Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-01-25
LITERARY NOTES.

In the January Everbody's Charles
Edward Russell, who has been study.
ing European solutions OF American
problems, tells, in q remarkably sig
uificant instalment OF his serial, "Sol
diers of the Common Good" of the
phenomenal development Of Munci
pal Ownership in Europe. The story
of the London County Council, that
body unique in the history of govern
ment"; the fact that where Public
Ownership has been tested, Private
Ownership is doomed; and the rela
ton of these important sociological
Developments to the misery of Lon
don's very pocr--are all points thai
Mr.. Russell makes with vigor and
conviction.
Robert Kennedy Duncan, Professor
of Chemistry in Washington and JEFF
ferson College, contributes the first
Of an important group of articles or
The Chemistry of Commerce" Il
Harper's Magazine for January. Pro
fessor Duncan went abroad for Har
per's to gather tho latest knowledge
of chemistry in its new and vita
relations 70 commerce and industry
and his article will cover the latest
authoritative knowledge. He is the
author of the volume, "The New
knowledge which was so highly
praised by Sir William Ramsay
Professor Thomson of Cambridge
England. M. Becquerel, and other
scientists of authority. He is a high
honor graduate of the University OF
Toronto.
Thomas Lawsons "Frenzied Fin
ance," has been published in boob
form by the Ridgeway.Thaper com
year 1905. The story of 1'Frenziec
pany, 81 T., Seventeenth st., New
York. 'Frenzied Finance" as pub
lished in Everybody's Magazine, was
the great magazine success Of the
Finance" is without doubt the most
remarkable narrative ever written OF
the corruption in high circles of fin
ance in this country. This volume
of $50 pages contains not only "Fren
zied Finance" the story of Amalga'
mated from the beginning to the ac
count of the Crime of Amalgamated,'
but over 148 pages of Lawson and
His Critics." which contain his early
charges Of corruption In the three big
life insurance companies and matters
NaY,ta tYtV 70 al
Ter hasn't it, send $3.50 to the pub
fishers and 1t will be sent express
charges prepaid.
Right and Wrong Thinking and
Their Results" by Aaron Martin
Crane. The propositions which are dis
cussed and advocated in this book are
as follows: Mind Is foremost in rank
among the essentials OF mans con
stitution. Mind action, which Ii
thinking, is first in the order OF oc
currence throughout all Of mans ac
tiveness. All thinking may be divid
ed into two distinct classes, the har
monious and the discordant. AS con
sequence follows cause, so all think
ing is followed by bodily action o
some kind. The bodily action Is al
ways of the same character as thu
thinking which caused It. This be
ing true, then IL is also true that b.
| the action of mind all other actions
| Of man are controlled. Since mans
actions are of the same character al
his thinking, therefore the exclusion
from his mind of all discordan
thoughts would prevent the occuranct
of discordant bodily actions or condi
tions. To allow discordant thinking
would result in discordant bodily &C
ton. This Is disease. The exclusion
of discordant thinking and the culti
walton of harmonious thinking would
result in harmonious bodily artion
and immoral thinking would result
in discordant and immoral actions
This Is the creation of bad character
and conduct. Exclusion Of discord
ant and immoral thinking would pre-
vent the occurrence Of discordant
and immoral actions, and cultivation
of harmonious and moral thinking
would result in harmonious and moral
action. This Is the creation OF cor
rect moral character and conduct
Man may control the action OF his
mind and his mind controls all his
other actions; therefore, by this con-
troll OF his mind he may have complete
mastery OF himself. Consequently
man may make OF himself whatsoever
he chooses, morally, mentally, and
physically, therefore, II ne chooses.
he may so control himself as to be-
come absolutely perfect. On the fore
going fundamental principles as
scientific basis rest many Of the ethic-
al precepts of Jesus, the Christ; and
an understanding of these principles
will show the reasonableness Of those
precepts and the method by which
they may be carried out In practice.
The book is one which from its help
fulness and common-sense Will at
once interest good number OF gener-
al readers, and deserves success on
account of the good 1t can and VIII
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Lothrop, Lee G. Shepherd Co., Boston.
Edgar Stillman Kelly, the Amerl-
can composer, now living in Berlin,
was asked by friend who had not
seen him for some time, What he
n.