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subsequent career. His hero is a young Filipino who has been educated in Europe, and returns to Luzon to help in the education of his people. At every step his work is resisted by the monastic orders, whose plottings finally secure his condemnation. From beginning to end the book is a passionate appeal for the rights of his countrymen, but the passion is that of an artist and not of an advocate, and it never betrays him into doing violence to the integrity of his characters. They always talk and act themselves, and never as automatons for expressing the author's thought and feeling. Some of them are, with unflinching fidelity, made to reveal the worst weaknesses of the author's people. Nevertheless, the book will have a greater power to help them than if its author, through a weaker love, had marred the reality of his scenes by the hiding of the faults of his people. It is only the truth that can make free, and the author's faithfulness to life shows him a true patriot as well as a true artist. The publisher has prefaced the book with an admirable account of the author's life. Born on the southern shore of the Laguna de Bay, in 1861, of almost pure Tagalo ancestry, he received his early education in his father's home from a learned native priest. At the age of twenty he graduated with distinction at the college of the Jesuits at Manila, and afterwards spent several years in the universities and hospitals of Spain, Germany, and Austria, receiving the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Medicine, and acquiring great skill as an oculist. At the end of this period he wrote the novel before us, and returned the year following to Luzon to find himself the idol of the common people, but the bête noir of the powerful classes. After struggles and persecutions and exile, he was finally condemned to death upon testimony fabricated by his monastic enemies. He faced his execution with characteristic intrepidity, saying to the Jesuit priest who ministered to him: "I have sown; others are left to reap." Thus the end of his own life was singularly like that of one of the heroes of his story with whose last words it closes: "I die without seeing the light of dawn on my country. You who shall see it and greet it, do not forget those who fell in the night."

Eccentricities of Genius. By Major J. B.

Pond. Illustrated. G. W. Dillingham Co., New York. 834x5 in. 564 pages. $3.50. A volume of anecdotes, stories, and incidents connected with men of prominence on the lecture platform, with characterizations of their style. Reserved for fuller notice.

Edward Blake College Student. By Charles M. Sheldon. The Advance Publishing Co., Chicago.

5x7 in. 281 pages. 75c.

England's Hero Prince. By Gordon Stables,

M.D., C.M. Illustrated. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York. 5x8 in. 387 $1.50. pages. The "Hero Prince," or Black Prince as he figures in history because of his sable armor, was the son of England's conquering King, Edward III., and in reading nis story and that of his followers we also, of course, follow in that story many of the exploits of his father.

The author, belonging to the British navy, writes in a manner to fire the souls of youth into a glorification of its achievements. Elements of Latin (The). By William R. Harper, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., and Isaac B. Burgess, A.M. The American Book Co., New York. 5x7% in. 320 pages. $1.

Elements of Physics. By Henry A. Rowland, Ph.D., LL.D., and Joseph S. Ames, Ph.D. The American Book Co., New York. 5x7 in. 263 pages. $1.

Engrafted Rose (The). By Emma Brooke. Herbert S. Stone & Co., Chicago. 5x7 in. 357

pages.

The plot of this story is one of the oldest, namely, the changing of children at birth by a midwife. In the working out, however, some unhackneyed incidents are introduced. There is also complex interplay of character and some quaint English idiom. The story is fairly well constructed, the diction correct, and the interest throughout of that sort which holds the interest of the general reader of a well-told story.

Eros and Psyche. Retold after Apuleius by

Paul Carus. Illustrations by Paul Thumann. The Open Court Publishing Co., Chicago. 5×8 in. 99 pages. A version couched in modern diction of the world-old story of "Cupid and Psyche." The Greek tone as well as the Greek name of the god is sustained in this little volume, which is daintily arranged and beautifully illustrated by Paul Thumann. The author throws many suggestive side-lights on the symbolic wanderings and changes of the ancient story as it has come down through the ages.

Essays on the Monetary History of the United States. By Charles J. Bullock, Ph.D. (The Citizen's Library.) Edited by Richard T. Ely, Ph.D., LL.D. The Macmillan Co., New York. 5×7% in. 292 pages. $1.25.

