Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-04

OF mutual hate 1t means that henceforth
the best in all religions will work not
10 destroy each other, but to destroy
the evils that darken and Cypress the
world"
We fancy that very many Of those who
! participated In this congress will repu-
+. diate this construction of the significance
ana tendency" Of their part I'm IT, Ii does
/ the grossest and most palpablc injustice
/ 10 the pronounced declarations Of Cardi-
nal Gibbons and Bishop Keane, Of Count
A. Bernstein. of Bishop Dudley, OF Ken
tucky-the only representative among the
speakers OF the Protestant Christianity
OF this country south Of the ohio river,
and Of Mason and Dixon's line-and OF
others
Hear Count Bernstoffs emphatic pro-
test in his remarks upon the opening
day Of the congress:
II. for myself declare that | am here
as an individual, evangelical Christian. and
that | should never have set my foot In
this parliament if ! thought that ii Signi-
fled anything like a consent that all reli-
giops are equal. ana that it is only nee
6sslry TO be sincere and upright. / can
consent to nothing OF this kind. l be-
| lcVe only the Bible 10 be true, and Pro-
testant Christianity the only true reli-
gion. j wish no compromise Of any kind"
The Congress Gas this book calls ~ OF
Religions was formally opened September
18th. and closed September 9th. having
been in session seventeen days.
This book is a volume OF 42S pages. and
purports to give n verbatim report Of as
many OF the addresses delivered during
the congress as possible within the conn
pass OF the book. A larger and more
ambitious history Of the parliament (as
he calls IT. is offered to subscribers by
the Rev. Or John II. Barrows. who seems
TO have the credit of its originatiOn in
two imposing volumes of 700 pages each.
We have read with interest ali of fhee"
addresses, and many or them may ~
commended as able, entertaining, and
instructive. our readers WIN o., e:..
cially interested in the short 'n'
lent address Of our old townsman. Bishop
Dudley, Of Kentucky, on the Historic
Christ" and there can be no withhold
ing on the part of any Of our people OF
their pronounced concurrence with Cardl-
nal Gibbons in his thanks to God that
there is one platform on which we all
stand united-it is the platform Of charity.
of humanity. and Of benevolence."
If the proceedings of this congress can
have any practical influence in furtherlns
the acceptance of that platform by the
NOAtIlfo o. every 'l'fHf 'iA' 'AA' y pa
Of every nationality it will not have been
in vain. and upon taat platform iruih
may confront Error in any and every
form with an abiding confidence in ulti-
mate triumph all over the world.
THE KING OF THE SCHNORRERS.
GROTESQUES. AND FANTASIES. BY
J. Zangwill. author of THE Children or
the Ghetto" The Old Maids Club."
"Mercly Mary Ann" &c. New York
and London Macmillan & Co. 400 pages.
Price, 81.
Any book that bears the imprint or
Macmillan 8, Co. may be depended upon
az worthy Of consideration. Their pol
lar Novels" are particularly good books
for ones library, because they are all
by excellent authors and are put forth in
typographical dress that is pleasing to
the eye. Here We have from them q
volume I'm which Is embraced a number
Of stories by Mr.. Zangwill-the longest
and best Of which is The King Of Schnor-
rcrs."
Mr.. Zangwill Is a writer OF extraorli-
nary briliancy. We hardly know his
equal. He is both wise and witty. and his
plots show extraordinary ingenuity. We
believe that he is one OF the Children OF
Isreal. and many of his stories are about
these people. OF them he writes with n
free hand. neither sparing praise for their
worth nor passing over unnoticed their
foibes. The King OF the Schnorrers Is n
wonderfully clever London jew beggar.
OF the same faith are nearly all the other
characters I'm this delightful piece though
in other OF his articles in this volume his
fancy takes a wider range and includes
many peoples Of divers faiths
In 1.-THE King Of the Schnorrers' Mr..
Zangwill declares that he has amused
himself and attempted to amuse others
by incarnating the floating traditions of
the Jewish Schnorrer. who is unique
among beggars as Israel is among ma
tons"
Mr. Zangwll is one OF the chief contrib
utors TO the London Idler monthly maya
zlne). so dear To literary men, actors.
musicians, and world of other readers.
And in the Idler's pages "The King OF
the Schnorrers" and several other OF
these stories first appeared.
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NAT
URAL LAW. BY Henry Wood. Bos-
ton: Lee & Sheppard. 1884,. Large IL
mo- Pages. 305 Price. Si.25.
This is a thoughtful. conservative. and
useful production. and In the main
sound. The author Yields practiced pen.
LOT ne mas DbbiiSilNl SthNidi OAbfi NOihS.
He has command OF fine and full vo-
cabulary. which he adapts TO the subject
of which he Is treating. He has not
written this volume in the style which he
employed in has quasi-religious novel
Edward Burton
The chief natural laws upon which
he relies are the great principles Of sup
ply and demand. self-dependence. and in
divldual freedom, modified by cooperation
and combination when these are neces-
sary for the accomplishment of beneficial
objects too extensive for one. or even
for the few.
lie says that he writes 'in the interest
OF labor In its completeness" and main
tains that 1.-THE laborer often suffers more
from the mistaken action OF his professed
champions than from the natural Ills OF
his condition"
He is strongly opposed TO labor unions,
except for purposes of mutual assistance.
Improvement. and rational recreation. and
deprecates strikes as detrimental TO the
laborers.
lie Is In favor OF one metallic standard
for coinage, but stu fayors bmetallism,
under an international agreement, or such
action by our own government as will
keep gold and silver on a parity.
He makes n just distinction between
the different kinds Of trusts.
He favors protection as 4 national poll
cy, though not as a cosmopolitan; and
here seems to depart from his own prin-
cipies OF natural law. though his advocacy
Of protection Is not very extraysgant
The work abounds In terse and senten-
tIous sayings ana passages which well
fortify the argument. or happily sum
up the view under presentation. II should
be read and pon1sred. especially by the
professed friends OF the laboring classes.
The author is imbued with the altruistic
philosophy. OF which there are some
touches In tbs work before us.
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
STATISTICS OF RAILWAYS IN THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE YEAR
ENDING JUNE 30. iD2. Prepared by
the statiEtician TO the Commission.
Washington: Government Printing
once. 1888.
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