The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-04
The EQUATION Of the American citizen.

The Eduation Of the American Citizen.
BY Arthur TwIning Hadley. Charles
Scrihners Sons New York. $50 net
The president OF Yale University con-
tributes in this spontaneous and exceed
1EgIy interesting book most valuable
stimulus to the great pulsatng. forward
and upward progress of education among
the American people. a notable iliustra-
ficn OF which was contained in the re-
cent gathering at Athens. Ga PROBES
sor Hadley is one of the prophets OF lhe
larger life which lies ahead of US Pe-
dantry mas never controlled him. methods
have no value in his judgment that are
lot vigorous and operative; that are lot
REGARDED as q means to the end rather
than as an end in themselves
And furthermore, as is natural ior
man OF his academic attainments, VINO
has also found time to write suci poonS
rs Economics: An Account OF the nc
lotions Between Private Property and
Public Welfare" and railroad Trans
pcrtation; Its History and Its Laws.
Professor Hadley regards education it
self simply as q means to an end; that
L. toward the development OF character,
character of body, mind, heart and soui.
and it is a good thing to note that tins
sound and sane professor, having lNeo
much in the world TO which he writes,
Is far above the socialistic idealtsms that
possesses so many of his more reciuse
brethren when they essay to discuss
political questions.
For education is q political question.
Fec government being based upon II,
then to paraphrase Bonhomme Rich
ard. "Enlishten the individual and the
nation will take care of itself. IN q
democracy like tho people of the Unlteu
States, the average is the rule, ana IL
every available human being IN the
country can be developed TO the extent
q. his physical and mental and moran
capacity, the productive and nshti,s
and snc,al value Of the whole would
throw three thousand years INTO tne
Shade. Public sentiment, then, would
make an Elysum Of America a hrn,
accepted and general standard OF per
Ecnal character would put the ouletus
upon yiciousness and our pohtlcai eA'-
xenc,es would be robbed OF Its terrois.
Professor Hadley does not say II is
4hot Wv hut that is what he means.
And he says much more, on quite a va
ried number of topics. What he has 10
saw ie said with directness and enc: gy'
md in the best OF written EnSlsh.
This book cannot be too hear,hy
recommended to the earnest men and
women of the country and CT Virginia,
who see the dawn of the new era anu
IRE la1,oring in the vanguard, Win
rho most exalted motives. in the most
t;odlikc business of spreading the lsh|
end in the most profoundly pauloIc
crusade conceivable at this moment
Them as to all superior people, TINS pook
will he found fruitful of thoughts ahd
suggestions Of great interest
The hook contains the following articles
and addresses: THE Demands OF me
Twentieth Century. Our STANDARDS OF
Political Economy Government ny
Public Opinion THE Formation and
rcntro, of Trusts socialism and So
cjal Reform" THE Relations Between
Economics and Politics" Economic
Theory and Political Morality" Ethics
rs a. Political Science, Political fdu-
cation" THE Relation Between Higher
Education and the Public Welfare The
Directions Of American University De-
ments in School Education" THE Use
and Control of Examinations. ale
Problems, Past and Present
The narvels of T1sdern Mechanism and
Their Relation to Social Retirement. BY
Jerome Bruce Crabtree. The King
Richardson Company. Springfield,
Mass
Lord Kelvin's expression, What Yes
terday I Should Have Declared lmpossi-
bic. Have To-Day Seen Realized" is a
good key to the volume before us. The
work is a description, quite abreaably free
from technicalities, of q. number of the
most striking inventions that play an
important part in oE- industrial lie. In
this respect it is a worthy tribute to the
men who have thought in iron and
steel'' and thus conferred upon society
incalculable opportunity Tor advance
ment.
The demands Of modern life are so
&c
to forget how much he owes to those who
have helped to bring civilization out of
eayagery Familiarity with the wonder
Rul achievements Of the inventors. the
engineers, the constructors and the COM
merciai. financial. and educational ge-
MUSES. to whom we owe '.all the
modern nconveniences" has rather
dulled our appreciation of their enter
priss. It Is rare thing for p man to
exclaim Thank God for the telephone"
Society accepts these benefits as nncon-
comedy as though they had always
existed. but they have been bought at
an expenses not only OF toll. but often o:
privation. suffering and ruin.
Tho book. profuse,y illustrated. relates
about Modern Machinery" Power. y
Transportation Electricity Iron
and Steel working" ..AIinskry Art and
Science" 1:Minsral Indust1!ts." Means
o, Communication photography and
Printing Advance IN Agricultural
Machinery and a miscellaneous DEPART
rent describing lesser inventions. The
Index appendix. giossay. and rscerence'
Are full and add much to the sxl4e o!
{ the book.
Windows 70: Sermons BY Louis Alheri
Banks. D. D. Cloth. Emo, 4sS PIP
Price. s1.eo net Postage. Is cents
New York and London: Funk &
Wagnalls Company.
OF the freshness of the Illustrations. ans
also because it reveals DR.. Banks prin
ciplcs and methods In the use of illus,ra
tive material. The first fifty pages OF III:
book are devoted to an exposition ane
advocacy of these methods. The author
writes as a deadly enemy OF dulness, and
Of all obscure fog OF assumed protGnoit1
in preaching.
To enforce his views. DR.. Banks brings
70 his assistance tho examples of the gTea1