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 Seance 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 FRAN