February 1911

Articles

• Coddling the Criminal

  “The appalling amount of crime in the United States, as compared with many other civilized countries, is due to the fact that it is known generally that the punishment for crime is uncertain and far from severe.”

  Charles C. Nott Jr.

• A Japanese Wood-Carving

  A poem

  Amy Lowell

• A Letter to the Rising Generation

  “What excuse have you, anyhow, for turning out flimsy, shallow, amusement-seeking creatures, when you think of the elements in your making?”

  Cornelia A. P. Comer

• My First Summer in the Sierra (Part II)

  Extracts from John Muir’s personal writings

  John Muir

• German and British Experience With Trusts

  Gilbert Holland Montague

• The Field of Scarlet Treasure

  Edwina Stanton Babcock

• Lee and the Confederate Government

  Gamaliel Bradford Jr.

• Miserere, Domine!

  Jefferson B. Fletcher

• Life Beyond Life

  Beulah B. Amram

• Archæology

  Oric Bates

• Journalism as a Career

  Charles Moreau Harger

• Wild Life in a City Garden

  Herbert Ravenal Sass

• The Birthplace

  Margaret Ashmun

• The Patricians

  John Galsworthy

• The Poetry of William Watson

  Harold Williams

• Toleration

• A Moment of Revolt

• Foundations of Simplicity

• The Tailor's Paradox

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