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Man's Birthright, or the Higher Law of 

 Property. By Edward H. G. Clark. 

 New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 

 133. Price, 75 cents. 



This work seems to be the result of an 

 attempt by the author to edit the " Owner- 

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 Smith. The theory erf that book was judged 

 correct, but very inadequately presented ; 

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 and elaborate it from beginning to end. 

 Mr. Clark accepts Uenry George's theory of 

 the right of each generation to own the soil, 

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 the true law of ownership to be : " Mankind 

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 that of some one else, then he must pay on 

 that piece of property the rest of the peo- 

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 every other member of society pays his ap- 

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Hegel's ./Esthetics : A Critical Exposition. 

 By John Steinford Kedney. Chicago : 

 S. C. Griggs & Co. Pp. 302. Price, 

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This is the fourth volume of Messrs. 

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 of the important works of the masters of 

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 In the present adaptation, the first part, 

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ond part, which traces the logical and his- 

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 ing easily accessible (D. Appleton & Co.), 

 the editor has substituted for it an original 

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 to present aesthetic problems, but in a line 

 with Hegel's thought. Of the third part, all 

 the important definitions and fundamental 

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The Invalid's Tea-Tray. By Susan Anna 

 Brown. Boston : J. R. Osgood & Co. 

 Pp. 67. Price, 50 cents. 



A dainty volume, as becomes a book of 

 recipes of dishes designed to tempt the 

 dainty appetite of an invalid. It contains 

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Materials for German Prose Composition. 

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This book consists of selections from 

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