The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-10-02
Book Notices.

The October number of The Forum
comes with an uncommonly interesting ia
BILE of contents President Eliot, of Har-
ward University, leads with the most pro-
found and suggestive article that he has
eyer written, on Reasons Why the Re-
public May Endure" in which he emu
merates all the principal forces and ten
denotes in our civilization, with an effort
to point out those that make for perman-
ence ex Senator Dawes, Of Massachusetts.
writes, with interesting "reminiscences of
our great orators, on HAS Oratory Declin-
ed ?" He makes an analysis Of such
changes as have affected oratory in our
life, since the period of Webster and Clay,
and Phillips and Beecher; Dr. Geffcken,
the well-known German publicist, asks,
"Is the British Empire Stable ?" and ar
CUES that its stability depends wholly on
its ability to maintain its naval supre-
macy Professor Ely, of the University of
Wisconsin, who was recently tried" for
economic heresy, states briefly his views
relating to some of the fundamental
sociological problems of our time and
country and Professor Arthur L. Had
ley, of Yale, wholly disagrees with Profess.
sor Ely's views, and criticises his latest
book, Socialism and Social Reform"
Frederic Harrison continues his studies of
the great Victorian writer's with brilliant
article on "Disraeli's Place in Literature" d?
Octave Thanet the well-known Western
writer, under the title of "The Contented
Masses" describes in her picturesque way
the prosperous condition of a typical
Western county, and expresses the belief
that the great mass of the American pub
lie, outside the large cities, is happy and
contented; Michltaro Hisa, Japanese
resident in America, tells of the "Signlf-
canoe of the Japan-China War" and OF
the causes which led to its outbreak.
That popular New York clergyman, the
Rev. DR.. Rainsford. contributes a most in
teresting article to the October issue OF
The Ladies Home Journal, in which be
defines the position of The Clergyman in
Society" Not less interesting is the emf.
nently practical view which Mrs. Burton
Harrison, in her contribution to the series
Before He is Twenty" takes OF" "a Boys
Evenings and Amusements"-ho the
first should be spent, and of what the
second should consist. Mr. Howells' lit.
erary biography, which he has 30 aptly
named my Literary Passions" continues
to grow in interest and charm. A very
valuable article entitled "The Candy Eat
Jug IN by Cyrus w. Eu
son, M. d., President of the New York
Board Of Health. The biography of the
number consists of sketches, with por
traits, of A. Conan Doyle, the creator o
"Sherlock Holiness" and James Matthew
Barrie, the author of "a Window il
Thrums." The full piano score of tn,
Rosebud Waltzes, specially written fol
the Journal by Luigi Ardti, PATHS vete
ran orchestral conductor, cannot fail to de
4 light all lovers of good music, as "Th'
| Possibilities OF Crepe Paper" and 9Th,
4 Holly and Mistletoe on China" will al
lovers OF the artistic. The editor dis
courses with much earnestness on wha
constitutes successful life for men ant
women, and Addison B. Burke very
thoroughly explains the methods employ
ed in the building and loan plan-"W her
/ Buying a House with Rent Money
Much solid wisdom may be found in Bur
dette's inimitable Through Two
Ends Of Telescope" Mrs Mallon con
tributes some charming suggestions fol
Dainty House Gowns" and for Little
Girls Gowns" and Miss Hooper speaks
some wise words on dressing on a Small
income Altogether this October issue
with it's attractive cover, specially design.
ed by A. b. Wenzell, ia an ideal maya
zine and worth ten times its price of ten
cents The Ladies' Home Journal, with a
circulation Of 100000 copies, is published
by The Curtis Publishing Company, OF
Philadelphia, for ten cents per number
and one dollar per year.