Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-11-27

] Ol lflb year. blhhDb '''blhtl dhStI'N
| and Miss Murfree's longest aud strongest
| work, "Iu the Clouds" arc brought to a
| close, To- no replaced next year by a serial
| called "Thc Second SON" the Joint work OF
Mrs. Oliphsnt aud MIR. AldTich, and another
by Marion Crawford entitled paul PatOlf" "
For short story the December number has
"The Strange story OF Pragtjna," by Har-
ward Il. Rookie, strange indeed, and written
with such a degree Oi veri similitudo unsur-
passed by Swift himself In literary criti.
cism It hasa capital article by Harriet Waters
Preston on Elizabeth Sowell ana Charlotte
NJ. Nongc, who are treated under the signi1-
cant % Dl "rnG Church of England Novel"
1t ~ ~ wholesome piece OF CRITICISM as
have read in y long while. The review OF
tho COmto dc Paris " Battle of Gettysburg
Is ave Y clear and satisfactory arrsignment
OF tho frenChman's pre- judice against Meade
and In favor OF Hooker. The number has n
fuller measure than usual Of such "solid
reading az the "The Object OF University"
"The Dream of Russia by Cyrus Hamlin,
a charming description Of a trip " Up the
Neva 10 Schlusselburg" by Edmund Noble
delightful study OF " Mazzini" 10y Maria
Louise Henry and most interesting article
by Dr. hungeriord on The Intellectual
Mission of the Saracens." The charming
Contrihutors Club discusses "The Mother
Goose Element in the Best Of Poets, and
'pr Bong lguorantly Praised" The three
poems which grace the ruuber are fully up
To tho high standard maintained in this do
pOrtAut and valuable feature Will DO the
twenty eight page supplement- containing
Lowel's magnificent Grafton and Holiness
poem, at the recent celebration of the two
hundred and fiftieth anniversary OF Harvard.
The full text OF both Is given, revised by the
authors themselves.
THE article on "The Object Of a niver-
sity" is a posthumous publication of an ad-
dress delivered by the late Elisha MuliOrd at
Boston in lSS}, and is particularly note
worthy now when the ambition to be called
university is disturbing our colleges, from
Princeton up and down. And like all DR..
Mullord ever wrote, the article is fall OF pro-
found and suggestive thought. There is
much in it that our aspiring college presidents
might prottably ponder and take to heart
DIR. Muliord, tor example, cOmOGts the no"
popular idea that the prime, il not sole object
OF a university IL research. lie says, "W bile
research may bs held IA some cOigu of van
tago, and Is incidental TO its object the object
OF the university here is to instruct tho
scholar in tie best processes and methods {;
II is To qualify men for research II is not
itself tor research.
FURTHER on he says, "The university is
to train men in that larger freedom which
will enable them to apprehend in all thought
the universal end. 1t will cherish the names
of eminenco on its rolls, but they will have
been trained in q culture too large to bear the
imprint OF "a distinctive type. There will be
no signature by whicn a graduate of one or
another can be recognized. There are no
patents in thought His conclusion finally ia
this "The object, then, Of the university is
tho application OF thought to life We are
to recognize with Aristotle that thought is 4
virtue, and the excellence attained by a
nation, in every department., however wide
apart,-in theology, in music, in architecture,
in pOlitlcs,-is in the measure in which this
principle il recognized.
"This OH ect illustrates the true law of tra-
dition. The university is TO gather mp all
that is best all that in thought is its best
achievement, all that in science IL its best at.
tainment, aud is TO give them to its scholars
1t is to make them heirs of all the ages
Or female colleges and education he has
this true and noble word to say: "Tnere is no
ground tor the phrase, the educstion of man
or woman none for the rights of woman.
Tho true and eternal ground for all rights
and freedom IL in the spiritual life and one
hess of humanity Apart from this there is
no ground for rights, no recognition OF
duties. The true expression IL OF the educa-
tion OF humanity. In this there is the con-
ceptiOn of the real universal, the fultillment
of the object Cf the university"
THE CCHfRrV must have been feeling that
| the public is getting tired of the "War Arl-
| cle-," which at first ran up the circulation TO
| such an unprecedented degree and the very
| difficult question now was how to keep up
! this extraordinary circulation while with.
| drawing the chief cause OF II. Something oil
| equal or if possible still greater popular in
| terest must he substituted as the leading
| feature OF the magazine, and the war articles
| given subordinate place, less space, and
| probably gradually DO discontinued alto
| gether. This delicate question seems tC
ftEl lANr ltlt
cation rs a serial OF a popular, yet full and ac
| curate, illustrated " Llie of Lincoln" The
| first chapter OF this appeared IN tho Noyem
| ber number, aud certainly promises well
| The December number is to have numerous
| Illustrations and other matter especially
| appropriate TO Christmas. In the No
| Nomber number, too, new novel by
Stockton, who seems to enjoy /
n
| boom" in his favor just now, is com
| menced. 1t Is called THE Hundredtl
| Man" A feature Tor which many OF us viii
| look with more than ordinary interest anC
| expectancy, are the two nove!ettes by GeOrg,
| W. Cable that are promised for the new year
| besides there are tO he short stories by MARY
Hallock Foote, " Uncle Remus," 'JuliaI
Hawthorne, Edward Egg!eston and others.
| THERE il no doub. that the Centbry viii
keep up its popularity with such writer's en-
listed tor the coming year. The Ahanti
can never get the immense circulation q
either the Century or HuTpcTS, simply be
cause it appeals to a much more limited con
slituency. Its writers for lSSI arc TO he al
thors like Lowell, Whittier, Holmes, Fiske
Stedman, Burroughs, Maurice Thompson
Higginson, Scudder Lodge, among men
| and Mrs. Preston, Miss Jewett, Miss MuI
free, Miss Thomas, Celia Thaxter, Lucy Lar
com and others, among women writer's Ce
| tainly none OF these can draw the sam
crowd of readers as Eggleston, Julian Hav
thorne, Stockton aud the writers of war ST.
ries. The two magazines, therefore, cannC
be said to be rivals, nor to interfere with eac
other in any sense. Each il suited TO /
sphere Each is best in its sphere.
THE same IL true of HdrpGr'S MOnthi
1t is the CentGry's only peer in the matter
illustrations while its literary conten
cover as wide and varied field, and are
an equally popular character. At tho san
time, however, Hdrper's has very dstin
individuality OF its own. 1t cannot he su
planted, or even really interiered with, |
any of the other magazines For whatev,
else you keep in the line of periodicals yC
always want HdTpcr's, or else be hopeless
" behind the times"
Ir makes the great effort of the year In