126 REVIEWS. 



" Nature is God's great book of parables." Some of the lessons appear to us 

 far-fetched, but they are always such as do not depend for their force on the 

 strictness of the assumed analog)'. Dr. McCook is not only a diligent and 

 successful student of Nature, but is also one of the leaders of theological 

 thought in America. 



Scripture Natural History, i. — Plants and Trees men- 

 tioned in the Bible. By William H. Groser, B.Sc. (Lond.). Crown 8vo, pp. 

 viii. — 235. (London : The Religious Tract Society. 18S8.) Price 3s. 



This interesting work opens with a Sketch of the Vegetation of Palestine 

 and the Neighbouring Countries ; followed by an account of the Timber and 

 Forest Trees and Shrubs ; Fruit-Trees and Shrubs ; Grain and Vegetables ; 

 Herbs and Flowers ; Perfumes and Medicines ; and the Emblematic Use of 

 Plants in Scripture. It is illustrated with 14 well-executed plates. 



Australian Ballads and Rhymes : Poems inspired by Life 

 and Scenery in Australia and New Zealand. Selected and edited by Douglas 

 B. W. Sladen, B.A. Square i6mo, pp. xxiv. — 301. (London : Walter Scott. 

 1888.) 



A very nicely got-up volume of the "Canterbury Poets." Each volume 

 is neatly bound in cloth gilt, with red edges, and the pages throughout have a 

 red-line border. It is with pleasure that we notice this interesting little 

 volume, and congratulate editor and publisher on their success. 



The Letters of Robert Burns, selected and arranged, with 



an Introduction by J. Logie Robertson, M.A. (London : Walter Scott, 1887.) 

 A volume of the monthly " Camelot series," which, like the volume just 

 noticed, is also published at is. 



Life of Oliver Goldsmith. By Austin Dobson. (London : 

 Walter Scott. 1888.) 



This is one of the monthly shilling volumes of the "Great Writers' " 

 series, and is edited by Professor E. S. Robertson. It is very neatly bound in 

 cloth, contains a capital index, and an exhaustive bibliography of Goldsmith's 

 works by John P. Anderson, of the British Museum. 



The Dawn of the Twentieth Century, ist of January, 



1901. Crown 8vo., pp. 156. (London-.. Field and Tuer. 1888.) 



This little brochure opens with an extract from " The Constitution " of the 

 1st of January, 1901. We find Edward \'II. on the throne, the Queen having 

 recently resigned. The love of her peoples — which never wavered during a 

 reign happily so lengthened — follows her Majesty as fervent and profound as 

 ever into the comparative retirement of Osborne and Balmoral. Then follows 

 the reports of the various secretaries, etc. 



A Treatise on Photography. By Capt. W. de Wiveleslie 



Abney, R.E., F. R.S. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. Crown 8vo, pp. 



xvi. 368. (London : Longmans, Green, and Co. 188S.) Price 3s. 6d. 



The name of the author of this treatise is a sufficient guarantee that it, 

 like all the rest of the series ("Text-Books of Science"), contains a large 

 amount of valuable information. The edition has been, in a great measure, 

 re-written in certain portions, and a considerable quantity of new matter 

 added. The author's aim has been to give a rational explanation of most of 

 the different phenomena to be met with in Photography, and at the same time 

 to give sufficient practical directions to enable the student to produce a picture 

 which should be technically good, and also to show how photography may be 

 made an aid to research. 



