The Philistine A Periodical of Protest. _Let there be gall enough in thy ink._—TWELFTH NIGHT. [Illustration: Vol. II. No. 5.] Printed Every Little While for The Society of The Philistines and Published by Them Monthly. Subscription, One Dollar Yearly Single Copies, 10 Cents. April, 1896. THE PHILISTINE. CONTENTS FOR APRIL, 1896. To a Friend in Time of Trouble, Louise Imogen Guiney The Gold that Glitters, Ouida Moods, Clinton Scollard A Song of Solomon, H. C. Bunner After Dark, Kenneth Brown A Fable, John Bryan of Ohio Thoughts, Charles P. Nettleton The Passing of Clangingharp, Frank W. Noxon Death the Doorway, Alexander Jeffrey Lines, Stephen Crane Side Talks. Subscriptions can begin with the current number only. A very limited quantity of back numbers can be supplied. Vol. 1, No. 1, 75 cents. Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 at 25 cents each. Mr. Collin’s PHILISTINE poster in three printings will be mailed to any address on receipt of 25 cents by the publishers. A few signed and numbered copies on Japan vellum remain at $1.00 each. _Entered at the Postoffice at East Aurora, New York, for transmission as mail matter of the second class._ _COPYRIGHT, 1896, by B. C. Hubbard._ ONLY A VERY FEW COPIES OF THAT NOBLE BOOK, THE SONG OF SONGS: WHICH IS SOLOMON’S, REMAIN UNSOLD. THE PRICE FOR THESE IS NOW FIVE DOLLARS EACH. THE ROYCROFT PRINTING SHOP, EAST AURORA, N. Y. THE CONSERVATOR Printed Monthly in Philadelphia. HORACE L. TRAUBEL, Editor. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ONE DOLLAR. All communications intended for the Editor should be addressed to HORACE L. TRAUBEL, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY. The attention of persons interested in Walt Whitman is directed to _The Conservator_, in which, along with the presentation of other views, affecting freedom, democracy, ethics, solidarity, there appear special studies treating of the significance of Walt Whitman’s appearance in history, written in part by men whose personal relations to Whitman, often whose genius, give their utterances great importance and offer special reasons why readers of books and lovers of man cannot afford to ignore or neglect their contributions. Grouped here following are some names of recent writers aiding in this synthesis.