Age of Faith (The). By Amory H. Bradford,

D.D. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston. 5×8 in. 306 pages. $1.50.

The title of this book indicates its character. The author believes that we are living in an age of faith, not of skepticism, that our conception of God and of his Fatherhood, of man and of his brotherhood, of the mystery of suffering and of sin, of the method and significance of salvation, of the nature and value of prayer, and of the office of punishment, are all more spiritual than they were in the age of traditionalism or of authority from which we are emerging. The book has enough of the note of sermon in it to indicate its probable genesis, yet it is expository, not hortatory, and practical rather in the spirit which animates it throughout than in any direct homiletical applications of the truths expounded. It is hopeful, spiritual, vital, earnest. Without being formally theological, it has in it the spirit and the life of the new theology. American Wit and Humor. (Wit and Humor

Series.) George W. Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia. 2 vols. 3x64 in. 246 pages. 50c. per vol. Here is a collection gathered from many sources, classified and put into two small, handy pocket volumes. All these waifs of wit are brief and to the point. Most of them owe their origin to the "funny column" of various well-known newspapers throughout the land. Miscellaneous witticisms are grouped under their various headings, while mere conundrums are headed as such. Some of these squibs have the ring of true wit.

Among the Birds: Selections from the Standard Poets. Illustrated in Colors. Dana Estes & Co., Boston. 4×54 in. 119 pages. 50c.

Among the Flowers: Selections from the Standard Poets. Illustrated in Colors. Dana Estes & Co., Boston. 4×534 in. 105 pages. 50c. Beauty and the Beast; The Frog Prince; The Hind in the Wood. Reissue of Walter Crane's Picture Books. (Large Series.) John Lane, New York. 9×10%1⁄2 in. 25c. each.

The Walter Crane illustrations are classics for children, and we welcome the publication of these old fairy tales with their beautiful pictures, combining in a rare degree imagination and fidelity to truth. They are charming giftbooks.

Bible for Learners (The). Sunday-School

Edition. By Dr. H. Oort, Dr. I. Hooykaas, assisted by Dr. A. Kuenen. Translated from the Dutch by the Rev. P. H. Wicksteed. In Two Vols. Vol. I. The Old Testament for Learners. Vol. II. The New Testament for Learners. Little, Brown & Co..

Boston. 5x8 in. 616 pages and 760 pages. $1.50

each.

"The Bible for Learners," which has long been a standard work of its kind, is here presented in a new form, in which the Old Testament and the New are each complete in a

single volume. It is characteristic of this work by several eminent Dutch scholars that it combines a religious and spiritual interest with an extremely radical critical treatment of the Biblical narratives. Although the result of critical discussion has tended to confirm some of its transfers of apparently historical matter to the list of legends, Christian scholars are far from being converted to the extreme positions taken here. The elimination of miraculous elements sometimes puts upon one's powers of rational belief an extra burden. It is more easy to believe in the resurrection physically perceived spiritual fact than to of Jesus Christ as either a physical fact or a regard it as the product of the "fervid imagination" of terrified and disheartened disciples. We do not regard these volumes as useful for "learners," but they are useful for those who have the learning to read them with discrimination.

Biography of a Baby (The). By Milicent Washburn Shinn. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston. 5x71⁄2 in. 247 pages. $1.50.

The study by a scholarly but child-loving aunt of her baby niece from the hour of its birth to the end of its first year is a biography of an unusual kind; and, need we add, a sympathetically fascinating one to all lovers of babies. That the author is familiar with all the savants and biologists who have written on the subject, from the almost forgotten German Professor Tiedeman to Darwin's work in 1840, and, later, Professor Dreyer M. Taine, Mrs. Moore, and others, makes the study of more value. Mrs. Shinn compares her own observations with those of more famed authorities, and notes wherein and why she differs from certain points made by them concerning this atom of humanity, whose first act is a cry-" not of wrath, as Kant said, nor a shout of joy, as Schwartz thought, but a snuffling, and then a long, thin, tearless á-á, with the timbre of a Scotch bagpipe, purely automatic, but of discomfort."

Book of the Dragon (The). By E. Nesbit. Illustrations by H. R. Millar, and Decorations by H. Granville Fell. Harper & Bros., New York. 52x72 in. 290 pages.

A prettily written and charmingly illustrated fairy book for children by a well-known writer of fiction for older people.

Cardinal's Rose (The). By Van Tassel Sut

phen. Illustrated. Harper & Bros., New York. 5x7% in. 271 pages. $1.50.

