Chapter I: Front Matter

THE ARENA.

EDITED BY JOHN CLARK RIDPATH, LL. D.

VOL. XVIII

JULY TO DECEMBER, 1897

PUBLISHED BY
THE ARENA COMPANY
BOSTON, MASS.
1897

COPYRIGHTED, 1897
BY
THE ARENA COMPANY.

SKINNER, BARTLETT & CO., 7 Federal Court, Boston.

CONTENTS.

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The Citadel of the Money Power:
I. Wall Street, Past, Present, and Future HENRY CLEWS 1
II. The True Inwardness of Wall Street JOHN CLARK RIDPATH 9
The Reform Club's Feast of Unreason Hon. CHARLES A. TOWNE 24
Does Credit Act on Prices? A. J. UTLEY 37
Points in the American and French Constitutions Compared,
NIELS GRÖN 49
Honest Money; or, A True Standard of Value: A Symposium.
I. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN 57
II. M. W. HOWARD 58
III. WHARTON BARKER 59
IV. ARTHUR I. FONDA 60
V. Gen. A. J. WARNER 62
The New Civil Code of Japan TOKICHI MASAO, M. L., D. C. L. 64
John Ruskin: A Type of Twentieth-Century Manhood B. O. FLOWER 70
The Single Tax in Operation Hon. HUGH H. LUSK 79
Natural Selection, Social Selection, and Heredity,
Prof. JOHN R. COMMONS 90
Psychic or Supermundane Forces CORA L. V. RICHMOND 98
The American Institute of Civics HENRY RANDALL WAITE, Ph. D. 108
An Industrial Fable HAMILTON S. WICKS 116
Plaza of the Poets:
Reply to "Locksley Hall Sixty Years After," BARTON LOMAX PITTMAN 122
John Brown COATES KINNEY 125
Demos W. H. VENABLE, LL. D. 126
The Editor's Evening: Leaf from My Samoan Notebook (A. D.
2297); _Vita Longa_; Kaboto (a Sonnet) 128
A Stroke for the People: A Farmer's Letter to THE ARENA 134
Evolution: What It Is and What It Is Not Dr. DAVID STARR JORDAN 145
Has Wealth a Limitation? ROBERT N. REEVES 160
The Battle of the Money Metals:
I. Bimetallism Simplified GEORGE H. LEPPER 168
II. Bimetallism Extinguished JOHN CLARK RIDPATH 180
The Segregation and Permanent Isolation of Criminals,
NORMAN ROBINSON 192
How to Increase National Wealth by the Employment of Paralyzed
Industry B. O. FLOWER 200
Open Letter to Eastern Capitalists CHARLES C. MILLARD 211
The Telegraph Monopoly: Part XIII. Prof. FRANK PARSONS 218
The Provisional Government of the Cubans THOMAS W. STEEP 226
A Noted American Preacher DUNCAN MACDERMID 232
The Civic Outlook HENRY RANDALL WAITE, Ph. D. 245
"The Tempest" the Sequel to "Hamlet" EMILY DICKEY BEERY 254
The Creative Man STINSON JARVIS 262
Plaza of the Poets:
The New Woman MILES MENANDER DAWSON 275
Under the Stars COATES KINNEY 275
The Cry of the Valley CHARLES MELVIN WILKINSON 276
A Radical ROBERT F. GIBSON 277
The Editor's Evening: Our Totem; _Vive La France! Le Siècle_
(a Sonnet) 278
The Concentration of Wealth: Its Causes and Results: Part I,
HERMAN E. TAUBENECK 289
The Future of the Democratic Party: A Reply DAVID OVERMYER 302
The Multiple Standard for Money ELTWEED POMEROY 318
Anticipating the Unearned Increment I. W. HART 339
Studies in Ultimate Society:
I. A New Interpretation of Life LAURENCE GRONLUND 351
II. Individualism _vs._ Altruism K. T. TAKAHASHI 362
General Weyler's Campaign CRITTENDEN MARRIOTT 374
The Author of "The Messiah" B. O. FLOWER 386
Open Letter to President Andrews THE EDITOR 399
Plaza of the Poets:
The Onmarch FREEMAN E. MILLER 403
The Toil of Empire JOHN VANCE CHENEY 404
The Day Love Came THEODOSIA PICKERING 405
The Question JULIA NEELY-FINCH 405
Triolet CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE 406
The Cry of the Poor JOHN CLARK RIDPATH 407
The Editor's Evening: A Knotty Problem; A Case of Prevision;
Concerning Eternity; A. L. (a Sonnet) 419
The New Ostracism Hon. CHARLES A. TOWNE 433