The work of an original investigator who knows how to popularize. The author is frankly in sympathy with the wealthier classes and the urban districts in their immemorial opposition to the currency expansion schemes immemorially favored by the poorer classes and the rural districts; and the strength of his sympathies keeps him from comprehending fully the position of his opponents, or explaining the continued popularity of the measures which he believes to have brought such general misery. But over against this defect, which will be felt only by believers in bimetallism or paper money, is to be put the spirited style which is in part due to the strength of the author's sympathies. It is a very narrow currency expansionist who will not enjoy, for example, the pages in which the author describes some of the effects of the issue of over $400,000,000 of paper money during our Revolutionary war. This sum was twenty times the amount of coin that could have circulated in the colonies, and the result was the rapid depreciation of the currency, and the proportionate enrichment of debtors at the expense of their creditors. “For two or three years,” the author quotes Witherspoon as saying, “we constantly saw and were informed of creditors running away from their debtors, and the debtors pursuing them in triumph and paying them without mercy." There are few scenes

in economic history more laughable than those here depicted of creditors "leaping from rear windows of their houses, or hiding themselves in their attics" in order to escape debtors. Essentials of the English Sentence (The). By Elias J. MacEwan, M.A. D. C. Heath & Co., Boston. 3X74 in. 310 pages. 75c.

Exposition of the Gospels of the Church Year on the Basis of Nebe (An). By Prof. Edmund Jacob Wolf, D.D. The Lutheran Publication Society, Philadelphia. 6×9 in. 914 pages. $4.50. The growing recognition of the Christian Year in the cycles centering in Christmas, Easter, and Whitsunday, as fruitful in its suggestion of timely topics to preachers, has prepared for this volume a welcome in other denominations than the Lutheran, from which it proceeds. Its commentary on the Gospel lessons for the several Sundays, and other great days of devotion, is ample both in exegetical, doctrinal, and homiletical material, surpassing in this collective point of view any other work in English designed for the same general purpose. Faiths of Famous Men. Compiled and Edited

by John Kenyon Kilbourn, D.D. Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia. 5×84 in. 379 pages. $2. Much valuable material has been brought together in this book with much also that is of small account. Such subjects as the Millennium and the Intermediate State, and men's notions about them, hardly deserve place along with such subjects as God and Immortality. The compiler's choice of subjects may be in part responsible for the disproportionate space given to greater and to smaller men; l. g., five selections from Tennyson and thirteen from Talmage. The title of the book is a misnomer. The "Faiths " are simply beliefs or opinions, and some of the "Famous Men" here figure as such for the first time. Nevertheless, it is on the whole a good and useful book.

Fighting for the Empire. By James Otis. Illustrated. Dana Estes & Co., Boston. 54×8 in. 466 pages. $1.50.

This volume has value as a book of reference. It is largely a reprint of official despatches from Lord Roberts and others as they have appeared in the daily press. The work comprises the history of the Boer war from its inception to the annexation of the Transvaal. In future editions we would recommend certain changes in the spelling, Wyndham for Windham, for instance.

Flame of Life (The). By Gabriele d'Annunzio.

Translated by Kassandra Vivaria. L. C. Page & Co., Boston. 5x74 in. 403 pages. $1.50. Written in the extremely sensitive and beautiful style of which D'Annunzio is a master, tainted throughout with a corruption which is so deep-going that one feels as if the whole work were a kind of deadly fungus which had its roots in an ancient and rotten order of society. The story-element is slight. The book is really a study of voluptuousness, characterized by a subtlety, a sinuosity, and a psychological insight which are marvelous; fortunately, however, it is uninteresting, except from the literary point of view. It cannot be read without defilement, and it ought not to be read at all.

Flowers of Thought. Collected by Cecelia M. Tibbits. Eaton & Mains, New York. 42x64 in. 118 pages. 75c.

Fore! Life's Book for Golfers. The Life Publishing Co., New York. Illustrated. 9×111⁄2 in. 64 pages.

Sure to be a popular Christmas present from and to golfers. Pictures and jokes average well.

For Tommy and Other Stories. By Laura E. Richards. Dana Estes & Co., Boston. 4x63⁄4 in. 225 pages. $1.

Friend or Foe. By Frank Samuel Child. Illustrated. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston. 5×7 in. 238 pages. $1.50.

A story of the period of the War of 1812, the scene of action being the State of Connecticut, and the plot dealing largely with the misconception of the attitude of New England with relation to the war. Mr. Child has made sympathetic study of the early colonial history of the State in which he lives, and of its later history as well; and this volume is one of the rapidly ripening fruits of that study. He has had great advantages for making a first-hand acquaintance with his field and his themes, and has made excellent use of them.

