The Detroit times., 1911-05-01
Forum for May.

navy to maintain the position OF the
United States before the world. An
other article deals with the banking
situation and upholds the establish
ment OF a central banking institution
as q means Of bringing banking In the
United States out from under the DOM
nation OF the present "feudal system
as 1t Is called by Edmund d. Fisher.
Two articles on the drama are The
Ibsen Myth" by Edwin Bjorkman. and
The regeneration OF the Theater,"
by Montrose J. Moses. william j.
Trimble writes of The American
Farmer and Reciprocity with Canada
Perhaps the most striking article In
the number Is the plea for slackening
the whirlwind speed Of modern civil
ization by Temple Scott, entitled
"Wanted-Leisure." The New Mac
chiavelli." by H. @. Wells In continued.
Bell and Wing.
Bell and Wing by Frederick flaming
Aver Is an imposing volume Of verses,
many of which are unusual merit In
this more or less prosaic day and gen
y GRAFTON. They are thoroughly modern
I'm tone, the sentiments and form re-
fecting the best OF the latter-day taste
i In verse.
i Il must be admitted that there
seems to be a tendency In modern
| verse TO spread out ideas into al thin
a layer as is possible and q good
share Of the verses In Mr.. Ayers vol
ume exemplify this tendency.
There are q good many verses In
Mr.. Ayers collection that have Q
a. L.. Ill xxlA I'D q
sound and form. "Prunella's Priest
Is one of these and others that may
be mentioned are Golgotha, The vii
lage Food and the Man Militant The
1 idea that underlies many Of the verses
Is the exaltation Of the dignity OF man
There Ia much In Bell and Wing that
IL worth reading even for those who
do not make practice OF reading
i poetry.
| Bell and Wing by Frederick Fan.
ming Aver IL published by @. p. Put
mans Sons, New York and may be
obtained through the local book-shops.
The price 10 $3.50 net
Religion RatIonailxed.
Some man some day may be able
to solve the problem OF perpetual mo-
| tlOu anu CIehIe outEby OUT VI uOtuluB.
In the meantime scientists will con-
tinue to consider II impossible and
inventors viii go on attacking the
problem with the confident optimism
that only an inventor can summon 10
hold up his spirits against ridicule.
IL IN much the same with the prob
lem which the Rev. Hiram Vrooman
attacks In Religion Rationalized,' .
published by the Nunc Licet Press.
Minneapolis. There have been many
attempts 10 reconcile religion with
rationalism and they have all split
upon one rock or another until II
seems to be-pretty settled philosophy
/ cal opinion that reconciliation be
tween these two lines OF thought IL
quite as impossible az the creation Of
| energy.
/ Mr. vrooman's naturalization OF re.
ligion will undoubtedly convince the
religionists, but based upon the prem
ises that II IL, II does not offer much
to the nationalist. II Is simply an ad-
dition TO the voluminous literature on
this problem that is quite az endless
as Il II Intellectual In bringing the two
opposing schools to an agreement.
Religion Rationalized, Volume H.,
may be obtained through the local
bookstores.
IF" q characteristic bit OF verse by
Rudyard Kipling, has been put out In
an attractive little booklet by Double
day, Page q Co.. New York. This
poem IL one Of the most popular of
the recent poems OF Kipiing and in its
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