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[The Citadel of the Money Power:]
[I. Wall Street, Past, Present, and Future]Henry Clews1
[II. The True Inwardness of Wall Street]John Clark Ridpath9
[The Reform Club’s Feast of Unreason]Hon. Charles A. Towne24
[Does Credit Act on Prices?]A. J. Utley37
[Points in the American and French Constitutions Compared]Niels Grön49
[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. Flower70
[The Single Tax in Operation]Hon. Hugh H. Lusk79
[Natural Selection, Social Selection, and Heredity]Prof. John R. Commons90
[Psychic or Supermundane Forces]Cora L. V. Richmond98
[The American Institute of Civics]Henry Randall Waite, Ph. D.108
[An Industrial Fable]Hamilton S. Wicks116
[Plaza of the Poets:]
[Reply to “Locksley Hall Sixty Years After”]Barton Lomax Pittman122
[John Brown]Coates Kinney125
[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 NotDr. David Starr Jordan145
Has Wealth a Limitation?Robert N. Reeves160
The Battle of the Money Metals:
I. Bimetallism SimplifiedGeorge H. Lepper168
II. Bimetallism ExtinguishedJohn Clark Ridpath180
The Segregation and Permanent Isolation of CriminalsNorman Robinson192
How to Increase National Wealth by the Employment of Paralyzed IndustryB. O. Flower200
Open Letter to Eastern CapitalistsCharles C. Millard211
The Telegraph Monopoly: Part XIII.Prof. Frank Parsons218
The Provisional Government of the CubansThomas W. Steep226
A Noted American PreacherDuncan MacDermid232
The Civic OutlookHenry Randall Waite, Ph. D.245
“The Tempest” the Sequel to “Hamlet”Emily Dickey Beery254
The Creative ManStinson Jarvis262
Plaza of the Poets:
The New WomanMiles Menander Dawson275
Under the StarsCoates Kinney275
The Cry of the ValleyCharles Melvin Wilkinson276
A RadicalRobert F. Gibson277
The Editor’s Evening: Our Totem; Vive La France! Le Siècle (a Sonnet)278
The Concentration of Wealth: Its Causes and Results: Part IHerman E. Taubeneck289
The Future of the Democratic Party: A ReplyDavid Overmyer302
The Multiple Standard for MoneyEltweed Pomeroy318
Anticipating the Unearned IncrementI. W. Hart339
Studies in Ultimate Society:
I. A New Interpretation of LifeLaurence Gronlund351
II. Individualism vs. AltruismK. T. Takahashi362
General Weyler’s CampaignCrittenden Marriott374
The Author of “The Messiah”B. O. Flower386
Open Letter to President AndrewsThe Editor399
Plaza of the Poets:
The OnmarchFreeman E. Miller403
The Toil of EmpireJohn Vance Cheney404
The Day Love CameTheodosia Pickering405
The QuestionJulia Neely-Finch405
TrioletCurtis Hidden Page406
The Cry of the PoorJohn Clark Ridpath407
The Editor’s Evening: A Knotty Problem; A Case of Prevision; Concerning Eternity; A. L. (a Sonnet)419
The New OstracismHon. Charles A. Towne433
The Concentration of Wealth: Its Causes and Results: Part IIHerman E. Taubeneck452
The Rights of the Public over Quasi-Public ServicesHon. Walter Clark470
Prosperity: the Sham and the RealityJohn Clark Ridpath486
Jefferson and His Political PhilosophyMary Platt Parmelee505
The Latest Social VisionB. O. Flower517
The Dead Hand in the ChurchRev. Clarence Lathbury535
Hypnotism in its Scientific and Forensic AspectsMarion L. Dawson, B. L.544
Suicide: Is It Worth While?Charles B. Newcomb557
Plaza of the Poets:
Old GloryIronquill562
Vita SumJunius L. Hempstead563
GoldClinton Scollard564
Richard RealfeReubie Carpenter565
The DreamerHelena M. Richardson565
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 IHon. John R. Rogers577
“The Case Against Bimetallism”Judge George H. Smith590
The Initiative and the ReferendumElihu F. Barker613
The Telegraph Monopoly: Part XIVProf. Frank Parsons628
The Laborer’s View of the Labor Question:
I. How the Laborer FeelsHerbert M. Ramp644
II. Up or Down?W. Edwards654
III. The Farm Hand: An Unknown QuantityWilliam Emory Kearns661
Practical Measures for Promoting Manhood and Preventing CrimeB. O. Flower673
The Demand for Sensational JournalsJohn Henderson Garnsey681
Is History a Science?John Clark Ridpath687
Plaza of the Poets:
Our Brother SimonAnnie L. Muzzey707
Thou Knowest NotHelena M. Richardson708
Optim: A ReplyGeorge H. Westley709
The Murdered TreesBenjamin S. Parker709
The Hidden FluteMinna Irving710
RetroensettaCurtis Hidden Page710
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 ChristmasRobert G. Ingersoll721
II. Christmas, the Human HolidayRev. Minot J. Savage, D.D.722
III. Santa Claus: A PoemJames Whitcomb Riley726
IV. The Aryan at ChristmasJohn Clark Ridpath727
A Séance With Eusapia Paladino: Psychic ForcesCamille Flammarion730
The Influence of Hebrew Thought in the Development of the Social Democratic Idea in New EnglandCharles S. Allen748
Priest and PeopleE. T. Hargrove772
Immigration, Hard Times, and the VetoJohn Chetwood, Jr.788
The Founder of German OperaB. O. Flower802
The Truly Artistic WomanStinson Jarvis813
Poor “Fairly Rich” PeopleHenry E. Foster820
Shall the United States be Europeanized?John Clark Ridpath827
Hawaiian Annexation from a Japanese Point of ViewKeijiro Nakamura834
A Political Deal: A StoryEliza Frances Andrews840
Plaza of the Poets:
Glad TidingsMarion Mills Miller849
The Yule LogClinton Scollard852
How to Get an Article in a MagazineThe Editor853
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 Seal284
Some Prehistoric History426
A Bard of the Ohio572
Critic, Bard, and Moralist717
Guthrie’s “Modern Poet Prophets”860

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Opposite Page
Hon. Charles A. Towne1
Dr. David Starr Jordan145
Multiple-Standard Treasury Note of Massachusetts Bay289
Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews433
Governor John R. Rogers577
Camille Flammarion721
Psychic Séance With Eusapia Paladino737

THE ARENA.


Vol. XVIII.JULY, 1897.No. 92.