Furnace of Earth (A). By Hallie Erminie Rives. The Camelot Co., New York. 4×7 in. 224 pages.

Garden of Simples (A). By Martha Bockée Flint. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 51×784 in. 307 pages. $1.50.

Gavel and the Mace (The). By Hon. Frank Warren Hackett. McClure, Phillips & Co., New York. 44X7 in. 262 pages. $1.25.

Before opening this modest-looking and neatly arranged volume, one could hardly suppose that a book devoted to legislative doings and parliamentary law could be made so readable. Assuming at the start that every one is interested in the subject, the author heads each chapter with a tempting bait in the form of apt quotation from some notable author. This leads to a scanning of the chapters, into each one of which will be found woven a good deal of literary art in the elucidation of precedent and requirement. In this way the reader gets much entertaining information, valuable too in these days of public functions, and interspersed with fresh conceit or enjoyable anecdote. Any one standing in need of such information may from this volume obtain hints which, with some wit on his own part, may make him a master in the tact and adroitness required for dealing with audiences or diplo matic situations in private life.

Government in Switzerland. By John Martin

Vincent, Ph.D. (The Citizen's Library.) The Macmillan Co., New York. 5x7 in. 370 pages. $1.2 This volume might easily be made the subject of as many reviews as there are chapters. It is not the work of an advocate, but is the work of a man who has studied Swiss institutions with enough sympathy to understand them and enough impartiality to make his readers accept most of his judgments. The chapter upon the origins of the Swiss commonwealth is an illuminating review of the rise of modern democracy, and the chapters which follow upon cantonal government cannot fail to im press even American readers with the direct

every

ness of the responsibility of each individual Swiss for the government of his country. Not only does direct legislation fulfill Rousseau's dream of democracy by enabling every citizen to participate in making laws of the gravest import, but the Swiss cantonal governments, by reason of their size, enable an extraordinary number of citizens to take part in framing the measures which the whole people accept or reject. In most of the Swiss cantons there is one legislator to every 1,000 people, whereas in New York there is only one to 40,000. It is the size of the legislatures which makes it possible for the Swiss cantons to adopt proportional legislation without depriving many localities of distinct representatives of their local interests. Professor Vincent's chapters on cantonal and federal judiciary bring out into sharp relief the fact that in Switzerland, as in England, the judges have no power to overthrow acts of the legislature. They decide cases under the laws, and the legislative bodies are supreme in deciding what the laws are. The chapters on finance show that in the Swiss cantons the public ownership of property has been developed further than in any of our commonwealths-public thrift doing for the whole public what .individual thrift does for individuals. If Professor Vincent's figures about the Canton of Berne are correct, every family in that little State has back of it as large an amount of public wealth as each family in most countries has of public debt. Most interesting of all, however, to many readers, will be Professor Vincent's account of the relations of these democracies to their parish clergy, who are public officials as much as the clergy of the monarchical countries. Apparently the democratic character of the clerical body is in some degree made secure by the salaries paid. These range from $200 to $1,000 a year-the highest sums not lifting their recipients financially out of the ranks of the upper middle classes. Most important of all, however, is the security given to the freedom of teaching. "The test of theological belief," says Professor Vincent, "is limited to some form of oath of which the import is that the subscriber will observe the Bible as the highest rule of faith and practice." In Neuchatel and Geneva the liberty of teaching is guaranteed by the cantonal constitutions in a form as explicit as could easily be framed. The Neuchatel provision reads as follows: "The liberty of the conscience of the ecclesiastic is inviolable; it shall be restrained neither by regulations, nor by oaths, nor by engagements, nor by disciplinary punishments, nor by the articles of a creed, nor by any other measure whatever." In Geneva the provision reads: "Every pastor teaches and preaches freely upon his own responsibility; this liberty shall be restrained neither by confessions of faith nor by forms of liturgy." Intellectual freedom could not be carried further by any formal enactment, and while there may be much indifferentism back of this liberalism, it may be recalled that the Swiss people have for centuries been as preeminent in Continental Europe for their morality as for their democracy. In Switzerland as

in America, the ability of the people to govern themselves collectively is founded upon their ability to govern themselves as individuals. Graziella. By A. de Lamartine. Edited by F. M. Warren. D. C. Heath & Co., Boston. 4×612 in. 165 pages. 35c.

