Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE ARENA. EDITED BY B. O. FLOWER. VOL. IV. PUBLISHED BY THE ARENA PUBLISHING CO., BOSTON, MASS. 1891. CONTENTS. June, 1891 The New Columbus JULIAN HAWTHORNE The Unknown (Part I) CAMILLE FLAMMARION The Chivalry of the Press JULIUS CHAMBERS Society's Exiles B. O. FLOWER Evolution and Christianity PROF. JAS. T. BIXBY, Ph.D. The Irrigation Problem in the Northwest JAMES REALF, JR. Revolutionary Measures and Neglected Crimes PROF. JOS. RODES BUCHANAN Spencer's Doctrine of Inconceivability REV. T. ERNEST ALLEN The Better Part WILLIAM ALLEN DROMGOOLE The Heiress of the Ridge NO-NAME PAPER The Brook P. H. S. Optimism, Real and False EDITORIAL The Pessimistic Cast of Modern Thought EDITORIAL July, 1891 Oliver Wendell Holmes GEORGE STEWART, D.C.L., LL.D. Plutocracy and Snobbery in New York EDGAR FAWCETT Should the Nation Own the Railways? C. WOOD DAVIS The Unknown (Part II) CAMILLE FLAMMARION The Swiss and American Constitutions W. D. MCCRACKAN The Tyranny of All the People REV. FRANCIS BELLAMY Revolutionary Measures and Neglected Crimes, (Part 2d) PROF. JOS. RODES BUCHANAN AEonian Punishment REV. W. E. MANLEY, D.D. The Negro Question PROF. W. S. SCARBOROUGH A Prairie Heroine HAMLIN GARLAND An Epoch-Marking Drama EDITORIAL The Present Revolution in Theological Thought EDITORIAL The Conflict Between Ancient and Modern Thought in the Presbyterian Church EDITORIAL August, 1891 The Unity of Germany MME. BLAZE DEBURY Should the Nation Own the Railways? C. WOOD DAVIS Where Must Lasting Progress Begin? ELIZABETH CADY STANTON My Home Life AMELIA B. EDWARDS The Tyranny of Nationalism REV. MINOT J. SAVAGE Individuality in Education PROF. MARY L. DICKINSON The Working-Women of To-day HELEN CAMPBELL The Independent Party and Money at Cost R. B. HASSELL