The Concentration of Wealth: Its Causes and Results: Part II,
HERMAN E. TAUBENECK 452
The Rights of the Public over Quasi-Public Services,
Hon. WALTER CLARK 470
Prosperity: the Sham and the Reality JOHN CLARK RIDPATH 486
Jefferson and His Political Philosophy MARY PLATT PARMELEE 505
The Latest Social Vision B. O. FLOWER 517
The Dead Hand in the Church Rev. CLARENCE LATHBURY 535
Hypnotism in its Scientific and Forensic Aspects,
MARION L. DAWSON, B. L. 544
Suicide: Is It Worth While? CHARLES B. NEWCOMB 557
Plaza of the Poets:
Old Glory IRONQUILL 562
_Vita Sum_ JUNIUS L. HEMPSTEAD 563
Gold CLINTON SCOLLARD 564
Richard Realfe REUBIE CARPENTER 565
The Dreamer HELENA M. RICHARDSON 565
The Editor's Evening: The Greatest Lyric; "Thrift, Thrift, Horatio;"
The Pessimist; The Physician's Last Call (a Sonnet). 566
Freedom and Its Opportunities: Part I Hon. JOHN R. ROGERS 577
"The Case Against Bimetallism" Judge GEORGE H. SMITH 590
The Initiative and the Referendum ELIHU F. BARKER 613
The Telegraph Monopoly: Part XIV Prof. FRANK PARSONS 628
The Laborer's View of the Labor Question:
I. How the Laborer Feels HERBERT M. RAMP 644
II. Up or Down? W. EDWARDS 654
III. The Farm Hand: An Unknown Quantity WILLIAM EMORY KEARNS 661
Practical Measures for Promoting Manhood and Preventing Crime,
B. O. FLOWER 673
The Demand for Sensational Journals JOHN HENDERSON GARNSEY 681
Is History a Science? JOHN CLARK RIDPATH 687
Plaza of the Poets:
Our Brother Simon ANNIE L. MUZZEY 707
Thou Knowest Not HELENA M. RICHARDSON 708
Optim: A Reply GEORGE H. WESTLEY 709
The Murdered Trees BENJAMIN S. PARKER 709
The Hidden Flute MINNA IRVING 710
Retroensetta CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE 710
The Editor's Evening: Tantalus and His Opportunities; The Man
in Bronze; Franklin (a Sonnet) 711
Idylls and Ideals of Christmas:
I. What I Want for Christmas ROBERT G. INGERSOLL 721
II. Christmas, the Human Holiday Rev. MINOT J. SAVAGE, D.D. 722
III. Santa Claus: A Poem JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 726
IV. The Aryan at Christmas JOHN CLARK RIDPATH 727
A Séance With Eusapia Paladino: Psychic Forces CAMILLE FLAMMARION 730
The Influence of Hebrew Thought in the Development of the Social
Democratic Idea in New England CHARLES S. ALLEN 748
Priest and People E. T. HARGROVE 772
Immigration, Hard Times, and the Veto JOHN CHETWOOD, Jr. 788
The Founder of German Opera B. O. FLOWER 802
The Truly Artistic Woman STINSON JARVIS 813
Poor "Fairly Rich" People HENRY E. FOSTER 820
Shall the United States be Europeanized? JOHN CLARK RIDPATH 827
Hawaiian Annexation from a Japanese Point of View,
KEIJIRO NAKAMURA 834
A Political Deal: A Story ELIZA FRANCES ANDREWS 840
Plaza of the Poets:
Glad Tidings MARION MILLS MILLER 849
The Yule Log CLINTON SCOLLARD 852
How to Get an Article in a Magazine THE EDITOR 853
The Editor's Evening: Sir Thomas Kho on Education; Journey
and Sleep (a Sonnet) 855

BOOK REVIEWS.

The Emperor 137
President Jordan's Saga of the Seal 284
Some Prehistoric History 426
A Bard of the Ohio 572
Critic, Bard, and Moralist 717
Guthrie's "Modern Poet Prophets" 860

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Opposite Page
HON. CHARLES A. TOWNE 1
DR. DAVID STARR JORDAN 145
MULTIPLE-STANDARD TREASURY NOTE OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY 289
DR. E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS 433
GOVERNOR JOHN R. ROGERS 577
CAMILLE FLAMMARION 721
PSYCHIC SÉANCE WITH EUSAPIA PALADINO 737

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