. Review of reviews and world's work. ent, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Such is the appeal made by the leader of thenew democracy to the conscience and heart ofthe American people. He goes before the peopleappealing to their profoundest patriotic and re-ligious sentiments. He demands that we shallstop the war in the Philippines by treating thoseislands as we promised to treat Cuba, and asm the past we have treated all the nations ofSpanish America. The fundamental principle ofour democracy, he affirms, demands that we shallgive to the people of the Philippines the govern-ment of th
. Review of reviews and world's work. ent, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Such is the appeal made by the leader of thenew democracy to the conscience and heart ofthe American people. He goes before the peopleappealing to their profoundest patriotic and re-ligious sentiments. He demands that we shallstop the war in the Philippines by treating thoseislands as we promised to treat Cuba, and asm the past we have treated all the nations ofSpanish America. The fundamental principle ofour democracy, he affirms, demands that we shallgive to the people of the Philippines the govern-ment of their choice. The funchimental law ofour religion demands that we shall treat them aswe ourselves would be treated. In 1900 underMr. l^ryan, as in 1860 under Mr. Lincoln, theparty which would lift up the manhood of thepoor makes the foundations of the platform theDeclaration of Independence and the GoldenRule. Dare men of conscience repudiate theseprinciples ; dare they refuse to apply them to thesupremo issue pressing for settlement ?. childrens room, CARNEGIE MBRARY OF PITTSBURG—W YLIE AVENUE BRANCH. THE PROVISION FOR CHILDREN IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES. BY KATHERINE LOUISE SMITH. A WELL-KNOWN sociologist has said thatthe greatest successes of social reform lie inthe work for children. If the children of thepresent are taught aright, the coming generationswill tend in the same direction, and, by uncon-scious evolution, good will be wrought. The childrens library is gradually being rec-ognized as a great factor in sociological questionsfor the young, and the incompleteness of anyeducational system which does not provide this isbeing forced upon us. What more influencesthe character of a child than the ideal he strivesto iollow ? Nothing creates ideals sooner thanbooks, and if the public is to profit greatly byits library it must be trained from childhoodinto the use of proper reading. It is said that 50 per cent, of our childrenleave school before the age of twelve. How toreach these
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