May 1918

In This Issue
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Articles
The Growth of Dictatorship
“The true constitution of a country is always the actual distribution of power.”
The Pacifist at War
“He cannot expect it to be the final war; but it may be the last great war. In this sense, then, it is a war to prevent war.”
The Contributors' Column--May Atlantic
The New Death
'What Might Have Been': An Episode in the Life of Charles Lamb
The Russian Character
God's Little Joke: A Story of the Polygamous City
After Battle
The German Outlook for Parliamentary Government
Water Brooks
Adventures in Indigence: Iv. Horatio
Bill
Earth Upon Earth: A Mediæval Poem Revised
Science in the Humanities
Russian Sidelights
The Dark Hour
High Adventure. V
Prussian Manners
Ordinary Seamen, u.s.n
Praise of Open Fires
The Poet at the Dinner-Table
Last Christmas
Wayside Faces
