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LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1890. 



David A. Wells before the Reform Club of New 

 York, October, 1889, and the same subject was 

 treated by him in " The Question of Ships," pub- 

 lished in the " Questions of the Day " series. 

 " Money " was the speech of Hon. John P. Jones 

 in the United States Senate on the free coinage of 

 silver ; J. H. Worcester, D.D., treated of " The 

 Power and Weakness of Money," and " The Great 

 Red Dragon: or London Money Power" was 

 from the pen of L. B. Woolfolk. J. C. Schwab's 

 " History of the New York Property Tax " -was 

 designed as an introduction to the history of 

 State and local finance in that State, while " The 

 Law of Wages " was explained by J. Richards as 

 regards rate and amount. " Emigration and Im- 

 migration " was " A Study in Social Science " by 

 Richmond Mayo Smith, and other important 

 works were "Railway Secrecy and Trusts" by 

 John M. Bonham. and " American Farms," by J. 

 R. Elliott, both last in the series of " Questions 

 of the Day." " Wheelbarrow Articles and Dis- 

 cussions o'n the Labor Question," by Wheelbar- 

 row (M. M. Trumbull), are pertinent and valu- 

 able, " The Needs of Self-Supporting Women " 

 were considered by Clare de Graffenreid in the 

 "Johns Hopkins University Studies," and that 

 lady and W. F. Willoughby divided the prize 

 offered by Amelie Rives (Mrs. J. A. Chanler) for 

 the best essay on " Child Labor," the two being 

 published in one volume. " The Strike of Mil- 

 lionaires against Miners" was "The Story of 

 Spring Valley," graphically told by Henry D. 

 Lloyd ; while opposite in tone was " Millionaires 

 of a Day, an Inside History of the Great South- 

 ern California ' Boom,' " by T. S. Van Dyke. 

 James C. Fernald wrote " The Economics of Pro- 

 hibition," and ".Midnight Talks at the Club," by 

 Amos K. Fiske,' include this topic with others, 

 political and religious. Under social science are 

 included: " The Ethical Problem," three lectures 

 by Paul Carus ; " Sociology," popular lectures 

 and discussions before the Brooklyn Ethical As- 

 sociation by seventeen writers : "A Theory of 

 Conduct," by Archibald Alexander ; " Civil and 

 Religious Forces," by W. Riley Halstead ; " Live 

 Questions, including our Penal Machinery and 

 its Victims," by John P. Altgeld ; " The Problem 

 of Cain," a study in the treatment of criminals 

 by William Trumbull ; and " How the Other Half 

 L'ives," studies among the tenements of New 

 York, by Jacob A. Riis, illustrated from photo- 

 graphs. " Political Americanisms " was a glos- 

 sary of terms and phrases current at different 

 periods in American politics compiled by Charles 

 Ledyard Norton, while topics touched on by the 

 " Modern Science Essayist " were : " The Evolu- 

 tion of the State," by J. A. Taylor ; " The Evo- 

 lution of the Wages System," by George Gunton ; 

 " The Growth of the Marriage Relation," by C. 

 S. Wake : and " Evolution and Social Reform," 

 J. W. Chadwick presenting "The Theological 

 Method," H. 0. Pentecost "The Anarchist 

 Method," W. Potts " The Socialistic Method," 

 and D. G. Thompson " The Scientific Method." 

 "The Blind Men and the Devil," by Phineas, 

 was an allegory on the the social conditions, and 

 "Beneath Two Flags," by Maud B. Booth, wife 

 of Marshal Booth, son of Gen. William Booth, 

 leader of the movement, explained and vindi- 

 cated the Salvation Army. Archibald Alexander 

 published " A Theory of Conduct." 



Theology. In 1890 there were 467 books in 

 theology, against 363 in 1889. " God in his 

 World, an Interpretation," exalted and poetic, 

 by Henry M. Alden, though piiblished anony- 

 mously, was the most noted work of the class. 

 Its own charm, and the circumstance of being 

 written by a layman, give it deserved promi- 

 nence. " God Incarnate " was the theme of the 

 Bishop Paddock Lectures for 1890 by Rev. H. T. 

 Kingdon, and George Park Fisher, D. D., pub- 

 lished " The Nature and Method of Revelation." 

 Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson delivered the 

 Baldwin Lectures under the title of " The World 

 and the Man," and " God in Nature and Life " 

 was a memorial volume of selections from the 

 sermons of Rev. Walter R. Brooks. " Belief in 

 God " was the subject of Prof. J. G. Schurman 

 in the Winkley (Andover) Lectures for 1890, and 

 from Charles Loring Brace we had "The Un- 

 known God, or Inspiration among the Pre-Chris- 

 tian Races." " The Evidence of Christian Ex- 

 perience," by L. F. Stearns, D. D., formed the Ely 

 Lectures, while Randolph S. Foster preached (on 

 the Merrick Foundation of the Ohio Wesleyan 

 University) on the 4i Philosophy of Christian Ex- 

 perience." The Bedell Lectures of 1889 were by 

 Rev. D. H. Greer, on " The Historical Christ, the 

 Moral Power of History," and " The Voice of God 

 in History " was a warning given by Rev. Robert 

 P. Kerr. " Evidence of a Future Life from 

 Reason and Revelation " was offered by Luther 

 A. Fox, D. D., and " My Note-Book " by Dr. 

 Austin Phelps, posthumously published, with an 

 introduction by his daughter, Mrs. H. E Ward, 

 consisted of " Fragmentary Studies in Theology, 

 and Subjects adjacent thereto." " Discussions'." 

 by Rev. Robert L. Dabney, in four volumes, ed- 

 ited by C. R. Vaughan, had the first volume 

 printed, covering theological and evangelical 

 questions, and the Princeton Lectures on the L. 

 P. Stone Foundation were upon " The Church, 

 her Ministry and Sacraments," by Rev. Henry J. 

 Van Dyke, who also published two sermons en- 

 titled -"God and Little Children." From Rev. 

 Samuel Buel we have " A Treatise of Dogmatic 

 Theology," in two volumes, and Vol VII was 

 also published of " Current Discussions in The- 

 ology." "The Church's Certain Faith" were 

 lectures prepared by Rev. George Zabriskie Gray 

 (to be delivered on the Baldwin Foundation) post- 

 humously published, and "Church Government" 

 contained the substance of the teaching of forty 

 years on the subject, compiled by Prof. Alexander 

 T. McGill from his own lectures. Revs. W. 

 D. Wilson and Nelson R. Boss enlarge further 

 on the subject in " American Church Law " and 

 " The Prayer-Book Reason Why." " Apostolic 

 Organism " was treated by Dr. J. C. Magee, and 

 Rev. J. M. Sterrett. published " Studies in He- 

 gel's Philosophy of Religion," with an appendix 

 upon " Christian Unity." " The Philosophy of 

 Preaching " was handled by Rev. A. J. F. 

 Behrends, and " The Work of the Ministry " by 

 Rev. W. P. Tilden. Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler 

 told " How to be a Pastor," and Dr. G. B. Wil- 

 cox described " The Pastor Among his Flock." 

 "Creed Revision in the Presbyterian Churches" 

 was considered by Philip Schaff, D. D., in favor 

 of the movement, the opposition being taken by 

 W. G. T. Shedd, I). D., in " The Proposed Revis- 

 ion of the Westminster Standards," while " How 



