Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-11


miscellany of stole thought
Epictetus. This is an admirably or
ganized view of the great stoics creed,
one that gathers into coherent units
such thoughts as are identical in pur-
pose, in focus and in applicability. 1t
is a view wherein the relationships hold
ing ideas together are shown to be, often
times, as important aids to ones under
standing as is the substance of the
thought itself. Such organized consider
alton fits into the compartments of the
mind, informing and reinforcing them.
IN this case 1t serves to emphasize
markedly the perennial potency of Epic
tetus as the greatest Of the stole philoso-
piers. From the body of lecture notes
made by Arrianus, the devoted disciple
of Epictetus. DR.. Pierce has gathered the
essentials of the stole philosophy. I'm
der his special attitude of critical treat
nent these essentials here become VIOLA
tile, separ" ting and recombining accord
ing to their inherent ahnttve' relation
ships This process puts one in possess
sion of the principles of stotcism clothed
in the habit of daily use and animated
10y clearly defined vision of the ulti-
mate destiny Of man. However rich and
abundant mere morsels from Epictetus
may be, these are not comparable in
usefulness to a highly co-ordinated
study like the one in hand. An intro
duction by DIR. Pierce. THE Faith of the
stole is a compact critical study Of
The enduring place of the works of Epic
tetus in the sum Of the worlds thought.
as it is study also of the causes IN
derlying his abiding influence.
A RETROSPECT FOR FIFTY YEARS.
BY James Cardinal Gibbons, Arch
bishop of Baltimore. Baltimore:
John Murphy Company.
For the purpose of this retrospect
the distinguished author has drawn out
from his earlier writings-sermons. es-
rays, diaries-such parts as. taken to-
gether, produce, in outline, the salient
points in the past half century of
American life. This period. extending
from about 1870 TO the present, is IL
period Of marked industrial growth,
economic adjustment and material
progress. Against this general back
ground are defined in bold figures the
rise of both labor and capital as Or
ganized forces, the amazing applica-
tons of science to industry, the spread
of public education, a curiously spon-
taneous and general outburst of
social zeal for social amelioration, with
the new attitude of the churches to-
ward the new welfare of the world. 1t
Is around such considerable events as
these that these personal and intimate
clesiastical in origin. the "reminiscences,
through the broad outlook of this emf
nent writer, spread into the field of
documentary history. and practical
politics, and other large general move
ynents OF the period. Beginning with
the Vatican council in 1853, these selec-
tons mark, in the main, great ami
versaries in the life of the Catholic
Church in America, radiating there
from into a broad field of consideration
The two volumes are of prime impor-
tanee as a contribution to the history of
the Catholic Church in it's activity and
influence in this country for the past
nifty years.
PARKS; Their Design, Equipment and
Use. By George Burnap, B. s., NJ A.
landscape architect of public build
ings and grounds, Washington, D. c.
Philadelphia: ]. B. Lippincott Com
pany.
In the modern view of city planning
q park is no longer u casual combina-
ton of trees. paths, benches. of hap
hazard paintings and indifferent
growths, of CHASTITY statues and gro
tesque fountains of niggard drizzlings
To this larger and more intelligent
vision park is an organic part of the
city itself, designed for definite end
and .-eTeated, in both detail and sum-
with direct and exclusive reference TO