The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-07

come was due to the recognition by all
minds gifted with particle of divine COM
mon sense that the old order was a fail
ure, that men were on the lookout and
questioning all things as to the coming of
the new order, out OF which happiness
might at length flow on the human race.
Every suggestion was hailed with delight.
Bellamy's plan seemed the most probable,
SO II received the warmest welcome Men
often see distant things and fail to see
what lies close at hand. The basis of the
new order lies in nothing new but in the
doing during six days what men
pretend to believe on the seventh.
Cheating, fores falling, grinding the
faces of the poor-all the beautiful
results of buying 10 the cheapest and SELL
ing in The dearest market would then
cease. Bellamy in his organization neg
lected Christianity and yet built it on
Christian forces, he predicated results that
demanded causes which he denied, and in
that lay his weakness. Young West" is
weak in similar way. II is likewise weak
In that in the development OF the new order
1t neglects the family tie, on which solid
society has ever been and ever will be built,
in lis stead giving as the basis of The
new conditions system of education stiff
and military, full of pipeclay and stocks.
This system of education Is meant to be
charming and rational, but how dull and
stupid, unreasonable and macbne-iKe
has seen pursued in the case of certain
happy children. The system of grading ac-
cOrding to capacity and tendency oil faculty
Is nothing new; IL has been done for years
by educators. JUDGED, among all the
improved methods in this new society,
not one deserves the praise of orgi-
nality, EXCEPT, maybe, in politics.
A discussion by professor before certain
inquisiiive boys shows clearly too that
logical pc wer, accurate inference and de-
duction, close philosophical reasoning is
entirely wanting TO the citizens of the new
order; his arguments and talk about the
after life are worthy of third-rate Inger-
soil And yet young West" is worth
reading because it gives in detail the nation
alistic picture of mans whole life from his
ca rIy DAYS in the infant schools to his old
age, when, full of hoEors. he retires to
rest, not in the bosom Of his family
homes have no exIstence-but TO the two
or three rooms, alone or near his wife, to
wait his end in hopeless peace. Young
West. of course. is tine son of that Julian
who in Looking Backward" was discov-
cred after an entombment of one
hundred years and whose experiences
in tae new society are fully re-
lated in Bellamy's work. Out and out
the best piece of work in 'Y Dung West" is
the confession of his father, discovered
years after mis- death and faithfully trans
ferred to his son. In 1t there is COM
Diete presentation oil the loss OF lndlvldu-
aitv that needs must result from the
machineike system, of tie loss OF
family affection. of the hopelessness of
life. Julian Vests confession is the con-
domination of the whole system-that will
be the judgment OF the reader. This
sequel Of Looking Back ward" is written
By Solomon SCHNEIDER The book is
daintly gotten up with colored margins,
blue, green or yellow. according to choice,
and there can be no doubt of the gooo
effect of this innovation. The printed
part stands out in bold relief, and the
ewes are refreshed and soothed by the
tinted margins. boston: Arena Publish
ing Company.l
JOHN BROWN AND His MEN.-This is
the latest volume in the American Re-
formers series. and is written by Colonel
Richard j. Hinton, who was cotem-
porary and CO. worker of John Brown. 1t
was while Colopel Hinton was in Kansas
as the correspondent Of the Boston Trav-
eler and Chicago Tribune that he met
John Brown. who was then fairly
launched on his career as an active aboii-
ZIONIST. His being on the ground at the
time. his account Of "the roads they tray.
eled TO reach Harpers Ferry" is authentic,
reliable and of the greatest interest par.
ticulary his narrative of the struggle il
Kansas. which he gives in detail and
which is both graphic and vindicative