Plaza of the Poets: Old Glory IRONQUILL 562 _Vita Sum_ JUNIUS L. HEMPSTEAD 563 Gold CLINTON SCOLLARD 564 Richard Realfe REUBIE CARPENTER 565 The Dreamer HELENA M. RICHARDSON 565 The Editor's Evening: The Greatest Lyric; "Thrift, Thrift, Horatio;" The Pessimist; The Physician's Last Call (a Sonnet). 566 Freedom and Its Opportunities: Part I Hon. JOHN R. ROGERS 577 "The Case Against Bimetallism" Judge GEORGE H. SMITH 590 The Initiative and the Referendum ELIHU F. BARKER 613 The Telegraph Monopoly: Part XIV Prof. FRANK PARSONS 628 The Laborer's View of the Labor Question: I. How the Laborer Feels HERBERT M. RAMP 644 II. Up or Down? W. EDWARDS 654 III. The Farm Hand: An Unknown Quantity WILLIAM EMORY KEARNS 661 Practical Measures for Promoting Manhood and Preventing Crime, B. O. FLOWER 673 The Demand for Sensational Journals JOHN HENDERSON GARNSEY 681 Is History a Science? JOHN CLARK RIDPATH 687 Plaza of the Poets: Our Brother Simon ANNIE L. MUZZEY 707 Thou Knowest Not HELENA M. RICHARDSON 708 Optim: A Reply GEORGE H. WESTLEY 709 The Murdered Trees BENJAMIN S. PARKER 709 The Hidden Flute MINNA IRVING 710 Retroensetta CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE 710 The Editor's Evening: Tantalus and His Opportunities; The Man in Bronze; Franklin (a Sonnet) 711 Idylls and Ideals of Christmas: I. What I Want for Christmas ROBERT G. INGERSOLL 721 II. Christmas, the Human Holiday Rev. MINOT J. SAVAGE, D.D. 722 III. Santa Claus: A Poem JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 726 IV. The Aryan at Christmas JOHN CLARK RIDPATH 727 A Séance With Eusapia Paladino: Psychic Forces CAMILLE FLAMMARION 730 The Influence of Hebrew Thought in the Development of the Social Democratic Idea in New England CHARLES S. ALLEN 748 Priest and People E. T. HARGROVE 772 Immigration, Hard Times, and the Veto JOHN CHETWOOD, Jr. 788 The Founder of German Opera B. O. FLOWER 802 The Truly Artistic Woman STINSON JARVIS 813 Poor "Fairly Rich" People HENRY E. FOSTER 820 Shall the United States be Europeanized? JOHN CLARK RIDPATH 827 Hawaiian Annexation from a Japanese Point of View,