Great Painters' Gospel (The): Pictures Representing Scenes and Incidents in the Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ. By Henry Turner Bailey. The W. A. Wilde Co., Boston. 8x11 in. 66 pages. This extremely interesting volume may have been suggested by Mrs. Jameson's "History of Our Lord in Art" or Dean Farrar's "Life of Christ in Art," but it is not so much a contribution to art as to religious instruction. It has Scriptural quotations a-plenty, together with references and suggestions for comparative study. For instance, take the subject of the Annunciation. Luke i., 28, is illustrated by Titian, Guido Reni, and Heinrich Hofmann (why not by the delineation worth all these together, Rossetti's "Ecce Ancilla Domini"?). Luke i., 34, is illustrated by Baroccio; 35 by Dosso Dossi (we have never seen him called Dossi Dosso, a form used by the compiler), and 38 by Franz Müller. This is a capital way of presenting, not only the various subjects of the Gospel story, but the particular phases of the events. In almost every case the words of the text take on a deeper meaning studied in the light of the greatest painters, men who, gifted with imagination, have sometimes grasped certain truths more quickly, more vividly, and more profoundly than would the average person. In a future edition we would recommend a greater attention to the history of art, for, instead of being a commentary upon a particular text, a picture is sometimes notable from the fact that the text is a commentary upon it-for example, Holman Hunt's "Finding of Christ in the Temple." The signal value of the book, therefore, would be increased by some slight account of the painters represented and by the schools of painting which they repre

sent.

Half Portions. Life Publishing Co., New York. Illustrated. 5x8 in. 169 pages.

A clever title for the half-stories from "Life." Some of these are capital, others mediocre; the drawings are almost invariably capital. Heaven's Distant Lamps: Poems of Comfort

and Hope. Arranged by Anna E. Mack. Lee & Shepard, Boston. 41×7 in. 338 pages. $1.50. Heirs of Yesterday. By Emma Wolf. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago. 41× 714 in. 267 pages. $1. History of America Before Columbus. By

P. De Roo. Illustrated. The J. B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia. 2 vols. 59 in. $6. This volume is a veritable encyclopædia of Roman Catholic records, traditions, and legends respecting the early history of this continent-an encyclopædia collated with a piety which commands our respect and an industry which commands our wonder. Only the critical faculty is wanting. Some of he chapters-such as that on "Christ and His Cross in Ancient America"-have little more historical value than the Book of Mormon, though, unlike that remarkable book, they are not the work of a religious enthusiast who

knew nothing about American antiquities, but of one who knows everything to be known, "and who believes a great deal more.” History of German Literature. By Robert Webber Moore. The Colgate University Press, Hamilton, New York. 5×7 in. 293 pages.

In the domain where such men as Scherer, König, Bayard Taylor, and Professor Wells are shining lights it is no easy task to outshine, nor does this volume have such pretension. It is of service, however, as a wellconsidered condensation and summary, and as a practical text-book. It is up to date, closing with Hauptmann and Sudermann. The chronological table and the literary map are distinct helps. Leipsic, however, should be used for Leipzig, and Mayence for Mainz, on a page where Munich properly replaces München, and Frankfort Frankfurt.

Hoosiers (The). By Meredith Nicholson.

The Macmillan Co., New York. 5x7 in. 277 pages. $1.25.

An admirable study of what might be called the spiritual history of Indiana-the story, that is, of its social, intellectual, and artistic development. Judged by the importance of the literary product of Indiana in relation to American literature as a whole, the book might seem to be somewhat out of perspective; but the writer wastes no space, nor does he exaggerate, from the point of view which he takes, the importance of his theme. He traces the early educational history of the State, gives some account of the characteristics of its settlers, describes the various philanthropic and socialistic movements which have been attempted in the State, brings out very clearly the history of higher education, and gives a detailed account of the men and women, like Edward and George Cary Eggleston, Maurice Thompson, and James Whitcomb Riley, who have made contributions to the literature of the country. The story is well told; and the book ought to be in the hands of every student of American literature. As a rule, in the East at least, far too little is known of literary movements in the West and South.

House that Grew (The). By Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated. The Macmillan Co., New York, 44x7% in. 206 pages. $1.25, An English family, on account of losses of property, rent their house and move into a little hut on the grounds. How the hut is added to, and how comfortably and happily they live there, is told by the little daughter, whose play-house the hut had formerly been. James Fenimore Cooper. By W, B. Shubreck Clymer. (The Beacon Biographies. Edited by M. A. De Wolfe Howe.) Small, Maynard & Co., Boston. 334x53 in. 149 pages. 75c.

