Evening journal., 1895-02-25
RECENT LITERATURE.

/ Times.
RECENT LITERATURE.
Oaa OF the most IMPORTANT projects |
ever undertaken by Scribner's Magazine
begins In the March number with in !.
frst ustament OF President T. Benjamin |
Andrews's dramatic narrative, "a His
tory OF the Last Quarter-Century ia tho
| United States Each instalment will be
l filed with what was once the sensational
episode of the day, and which has been
proved by time TO be Of great rhetorical
Importance The first instalment deals
with the United States at the close Of
Reconstruction, and among he Incidents
described ere the Chicago 6;e, the
Tweed ring. tho rise Of the Liberal
Party, the Ku-KluX klan, Black Friday
and the treaty of Washington This
series Is Of al the more Importance
because there Is no book in existence
that gives a history Of our own times for
those who are living in them.
The March number Of Goldey's Maya
zine contains IS leading articles. "Ben
Bolt, illustrated by Newman; TYPES Of
English Beauty Masterpieces Of Greek
Sculpture" Jeanne Arc, How
Spectacular is Produced, Artists and
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liam NJ. Chase, J. Wells1C and 9
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The Supremacy OF the Spiritual = is
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mueh written subject attractivsly
clothed aud clearly and logically pre-
sented In his summing up he SAYS
Esprit Is the universal omnpresent sub
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the universe and the underlying sub.
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tanned ID It's accidents, for the contempla-
tlon Of created sperits, by the Divine will
in accordance5with Fixed and permanent
laws All created things that exist ara
the ideas of God. Tho whole is a
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( greatest minds OF this country. Nearly
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graceful, charming poetry, tho verses on
Reality" being especially pleasing.
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