Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-02
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
IF CHRIST CAME TO CHICAGO! A Plea for the
Union of All Who Love in the Service Of All
Who Suffer. BY William T. Stead Chicago:
Laird & Lee


IF CHRIST CAME TO CHICAGO! A Plea for the
Union or All Who Love in the Service of All
Who Suffer BY William T. Stead. Chicago:
Laird x Lee.
The corrupt portion of Chicago is not yet
through with abusing Mr.. Stead for the COM
plete expose he made of the many things
that many men combined to keep hidden, but
not even Niagara of vituperation can wash
away the testimony which Mr.. Stead so as
siduously applied himself to gathering, and
which he made public in this remarkable
volume. The book represents an enormous
amount of original investigation, and is of
greater value to the student of municipal
methods than any other publication known
to book readers; the whole field seems to
have been thoroughly and deeply plowed,
and 1t will be surprising if improvement in
the crop does not soon result. Mr.. Stead
has remarkable literary ability, but this is
always secondary feature in the products
or his pen; his genius is displayed in the
plain, matter-of-fact, convincing way in
which he tells the unquestionable truths
that caused Chicago sinners to squirm and
groan more than little. Some OF the often
ded dwellers on Lake Aichigan's southwest
shore have declared the books title to be
blasphemous, and behind their assumption
of superior Christianity would have hidden
themselves; but the veil is too thin to afford
shelter for hypocrites, and the cry they sent
out has deceived none who were not anx-
ious to be deceived and, il possible iusti-
fled. The much-assailed title was. says Mr..
Stead suggested by James Russell Lowelrs
poem, in which Christ is represented as re-
turning to earth to see what had been done
with His sheep" in all the years of His alb
sence; how he found the poor crushed and
the multitude in tears because of injustice.
''Then Christ sought out an artisan,
low-browed, stunted. haggard man;
A M tanfh nN1a ri
Pushed from her family want and sin.
These set He down in the midst of them,
And as they drew back their garments
hem,
For fear of deflement, 10, here said He,
The images we have made of Me-"
The spirit of that poem inspired every
page of the book. declares the author-the
book which, beginning with the simple
object OF recalling the conception of the
man, Christ, Jesus has developed into an
attempt to illustrate how living faith in
the Citizen Christ would lead directly to
the civic and social regeneration of Chi
cago." Every thinking American should
read the volume and thank Mr.. Stead.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN AMERICA BY William
l. Fletcher, " A.. Librarian Of Amherst Col
lege. Illustrated. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
Washington: Woodward 4 Lothrop.
Mr.. Fletcher is in every way eminently
qualified to discuss the subject of which he
treats in this modest volume-a subject In
which every intelligent man and woman
should be actively interested. The author
has rot been selfish as to the vast quantity
of library knowledge acquired by him. He
discusses, In non-technical way, the pub
lie library movement; library laws: the pub
lie library and the community: library
buildings: classification and catalogues; mi
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or the librarian; the American Library As
soclatlon; few representative libraries:
special libraries: public Libraries in Canada;
and the future of the public library An
appendix contains a great deal of valua HE
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Is convinced that the free public library
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OF civilization. Those who are bent on en-
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THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF pHt1aDrIpu,A
Isl s,udy IN municipal administration. Pre-
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The Wharton School Of Finance and Ecofotriy
S Sniversity OF Pennsyl yania. With intro
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wharton School. Philadelphia: Wharton School
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Prof. James strikes a chord to which all
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In those few words he voiced the senti-
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tongueless only after protracted and ineffec-
tual struggle with the national curse-the
practical politician. Mr.. Joseph Wharton.
who founded the School OF Finance and
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mia, wisely required that the school should
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Thirty students of the class of 1893 handled
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Every branch of the city government has
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they to read this clever and comprehensive
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