The New Review

1916


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CONTENTS BY ISSUE


Vol 4. No. 1 January 1, 1916
The New Review
A Critical Survey of International Socialism
Published Monthly by the New Review Publishing Association
256 Broadway, New York City

BOARD of EDITORS:
Frank Bohn
William E. Bohn
Louis B. Boudin
FLoyd Dell
W.E.B. Dubois
Max Eastman
Louis Fraina
Felix Grendon
Isaac A. Hourwich
Paul Kennady
Robert Rives La Monte
Joseph Michael
Arthur Livingston
Robert H. Lowie
Helen Marot
Moses Oppenheimer
Herman Simpson
Wm. English Walling

ADVISORY COUNCIL:
Arthur Bullard
George Allan Englan
Charlotte Perkins Gillman
Arturo Giovanitte
Harry W. Laidler
Austin Lewis
John Mac
Gustavus Myers
Mary White Ovington
William J. Robinson
CHarles P. Steinmetz
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Horace Traubel
John Kenneth Turner




BOARD of DIRETORS:
Alexander Fraser - President
Julius Heiman - Treasurer
Louis C. Fraina - Secretary















CURRENT AFFAIRS:
   •Socialist Terms of PeaceB. [Boudin]
   •French Socialists and the Union Sacree F. [Fraina]
   •A Federal Conspiracy LawO. [M. Oppenheimer]
   •British Laborism Triumphant?F. [Fraina]
   •Mexico and ReconstructionF. [Fraina]
   •The Newest ImperialismF. [Fraina]
   •The Working Class or Capitalism? F. [Fraina]
   •Where is the Marx of Yesteryear F. [Fraina]
Notes
The A. F. OF L. ConventionAustin Lewis
Recent Increase In Cost OF Living
Preparedness and the SocialistsL. B. Boudin
Eduard Vaillant Louis Marteau
Schnitzlers's Vienna Jacob Wittmer Hartmann "The Weavers" Floyd Dell
BOOK REVIEWS: 7
   •"Fear and Conventionality" by Elsie CLews Parsons reviewed by Floyd Dell
   •"Undercurrents in American Politics" by Arthur T. Hadley reviewed by Maurice Blumlein
A Socialist Digest:
   •Socialist Peace Terms in Congress
   •The American International Corporation
   •The Nation in the New International
   •"Japan's Plans to Invade America"
   •German Labor Unions and the Party
CORRESPONDENCE
   •Alexandra Kollontay [Kollontai] Anent "A Russian Socialist Manifesto"
   •Walter Lippmann "The Stakes of Diplomacy"


Vol. 4 No. 2. January 15, 1916
The New Review
A Critical Survey of International Socialism
Published Monthly by the New Review Publishing Association
256 Broadway, New York City

CURRENT AFFAIRS:
   •Pan–Americanism and the Monroe Doctrine F. [Fraina]
   •Socialist Congressional Responsibility B. [Boudin]
   •Labor's National Peace Council Indicted O. [M. Oppenheimer]
   •Roosevelt and the 1916 CampaignF. [Fraina]
   •British Labor and ConscriptionF. [Fraina]
Notes
A Program on Preparedness L. B. Boudin
British Trades Unions
The Factory–Fire Peril George M. Price
The Class and the Nation Louis C. Fraina
James Keir Hardie John Spargo
The Near Conjugal Elsie Clews Parsons
Literary Revival in Ireland—An Analogy Ernest A. Boyd
BOOK REVIEWS:
   •David Pinski's "The Treasure" reviewed by T. D. O'Bolger
A SOCIALIST DIGEST:
The Money Cost of the War
   •Briand Ministry in France
   •Swiss Socialist Congress
   •British Unions and the Munitions Act
   •A. F. of L. Legislative Program


VOl. 4 No. 3 March 1916
The New Review
A Critical Survey of International Socialism
Published Monthly by the New Review Publishing Association
256 Broadway, New York City

