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which he shared with other Powers that might a''o
have provoked a conflict, but carefui-y aE'''e'
doing 50. The case Of Batoum Is pointed OUT d
one where Alexander did what he could to prhs
., wa bv violating a treaty clause, and where IL
was England that kept the peace. Alexahder
trea tment OF his cousin and namesaKe' OF ha''en-
berg Prince Of Bulgaria. comes In Tor sha'p cru
clsn In ge .era, the late car Is ra'ed oy MI.
Lowe below medocrity in intelligence ana grasp OF
affairs He j. not even credited with hgn degree
~ courage though here. in other matters the
author with Trustworthy fairness. cites the opin-
ions Of others favorable to the Gar \ par
cular feature Of the book is the description OF the
scenes a; the coronation, OF when MI. Lowe was
eye witness
THE Education OF the Greek People I'd. Apple
ton e. Coz by Professor Thomas DAWSON al
though If is moered with the international Edu-
CARTON Series" edited by W. T. Harris United
c,a.os Commissioner Of Education is not treatise
on Greek schools. The author dealt with that SUD
tect IN another work, Aristotle ana the Ancient
riucational Ideals" The Greeks are rightly looked
upon as the teachers OF all VINO nave come ai'er
,bem and II is the aim Of the book in hand to SHOW
bow tbev were fitted for the task. Greek culture
ha,or az Professor Dawson views the case, in the
tribe held together by religious BOND Inc dead
were looked upon still! members ana 10 'hc" WIS
offered share OF the common feast In the enort
70 fl each individual for his share IN the common
ufe and the common worship. as these became
.,oh.r ard moro varied with the progress Of time.
Law all the potentialities Of Greek CIVILIZATION us
beauty It's philosophy and its failure r"' INC
Greeks could not attain that dehcacY OF inc super
natural sense which led the Jews To the doctrine OF
ono God They lacked supreme sanction LOT inc
moral principles which they discovered. ihey en-
trarcb,sad reason Their influence and their in
auence alone keeps the world from Darpar'Sh'
ru, what they could not find was rehsIon
worthy TO crown their fabric OF phHosophy' io''-
ic,Ilv and morally they lacked the principe 'hat
fhnN 70
neoples that we're capable Of political ORGANIZATIONS
,d ,bep beneath a religion which took their culture
ard gave them standard OF moral judgment.
Tho authors conclusion Is that Chrlstan''S anu
Uollenism can never b. separated Chrlsua"tS oS
i,seIr reIapses into barbarism. while Hellenism-
another name for merely speculative phioSoPn'
unrestrained tends to destruction professor va
,,.o,,s r,ethod is only in part historical The limits
~ his volume preclude minute study Oh AL P'"S'S
OF Greek civilization. and he has pages 'hat iedu
moro like theory than fact out ms Iooh ~ '"' Va
uccos,ion Another volume In the same series Is
".rh. Evolution OF the Massachusetts fuphc "c"o''
system" by George II. Martin. The STUDY j. IA
,.resting because II shows the tentative Irregular
methods by which popular government h''N'D ~
iis results and the fewness OF It's ors'hai ''''S'
Nearly all important discoveries III e"uo"''o" ''''
hosn mad. in Europe and borrowed BY America
The school system of Massachusetts IN an i's saseS
has answered the culture and demands o' ''e
people.
7, would b. very convenient II CONCORDANCE Were
a, hand for each Of the great poets. "A ConcorH-
an. 10 the Poetlcal Works Of John Milton 'Ndo-
milan & Coz. by John Bradshaw VI. A. LII" -
nttingly closes life much Of which was devo'eu 10
IN. study OF those works Or. Bradshaw edited me
noeus before he took ~ the task "hich NJ ""'
barely time TO finish before hs death II Is tac'
worthy or notice that among the very few EFFORTS 20
max. a complete Mll;onc reference book TWO
should belong 20 Madras. The frat ~ these WAS "y
Guy Washington Preudergast OF the Madras ''VH
Service II was published at Madras IN ~" ana -
said by Or. bradshaw to have the de'ec'S OF
work 40, M by composi;ors to whom Enshsh was a
foreign Language DR. Bradshaw himself was In
sncc,or OF Schools AZ Madras lie Included IN IN"
scope OF his work all the poems except me isa'hN
and the TRANSACTIONS IN Mitons prose WORKS Inc
volume IS a compact one ~ only az pages ana 'h'
print though small. ls extremely clear. inc refer
.,ca uoris are In heavy-facc type slight I'M
movement could have been made by pacing IN"
first and last words ~ the list or each page al the
-, r., Mace OF the conventional heading hIt Nil
ton dd not make use Of 30 large a vocabulary -
some other poets and he used some "orns "'t'n.
Usually The oye falls instantly on the N"r1
wanted In these page. Tho criticism that was
made nv Lowell on Mnton's use of tho word Ike
in his SMILES IS illustrated hero by 'he fact mat
the references under this word number lss. In bis
editions o., the poets works pr. Hrad'ha aim'I at
uniformity n, spelling In using the concofianc"
with other editions than his !, VIII he well - r"-
member this fact. rs the reference may M found
in place whore Il would not be looked Tor ny N"
unwary
Il Is possible that with the accession ~ new
r.r,.ror IN Russia the most cruel features ~ ne
Jewish persecution viii have been let n tho past.
But in any event n translation Of the work - Pro-
lessor Leo Frrarn II the University ~ Brussels by
Bella f6wy under the title The Russian Jews; TX
termination or Emancipation" Macmillan CO.,.
ia a valuable contribution 70 tn" literature IN ing
lish on m. subject Tho story % suffering Is "a
miliar enough 70 all who read. hut there are some
points IN history which Professor Errara has SGT In
clear light He has pointed that the Jews were
not nteropers in Russia. From the times when
Greek cities nourlshe1 on the shores OF inc fuNne
there have been Jews in that region: the Khazars.
famous converts 20 Judaism, when their nation
was destroyed took refuge among their co-rclision-
ists in the Crlmea. In addition 10 these were the
Jews OF Poland. None Of these nu.titudes invaded
Russia, They belonged the ards which Russia
conquered II they had been treated with uniform
harshness from the first the plea could have been
made that the conquerors were under some neros-
sity 10 act with severity hut the general tom
dency was merely to repress without destroying or
driving out the Jews. They were yet prontihl"
subjects Of tho empire II Is sort Of rule with Tho
Russian autocracy that miidncss alternates with
harshness In the person ~ the successive cars
Stern repression in one reign Is apt 10 be followed
by certain indulgence in the next reign. and 80 on
Meanwhile ostensible conquest was slowly followed
by the real conquest. which was measured by the
advance Of the dominant population. Even I'm the
region 10 which they were confined the Jews were
driven back from the frontier and crowded upon
each other Then came the reign Of Alexander H.
with its truly wonderful progress toward freedom
Much as that monarch did for the Jews. his acts
seemed n promise more. But bitter reaction fol
lowed Russia reverted to the ideas 81 tho past
The whole course OF Rus sian conduct under Alex
andcr III toward the Jcrs was presigcl In the
sinister remark attributed by Professor Errara to
NJ Pobeionostsev. the intimate adviser OF the late
Car that as the s0.o00Wo Of Savs put to in
convenience by comparatively small body Of
strangers the latter would have 70 get out. The
Jews had no rights that Slavs bound To re-
nnlu. thn md