Assuredly this book can claim originality in design, as it begins with the detection of a crime through a chance incident observed by an American newspaper man who is watching the pictures in a cinematograph. This incident plunges the American aforesaid into a perfect maze of complications, plots, counter

plots, wars, and villainy, in an imaginary country of Eastern Europe. The book is in substance precisely one of those which Mr. Howells would most deprecate in his views of the new historical novel. That it is ingeniously planned and put together cannot be denied; that it has no serious value as literature is equally obvious. The best character is the French multi-millionaire Baron who aids his kidnappers to escape their pursuers, because he knows his disappearance will smash the stock market, and he is on the bear side.

Cathedrals of France. By Epiphanius Wilson,

M.A. (Eremita Peregrinus.) 200 Illustrations. The Churchman Co., New York. 10x 14 in. 208 pages. $3.

The Outlook has taken occasion more than once to comment upon the taste and skill of the typographical and illustrative work in the pages of "The Churchman." That journal has given its readers, for a number of years past, successive series of articles descriptive of the cathedrals of the world, notable for the care with which the text has been presented and for the beauty with which the illustrative features have been brought out. No series has been more brilliant in its illustrative quality than that which finds permanent form in this quarto. American readers are much more familiar with the cathedrals of England than with those of France; and Mr. Wilson, who has prepared the text, has found a rich field for his descriptive and historical faculty, and the publishers for their selection of architectural ensemble and details. The volume, in spite of its comparative inexpensiveness, is handsomely made.

Clergy in American Life and Letters (The). By Daniel Dulany Addison. The Macmillan Co., New York. 5×74 in. 400 pages. $1.25. The latest addition to the "National Studies in American Letters," of which Professor George E. Woodberry is the editor, is a carefully prepared account of the literary work of the American clergy from the side of religious life and of National thought. The record, beginning with the earliest colonial times, includes Henry Ward Beecher, and is full, accurate, and interesting. The American clergy have not made very important contributions to American letters, but they have played a great part in the intellectual life of the country; and this volume, which is a kind of foot-note to the history of the higher life in America, masses with admirable clearness many of the facts in this field, and presents them in an interesting fashion.

Colored Calendars: Nature's Gems ($1.75). Heavenly Promises ($1.50). He Careth for You ($). Floral Greetings ($1.50). The Year of Beauty (75c.). Sweet Pansies (50c.). E. P. Dutton & Co., New York.

Contemporary American Composers. By Rupert Hughes, M.A. Illustrated. L. C. Page & Co., Boston. (Music Lovers' Series.) 44x63 in. 456 pages. $1.50.

Reserved for later notice.

Creeds and Religious Beliefs as they Appear to

a Plain Business Man. By John S. Hawley. Wilbur B. Ketcham, New York. 5x7 in. 167 pages. $1.

The author is a sincerely religious man, sym

pathizing theologically with Unitarian and Universalist positions, and a believer in the mental treatment of disease. The common fallacy of "a plain business man," that affirmations concerning spiritual truth are to be interpreted with the same literalism as statements of facts discerned by the senses, appears in his criticisms of creeds. It does no harm to bombard the decaying forts of Calvinism, but it is regrettable that any one should so misunderstand the Biblical truth of justification by faith as to pronounce it "absurd." Dimple Dallas. By Amy E. Blanchard. Illustrated. George W. Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia. 5x74 in. 194 pages. $1.

D. L. Moody Year-Book (The). Selected by Emma Moody Fitt. The Fleming H. Revell Co., New York. 44x7 in. 234 pages. $1.

Elementary Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygi ene: For Higher Grammar Grades. By Winneld S. Hall, Ph.D., M.D. The American Book Co., New York, 5x7 in. 270 pages. 75c.

Everlasting Harmony (The): God our Father. By Rose Porter. The Fleming H. Revell Co., New York. 42x74 in. 120 pages. $1.

Famous Geometrical Theorems and Problems: Their History. By William W. Rupert, C.E. (Heath's Mathematical Monographs. General Editor, Webster Wells, S.B.) D. C. Heath & Co., Boston. Part I. and II. 5×71⁄2 in.

Famous Pianists of To-Day and Yesterday. By Henry C. Lahee. Illustrated. (Music Lovers' Series.) L. C. Page & Co., Boston. 44×7 in. 345 pages. $1.50.

Reserved for notice later.

Favorite Scripture Texts of Famous People. By Frederick Barton. F. M. Barton, Cleveland, O. 5x71⁄2 in. 272 pages. $1.25.