State Socialism and the War
Editorial and Advisory Boards unchanged from Jan 1 1916
CURRENT AFFAIRS:
   •The Awakening in GermanyB. [Boudin]
   •The "Larger AmericanismF. [Fraina]
   •Schenectady and ElsewhereO. [M. Oppenheimer]
   •Union Bureaucracy H. [I. Hourwich]
   •The Philippins and American Imperialism F. [Fraina]
   •British Labor Party B. [Boudin]
   •Italy's Failure in the WarF. [Fraina]
   •Milwaulkee Reincarnations of Marx "Editor" [H. Simpson] and F. [Fraina]
   •Will Congressman London Please Explain B. [Boudin]
Notes
Robert H. Hutehinson
The Attitude of the Russian Socialists Alexandra Kollontay [Kollontai]
The Chicago Clothing Strike Ellen Gates Starr
The Economic Boycott in Int'l Disputes J. G. Phelps Stokes
Beyond the Three R's
The Burnett Immigration Bill Moses Oppenheimer
The Farce of a "Citizen Army" Frank Bohn
An Experiment in Democratizing Diplomacy Wm. Leavitt Stoddard
The Way of the Law with the Worker Austin Lewis
The Factory: A Sketch By Jeannette D. Pearl
Emile Verhaeren By Amelia Von Ende
The Russian Ballet Floyd Dell
BOOK REVIEWS:
   • "Feminism in Germany and Scandinavia" by Katherine Anthony reviewed by Elsie Clews Parsons and Martha Gruening
   • "Socialized Germany" by Fredrick C. Howe reviewed by Robert H. Hutchinson
   • " 'Jerusalem' " by Selma Lagerloff reviewed by Jeanette Pearle
   • "The American Municipality" by Charles Zueblin reviewed by Moses Oppenheimer
A SOCIALIST DIGEST:
   • The German Socialist Opposition
   • Divisions Among the French Socialists
   • French Socialist Opposition to the "Union Sacree"
   • The Real Meaning of Conscription in England; A Proposal to Conscript Wealth "Jersey Justice' and Labor"
CORRESPONDENCE: 1
The Irish Literary Revivial: A Discussion
   • letters from: Mary M. Colum (Mrs. Padraic)
Ernest A. Boyd


Vol. 4 No. 4 April, 1916
The New Review
A Critical Survey of International Socialism
Published Monthly by the New Review Publishing Association
256 Broadway, New York City

CURRENT AFFAIRS:
   •The Assault Upon MexicoLouis C. Fraina
   •"Industrial Peace" – A "Comedy" Isaac A. Hourwich
   •The Mind of an OpportunistLouis B. Boudin
   •Birth Control and DemocracyB.C.L.
   •Private Charities – A Public Scandal Moses Oppenheimer
   •Democracy and Negro Segregation Louis C. Frania
   •Berlin Vorwaerts Moses Oppenheimer
   •Are Professors Modern Monastics? B.C.L.
   •Milwaukee Marxists, AgainLouis C. Frania
   •Where Extremes Meet Louis B. Boudin
Notes
An Austrian Socialist Manifesto
Japan and the Far EastLajpat Rai
At the Parting of the WaysA. A. Goldenweiser
What Kind of Education?Wm. E. Bohn
Ideal–less Pacifism Elise Clews Parsons
Will He Come Back? Felix Grendon
The Failure of BrieuxErnest A. Boyd
BOOK REVIEWS:
The Nearing Case: "The Limitation of Academic Freedom at the Universlity of Pennsylvania by Act of the Board of Trustees" reviewed by W. S. Schlauch
   •"Reflections on Violence" by George Sorel reviewed by L. B. Boudin
   •"Schools of Tomorrow " by John and Evelyn Dewey reviewed by Robert H. Hutchinson
A SOCIALIST DIGEST:
   •Attitude of the Internaional Socialist Bureau
   •Industrial COnscription in France
   •The Degradation of Slavery
   •Scandinavian Socialist Peace Terms
CORRESPONDENCE:
   • From a British Socialist – Fredrick J. Gould


