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 WallingADVISORY 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 TurnerBOARD of DIRETORS:
Alexander Fraser - President
Julius Heiman - Treasurer
Louis C. Fraina - Secretary
CURRENT AFFAIRS: •Socialist Terms of Peace B. [Boudin] •French Socialists and the Union Sacree F. [Fraina] •A Federal Conspiracy Law O. [M. Oppenheimer] •British Laborism Triumphant? F. [Fraina] •Mexico and Reconstruction F. [Fraina] •The Newest Imperialism F. [Fraina] •The Working Class or Capitalism? F. [Fraina] •Where is the Marx of Yesteryear F. [Fraina] Notes The A. F. OF L. Convention Austin Lewis Recent Increase In Cost OF Living Preparedness and the Socialists L. 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 Campaign F. [Fraina] •British Labor and Conscription F. [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
State Socialism and the War
The New Review
A Critical Survey of International Socialism
Published Monthly by the New Review Publishing Association
256 Broadway, New York City
Editorial and Advisory Boards unchanged from Jan 1 1916 CURRENT AFFAIRS: •The Awakening in Germany B. [Boudin] •The "Larger Americanism F. [Fraina] •Schenectady and Elsewhere O. [M. Oppenheimer] •Union Bureaucracy H. [I. Hourwich] •The Philippins and American Imperialism F. [Fraina] •British Labor Party B. [Boudin] •Italy's Failure in the War F. [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 r eviewed 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 Mexico Louis C. Fraina •"Industrial Peace" – A "Comedy" Isaac A. Hourwich •The Mind of an Opportunist Louis B. Boudin •Birth Control and Democracy B.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, Again Louis C. Frania •Where Extremes Meet Louis B. Boudin Notes An Austrian Socialist Manifesto Japan and the Far East Lajpat Rai At the Parting of the Ways A. A. Goldenweiser What Kind of Education? Wm. E. Bohn Ideal–less Pacifism Elise Clews Parsons Will He Come Back? Felix Grendon The Failure of Brieux Ernest 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 Immigration Isaac A. Hourwich • Herve Resigns Louis B. Boudin • Poor Economy and Worse Radicalism Louis B. Boudin • Mr. Gompers Qualifying for the Bench Louis B. Boudin • Damning With Faint Praise Louis 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 Army Frank Bohn The Issue in Schenectady Isaac A. Hourwich Company Owned Towns in Califorina Austin Lewis India's Forced Loyalty Lajpat 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 Idolatry Theodore 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 Cure Louis B. Boudin •Popular Discontent in Germany Louis 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