26 REVIEW OF REVIEWS. J^arc/i i, ivis. 



practical way, but it is m America this means one denomination yields a 



where the most remarkable results church in one place for the sake of 



have been achieved. The Federal strengthening another church of an- 



Council of Churches of Christ in Am- Qthej. denomination ; and in return the 



erica has just held an important ses- ^^^^^ denomination vields a church in 



sion m Chicago. Its 350 delegates another place for the sake of strength- 



came from thirty-two Protestant de- . , , r ,1 r . 1 



... , „ . , ening a church or the nrst denomma- 



nominations, including the Episcopal, . t i- 1 11 1 



J .. J 1 ^1 ■ ^ tion. It did much else, and no one 



and represented no less than sixteen . ... . c 



.,,. f 1 I T-i • , ,1 interested m the great question or 



millions or people! Ihis great gather- ^ , . ,,/->,, cc j i. 



, , , . rederatmg the Churches can ariord to 



ing was preceded b}' an immense , . , , , , 1 • , 



^ r ,. . 1 -TL ignore the practical methods bv which 



amount or preliminary work. Ihe re- , ■ . 



suit was that it did things. It created '° "^"^^ ^^" ^^^" achieved m America. 



a system which enables overlappmg ^ ^"^ summary of this " Combination 



to be avoided, came to an arrange- m Religion " is given by Ernest Hamil- 



ment of reciprocal exchange by which ^o" Abbott in the " Outlook." I will 



two denominations agree to substitute ^e glad to send copies of his article to 



for two weak churches of each kind those who are really prepared to push 



one strong church of each kind. By on the federation movement. 



OUR NEXT NUMBER-READY MARCH 31st. 



W. T. STEAD : BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. — FEDERAL FINANCE. — WAR IN THE AIR. 



The Leading Articles, History of the Month in Caricature, Books of the 

 Month and Character Sketch will be preserved in future issues, and the Topics 

 of the Month, under which heading I shall publish articles upon live subjects, 

 will be revived. 



I have hitherto absoluteh' refused to write a line about mv father. Our rela- 

 tions were so close, 1 was the only member of his family in the business, and 

 went with him ever\\vhere, that I shrank from writing of him. So many people, 

 though, have a quite wrong impression of his real character that I feel it incum- 

 bent upon me as far as possible to give a true picture of him to ni}' readers. 

 Our next issue will appear just about a )ear after the fatal voyage of the 

 J itanic, and although I do not propose in an)- way to make it a memorial 

 number, I shall publish in it the first of a short series of papers telling of his 

 intimate life as I knew it. 



During the next few months several hitherto unpublished articles by my 

 father will appear in the magazine. In the AjDril issue there will be an account 

 that he wrote of his famous interview with the present Sultan shortly after he 

 had succeeded to the throne of Abdul Hamid. This interview has peculiar 

 interest just now, when the Turkish Empire in Europe is tottering to its fall. 



I hope to continue publishing articles by Mr. Jobson, who is rapidly making 

 a name for himself as a writer on financial matters in the Sydney Sim and 

 other papers. Mr. Gardiner will contribute some of his wonderful pen pictures 

 of notable men, and special articles upon topical subjects will be given each 

 month. In April there will be an impartial article summing up the true posi- 

 tion of Federal finance, a really vital question about which most people seem 

 to be hopelessly befogged Another interesting contribution will deal with the 

 next war, and what the possession of air-craft will mean. Altogether it will 

 be a number of commanding interest. H.S. 