Foes in Law. By Rhoda Broughton. The Macmillan Co., New York. 54x8 in. 326 pages. $1.50.

This novel lacks the sprightliness and vivacity of the early books by the author of "Cometh Up as a Flower." It is more melodramatic as well as more serious than Miss Broughton's earlier work, but would be greatly improved by reticence of style and the curtailing of superfluous and superlative adjectives.

For My Musical Friend. By Aubertine Wood-
ward Moore. The Dodge Publishing Co., New
York. 47 in. 206 pages. $1.25.
Reserved for notice later.

Frigate Constitution (The). By Ira N. Hollis. Illustrated. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston. 5×7 in. 263 pages. $1.50.

The story of the Frigate Constitution is the story of our navy from the time when three classes of ships formed the bulk of most navies (sloops, frigates, and line-of-battle ships) to the War of 1812. The book is well written. It is a distinct and valuable contribution to the story of how that war definitely lowered British arrogance for all time, and correspondingly confirmed American independence. Girls of Bonnie Castle (The). By Izola L. Forrester. Illustrated. George W. Jacobs & Co.. Philadelphia. 5x71⁄2 in. 277 pages. $1.25. A story which covers fully the daily life of a group of village boys as well as girls. Natural, joyous, vigorous, whole-souled, we see them in their school life, their summer outings, their winter sleigh-rides and character parties. Later on comes club life, with its rivalries and

friendships and helpful co-operation. Altogether, a sprightly story, full of frolic, action, and work.

Griselda. By Basil King. Herbert S. Stone & Co., Chicago. 44x 7 in. 333 pages. $1.25. The motive of this story grows out of the reckless life of the son of a Scotch lord, who dies a disgraceful death in America before the story opens. His daughter, supported by her father's friend, returns to England, with intent to recover the family estate. A love affair between her and the heir in possession-who has no suspicion of who she is-results. The preternatural pride of the young lord's mother revolts. The girl, scorned and insulted, sues and recovers the estate. A good deal of character-plot is worked out, from the worldly point of view. The story is improbable rather than impossible, and is cleverly told.. Inductive Lessons in Rhetoric. By Frances W. Lewis. D. C. Heath & Co., Boston. 5×74 in. 308 pages. 90c.

In Excelsis: Hymns with Tunes for Christian Worship. (Seventh Edition.) The Century Co., New York. 6×81⁄2 in.

Influence of Christ in Modern Life (The).

By

Newell Dwight Hillis. The Macmillan Co., New
York. 5x7 in. 416 pages.

This is a volume of discourses rather than of essays. Some of the chapters have been given as addresses, and they are all appropriate for the platform. Their style is rhetorical, often luxuriantly so. The first and the last have to do with church problems in this country; he chief theme of the others is Christ, as related to civilization and religion, in his supremacy in the realm of intellect and character, his relation to the poet, the philosopher, the scientist, and the seer. Some of the main problems of our present transitional theology are also discussed, as the conception of God, and the modification given by evolution to the ideas of sin and punishment, and by criticism to our conceptions of the Bible. The new theology finds forceful utterance here. In Dr. Hillis's discourse one is often reminded of his predecessor in the Central Church at Chicago, the lamented David Swing. There is the same sparkle of imagination and wealth of illustration, the same sympathetic feeling and human warmth, the same light but firm touch, the same persuasiveness. Dr. Hillis's defects are those that a brilliant rhetorician is prone to, and a careful revision of this volume should have prevented the accidents of the platform perpetuating themselves upon the page; e.g., domiciling Paul's friend, Philemon, in Philip pi, making the Red Cross Society figure in the Crimean War, stating the distance of Sirius as barely seven times that of Neptune, representing "billowy flame" as the agent which pulverized the granite into soil, declaring reason to be the lowest of all the " forty faculties" of the soul, but elsewhere exalting it as our Godgiven guide.

Inn of the Silver Moon (The).

By Herman

Knickerbocker Viele. Herbert S. Stone & Co., Chicago. 44X7 in. 198 pages. $1.25. Decidedly lively, agreeable, and amusing, although slight in construction. This is a capital little book to read aloud in a half-hour when serious thought is not desired.

In the Time of Paul. By the Rev. Edward G. Selden, D.D. The Fleming H. Revell Co., New York. 5x7 in. 151 pages. 75c.

