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October 19, 1912 Issue - 33 ArticlesTopics of the Day
- The Balkan War Begun, pp. 651-652
- Mr. Taft's Loss of California, p. 653
- Mortality Among Witnesses Against the Police, pp. 654-655
- Explaining Our Homicide Record, p. 656
- American Blood Spilt in Nicaragua, pp. 657-658
Foreign Comment
- Aviation Foiling Strategy, p. 659
- Mutual Critique of French and German Army Experts, p. 660
- Mr. Bryce on North and South American Coolness, p. 661
- Max Harden on "Yankee Democracy", p. 662
- French Pacific Ports and Panama, p. 663
Science and Invention
- Electrical Ignorance, p. 664
- Dangers of High-tension Lines, p. 664
- Mirrors for Street-corners, p. 665
- Glass Iron and Paper Clothes, p. 665
- Is Heat a Substance?, p. 666
- Music in Wireless, p. 667
- A Misguided Swindler, p. 667
- What Panama Can Teach Us, p. 667
Letters and Art
- "Post-Impressionist" Shakespeare, p. 668
- Students in Canada, pp. 669-670
- The Drowning of Philae, p. 671
Religion and Social Service
- The Christian-pagan Nations, p. 672
- Spiritual Bonds of East and West, p. 673
- A New Children's Prayer, p. 673
- Judging Nogi's Suicide, p. 674
- Greek Shoeblack Slavery, p. 674
Reviews of New Books
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Christopher Columbus as a Human Being---A New Biography (Review) John Kendrick Bangs
, p. 675 Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery, by Filson Young
- Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery by Filson Young
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Notable Books of the Season (10 Reviews) , pp. 676-679 A Woman of Genius, by Mary Austin
- A Woman of Genius by Mary Austin
- The Arm-Chair at the Inn by F. Hopkinson Smith
- The Moth by William Dana Orcutt
- With the Merry Austrians by Amy McLaren
- The Jingo by George Randolph Chester
- Concerning Sally by William John Hopkins
- The Woman of It by Mark Lee Luther
- A Bachelor's Comedy by J.E. Buckrose
- A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Alice Hegan Rice
- The White Shield by Myrtle Reed
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Completion of the "The New Schaff-Herzog" (Review) John E. McFadyen
, pp. 680-681 The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, by Philip Schaff, J.J. Herzo...
- The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge by Philip Schaff, J.J. Herzog, Albert Hauck, and Samuel Macauley Jackson, ...
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Two Books on China (2 Reviews) , pp. 682-683 In Forbidden China, by Henri Marie Gustave Ollone
- In Forbidden China by Henri Marie Gustave Ollone
- The Chinese Revolution by Arthur Judson Brown
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Women of the Old Regime (Review) , pp. 684-685 The Ruin of a Princess, by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
- The Ruin of a Princess by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
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Other Books Worth While (11 Reviews) , pp. 686-690 The Day of the Saxon, by Homer Lea
- The Day of the Saxon by Homer Lea
- Animal Life in Africa by J. Stevenson-Hamilton
- The Contest for California in 1861 by Elijah R. Kennedy
- The Story of the Evolution of Man by Joseph McCabe
- Normal Child and Primary Education by Arnold L. Gesell and Beatrice C. Gesell
- Working One's Day Through College and University by Calvin Dill Wilson
- Living Waters by Charles Brodie Patterson
- The New History by James Harvey Robinson
- A Half Century Among the Siamese and the Lao by Daniel McGilvary
- Selected Addresses by James B. Angell
- General Joseph Wheeler and the Army of the Tennessee by John Witherspoon Du Bose
- Miscellaneous, pp. 691-700