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The story of Three. Evanston, ILL.,: w.
s. Lord. BY Walter ]. Sherwood.
The story tells of some children and how,
when they entered lite's activities, they used
their opportunities. possibilities and tempta-
tions. Each one, after DEATH was confronted
by his own soul, deformed or radiantly con-
ditioned, according to the way each had met
temptation and misfortune. The one who had
worshipped wealth and gained 1t by infamous
selfish methods, meeting a hideous figure,
with leerng face, wide, grinning lips,
crafty, cruel eyes, diminutive body, continu-
ally reproaching and hooking him. The
other, who had been tempted in poverty and
resisted and who had patiently labored with
small reward, met his CHEEKY and radiant
soul, ready to lead him to rest and peace
The Americnnization of the World,
the Trend OF the Twentieth Cen
fury. BY W. T. Stead. New York: Hor-
Marley.
Mr.. Stead is very earnest reformer and
prophet. He now appears as the promoter
OF 1.-THE Americanization of the World" as
the title OF this book indicates. He describes
in glowing colors the progress of the United
States to primacy as world power. He tries
to persuade Englishmen that it will be best
for them to submit to the inevitable and con-
template with eauanimity the federation Of
the British empire and the United States I'M
der the constitution of the United States.
Even Ireland, Mr.. Stead thinks, can be
brought to acQuiesce in this interesting ar
rangement. The idea of a great federated
unity of the English speaking peoples of the
world Is very imposing and is vaguely pos
) sible. Mr.. Stead is too sanguine. The bare
idea doubtless makes Englishmen SILVER. And
Ireland? Would the Redmonds and all that
militant element. sticklers for absolute Irish
independence, give up their struggle If the
word British is hyphened to "Amercan'
There is vast amount OF difficulty in the
problem of constructing a British-American
federation.
How to Prolong Life One Hundred
Years on Earth. BY Dr. S. Marcus
Rothschild. Illustrated. Chicago: Prolons
Life Book company.
This authors prescriptions for diet, exer-
else, ventilation bathing, etc, are Devil
deringly numerous that none but persons Of
elegant leisure give the time to follow
them.
National Conference on Taxation
Proceedings of the Meeting Of the Nationa
Civic Federation at Buffalo, May, 1901.
There will be found in this volume the
Views of who have given thoughtful at
& tenton to the important subject Of reform il
the methods of taxation. state and local. The
conference was held to devise some method
OF tax reform in the various states. lookins
to more uniformity of taxation and interstate
county. Among tue phases Ol the SuDJec
presented are the interstate taxation of quasi
public corporations, taxation of persona
property and of mortgages and of the farmer
the equitable assessment of real property
the inheritance tax. tax on corporations, thu
franchise and income taxes. Among the gen
tlemen Of the National Civic Federation il
attendance upon the Buffalo meeting wer
President c.. S. Hamlin of the Anti-Doubl
Taxation League of Massachusetts; Presiden
Lincoln OF the Boston Chamber of Commerce
Professor F. W. Taussg late of the Massa
chusstts commission on taxation; Oscar S
Straus, member of the United States commits
sion at The Hague tribunal; c. S. Farchild
president Of the New York Security and Trus
company: Professor E. R. A. Seligman of tn
Columbia university; Professor R. T. Ely o
the University Of Wisconsin,; Professor Fl. c
Adams OF the University of Michigan; S. A
Harris president of the National Bank 0
Commerce, Minneapolis. Professor Seligman
in his opening address, rightly said that it il
about personal property that the chief contro
Versy RACES and that the enforcement of tn
personal property tax is converting US NOR
and more into nation of perjurers He think
there may be a method Of reaching the owne
of personality in indirect manner if no
when he is alive, when he is dead. James r
Garfield Of Cleveland spoke on the subject o
listing of property and it's valuation, the fun