People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1896 — The Arena for February. [ARTICLE]

The Arena for February.

The February Arena is probably the most attractive issue of this great reformative and progressive review that has yet appeared. In its 176 pages are found notable papers by Forbes Winslow, D. C. L., of the Royal College of Physicians of London, on “Madness as Portrayed by Shakespeare.’’ “The Land of the Noonday Sun.” by Justice Walter Clark, LL. D., of the Supreme Bench of North Carolina (profusely illustrated). Justice Clark has visited Mexico under the auspices of The Arena to study our sister republic, and this issue contains the opening paper of a series which will be magnificently illustrated, and which we predict will prove exceedingly interesting to all persons interested in travels and history, as well as social and economic problems. “The Bond and the Dollar,” by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D.; the second paper of a most notable series by America's most popular living historian. “Bryant, the Poet and Politician, by Frank B. Sanborn. “Personal Reminiscences of Whittier," by his friend, the Rev. Christopher Coffin Hussey (with full-page half-tone illustration of the old Whittier homestead and portrait of Mr Hussey). “The Government and the Telegraph Monoply,” by Prof. Frank Parsons of Boston University School of Law, and containing a vast array of indisputable facts of unquestionable value to students of social problems. “A half Century of Progress,” by Professor Mary Lowe Dickins m, President of the National Council of Women (with full-page half-tone portrait of Elizabeth Cady Stanton). “Scientific Theosophy,” by Prof. Joseph Rodes Buchanan. M. D.; a scholarly discussion of a problem engaging the attention of a large number of the most thoughtful people at the present time. “The Utopiaof Sir Thomas More (Part II) by the editor of the Arena; in this issue Mr.'Flower concludes his series of papers (so far as the Arena is concerned) on “The Century of Sir Thomas More.” Is Woman Embodied Obstruction?” by Helen Campbell. “A New System of State Warrants," by the Hon. Howard L. Weed, member of the legislature of the state of Washington; a very thoughtful and suggestive contribution, which will prove of special interest to independent thinkers who are interested in financial problems and who desire to restore prosperity to all wealth-creators. The Arena's two serials "The Valley Path,” by Will Allen Dromgoole, and “Between Two Worlds,” by Mrs. Calvin Kryder Reifsnider—gain greatly in interest with each succeeding issue. They are widely different in character, but both are striking works—one a story of real life in the mountains of East Tennessee, and the other a most fascinating romance dealing with the higher phases of metaphysical and physical thought, which are so profoundly stirring many of the best minds of our times. The book reviews also are a strong feature of this issue, occupying twenty-seven pages. No dealer in town is so well qualified to select good shoes as Judge Healy, |he veteran shoemaker. Examine his stock.