A judicious and condensed biography, with a good sense of proportion, and well written. John the Baptist. By F. B. Meyer, B.A. The Fleming H. Revell Co., New York. 5×71⁄2 in. 252 pages. In these expository chapters upon the life of the Jewish Puritan revivalist, whose preaching ushered in the Captain of our salvation, the modern evangelist finds a congenial theme, and has written at his best.

(The

John Wesley. By Frank Banfield. Westminster Biographies.) Small, Maynard & Co., Boston. 334x534 in. 128 pages. 75c. This brief biography is a judiciously drawn sketch of the great evangelist. Such little books about the heroes and saints of Christian

ity have an educative effect, for which their circulation should be promoted.

Judgment of Peter and Paul on Olympus (The). By Henryk Sienkiewicz. Translated by Jeremiah Curtin. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. 3x74 in. 24 pages. 75c.

Last of the Mohicans (The). By Fenimore Cooper. Illustrated. The Macmillan Co., New York. 5x7 in. 398 pages. $1.25.

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo. By Alexandre Dumas. Abridged and Annotated by Edgar Ewing Brandon, A.M. Henry Holt & Co., New York. 42x74 in. 281 pages. 75c.

Literary History of America (A). By Barrett Wendell. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 51×9 in. 574 pages. $3.

One of the most elaborate and detailed studies of American literature which has yet appeared, covering every phase of its development down to the present time, with a concluding chapter which interprets the spirit and genius of that literature. The work is reserved for fuller consideration.

Little Colonel's House Party (The). By Annie Fellows Johnston. Illustrated. L. C. Page & Co., Boston. 54x8 in. 264 pages. $1.

Little Lords of Creation. By H. A.. Keays. Herbert S. Stone & Co., Chicago. 44x7 in. 273 pages. $1.25.

Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. By Giorgio Vasari. (The Temple Vasari. Translated by A. B. Hinds.) The Macmillan Co., New York. In 8 vols. Vol. I., II., and III. 4x6 in. 50c. each.

A new edition in the very convenient Temple Series, to be complete in eight volumes, each volume being supplied with notes and an index. Love of Landry (The). By Paul Laurence Dunbar. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. 4×7% in, 200 pages. $1.25.

Mr. Dunbar and Mr. Chesnutt have established the fact that men of negro blood can write stories of their own race which can stand on their own feet, so to speak, in literature, without regard to political or philanthropic purpose. Our readers have had the first reading of some of Mr. Dunbar's poems and stories, and know that they are genuine in pathos and humor. The present book stands half-way between the short story and the full-fledged novel. It is an experiment because it deals solely with white characters, and is in essence a romance of Colorado life with an English gentleman-cowboy as the hero. The reader's verdict will be that it is slight, simple, and prettily told, but not as strong in feeling and humor as Mr. Dunbar's best former work. Lyrical Vignettes. By F. V. N. Painter. Sibley & Ducker, Boston. 4X7 in. 114 pages. Majesty of Calmness (The). By William George Jordan. The Fleming H. Revell Co., New York. 44X74 in. 54 pages. 30c.

Memoirs of Sir Walter Scott. By J. G. Lock-
Chart. In Five Vols. Vol. III. Vol. IV. Vol. V.
(The Library of English Classics.) The Macmillan
Co., New York. 5x9 in. $1.50 each.
These three volumes complete the new edition

in five volumes of Lockhart's great biography. The volumes in this edition are very large, but they are also very light, and the type is a delight to the eye.

Mills of the Gods (The). By Louise Snow Dorr. A. S. Barnes & Co., New York. 5×7 in. 369 pages. $1.

Miss Polly Fairfax. By Joy Wheeler Dow. B. F. McBreen, William St., New York. 44×6% in. 72 pages.

Motifs. By E. Scott O'Connor. With Introduction by Agnes Repplier. The Century Co., New York. 2x5 in. 66 pages.

Moving Finger Writes (The). By Grace Denio Litchfield. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 5x7 in. 265 pages.

Norse Stories. Retold from the Eddas. By Hamilton Wright Mabie. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. 4×7 in. 250 pages. $1.25.

A new edition, with an additional chapter, of a series of stories written a number of years ago, and formerly bearing the imprint of Messrs. Roberts Brothers, now published by Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co., in an edition uniform with the other books by Mr. Mabie. Oriental Rugs. By John Kimberly Mumford.

