The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-27

80 . btOhy VII ADtCGcSt tu0 ICo0cIS
for it GOES not suggest any other conceI-
ton in fiction. s'r
IT HAS been said that the dominant
tendency OF the age is toward einanci.
patton. destruction OF ancient restraint.
the establishment Of positive liberty in
thought and action. AT first sight this
would seem to be the fact There is, In
truth, this defined tendency toward eman-
cipatiOn, built is secondary and cont ributive
to the more specific age spirit Of progress,
human progress. This Is the dominant
consuming tendency which marks every
current movement Of breadth and Import
ance. Whatever contributes tn the study
and understanding Of this impetus. however
speculative. is Of interest. More especially
70 when dignified by the clear and force,
full mentality Of so eminent philosopher
as Thomas s. Blair has demonstrated hir.-
self in new work, from the press Of w.
R. Jenkins, on Human Progress" He
added the subtitle Of. What can Fan do to
father it?" An Interesting subject and
an absorbing speculation is at once sug-
gested. In his answer the author has not
aimed at present dogmatic exposition
of q body OF positive doctrine. He in
tends that the entire system as outlined
be accepted as a series of suggestions,
tentative and con Jectural. rather than
aSsertive. Indeed he does not claim to
have satisfied even himself.
He divides his treatise into theory and
practice. Upon questions OF abstract prin-'
ciple he aims to address leaders OF thought;
upon problems OF concrete action, he refers
to the business sense Of the participa tors
in, or systematic observers OF, the current
OF events of every day life. But he seems.
to have business instinct in his whole
method OF approaching the subject He
seems to regard, In n fashion, as Con-
vertible terms the epithets business man.
and philosophers He says: 1T Is not
only a fact that the speculative theorists
and the practical man OF affairs can each
find place in this effort in pursuit of
systematic knowledge, but, in virtue OF
the extreme simplicity OF the system pro-
posed. 1t is equally true that each can at
tai respecting the tru tins pertaining to the
department especially assigned To the other,
conception clear enough for all practical
purposes The comm on sense OF the phil
osopher VIII respond to the conclusions OF
the business man and the business mans
capacity for abstract generalization will be
adequate TO the comprehension OF the con-
illusions arrived at by the philosopher. how.
ever little We rsed he ma be in the subleties
OF the latter's dialectics." With this in
view the reader is invited to a survey OF his
suggestions
"DHE American Publishers Corporation
are monthly adding TO their two pop
ular series OF readable fiction. The
] latest novel in the Lakewood series
is Hans Stevenson Beattie's Joshua
Wray." This is a peculiar story, best un-
derstoOd 10 the reading. The central figure
after whom the story is named is a strange
type of man W hich the author has delinea ted
with considerable skill. The Windemere
Series latest cquisitioDisa Dove.6y define
Sergeant, known to her extensive circle OF
readers as the author OF "A Life Interest,""
The Great Mill Street Mystery" THE
Story of PcniteDt Soul - and other novels
Her last book is called "Christine." IL is
a love story OF cross purposes in which
natural inclination is confronted with inter
fcriDg designers. The author carries her
people through numerous situations to an
original and satisfying finale.
nLATONIC affec; ion is on ids g in some
peoples eyes which IL is easy 10 at
tain. Experience frequently proves it
adaUgcrous experiment. Thereisoften
a fire beneath which bursts out and
consumes the parties TO the experiment.
Such was the ca Sc OF Vawter and his under
study in James Knapp Reeves little
romance from the Stokes press, "Vawter's
Understudy" Vawter is a ritter: I've
wishes to W rite a story OF platOnic affection.
He knows nothing OF his subject and sets
about to secure an uDderstudy to experience
the emotioUs OF platonic people s an artist
hasa modeipose for his pictures. Hesecures
an undcrstudy and tie result Of the expert