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The Meaning Of The Smethurst Reprieve. Dr. Smethurst Has Not

been pardoned, he has only been re- prieved. This distinction, and it is an important one, seems to have been overlooked in many quarters. The effect of Sir George Lewis's......

English Mistakes On American Questions. Scarcely A Week...

some evidence of the very im- perfect knowledge upon which our contemporaries undertake to handle American affairs. Our readers will remember that within the present year we......

National Resources And National Burdens. "post Hoc....

mistake of empiricism—is a standing joke among men of sound medical science ; yet it re- mains to this day the standing blunder of the most sagacious doc- tors. And it is by no......