This is a very convenient manual for one who lacks the leisure requisite for reading the larger works upon the early conflict of Christianity with paganism. In a few pages Dr. Selden has well digested the story of the first century, social conditions of the time, and the crude and sketches in lucid and agreeable style the but vigorous youth of Christianity with the decrepit and corrupt, though elegant, sort of civilization against which it won its way. The contributions which that civilization made to Christianity are at the same time impartially recognized, and make it evident that the gift of Christianity to a world which had produced a Socrates and a Plato was not new knowledge so much as new power to quicken lifeless knowledge with moral aspiration and energy. La Tâche du Petit Pierre. By Jeanne Mairet. Edited by O. B. Super. D. C. Heath & Co., Boston. 42x6% in. 134 pages. 35c.

L'Hasa at Last. By J. MacDonald Oxley. Illustrated. The American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia. 5×71⁄2 in. 269 pages. $1.25. This is a lively but decidedly improbable tale of the adventures of a boy and his friends in penetrating further into the Thibet country than has actually been accomplished by any white man in the last quarter of a century. Listening Child (The). By Lucy W. Thacher.

Introductory Note by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The Macmillan Co., New York. 5x7 in. 408 pages. $1.25.

A new edition of an admirable collection of poetry for children. The volume is well named, as many of the poems would not be understood by even older children reading to themselves, but it is precisely the book from which a discriminating mother would wish to read to even her youngest children, and from which she would wish them to learn by heart the poems that interest them. When we think how much pointless doggerel and dull prose our children are memorizing from the books for their amusement and the books for their instruction, it is a pleasure to commend this volume of literary masterpieces, which will appeal to the children more than doggerel, and remain with them for life a source of pleasure and profit.

Luca della Robbia. By Marchesa Burlamacchi. Illustrated. (The Great Masters in Painting and Sculpture.) The Macmillan Co., New York. 8x5 in. $1.75.

Ruskin, Symonds, Pater, Hewlett, Leader Scott, Mrs. Oliphant, and Mrs. Jameson have given us information concerning Luca della Robbia, but, as may well be anticipated, from none of these authors have we such an adequate, well-balanced, and detailed account as in the present work by the Marchioness Burlamacchi. Luca della Robbia's particular adaptation of enamel to sculpture preceded that of Palissy to pottery by about a century, but four hundred years have not destroyed or even diminished the beauty of Luca's worksa beauty which brings together a lofty purity, tenderness, and Christian feeling with a genuine realism, shown patently in the artist's ability to suggest movement without exaggera

tion. Luca united the qualities of his great contemporaries, Fra Angelico and Donatello. Lords of the North. By A. C. Laut. J. F. Taylor & Co., New York. 54×8 in. 442 pages. $1.50.

This is a story of the old life in the far Northwest. It is told with great animation and with not a little sense of character, as well as with a full and carefully acquired knowledge of the conditions of life when the traders, pioneers, and adventurers were reclaiming for future civilization the enormous frozen country from the St. Lawrence to the Mackenzie River, and from the Hudson Bay to the Pacific Ocean. The story purports to be told by Rufus Gillespie, a trader and clerk for the Northwest Company, which in the beginning of this century ruled over an empire broader than Europe, had numerous Indian tribes as its allies, and was the only rival of the great Hudson's Bay Company.

Madame Thérèse. By Erckmann-Chatrian.

Edited by C. Fontaine, B.L., LL.D. The American Book Co., New York. 5×74 in. 191 pages. 50c. Mantle of Elijah (The). By I. Zangwill. IIlustrated. Harper & Bros., New York. 5x71⁄2 in. 459 pages. $1.50.

We have already given our judgment of the merits and demerits of Mr. Zangwill's novel in an article on notable novels of the season in the December Magazine Number. Manual of Christian Theology. By Alvah

Hovey, D.D., LL.D. (Second Edition.) Silver, Burdett & Co., New York. 52X814 in. 472 pages. The views of Christian doctrine which his half-century of teaching in the Baptist Theological School at Newton, Mass., have matured are set forth in this Manual. A manual it is in its conciseness. We note with interest some signs of theological modification. Dr. Hovey apparently holds to an expiatory atonement, and to a general resurrection and judgment. But endless punishment is held hypothetically, not categorically: if men sin forever, they will suffer forever. Biblical inspiration likewise is affirmed with scrupulous abstinence from traditional overstatements, viz.: "The sacred Scriptures, rightly interpreted from beginning to end as the record of a progressive revelation of God to man, of man to himself, and of spiritual life to all who will accept it, will lead to truth without error, and will justify that revelation as one that gave to those addressed by it, in each particular age, the religious truth most needed by them, in the best available form for reaching the heart and purifying the life." To the doctrine of the Trinity but two pages are given-a parsimony strongly contrasting with the exuberance of some writers, but quite congruous with the mystery of the subject. In recognizing Christian Service as a distinct portion of theological study, although we cannot regard it as adequately treated, the influence of the modern spirit is manifest. But Dr. Hovey holds to the old ground, from which some of his brethren are drifting away, that Baptists cannot regard Pedo-Baptists as walking orderly, and cannot conscientiously welcome them to the Lord's Table. The book, a model of terse condensation, well indexed for reference, com

