The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-25
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The Fifth Volume of that Great and Valuable
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The Century Dictionary" has reached
its fifth volume. which is now being deliv-
cred. 1t is not often that the prospective
promises of a great enterprise are so fully
and satisfactorily carried out a. 10 being
done IN this case. IL the comprehensive
plan and large promises which mark ed the
inception of this great work raised in the
mind Of any one a fear that they wculd not
be carried out it must have been ~dissipated
as the work has progressed. The unprece-
dentedly high standard established by the
first volume has been maintained In each Of
the succeeding ones, aud the fifth shows in
as large a degree as did the first the qualities
which are destined to make this the king
of dictionaries Embracing all the merits
OF other dictionaries. 1t adds so many new
and superior features of its own az to mark
q distinctly new departure In the lexi-
graphic world. The work will be COM
pleted IN one more volume. making six in
al, and when complete will be Q lasting
OF literary workmanship. At
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only by subscription. and as it may be .
long time before it will be furnished to the
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New Books In General
The latest contribution to the literature
of Lincoln's administration is entitled.
Recollection of President Lincoln and
his Administration The author, Mr. L.
T. CLs<<1-I-- H. rr~~~.
ury during the war. His personal relations
with Mr.. Lincoln were pretty close. and he
is able to add some interesting matter con-
corning the characteristics and pecuIiari-
ties Of the martyred President. The work
also contains q good deal of interesting
historical matter concerning some events
of the times. The author says in his Open
ing chapter: when the notes were made
which are now expanded into this
yond that of recording. SO far as
1 had time and opportunity. my personal
knowledge of current events, which might
afterward possess some interest for my
family, and my immediate and personal
friends. Neither then. nor for q quarter of
q century. afterward, had any thought of
their publication occurred to me-. AS time
passed and many OF these events were i'm
perfectly or inaccurately described in the
puDAlO0tlOnbs
OF them, which i verbally made, appeared
TO possess an unexpected interest to those
who heard them" Mr.. Chittenden's first
experiment in the direction of correcting
tributed to Harper's Monthly in May
OF lasr year. on Making United States
Bonds Under PRESSURE The interest
aroused by that article is still fresh In the
some idea of its Importance is given by Mr..
C~hittenden's statement that the corre-
s~pondence to which it ave rise became
very b~urdensome. and that the compl-1rt
was general that the paper was too u.ush
the present volume was called forth.
1t 10 not intended as financial
history of the administration. and it
has no specific purpose except an
impartial statement of such facts as
came within the personal knowledge of
the writer. Mr.. Chittenden challenges scru-
tiny on those points in reference to which
his assertions are opposed to those or other
historians. and he assumes all response
where his authority is cited. As to the con-
6act of the war and the general events of
the period the writer's opportunities Of
knowledge were no better than those of
everything relating to that period is inter-
esting. AS usual in such works, the most
interesting parts are the personal recol-
lections. New York: Harper & Bros; In
0lo40pJAi5s OOW6u-mCKIlll OOkuV0Oys
"a Plea for Liberty" is further entitled
"An Argument against Socialism and So
c~ialistic Legislation" 1t consists of an in
PRODUCTION by Herbert Spencer, under the
title From Freedom to Bondage
and twelve essays by Mr.. George
Howell. NJ. p, Hon. Aubron Her
bert, Mr.. w. G. Crofts, Rev. B. HI. Afford,
A. l-xL-- D-al A. ny ~
thorpe. Mr.. Edmund Vincent. Mr.. T. Mac
kay. and others. Mr.. Spencer draws q COM
parison between society under the rule OF
voluntary cooperation and society under
socialistic or compulsory cooperation
greatly to the advantage of the former. He
demonstrates that the socialistic idea has an
inherent tendency to tyranny. Tho com-
plex machinery of control over ~production
which socialism would establish must, as
Mr.. Spencer shows. inevitably result in the
worst form Of dospotism. THE ultimate
like that of ancient Peru. dreadful to con
template. IN which the mass of the people.
deliberately r~egimented in group of 10, 80,
100. 500 and 1000. ruled by officers of CORE
spending grades and tied to their districts,
were superintended in their private lives,
as we'll as in their industries, and toiled
hopelessly for the support of the govern
mental organization" THAT evils ad-
NIT of immediate MI radical remedies"
As says MI. OpouccEs y Iuuuomoubol
error common to nearly ell parties. social
M POLITICAL The legislative results of
this general belief are but vain or doubtful,
and too often measures are enacted that in
tensify the evils they are Designed to cure.
These ideas are further emphasized in the
other essays. The work is edited by
Thomas Mackay. Cloth. S1.70. New York:
ID. Appleton & Co.; Indianapolis: Bowen
Merrill Company.
Autobiography. Diary and Correspond
ence of James Freeman Clarke" edited by
Edward Everett Hale, is an interesting con-
tribution to American biography. The
first eighty pages of the volume, contain
ing the sutobiogrsphic chapters, are of
great interest. They were begun by Mr..
Clarke IN 1888. and they carry the story of
his life nearly to the year 1870. Writ
ten in o modest and unaffected style,
these all too brief pages tell of the authors
early life in the town of Newton this real
home until he went to Kentucky in 1881 !:
his education, under the rare good tutor
ship OF his grandfather. the Rev. James
Freeman. and afterwards, at the Bosom
Latin School and Harvard College. and of
his journey to. and the first years of his
passionate In. Louisville. KY. The personal
"reminiscences and refiec rions contained In