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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
18
The essay argues modern prose favors truth and direct statement over cleverness, noting literature is evanescent and life beauty passes. It contrasts past reverence for the fathers with a modern push toward unknown futures, praising Alden for embracing constant change while warning against neglecting past achievements.
The Darwin centenary and the fiftieth anniversary of the Origin of Species will be marked next year by a volume from G. P. Putnam’s Sons for Cambridge University Press, with Cambridge Philosophical Society cooperation. Essays by British and foreign contributors span four parts: Darwin and Evolution, Darwin's geological work, Darwin's botany contributions, and philosophical essays.
Edward Cary and Jules Hur et review Le Figaro contributor Jules Huret s study of Germany in a second volume on the country. The essay highlights German business discipline, schooling, shipping lines, and the contrast with French industry, noting détente between France and Germany and the need for continued initiative without state subsidies.
John Timothy Stone writes an appreciation of Maltbie Davenport Babcock as a pastor in a slender 100 page volume. Stone details Babcock's personal fellowship with parishioners, drive to serve the community, magnetic personality, and influence on students. He notes Babcock's Chicago in Baltimore and New York pastorates and the lasting impression he left on all who met him.
The Shadow World by Hamlin Garland is displayed in book form by Harper. The piece questions spiritist claims, noting familiar phenomena reappear and doubting materialization or miracles as real. Garland remains skeptical yet seeks impartiality, while critics accuse him of lingering in pre investigative thought. The Times cites Abbott and Paladino debates as context.
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