The Washington herald., 1909-02-21

The Funk & WagnaHs Company has
issued the second iHstallment of the new
Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia OF Religious
knowledge" the new volume Of work
which IS to be complete in twelve vol
umes. catholic in spirit. and ecumenicaI
in scope. This second volume embraces
LILO topics between the titles "Basillca"
and Chambers Although the general
point Of view Of the work Is Protestant.
the purpoTt Of it IS 20 put into the hands
Of clerical and lay students the fruits Of
modern Interpretation and research. The
encyclopedia aims TO be wholly impartial
and unbiased. 10 deal with fact alone in
calm, judicial tone. IN matters Of con-
trOverSy. the aim has been 10 present the
views Of the latest and best scholars,
with due regard 20 diverse opinions. All
the articles are signed, and in this way
an effort 70 secure authoritativeness is
made. and 20 all the articles exhaustive
bibliOgraphies are appended Scholars
Of the first rank in their respective de-
partments have contributed the Tipest
fruits Of their learning TO its pages. Thus
an inexhaustible fountain Of religious
knowledge. universal IN range and cath
Olic in spirit. is provided for ministers.
NA4El4D = tclil-s SlAAtltLSs tEaLAlEESs dfiU Dl-
pills, which will enable them all 70 an
swer the questions which daily arise on
religious subjects. and from which they
can. at viii, draw instruction and inspira-
ton
For 300 years Chinese children have
been brought up on the nsiao Ching, or
Book Of Filiai Duty" For 2.5O0 years
r----o A. -
examples Of Good Boys. Of whom WI
Meng is No. % And Wa Meng alone
would have softened the hard heart Of
every bad boy in the Middle kingdom
and kept incense burning al the shrines
q the ancestors through all those years.
What he did. Ivan Chen lets us know in
his translation Of The Book Of FiIial
Duty" (E P Dutton < Coz
Atlantis. the national daily Greek news
paper. which was established sixteen
years age, has always aimed 10 educate
and Uplift the Greeks in America Its OBJ
ject has always been TO make the Greeks
good American citizens and acquaint
them with the laws the business. and
general conditions OF this country. Three
years ago this newspaper published a
Greek-English method Later on A Creek
English grammar and one Greek-Eng-
lish and EngIish-Greek dictionary. These
books, the first Of their kind published in
this country, are given practically free to
all those who have the ambition to learn
the English language.
Consistent with the educational worI;
which Atlantis has undertaken. the His
tory Of the United States of America
has just been published. and this history
is dedicated 10 the Greek youth On the
title page the words. translated. mean.
TO read. study. and practice the ex-
an-ples OF nation which from little be-
came great"
In a lecture on Verlaine. given by Jean
Richepin, in London. recently. occurs this
anecdote OF the dead poet:
On leaving England yerIaine on one oc-
casion presented himself as an applicant
for the post OF teacher Of English at a
Iycee, although he did not speak a word
Of the language He was duly appointed.
After FIVE or six lessons the manager en-
tered his classroom 10 hear a lesson and
judge OF the pupils progress Verlaine
was speaking French 10 the class, but
peculiar French with an insular accent.
such as. Foiez 70. dire moaT The mana
ager expressed his surprise at the Pc
culiar method Of teaching. 1T is very
logical" replied Veriaine. since the most
difficult thing in learning a foreign Ian
guage Is 10 catch the accent I therefore
train my pupils 70 ge; the English accent
in speaking French-after which It viii be