The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
NEWS OF TEE BOOK WORLD

NEWS OF TIE BOOK WORLD
The Gospel of the FIreside In a Book
That is Good to Read and Whose Teach
ings Would Be Good for ANY Man or
Woman to Practice-Book by a Ten
Year-old GrI-A Discussion of the Bible
by Arthur T. PIerson.
The gospel Of the fireside is preached
with kindly insistence in Charles Wag-
ner's BY the Fireside, a little book of
winch DR.. Henry Van Dyke says: 1.-The
book is good to read, pleasant to remem-
Der, blessed to put into practice What
more should be said to make the man or
woman who loves the f1reside and all it
stands for wish to read this book No
matter If he has made happy fireside
ana 1eels that he needs no sermons along
that line, he will find something here that
VIII do him good. The author says: II
am going to speak here Of these sacred
ana immortal scommonplaces, among
which we need to refresh ourselves as in
fountain of youth" And these common
places, which ever hold charm for the
truly normal man. are discussed under
SUCH heads as these: "The Roof Tree, -
The Spirit of Family "Two Make One, -
.'Fatherhood-Mothe - What Those
DO Who No Longer Do Anything. :"
"Womans Work, "Geod Humor at
Home" Hearts Bereft',
There may be some who will not agree
with the Following, but it contains some
wholesome good sense nevertheless: .
!. Are not the bald realities OF. domestic
life, Its daily difficulties and its efforts
made to resolve them, a worthier subject
or consideration than hypocritical or at
pest superficial cOnventionalities? 1 think
we render young people a poor service
IN concealing from them what life, really
49, And this life with all it's acomplica-
tons, is finer than the fantastic idyl.
The myth Of the honeymoon has particu-
larry disastrous effect; it is likely to
make us begin with dissatisfaction what
is called the prosaic life of every day.
1t were better to make good prose, putting
into 1t somewhat Of soul and poetry.
The book is one that will prove yalu-
able In enl1ghtening the young, and good
as guide for those who are wrestling
with the problems that confront those
who have children coming to mature
years.
t.. Not often do little girls, of le;yyears
'coSAo, e'ih|t ~ Is JUST DIS well Tlat
that is so. Leona. M. Bcknell, however,
has written a very bright little book Of
her travels to, in and from Africa, en-
titled How Little Girl Went to Africa.
Leona saw a great many things, and she
tells them in way that will be sure
to interest boys and girls. On going
aboard the boat at New York Leona found
several surprises awaiting her. She had
never been on an ocean liner, and she
woo
modations. There were four BEDS she
writes, leach about two feet wide. There
were two on each side, one above the
other. 1t made me think of trying to
sleep on mama's pantry Shelves"
When she got down among the Beers in
South Africa She was greatly interested
in the customs she found in vogue there.
She writes: When one of the boys mar
RES, new house is built on the home
farm short distance from the old home
stead, SO in time there is a little village
where all the people bear the same name.
| If the family name should be Vessel, then
the farm will be called Wesselton, and
their mail would come to them directed
to that farm. I think it must be very
| pleasant to always live so close by grand
pas house and to have all the little cous-
] ms so near"
| Besides seeing the whites of South At
| liza, 1CoIlsd tie UldCKS ana many OF
| their strange ways She saw the gold
and diamond mines also, and MANY other
wonders Of that far-away country
The Uneasy Chair.
Gods Living OracIes, Exeter Hall lee.
lures on the Bible, delivered in Londor
| by Arthur T. Pierson, are plain practi.
cal discussion of the Bible as the word o,
/ God. In the Introduction the problem is
| a tnf cd hath Fla
not, the word of God-inspired as no Other
book is inspired. Then follow clever
Echapters, in which the Bible is considere2
las book, in its relation to science, L
prediction, to Christ in indirect fore
cast in forecasts of atonement" the
philosophy of the atonement in relation
to the God man." and Gods thoughts
to Goods ethics.''
The discussions are remarkably clean
and interesting, while at the same time
remarkably cogent, amply vindicating the
statement of the eminent English jurist
Sir Robert Anderson, that to apprehend thu
/ force Of the argument for the Bible as thu
! be an expert Hebraist. The book ough
to have wide and careful reading.
! A. G.. McClurg & Co. of Chicago will publish
probably during the season of 1908, a record O
Theodore Thomas labors for the cause of mus
|
/ tury The work will be both biographical an,
/ historical in character, and will be written b,
| George p. Upton, who has been so long identified
with the interests of music. Mr.. Thomas ha
placed at Mr.. Upton's disposal his entire collec
ton of programs. from 1865 TO the present time
| and much other historical material of the high
est value, and has also given his approval of th
| plan and consent to the publication.
/ Will Carleton, the author Of Songs of ivy
Centuries has recently rediseovered one Of tn
most famous hymn writers in the world the cele
brated blind poet, Fannie Crosby. the author o
1 .'Safe in the Arms of Jesus" pass Me Not
| O Gentle Savior" and other hymns Mrs. eros
4 by, despite her valuable work in the Christia
cause, has now in her old age been very niue
! reduced in income Mfr. Carleton during tn
past few months. has held no less than thirt
i Fannie Crosby meetings" in New York. mostl
on Sabbath evenings. q These have resulted i
4 an increased interest in the book. Fanny eros
by's Life Story which is published by Brook
. Ign publishing company and is being sold for til
I aged 1ady's benefit
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