The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-30

"The Deemster." But recently an
American publisher has dug up a copy
and has reprinted it without the authors
permission or knowledge. On that fact
has ensued the unfavorable comment
that Mr.. Game has been borrowing from
himself; but this explanation of the cir
cumstance sufficiently shows that he
has not been at fault. 1t may be further
stated that other novels which have
lately been published by unauthorized
parties as the latest works of the author
of THE Manxman," belong in reality to
the very earliest period of his career as
a novelist
means AND ENDS OF EDUCATION" by
j. L. Spalding, Peoria. (McClurg and
Coz This book is noticeable as show
ing the view of liberal Catholic upon
the matter OF education, especially as
Bishop Spaldipg deals with the matter
of religious instruction in the public
schools. The end of education is de-
clared to be the culture of the whole
man. othat culture the training of re-
ligious faculties is necessary. While
showing himself firm friend of the
public school system, he holds that it
must include the religious instruction
of the youths of the land in order to
serve its real ends. Recognizing the
impossibility of teaching any special
creed in the schools, he yet believes that
| there are no insurmountable difficulties
to teaching ethics and religion therein.
| A disappointment awaits us, however,
in that he does not indicate any practical
way of giving such teachings,nor in what
it shall consist.
The chapter on Higher Education"
which was originally an address de-
livered at Washington University, en-
phasses the need of a better philosophic
equipment for Catholic priests in order
to maintain the doctrines of the church.
He acknowledges that the radical
changes in knowledge and thought dur
| ing this century have had their inhu-
enc on theology and necessitate a
thorough scholarship in order to stem
the tide of agnosticism and doubt
which the modern scientific knowledge
has raised. While applying his words
specifically to the training of priests for
the Catholic church, they have equal
! weight as regards the training needed
| by all clergymen and especially by all
those of liberal faith.
That reaction has set in from the
flood of socialistic literature which has
been of late years pouring over the land
and enlisting the sympathies of many, is
evident. In JOUR- INDUSTRIAL UTOPIA"
by David H. Wheeler, (McClurg and
Co.. we have bright, clear cut, we'll
written book which deals with the ITO
pias so much talked about in way that
must command attention, however much
one may feel inclined to sometimes cri-
ticise its position. The author has evil
IDENTIFY been much influenced by such
writers as Bastiat, and finds in operation
perfect system of economic law whose
harmonies we may derange by foolish
legislation, but which needs only to be
let alone to work out the best for each
and all. The laisse fdire conception of
political economy finds here a strong
advocate; indeed, in some respects the
author seems quite unacquainted with
the positions of the most recent school
of political economists. The influence
of biological study can also be traced
here; the doctrine of the survival of
the fitteet" and of "devil take the hind
most" is given unusual prominence.
Competition is looked to to cure all evils;
the consumer has all power in his hands.
We are already in Utopia; the present
system of free competition is the ideal
one; all advance has been due to it in
the past and to it solely we must look
for gains in the future. Even the trust"
is not to be feared; it, too, is under the
law of competition; the consumer can
throttle it whenever he desires by refus-
ing to buy it's products. Great accumu-
lations of wealth in the hands Of the
few seem to be considered inevitable
and benefcent.
The laborer can profit nothing from
socialistic schemes of joint productions;
and only the elite among workmen can
be benefited by profit sharing. Skill.
thrift, self-denial habits of saving are
the workman's chief aids in his own
betterment. He is to gain not by be-
coming his own "boss' but by becoming
a capitalist; this he can do by saving
and investing his earnings. We live in
an age of superhuities. Even meat and
wheat are not necessities.
Such in brief are some of the posi-
lions of this book. 1t may be well read
as an antidote to the mass Of socialistic
literature which 80 bitterly inveighs
against the injustice of the present in
dustrial system. But, while there is
much Of sound sense in this book and it
might be read and pondered on with
great profit, especially by wage-earners.
it fails to take account OF all the facts.
For instance, it attributes the chief
cause of poverty to shiftlessness and in
temperance; while Mr. Warmers recent
book on "Amercan Charities" proves