mands attention as the testimony both of an honored veteran and a revered instructor. Manual of Patriotism: For Use in the Pub

lic Schools of the State of New York. Authorized by Act of the Legislature. Compiled, Arranged, and Edited under the Direction of Charles R. Skinner. 74×10 in. 470 pages.

Memories of the Tennysons. By Rev. H. D. Rawnsley. Illustrated. The Macmillan Co., New York. 5x7 in. 252 pages. $2.25.

A discursive but very pleasantly written volume of moderate compass, the chief value of which, for lovers of Tennyson, is the result of the attempt to recover from the memory of old people in the neighborhood of Somersby impressions and recollections of the Tennysons in their childhood. These recollections are necessarily fragmentary; many of them are very vague; but they possess a good deal of interest. Moreover, the writer puts behind them the landscape background of Tennyson's youth, and it is very delightful. The latter chapters of the book present many interesting personal impressions of Tennyson.

Messiah's Second Advent. By Calvin Goodspeed, D.D., LL.D. William Briggs, Toronto. 42x74 in. 288 pages. $1.

Mountain Playmates. By Helen R. Albee. Houghton, Mittlin & Co., Boston. 5×7% in. 271 pages. $1.50.

This book has some of the charm of "Elizabeth" (she of the German Garden) and some of the charm also of Thoreau and of John Burroughs. The two people who live and play out-of-doors among the fields and rocks and trees are most agreeable acquaintances; and the record of their excursions and strolls and work in garden and forest not only shows observation, but a very sincere and true philosophy of the relations between man and nature. All in all, the book is an unusual one in its grace and delicacy.

Musical Studies and Silhouettes. Translated from the French of Camille Bellaigue by Ellen Orr. Illustrated. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. 4gx7% in. $1.50.

We shall speak of this in connection with other books about music at a later date. Nature's Miracles: Familiar Talks on Science. Vol. III. Electricity and Magnetism. By Elisha Gray, Ph.D., LL.D. Fords, Howard & Hulbert, New York. 4x61⁄2 in. 248 pages. 60c.

Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera. By Charles M. Taylor, Jr. Illustrated by the Author. George W. Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia. 5x8 in. 358 pages. $2.

Mr. Taylor both writes and photographs with the enthusiasm of a young traveler. Later on he will be inclined to trim both his prints and his descriptions. His later books will be not less amusing, and some things that offend a critical taste will be less obtrusive. He has an eye for the picturesque, and his good nature and artlessness lend a wholesome flavor to his pages.

Old Virginia and Her Neighbours. By John Fiske. Illustrated. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston. 2 vols. 6x9 in. $8.

The illustration of these two handsome volumes is in all respects worthy of the author and the subject. Many of us will earnestly wish that we could have a complete edition of Mr. Fiske's books in this style and form.

Of

the work itself it is hardly necessary to speak again; all American readers know that Mr. Fiske's treatment of phases of American history is marked, not only by the most accurate and painstaking study, but by an easy, agreeable, and conversational style. As a present for holiday time few books published this year have more permanent and serious value than this.

On War's Red Tide. By Gordon Stables, M.D., C.M. A. I. Bradley & Co., Boston. 5×71⁄2 in. 327 pages. $1.50.

Our Names: Their Origin and Signification. By S. M. Burnham, M.A. A. L. Bradley & Co., Boston. 4×7 in. 98 pages. 75c.

Paris in its Splendor. By E. A. ReynoldsBall. Illustrated. Dana Estes & Co., Boston. 2 vols. 5x8 in.