Illustrated. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 8x114 in, 278 pages. $7.50.

This work is unique of its kind. We have many important contributions in literature to the explanation of color in painting; we have lacked any adequate explanation of the worth of color in another realm of art, namely, in Oriental carpets and rugs. In Mr. Mumford's sumptuous volume we have the results of several years' careful study of a subject which interests every one, whether art-lover or notindeed, it may be added that perhaps no other department of art has done so much towards educating a love for true color as has the wonderful weaving accomplished in Turkey, Persia, and India. It is fortunate that the results of such weaving are so serviceable as to survive the effects of wear and time, and, like old wine, to become only the mellower and the more prized because of age. Again, Oriental rugs symbolize as does nothing else that enigmatical, poetic, and often resplendent something which we know as Oriental civilization. Mr. Mumford tells us incidentally a good deal about this civilization in his description of the rug-weaving peoples, and to many this will be the most interesting part of the book. Connoisseurs, however, will welcome the author's elucidation of the design and color and weaving of carpets and rugs, and especially of their classification.

Overheard in a Garden. By Oliver Herford.

Illustrated by the Author. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 5x7 in. 104 pages. $1.25. Mr. Oliver Herford's wit rarely misses fire, although, like all other wits and humorists, there are times when it does not hit the mark. This volume contains many clever and taking drolleries, turns of thought, juxtapositions of incongruous things, and comical interpretations of obvious facts. The illustrations are quite in the spirit of the text, which is admirable fooling of the sort which it is profitable for the serious-minded to take to themselves at frequent intervals.

Phaethon: With Three Other Stories in Verse and a Prose Contention. By Henry Abbey. Styles & Kiersted, Kingston, N. Y. 44x61⁄2 in. 126 pages. 75c.

Poetry and Morals. By Louis Albert Banks, D.D. Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York. 5×8 in. 399 pages. $1.50.

Practical Portions for the Prayer Life. By Charles A. Cook. The Fleming H. Revell Co., New York. 44x7 in. 377 pages. $1.25.

Principles of Religious Education: A Course of Lectures Delivered under the Auspices of the Sunday-School Commission of the Diocese of New York. Introduction by the Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., LL.D. Longmans, Green & Co., New York. 5x71⁄2 in. 292 pages.

The year 1900 has seen the publication of few such indispensable volumes as this. It is a work of collaboration, and its province is relig ious education in general, and Sunday-school instruction in particular. All men and women ought to be in some sense religious teachers of the young, and no teacher can afford to leave unread the chapter contributed by President Stanley Hall on the religious content of the child-mind. Nor should any Sunday-school teacher omit to peruse the chapters by Professors McMurry and Kent on the uses respectively of biography and of geography in relig ious instruction, or that perhaps even more illuminative one by Dr. De Garmo, comparing religious education in England, France, Ger. many, and the United States. Many Sunday. school workers may revise their judgments and opinions after acquainting themselves with Dr. De Garmo's statistics. While the chapters written from a clerical standpoint (by Bishop Doane, Dean Hodges, and the Rev. Pascal Harrower) have much interest and suggestiveness, we confess to finding greater interest and greater suggestiveness in those contributed by pedagogues, who are, besides those mentioned, Professors Moulton, Hervey, and Butler. We must have the combined efforts of religious and secular educators in order to produce a satisfactory Sunday-school. The essential value of the book is its emphasis on the study of pedagogical principles. The fact that religion is not taught in our day-schools made it imperative that our Sunday-schools should no longer belie their name of school. They should do effective if tardy honor to the teaching function, the most ancient function of the Church. While day-schools have been advancing on sound psychological principles of grading and choice of subject matter, our Sundayschools have inexcusably remained almost at an intellectual standstill.

"Punchinello." By Florence Stuart. L. C. Page & Co., Boston. 5×7, in. 318 pages. $1.50. Queen Floradine of Flower Land. By Mrs. Cora Semmes Ives. William B. Young & Co., New York. 4x6 in. 46 pages. 25c.

Religion that Will Wear (A). By a Scottish Presbyterian. James Clarke & Co., London, Eng. 5x7 in. 155 pages.

This is one of a number of books that evince a larger doctrinal freedom among Scottish than among American Presbyterians. It takes up successively the fundamental Christian doctrines, and restates them in terms intended to make skepticism unreasonable. The book 's an eirenicon addressed to unbelievers.

It

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