana the older races Of the earth.
|
IN thls Dook-research which is exposed
IN narrative style at once attractive and
| entertaining.
The author not only tells us what birds
the ancients worshipped, but goes into
the philosophy of such worship, and tells
us its E eason 1 II fables and anecdotes
lake the woodpecker as an instance
When we picture to ourselves the Eu-
p paffed:up race, finding N it matter tt 0o Of
his head. loving murder, a bloody tyrant
to the weak, cringing before power, sub
Ject, to periodical famines because of his
his an aaness and ty ha wee
understand his envy and admiration Of
a bird which in addition to various mar
velous,. superhuman traits, has the prac.
tical side so developed that it can chise
for itself in a few hours a neat, dry cave
in the bole of a tree-a bird ever gay OF
heart that seems to find nourishmen1
where no green thing grows, right under
it's busy beak.
. Mr.. Woodpecker was thought to know
the whereabouts of hidden treasures
wherefore he is a special creation of the
mysterious affinity to fire, also a rain an6
thunder god. 49,. -. -
The author then proceeds to tell us
of the power the woedpecker exerte6
over the Romans at the. time of Hanni.
bals entry into the peninsula Says he
''The Importance Of the woodpecker ir
the eyes Of the Roman soothsayers ca
scarab-like in form, showing man seat
ed with bird before him. which he ap.
pears to be teaching trick. That the
sonably certain from the fact that he
wears the conical cap seen on the little
stAtuette with Etruscan Inscription in the
Vatican Museum. Then follows severa
very, interesting anecdotes anent the
mysterious power for good or evil clus-
| tering about the little winged god.
The Cuckoo, Peacock, @Owl and othe:
birds have in turn been worshipped by th'
early European races-by the Greeks, Ro-
mans, Egyptians, Abyssinians and other
powerful races who wrought so nightly
| in days of antiquity.
The author further tells us that lit is
| recorded of King Edward the First OF
England that on a certain solemn occa
| sion in the year 1904 his investiture a.
a knight, two swans decorated with gold
nets, were brought in, and he thereupol
swore an oath to the Cod of Heaven or
| these two swans.