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  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.

                                                                    PAGE

  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 GROeN  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 Siecle_
    (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