February 1895

Articles

• The Present Status of Civil Service Reform

  “The minute that we make men’s bread and butter depend upon their political action, that action ceases to be influenced by considerations of the public weal, and is taken from considerations of private benefit.”

  Theodore Roosevelt

• A Study of the Mob

  “Blind, stupid obedience, that slavish obedience which is peculiar to hypnotized subjects, distinctly characterizes the subjects of the Czar.”

  Boris Sidis

• A Singular Life

  E. Stuart Phelps

• The Subtle Art of Speech-Reading

  Mabel Gardiner Bell

• A Voyage in the Dark

  Rowland E. Robinson

• The Life of Nancy

  Sarah Orne Jewett

• The Frosted Pane

  Charles G. D. Roberts

• Russia as a Civilizing Force in Asia

  James Mascarene Hubbard

• A Village Stradivarius: In Two Parts. Part Two

  Kate Douglas Wiggin

• The Dancer

  Ednah Proctor Clarke

• The Champion of the Middle Ground: A Conversational Duo Between the One and the Other

  Edith M. Thomas

• New Figures in Literature and Art: I. Daniel Chester French

  Royal Cortissoz

• Come Down

  A. M. Ewell

• Ad Leones

  William Canton

• Physical Training in the Public Schools

  M. V. O’Shea

• Celia Thaxter: Born June, 1835; Died August, 1894

  Annie Fields

• Three English Novels

• Recent Translations From the Classics

• Comment on New Books

• Interest in the Uninteresting

• Mugwumps and Their Forbears

• Rossini, Composer and Gourmet

• Collecting Birds' Eggs

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