The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-03-15
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW.

The Leonard Scott Publishing Co.'S
reprint n Barclay Street, New York J
of the Westminster Review for Janu
airy, has been lately issued. We
give the following summary of the
contents.
/. Foreign Loans and National
Debts" begins by reviewing the
matters touched upon in the report
of the Foreign Loans Committee"
and gives an account Of the origin,
history, growth, amount, and proba-
BILE future increase Of national debts
in general.
II. 'Old Catholicism" A discus
sion of the position in which the Old
Catholics find themselves at the pres
emit time, and of the conference held
at Bonn in 1874, invitations to which
we're extended to and, in some cases,
accepted by the Protestant and Epis
copal Churches.
III. "White Conquest is a severe
criticism on the book of the name,
by William Hepworth Dixon, in
which there are numerous and grave
faults, but also some very pleasant
reading.
". sThe Origin and Development
of Man. weighs the grounds for the
belief in the antiquity of man, begin
ming with the traces found in "Kitch
en- middens Of Denmark and the lake
dwellings of Switzerland, Italy and
Ireland" and working backward,
guided by the tools found near the
bones of extinct anini Is; also, how
far Darwin and other naturalists are
justified in considering man to be de-
veloped from some lower form.
Y. "The Government of London"
VI. "The Philosophy Of Pessim
ism" "The essential problem of
philosophy is to reach the final expla-
nation Of existence" This principle
of existence Mr. Hartmann claims to
have found. He calls it "the Uncon
scious," and the greater part Of this
article is devoted to an explanation
ofhis idea. "This world" Hartmann
allows, lis the best possible; at the
same time" he adds, sit is the worst"
"Any attempt to balance the pains
and pleasures of our life will show
that pain is by far the greater factor
in our existence" and in the conclu-
ding pages an attempt is made to
show the falsity of these views.
VII. "The Civil Service"
VIII. "The Intellectual Revival of
the Middle Ages" This article con-
tends that we are not indebted to the
Church for the preservation of learn
ing, civilization and art during the
Middle Ages, bat that these things
were kept alive by the Saracens, at
chat time very powerful nation,
skilled in arts and manufactures,
and possessing many schools and
colleges.
TX. SFhe Laws Of Musical EXPIRES
sion" The book Which serves as a
text for this article is u treatise on
musical expression written for the
benefit Of those who practice music
without being true musicians, who
can, by this means, be taught to ex-
press what they do not feel. The
laws described here are the result OF
twenty years. careful watching of the
practice Of the best artists, and the
volume is considered one of the most
valuable contributions of modern
times TO the literature Of music.
The number concludes with the
usual notices of contemporary lit.
erature.
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