The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-12-22
BosToN's GREAT REVIEW.
A Backward and Forward Glance.
The Arena Publishing Co.

The Arena Publishing Co.
The Nov, Arena, which lies before
us, is strong, able aud inyigorating. 1t
closes the eighth volume of this review,
whose career has been so remarkable,
and whose influence has grown to be a
potent force in our country. The superb
courage, the catholicity of spirit and
the cordiality with which it has received
the advance guard among the worlds
thinkers finds no parallel in the history
OF magazine literature. While employ
ing talent fully as learned and scholarly
as that represented in any other great
review, it has as rule avoided discus
slons of problems not vital in character,
while its influence has always been
thrown against class privileges, en-
trenched injustice and outgrown ideas,
A glance over the index for the past
year reveals coterie Of contributors
which it would be difficult to surpass
in any review published in the
English.speaking tongue.
Among those who have written for
Its pages during the past IL months
are such leaders of thought and eminent
scholars as Rev. NJ. J. Savage, Rabbi
Solomon SCHNEIDER, Sir Edwin Arnold,
Bishop J. L. Spaulding Rev. Lyman
Abbott, Prof. W. J. Rolfe, Helen
Campbell, Alfred Russell Wallace, D.
Y. h., DR.. J. F. Furnivall, Prof. David
Swing, Hamlin Garland, Rev. George
Y. Sorimer, W. d. McCracken, A. M,
the Morquise of Lorne. Prof. j. R.
Buchanan, Rev. John W. Chadwick,
y. B. rockingham, Henry George,
President j. M. Coulter, of Indiana
University, Rev. Marion D. Shutter,
d. D., United States Senator W. NJ.
Stewart, Prof. N. S. Shaler, Edmund
Gosse, Prof. Orello Cone, D. D., Louise,
Chandler Moulton, Gerald Massey,
Ignatius Donnelly, Prof. A. E, Dol
bear, Edmond G. Stedman, the late
Richard Proctor, Henry Irving, Henry
Wood. Napoleon Ney, Louise Frechette,
etc., etc.
The announcements for next year are
even more inviting, if possible, than
those made before. Among the great
features of the Arena for 1884 will be
series of six papers on the ascent Of
Life by Stinson Jarvis. They will
take up the evolution theory where
Darwin dropped it, and proceed in a
search for the soul of man in a strictly
scientific manner. The editor of the
Arena predicts that this work will
create pronounced sensation, and will
be contribution of great value to the
modern critical literature. Another
brilliant feature of the Arena for 1894
Will be a series of papers setting forth
the Gains and Objects of the Higher
Criticism" by leading orthodox scholars
OF Europe and America who stand with
Prof. Briggs. The opening paper will
appear in the December Arena.
1t is written by the great Oxford pro.
lessor, DIR. William Sunday, LII. D.,
ID. d., A. NJ, who is recognized as
one OF the most profound students Of
sacred literature in England. DR..
Sunday will be followed by r. F,
Horton, A. M, the eminent author and
lecturer, who was called from London
to deliver course of lectures at Yale
College the past winter on the "Higher
Criticism" A third paper has been
prepared for this series by Rev. Wash
ington GLADDEN., D. D., and others will
follow by scholars equally eminent. A
third feature will be a series of papers
on Indian Occultism,' by Heinrich
Hensoldt, Phi. D., a German scientist
who has spent 10 years in Ceylon
India, Thibet, and Burmah. The
opening paper of this series will apper
in the December Arena it is entitled
"The Wonders of Hindoo Magic"
Vital political, economic and social
problems will appear in the following
series embracing dicussions by the most
able and live thinkers of the age
l. Short talks on the Land Question
embracing IL short papers on this great
problem BY leading specialists. 2. Ideal
Republican Measures, embracing q
series Of papers on the Initiative
Referendum and Proportional Repre-
sentation. 8. The Nervous and Ar
terlal Systems of the State, series o.
papers by Rabbi Solomon SCHNEIDER
and other leading thinkers on govern
mental control OF railways. 4. The
present aspect Of the Money Question