Vol 4 No. 5 May, 1916
The New Review
A Critical Survey of International Socialism
Published Monthly by the New Review Publishing Association
256 Broadway, New York City

CURRENT AFFAIRS:
   • Withdraw From Mexico! Louis B. Boudin
   • The Kaiser's Nationalism Moses Oppenheimer
   • The Teachers Organize Felix Grendon
   • Congressman London on ImmigrationIsaac A. Hourwich
   • Herve Resigns Louis B. Boudin
   • Poor Economy and Worse RadicalismLouis B. Boudin
   • Mr. Gompers Qualifying for the Bench Louis B. Boudin
   • Damning With Faint PraiseLouis B. Boudin
   • Lest We Forget Louis B. Boudin
   • The Right Answer to Wrong Criticism M.B. [Maurice Blumlein]
   • Notes
Immigration Problems Moses Oppenheimer
The Dangers of a Citizen ArmyFrank Bohn
The Issue in SchenectadyIsaac A. Hourwich
Company Owned Towns in Califorina Austin Lewis
India's Forced LoyaltyLajpat Rai
Hyphenated Poets Ernest A. Boyd
The Third Internationale (from the Intro to the 1st issue of "Verbote", published by Anton Pannekoek) [Anton Pannekoek]
Free Speech and Flag IdolatryTheodore Schroeder
Fiction Standards - Old and New Mary S. Oppenheimer
Between the Lines Richard Perin Appleton
THE PLAYS: (The German Way)
   •"Erdgeist" reviewed by F.G. [Felix Grendon]
   •"Justice" reviewed by L.B.B. [Louis B. Boudin]
BOOK REVIEWS:
   • "The Sorrows of Belgium" by Leonid Andreyev reviewed by Felix Grendon
   •A Big Novel in a Bigger Bundle ("God's Man" by George Brunson Howard) reviewed by Charles W. Wood
   •Meteorlogical Magic ("Civilization and Climate" by Ellsworth Huntington) reviewed by A. A. Goldenweiser
   • "The Inequality of Human Races" by Arthur de Gobincau translated by Adrian Collins reviewed by Robert H. Lowie
A SOCIALIST DIGEST:
   •The Split in the Social Democracy
   •Magon Brothers Arrested AGain
   •German Labor Unions and teh Class Struggle
   •Fooling the Greman Censor


Vol. 4 No. 6 June 1916 FINAL ISSUE
The New Review
A Critical Survey of International Socialism
Published Monthly by the New Review Publishing Association
256 Broadway, New York City

EXECUTIVE EDITORS:
Louis B. Boudin
Louis C. Fraina
Felix Grendon
Martha Gruening
Isaac Hourwich
Moses Oppenheimer













CONTRIBUTING EDITORS:
Richard P. Appleton
Maurice Blumlein
Frank Bohn
William E. Bohn
Floyd Dell
W. E. B. Dubois
Max Eastman
Jacob W. Hartmann
Paul Kenneday
Harry W. Laidler
Robert Rives LaMonte
Robert H. Lowie
Helen Marot
Joseph Michael
Austin Lewis
John Macy
Mary White Ovington
Wm. J. RObinson
Wm. English Walling

CURRENT AFFAIRS:
   •The Irish Tragedy Louis B. Boudin
   •"Laborism" and Imperialism in Australia Louis C. Fraina
   •Franchise Conditions Moses Oppenheimer
   •A Disgraceful Episode Louis B. Boudin
   •Schnectady: It's Cause and CureLouis B. Boudin
   •Popular Discontent in GermanyLouis C. Fraina
   •Another Crime of A.F. of L. Bureaucracy Louis C. Fraina
Notes
The Modern Robin Hood William C. Owen
The Toiler's Plaint J. Elmer Pfriem
The War and the Workers in Canada W. E. Hardenberg
A Progressive God Elise Clews Parsons
Hyphenism Edward G. Cox
The Issue in Schenectady: A Socialist View L.B. Boudin
The Committee on Industrial Relations Dante Barton
Fantine In Our Day Eugene V. Debs
Erin's Hope James Connolly