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[Vol. XII. No. 299 



THE FORUM. 



CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER. 



Is the Power of England Declining ? Prof. Armin- 

 lUS Vambery, of Hungary.— British supremacy in 

 Asia lu possible danger; the changed condition of 

 the colonies ; an Insufficient navy and army ; the 

 importance to the Tvorld of England's continued 

 far-reaching power. 



Creating Criminals. CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER.— 

 How our prison methods create and reproduce 

 criminals; the very simple remedy. 



Canada and the United States. Prof. GOLDWIN 

 Smith.— Canadian politics; questions of race and 

 religion; aunexaiion to the United States; objec- 

 tions of poliLiclans on both sides the line. 



The Struggle for Subsis:ence. Edward Atkinson. 

 —How the hours of labor have been lessened ; in 

 spite of which, poverty has almost kept pace with 

 progress. 



Our Better Halves. Prof. Lester F. Ward.— The 

 female the stable and the male the variable sex ; 

 the abnormal and unnatural development of men 

 at the expense of women ; the true evolutionist 

 conclusion. 



How the Tariff Affects Industry. W. C. P. Breck- 

 inridge. — How American manufactures are re- 

 stricted, the reward of labor lessened, and com- 

 merce hindered by our tariff ; a reduction or a 

 revolution inevitable ; specific Illustrations of the 

 effect of the Mills bill. 



After Us— What? Rev. Dr. J. R. Kendrick.— A 

 hopeful review of the present social unrest. 



Esoteric Browningism. ANDREW LANG.— Wherein 

 the poetry of Browning is real ; the harm done to 

 its popularity by " wild asses," with '' the brain- 

 less ingenuity of dulDess,''and "■ the abominations 

 of desolations of pedantry." 



Possibilities of Culture. Principal J. Donaldson, 

 of St. Andrew's University, Scotland,— The ti-aln- 

 ing of the natural appetites ; a system of education 

 to give experience rather than to teach facts. 



The Last Resort of the Landless. H. J. DESMOND, 

 of Chicago.— In the land question are all the ele- 

 ments of an industrial revolution ; what check can 

 be placed on the action of the landless majority? 



"Waterways to the Pacific. Commander H. C. Tay- 

 lor, Supt. of the Nicaragua Canal Co.— The status 

 of the Isthmian canal enterprises ; how the direc- 

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