The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-12-24

IN feadlnS certain chapters OF this book
ing cruelties of the Revolution were again
being enacted in Paris and elsewhere
throughout the country. ..9. ..sc.- ..-. 4,
The events which, led up to the war
with Germany are thus described by the
author:
Ill. wanted 1t, the great bourgeoise looked
@ Theps u ey
himself with a grimace. He saw in this
war our certain ruin; he knew our terrible
lnferlor1ty in .eyerythng; he could have
naiists have made palpable to them the
folly of the attack, and supported by this
strength OF opinion have said to the
Iuilerles: to Paris if needs be- War is
son. J "a.
Poor France. Who will save thee?
The humble, the poor those who for six
years commended for thee with the Empire.
while the upper classes sell the nation
for 4 few hours of rest, and tho liberals
seek to feather their nests under the
empire, handful of men, without arms,
unprotected. rise up against the still all
powerful despot On the one hand young
men who form the bourgeoise have gone
oyer to the people, faithful children Of
1889, resolved to continue the work of
the Revolution; on the other hand work
ingmen unite for the study and conquest
of the rights of labor. In vain the en-
pire attempts, to split their forces, to Sc
Ouce the WOfklnSmen.".fe 80
The author then follows ND with & de-
scription of the terrific political struggle
between the contendipg factiops which
finally burst forth in all the horrors of the
Commune.
Paris, Marseilles, Toulouse and: Narbon
were soon to be converted into veritable
human slaughter houses in this fratricidal
struggle which for madness and I'M
in the history of the human family.
Many new events--that is events which
nave hitherto been obscure to the student
of that period are brought forward by the
either from a literary or historical view
point is an achievement of no inconsid-
cradle merit.
MONEY. BANKING, AND FINANCE.
Bolles's= Money. Banking and Finance.
BY Albert S BolleS' ,Ph. p. Ii; r.,
yersity of Pennsylvania and Haverferd
College. Cloth, 12mo, 1886 pages: Price,
$l.2o. American Book Company, New
York. Cincinnati, and Chicago. e -.
: This volume, while designed especially
as a text book for Commercial High
Schools and the Commercial Courses of
Colleges, is equally suited for the general
on the Theo o. = OF Money the Practice
and Usages of Banking, and the Princi-
pies of Finance. The author describes
the pest banking praCt1ce OF the gay, AHGt
adds those legal principles which refer to
book Of its scope filing a place between
treatises OH methods of bank bookkeep-
Of money and banking: DR.. Bolles is an
authority on the subject. and presents
the essential principles in clear and
concise manner. This book will appeal
themselves to the business of banking. to
those who are thus engaged, and to
those who are studying the history and
theories of banking.
HENRY WARD BEECHER.
Henry, Ward Beeeher: BY Lyman Al Ab:
bolt. s1.75; Boston and New YORK:
Beecher in 1854 and was close and init
mate friend Of his from that time forward:
He attended DR.. Bee cheers church IN
give an outline of the character. of the
great preacher. . The book is therefore
not so much a history of the life OF
Beecher as it is a sketch of his life and
The career of Beecher as an anti.siavery
reformer before and during the civil war
period. he tells in five chapters, full Of
historical matter OF the utmost h+ vain ne; NJ
Beechers anti-slavery campaign in Eng
land in 1868. He. reached London IN the
autumn of that year from a season on the
continent, his intention being to rest be-
fore sailing for New York. But fate Or
dered otherwise. At that time the SYM
pathy Of the English people, more espe-
cially the aristocratic and moreyed class
es. was overwhelmingly in favor Of the
South and the man who dared to speak
in behalf of the American cause =. was
sure to invite every species OF insult and
indignity This sXmRathSy ~ for the re- SCUM q
of Mr.. Beechers arrival, assumed alarm
ing proportions: and rumors were afioat
to the effect that the British government,
in all probability would be i forced { ey pub
then going nfof WaTd IN America. in behalf
of the South Such was the state Of feel
ing WHEN DR.; Beecher reached England.
The Americans, residing In London were.
of coprae, greatly alarmed over such a
prospect,s: md after much trouble per-
suaded DR.: Reecher: to make. "a Iecturfng
tSua ss ssfa aag fhis
to coupf eraet, the work Of agents of the
Confersfac who were: then seriously fan
ming the name Of British enmity, ~ their
Would Have weakensd, But having: prom
he stuck to tt3 courageOualy in spite: Of
mobs, hIood-Esds piacards, insults, <hoot-
ings: and all thh Gther annoyances which
the British pubic kohsider perfectly 1egit-
ised MIS- friends fto prosecute the campaign
from being heard " = : ST; =. -.
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=: IL. .ANT1sEM1r1sM, :::e-.s% a..
Antisemitism4 BY Bernard Z. I.azare
Translated, from the French: Syo. PIP.
f $751; G19th FIJI TOP
Recent events in Russia. have, given
this book peculiar timeliness It is -. a
translation from the Prench and a, its
months before, those outbreaks gave a
most painful interest to the Jewish ques-
ton. The author is himself a Hebrew,
and subject to all the odium that is i'm
piled in the title to his book. but this
circumstance does. not seem to have BIZ
ased his judgment in the forming of his
opinions. The, case is certainly stated
with great candor, and tn the blame is dis,
to be not all on the part of the: Gentle
world, but the Israelite himself is char
ged with having brought much of the
trouble to his people by manifest short
The treatment given the subject is his
torical In. successive chapters the re-
lations between Jews ana Gentlles are
traced from the earliest times Perhaps
the reader will be- most surprised to
learn how much of >proselyting has been
carried on reciprocally between the He
brews and their neighbors. FROM this
has resulted greater mixture of race
than Jews would, perhaps willingly ad-
init. The author does not believe in race
distinctions whether these be founded up
of the skin So long. however, as the
opinion prevails that races are distinct
and that there is superiority on the one
Part and inferiority on the other part
and Gentle as we'll as between black and
white. There are too many illustrative
examples of this in the current history
read with profit nv many who are called
upon to decide questions daily arising
here. =.
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