The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10

interest The ten letters lnciuoed unuerE
| this general head are SO thoughtfuiiy
| written. and bear such evidence OF sympa-
thy with the most salient needs OF the
inner life of the young: woman. that we
should be glad to see the book, If only
for the sake of those letters, placed IN
the hands of every Woman-youngao or old
lin the land The majority might not
care for it, since 1T appeals 70 tse Sra .ps
nature but those who could appreciate
Ii would flndsit Of true worth in sugges-,
ton. We heartily CONNIE anu the book to
al who look upon life as something more
thar a time to sing and dance. I. e. LIZ
THE AFFIRMATIVE INTELLECT. BY
Charles Ferguson. Funk & Wagnallss
Company, New York.
The name of Charles Ferguson is one
new in literature; but already it stands
for power. Mr.. Ferguson, by his first
work. 1.-THE Religion of Democracy" took
instant rank among the broad and deep
thinkers of his day. This position his
second book, .The Affirmative Intellect"
will confirm. ''The Affirmative Intellect"
is an attempt-of which the success must
be left to the decision Of, each individual
rea6er-to show that Christianity is real
~ the obtaining of a new vorld-order,
which is to supersede the old social orders.
lie new is TO be governed by the human
ideal, while the old was ruled by an eN-
ternal authority, and. therefore. opposed
to the true spirit of. Christianity, which
is that Of Democracy. This is broadly
speaking, the thesis of the author; ana
he of course, finds in America the near
est reanzation Of the ideal forms of so
cial polfty Mr.. Ferguson believes pro-
foundry in the possibilities of the United
States;s his creed is concisely stated in
his book, where he says; American
citizenship is not a privilege; 1T Is a prop
agaudum - America, Mr.. Ferguson
thinks. is or at least may be, the apostle
of true socialism. founded upon, the demo-
cratic spirit in Christianity. He is not
radical; he would not overthrow all forms
or even dignities; but he would make these
subservient to the human spirit as ex-
pressing the Divine will. For Mr.. Fer
guson is clear that God works through
man. not. by actual inspiration. bat by
Indictment to rise to higher things and
thus grow toward the God-nature.
A. e. s.
NEJGHBoRss OF FIELD. WOOD AND,
STREAM. BY Morton Grinnell. Fred
erick A. Stokes Company. New York.
In "Neighbors of Field. Wood and
Stream Mr.. Morton Grinnell has adopted
a somewhat novel plan for the purpose of
melting interest. i'll the familiar aspects
of zoology and ornithology. He resorts
to the old method, of making his birds
and beasts and fish talk ;ike human be-
ings, and the adaptation of this method
to Misunderstanding is, as far as we are
aware, original with Mr.. Grinnell. This
recrudescence of AeSop was adopted for
a time by Ernest Seton-Thompson: but
he soon saw its lack of art and put it
aside for better methods. And Mr.. Sc
ton-Thompson did not adapt the method
to the purposes to which Mr.. Grinnell APP
nj; N.Y. Gr-rnol1 UrjtpS nri1n rilv
for children. and his plan of endowing
tho brute creation with the intelligence
and attributes of humanity may work
we'll for his desired audience: but it is
not only of doubtful value as having a
tendency to confuse facts with fancies.
but it is a. sad libel upon the 'lower ami
mails
The book is profusely and admirably il
Illustrated by photographs reproduced eitl-
er from life or from exceedingly we'll
mounted specimens. c. S. 6.
SEEN. IN GERMANY. By Ray stannard
Baker. Mcclure, Phillips s. Co., New
York.
Mr.. Baker does not attempt to cover
much ground i'll his descriptions OF
''tiliL sS seem He rather aims at pre-
senting some Of the salient features of
the country which he visited, the points
most apt TO strike the observailt
stranger. Yet tie stranger. however OBJ
servant. is not likely to have all the ud-
vanta ges which were possessed by Mr..
Baker, and the author therefore has to
tell US many. things which are new to
most OF us. His work is divided into
twelve chapters, of which the first deals
with Common Things Seen in Ger
many and describes the ordinary Gus
toms of the people in which they differ
from those of our own country. His sec
ond chapter is called THE Kaiser" and
was to us the most interesting of the
book Mr.. Baker by no means shares the
general American opinion of William II.
On the contrary, he has a Very high ad-
nliration for the German Emperor, and
because OF the fact that we have always
felt similar admiration for William. DC
spite. ali that has been said of his ecce1-
tricities, we were glad to have our opln-
ion confirmed by good authority. Mr..
Eaker believes the Kaiser to be q great
man We go even further. and hold him
as the greatest statesman of his time.
The. remainder Of Mr.. Bakers book