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the beauties of His character and Hfe, are the best correctives of every form of 

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Larger Hope Lectures. By W. J. Acomb. Crown 8vo, 



pp. xi. — 276. (London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co. Maidstone : Young and 

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The reader will find in this book an able, clear, and readable exposition, 

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 having known or accepted Christ as their Saviour. The Author appeals very 

 much to the feelings and reason of his readers, but his attempted refutation of 

 the teaching of the Bible as understood and taught by the Catholic Church 

 from the beginning is, to our mind, unconvincing and unsatisfactory. 



What are the Churches for ? Part L — The Home. 



By the Rev. F. Ballard, M.A., F.G.S., etc. (London: Elliot Stock.) 

 Price 6d. 



Mr. Ballard takes a very broad view of the Mission of the Christian 

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 in regard to the Nursery, the School, and the Army. Why stop there ? 

 What about Politics, the Hospital, and other domains of Philanthropy ? 

 However, it will be refreshing to hear what so vigorous and original a writer 

 as Mr. Ballard has to say on those departments of religious activity upon which 

 he has chosen to fix his attention. 



Examination Papers in Algebra and Arithmetic. Compiled 

 and edited by Rev. Isaac Warren, M.A. (Dublin : Hodges, Figgis, and Co. 

 London : Longmans, Green, and Co. 1889.) Price is. 6d. 



These are the questions which have been proposed to students in Trinity 

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Geometry for Schools. By A. J. G. Barclay. M.A., 

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This little book comprises Books L, H., and HL of Euclid, with some 

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History of California, Vol. IV. By Hubert Howe Ban- 

 croft. 8vo, pp. XV. — 786. (London : Trubner and Co. San Francisco : 

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The history comprised in this volume embraces the period between the 

 years 1840 and 1845. It describes what has been called the Graham affair, or 

 the exile of foreigners ; the coming of Sutter and the settlement of the Sacra- 

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 dore Jones' capture of Montery, etc. The Pioneer Index, which is continued 

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Pawnee : Hero Stories and Folk-Tales. By George Bird 

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These stories are intended to teach the origin, character, and customs of 

 the Pawnee people — a rapidly-diminishing tribe of wild Indians. The book 



