sible in single words or easy catch phrases, won. Such an observation is neither a reflection nor a criticism of man or party. The intelligence of the facts speak for them as they are. The mental make-up of the mass is neither subtle nor intricate—the minority is therefore always entitled to praise its own finer intelligence,—the mass reaches out to what is given it in easy words, it thinks in single syllables. And when some really great thought, pervading many great minds, spreads and becomes popular, it is because that thought has become clarified, rid of all superfluities, and presented in digestible form to the populace.
The commercial advertisers know this; but the Jews, who are sufficiently commercial in many matters, never adapt themselves to the public mind when presenting public issues to the Jewish mind. We weave a tangled web on our Jewish life issues, because we do not realize them. When they become as clear as are other issues of life, the small syllabled expression will come to us. And in the meantime, every one of us should labor to make the issue clear, to present it so that those who run may read.
The Landof theSob
The Land of the Sob If timeliness can achieve a reputation for a book, the "Land of Riddles," by Hugo Ganz, (Harper Bros.) will attain to it. Russia, as the giant against pigmy Japan, has been.before our gaze for nearly a year. Russia, as a whirlpool of unrest, is the subject of current comment. But whether the Prince Sviatopolk-Mirski succeeds or not, and Mr. Herman Rosenthal, who has translated the German, is doubtful of the immediate outcome of
the new Minister's efforts,—this book unfolds something of the riddle of the Empire of the White Czar.
"Silence" We know in reality nothing of it. Even the average Russian is densely ignorant of his