The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31


Fancy, indeed" she says, "the most
sublime of apostrophes addressed to old
maidsn' Why not if all were such old
maids as the gentle, sweet-spirited, philo-
sophie queen of this corner? But all are
not such. That there are some such,
however, will always hereafter have to
be admitted, for has not the author Of
this little book made us acquainted with
one? '-.s-&.t g. T.. T5.Sr.,. ST.. -
? There have been in the past few years
many attempts to popularize TRANSACTIONS
OF the New Testament into more modern
Engllsh, but only. one or two have met
with any success and one publishing
house which issued such a translation, With
strong. hopes Of success has stopped its
publication because of its failure to win
public approval. DR.. Weymouth's Modern
speech New Iestanentis an improvement
upon its predecessors He has endeavored
TO preserve the golden mean between a
rendering In society English and the pro-
vincial> English or the English Of the
meagerly educated. He has properly
avoided a too literal rendering of the
Greek, but has preserved the Greek mean
.1ng. In a form which does not obliterate
the sense of the word and he has notably
sought to interpret the Greek and in
deed, the Hebrew idioms Of the rigina1
text so as to bring out the true meaning
Or the writer. Paul. for instance; and
Peter use number Of Hebrew idioms
ana they are found In some Of the gos-
.Rels,s for, with the exception of Luke, the
Newt estam ent writer's thought I'M He
prev or ,Aramaic and wrote, In the Greek
language Dr. Weymouth has. used the
readings in Westcott and Hart,s Greek
Testament. some of which are demonstra-
bly, defective\ 80 #.rs.s. 800: ...@
Mr. Redway's Commercial Geography
IS d valuable reconstruction of that
science. adjusting it to the mighty
changes which have come about thru the
great progress in bringing the ends Of
the world In close communica ton under
the inventive faculty Of man. The author
mas, arranged his studies of the subject
topically. He shows the vast range of the
business or y lnterchanging products and
the extension of civilization thru such
commercial Interchange. He explains how
the character of the earth's surface and
climatic conditions control commences.
gives an interesting sketch Of the ocean
and inland navigation and the peculiar
tues or the railway business of the world.
a clear view is given Of the leading prod
ucts. The author remarks that est pau1
and, Minneapolis are the metropolis of the
upper Mississippr'-an anticipatory re-
mark, which would seem to require a re-
adjustment of the precedence Of names.
SO many books have been written about
the late queen Victoria of England that
nttie more can be said Of the good SOW
erelgn, but DR.. Eva ,Tappan in her in
the Days of Queen Victoria has told The
story OF the queens life in such an orip
NAL and attractive way for the Young
that her book, which is, well Illustrated
cannot fail to be popular.
7 His publishers think Robert stepbens,
The Mystery of Murray Davenport. his
greatest novel. It does not so apnear
stephens gives us a mystery. but he 90
cupaesG entirely too many pages in reach,
ing it,. Larcher was immensely accom-
modating to his sweetheart Edna Fill to
give his time to look up Murray Dave,l
port and flnd out how he made living
and all that altho she didn't know him
from the Ahkound of Swat. Dayennort
was cynical fellow, an Illustrator for
ma gaines. The real ss mystery begins
when Larcher finds that Miss Hills friend
Florence kenny, is in love with MURRAY
who suddenly disappears and
no cue is found until having in his Sc
clusion, transformed himself, he suddenly
comes into the world as Mr.. Tual, sur
pied with money to the amount of SEQ 900
or So The revelations made by Tua1
are decidedly interesting The book Wills
not an extraordinary outburst of M
stephens genius. is sufficiently interest
ing to hold the attention fairly well dur
ing the latter half
In Morley Roberts book of sea come
dies, as he calls. them, there is something
more than the humor that tickles The
reader viii find himself shaking all over
with laughter as ne peruses the title story
The Promotion Of the Admiral and .I,ha
Rehabilitation Of the Vig:a..' ."Three in .
Game and the rest. Shanghai. sniIh,s.
exploit IN shanghaiing a British admiral
who had once badly disfigured him. in 4
knockdown. the kadiniral's experience.
hghtlng his way from the foc'sle of the
California merchant vessel. to com
manding officer and his ultimate retalia
ton in kind upon Shanghai Smith make AZ
rich comedy as one would wish to read.