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| the Bible into Central Africa. When he
/ learned that we had one living writer OF
| certain distinction. he insisted OF paying
+ ofn the homage OF a visit and treated
Gs Geo9pe Meredith with graf respect
NJ sheaecond Dickens Of an otherwise
| tarfarcus Albion
| DR.. Robertson Nicoll has spoken the
| latest and kindest word for Prot DruTu-
nonc's new book. THE Ideal I.sfe.'' tire
| sale Of which has passed the twentieth
thousand n this country anc England.
| He says OF IL In the British Weekly: The
newly published vciume OF addresses by
Prof.. Drummond. will We 10 not nesi-
tate 70 say. commend itself to many read
ers. more than any OF his other works
There burns throughout them a powerful
fame that can illuminate or melt. and We
cannot be,seve that anyone can study
tierl carefully and rise from the perusal
quite the same as he was
In view OF the general interest felt In
the developments Of Tammany govern
ment In New York, a special value at
taches TO the new edition OF Mr.. Edmond
Keiiy's Evolution and Efort,'' TO be
published shortly by Messrs. d. Appleton
Il Company. In the additions TO the book
Mr. Kelly analyses some OF the Causes
leading 10 the results of the late election
and discusses the future. treating his
theme on broad lines. Mr.. Kelly book
represents the philosophical treatment OF
civic government as distinguished from
the purely practical presentation Illus
trateo in several works on similar themes.
The literary World OF London asks.
without answering, these questions
Why Is The Athenaeum so reluctant to
recognize women authors. and so ready
10 join in the cheap sheer at them? In
Its issue for Christmas Day one might at
tude. But what do We find? In notice
of a Dictionary of English Authors ref
erence is made to the omission Of certain
male noyelists and poets. and then this
sentence occurs: The absence OF some
famous females We bear with more equa-
nimity.' Why should an injustice TO
women be borne with greater equanimity?
Is the age Of chivalry quite passed?
As the century draws 20 a close It Is
natural that We should look hack over
the years and take note of the Pre- gress
that has been made. Self Culture for Feb
ruary opens~ with an instructive article
CT the Seven Wonders Of 'ha Nineteenth
Century" In which the author comments
on TIE revolution In Industry and the
marvellous advances in modern science.
brought about by the invention OF the
electric telegraph. the steam engine, rho-
biography, photography, the sewing ma
chine. the A-ray. and the telephone. These
are the genii. IL may be truly said that
have done more for the material advance
ment of mankind than has been done in
all the preceding centuries of the worlds
history.
The issue of Bernard Shaw's plays Che
has dropped the George which made him
c. b. 81. which Herbert 8. Stone & Co
are getting out. does not include 1.-The
Devils Disciple" Mr.. Richard Mans
fields new success. This will be included
In third volume. to be brought out at
some time later. Arms and the Man"
the only Shaw play which has ever been
given in America and which was so popu-
lar performed by Mansfield. Is in the
second volume. the one entitled pleasant
Plays" The fun title is Plays Pleasant
and Unpleasant" The volume will con-
tain portrait Of Mr.. Shaw as q froniis-
piece This will be something OF nov
city, as he has always shown violent
dislike to having a picture Of himself APP
pear in print
NJ. lola has the courage OF his convic-
tions, IL ever a man had. BY his open let
ter to President Faure, in the Aurore de-
nouncing the French army as corrupt and
the persecution OF the Jewish officer.
Dreyfus. as malicious and disingenuous.
he has flung himself In the face of an
enraged nation. always afraid of being
betrayed. and periodically Infatuated ty
the prosperity of the Jews What will
be the upshot Of the governments accept
ance OF his challenge TO prosecute him
no one can tell 1t is believed that pub
Nc opinion. now expressing itself in riots
IN Paris and elsewhere, would approve
the Imprisonment of the famous author.
The writing of the open letter tina. has
.'t.rr,o up II nation of hornets. followed
By orly few weeks the delivery of Nj.
ZoIa's address at the grave of Daudet.
published in this weeks Critic. Nothing
could be less alike than the two con1po-
sitions.
The records show that fourteen hun
dred more books were published in 1897
than In 1896. II Is narrowing 10 realize
that In spite OF this fact-indeed, II may
have been because OF tt-not single
work OF real magnitude saw the light
Everywhere the critics are balancing ac-
counts and weighing all over again. often
with a new cordially, books which at the
time of their appearance they were indis-
posed to hail as indsputably great. The
feeling is natural One does not like 10
reflect upon the incapacity of the age.
One is eager to believe that the years
work has been worthy OF us. In one re-
spect IT has been. We venture TO say. not
only worthy OF our own. but of Older
times. The literary 1ourneyman now
shines Respondent. In the year just gone
he has produced historical monographs.
biograp hies. economic studies, school
books and compendiums which have come
up 10 a high standard.
In an article on Nervous Tension In
the February Womans Home Companion.
Florence Hull Winterhurn thus arraigns
the woman active In church, social and
ph.ianthropic life: The modern woman
il conscientious TO a fault. but she feels
responsibility for many affairs that her
grandmother calmly left to Supreme
Power. She does not wish 10 resign any
Of her old prerogatives. but she does want
TO assume every new one that comes with
in her reach. Bat there is "A side TO the
question that has not received serious
enough consideration. Woman's will and
ambition are unlimited. but her nerve
newer IS limited. Nothing so speedily
wastes this. our most precious possession.
as the stress and anxiety that follows the
attempt 20 crowd too many things into
eur lives, and things that are essentially
homogeneous never meant 20 belong to-