The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-03-21
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THE NIGHT SIDE OF LONDON.

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THE NIGHT SIDE oFLoNDoN.
THE Night Side Of London By Rob
rated cloth $3.50 net Philadelphia: j.
3. Lippincott Company. -. Z +
1.-The Night Side. Of London" by, Rob-
ert Machray, is IAN unusually interesting
book. The illustrations by Tom Brown
are drawn with skill and enhance the in
terest one takes in it.. The pen Of the
used with fine effect in laying bare the
infinite variety of human characters and
types whose contrasts are more striking
in London than even in Paris or else
of human vice and virtues. So vivid is
the authors description Of the human
tlotsam and jetsam, coming and going
with the nights, in Pieadilly, like ' unto
and SO picturesquely has the artist in
terpreted the authors ideas and illusions
that we fancy ourselves promenading
and parading UP and down the illuminat-
ed scenes of Picadilly at night. entering
the lounges" and cafes, which stand
with inviting appearance along the
pleasure bent pageantry of the crowds:
or watching in silence and pity the moral
and physical c1ipples whose names are
legion there.
touches the imagination: AS the the
atres and music halls of London empty
| themselves into the streets. the Circus is
| full Of the flashing and twinkling of the
multitudnouS lights of hurrying han
sons of many carriages speeding home
| ward to supper. of streams Of people
| men and women. mostly in evening dress
walking along, smiling. and ,jesting. and
| talking OF what they have been to see
| You catch charming glimpses in the soft
ening electric light of slyph-like forms
dders hidden in lace or chiffon, or cloaks
of silk and satin. Diamonds sparkle ir
my lady's hair; her light laughter ripples
over to you, and you smile responsive
ing air. and the vision sweeps past you
on outside your radius. And there are
many such visions, each with its owr
story. its own revelation-but with these
say that they are all part Of this pagan
of the night
And of the London half-world the au
thor says: ''On this lovely summer nigh
cry; the majority of them indeed are no
badly dressed. nor are all painted. Some
of them are foreigners: put " most OF then then
bold eyes. some have not. They seen
(sober-every one. But what a numbe
of them! And all sorts and sizes. so tt
guinea.
The night side of London high life
is OH the surface extremely Kaleidoscope
but beneath the surface and in all es
sentials it differs 4 little from the nigh
i side Of high life from what it was since
high life began. Its main feature is. Al
it has always been, and always will be
Mr.. H. G. Wells anticipations to the con
trary Notwithstanding, the pursuit o
pleasure in an everlasting Vanity Fair
It is a merry go-round. whose merrnes
quickly or slowly, according to the tough
ness Of ones physical and moral diges
ton. passes into monotOny.
Sketches of club life among the work
ing people and their amusements: sketch
es of the social outcasts and their strug
gle for existence in the ,.e dens Of human
comment. the author IS simply paintin!
in vivid word coloring what he sees. ant
endeavors to teach no lesson in morals
The book ought to have large SALE
BIRD GODS IN ANCIENT EUROPE.
Bird Gods in Ancient Europe" B.
Charles De Kay. With Deeorations b;
N Mnar E"rk 1Sms s RS 1s Rp CO. oth $500
Bird Gods by Charles De Kay. is tn
rather unique title of a volume full of tn
rarest class Of information relative to tn
feathered deities of the Northern Euro
pean and the older races Of the earth.
| There is the evidence of much research
in this bOok-research which is exposed
in narrative style at once attractive am
The author not only tells us what bird
the ancients Worshipped. but goes int.
the philosophy of such worship. and tell
US it's reason, in fables and anecdotes
Take the woodpecker as an instance
When we picture 10 ourselves the Flu
! ropean savage. noble ancestor Of on
puffed-up race, finding it q matter O
deep thought how to keep roof Owe
his head. loving murder. a bloody tyran
to the weak, cringing before power, sub
sloth and ignorance. to disease because
Of his laziness and filthy habits. we cal
understand his envy and admiration 0
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 o
heart that seems to find nourishmen
"Mr. Woodpecker was thought to know
the whereabouts Of hidden treasures
high god J7kko Of the Firms and has
mysterious affinity to fire, also rain AM
| thunder god.
of the power the woodpecker exerte'
over the Romans. at the time of Hann1
balls entry into the peninsula. Says n
The importance OF the wo6o a.eeEs a II
hardly be overestimated. l have a seal
scarab like in form. showing a man seat
ed with bird before him. which he ap
man is an auspex or soothssayer is req
sonably certain from the fact that h
wears the cnnical cap seen on the ittl
statuette with Etruscan inscription in tn
Vatican Museum. Then follows severa
very interesting anecdotes anent tn
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 tn
early European races-by the Greeks. no
mans, Egyptians, Abyssini ans and, othe
powerful races who wrought so nllghtll.
in days of antiquity.
The author further tells us that 1t i
| recorded of King Edward the First O
England that on a certain solemn occa
| sion in the year 1904. his inyestiture a.
! a knight. two swans decorated with gol'
nets, were brought in and he thereupol
swore an oath to the God OF Heaven OF
| these two swans.
CHURCH BUILDING.
Church Building. A Study of the Prin
ciples of Architecture in their Relation tt
the Church. By Ralph Adams Cram
Cloth decorative gilt top. illustrated. so
Boston: Small. Maynard & Company.
Surely, If there is any power in the world
today capable of evoking vital art, de.
manding art as her true means Of outward