This is a welcome publication by the wellknown author of a particularly interesting work on Cairo. In his new volumes he gives graphic pictures, not only of the Paris of to-day, but of medieval, monarchical, and revolutionary times; of Paris under Napoleon, under the Bourbons, under Louis Phillippe and Louis Napoleon, and finally under the Third Republic. With this historic background "sketched in," Mr. Reynolds-Ball describes the museums, galleries, churches, monuments, parks, boulevards, cafés, and the haunts of various celebrities. His chapters on dramatic and musical Paris, upon sports and pastimes and sideshows, are specially interesting. There is only one Paris in the world, and it is well that we should have so many and so good books to describe it to us. In the long list of such books the present work will find fitting place. People's Bible Encyclopedia (The): Biographical, Geographical, Historical, and Doctrinal. Edited by Rev. Charles Randall Barnes, A.B., A.M., D.D. Illustrated. Eaton & Mains, New York. 6x9 in. 1,221 pages. $4.50. The voluminous Biblical encyclopædias now advancing to completion cannot meet the demand for a compact popular volume like this. Remarkably attractive in appearance, it is amply furnished with illustrative material, including a glossary of terms requiring explanation. Some eminent scholars have contributed to it. It will doubtless attract many purchasers. To these the reviewer should say in all candor that, however useful it will be found in numerous particulars, it is distinctly committed, wherever it touches the field of Biblical criticism, to a view of things which Christian scholars have largely abandoned. According to this, as presented in the present volume, the pestilence in Jerusalem was really a divine punishment for David's taking a census of the people; the narrative of Lot's wife and Lot's daughters is strictly historical; and there is much more of the same sort. Even in the same article which states that the monuments have revolutionized Biblical chronology, one reads that the Hebrew text, which gives but 1,656 years from the Creation to the Flood, is "on the whole more correct" than the Septuagint, which gives 2,242. From the Flood to Christ the Hebrew text reckons 2,348 years. Yet, within sixty-eight years of the Flood, this article adopts 2280 B.C. as "the date of a great invasion of Babylonia by the Elamites."

Noah's family must have been extraordinarily prolific. With the adherence manifested to traditional but obsolescent opinions, e. g., that Moses wrote "the bulk" of the Pentateuch, we find less serious fault than with the general statement introducing them—that it is intended "to state the general conclusions of Christian scholarship." This intention has certainly not been made good, and announcement of it is in effect deceptive. It is greatly to be wished that some competent hand would produce another popular cyclopædia, in which such an intention might be carried out.

Plucky Girl (A). By Laura T. Meade. Illustrated. George W. Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia. 5x71⁄2 in. 380 pages. $1.25.

Scientific Evidences of Revealed Religion (The) The Bishop Paddock Lectures for the Year 1900. By the Rev. Charles Woodruff Shields, D.D., LL.D. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 54×84 in. 259 pages. $1.50.

These lectures begin by stating that the Christian Religion is again on the defensive” against "an assault made falsely in the name of Science." They next refer to "that true religion and true science, between which there never has been and never can be any conflict." The harmony between these two, however, is not the staple of the argument, which is an effort to square with science the Biblical statements concerning things natural and supernatural in the fields of astronomy, geology, and anthropology, as if these were either part of true religion or vitally related to it. That they are so related is strongly asserted; any error in these is regarded as vitiating credibility in matters of religion. We would not be wanting in the irenic temper which Dr. Shields shows toward the Christian scholars whom he opposes, but we must protest against what we regard as equally unfortunate and untrue in his statement that the geology of Moses and the theology of Paul must stand or fall together. Nor can we regard the argument which proceeds on this basis as successful except in evading difficulties. Ancient miracies gain no credibility by comparing them with modern marvels, e. g., the tower of Babel as overtopped by New York "sky-scrapers." The science of comparative religion negatives the assumption that our canonical Scriptures are the sole vehicle of divine revelation. The Nineteenth Psalm itself contradicts it. Dr. Shields has done good service in his former writings to the cause of Christian unity. We wish we could say that in this book he has done equal service to the cause of Christian truth. Seed Thoughts for Public Speakers.

By

Arthur T. Pierson. Funk & Wagnalls Co., New
York. 5x8 in. 361 pages. $1.50.

Selections from the Bible. Arranged by John
G. Wight, Ph.D., Litt.D. The American Book Co.,
New York. 42x64 in. 293 pages. 40c.
Siege in Peking (The).

By W. A. P. Martin, D.D., LL.D. Illustrated. The Fleming H. Revell Co., New York. 5x8 in. 190 pages. $1. Though the lack of an index might indicate that this work must have been hastily prepared and published, there are hardly any errors in typography. Dr. Martin's is a clearly printed and well-bound book, as befits the work, which, more than any other, adequately describes the