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A Working Man's Philosophy. By One of the Crowd. 



Crown 8vo, pp. Ii6. (London : Chapman and Hall. 1886.) Price 3s. 



We fear this book is not of much practical value. It speaks of the vast 

 changes in many religious beliefs which have been brought about by more 

 careful study and accurate investigation. But the writer forgets that this more 

 accurate investigation applies no less to the Bible than to Nature around 

 us, and while in one direction some old beliefs have been unseated, in 

 another the value of the historic truths of the Bible has been made more certain. 



Authorised New Testament and Revised Contrasted. 



By B. Wadsworth. With the Translator's Preface to the Reader. Crown 

 Svo, pp. xxxvi — 171. (Manchester : Brooke & Chrystal ; London : Simpkin, 

 Marshall, and Co. 1886.) 



This is a severe attack upon the revised version, made by one who is no 

 doubt sincerely attached to the old version as we have been accustomed to 

 read it. We fear that his defence of the old and attack on the revised versions 

 have been made without a thorough knowledge of the history of the original 

 texts and the various MSS. That the revised version is faulty no one has 

 shown more clearly than Dean Bergon, but the author does not appear to 

 know where the real faults lie. 



Theism : The Baird Lecture for 1876. By Rev. R. Flint, 

 D.D,, F.R.S.E. Fifth Edition. Crown Svo, pp. ix — 447. (Edinburgh and 

 London: William Blackwood and Sons. 1886.) Price 7s. 6d. 



For those who have a taste for metaphysical subjects this book will be 

 welcomed ; indeed, we may add that the quiet perusal of it will do good to 

 any one who can give real thought to its matter, though we must confess that 

 its style is a trifle dry and unattractive. We would particularly commend the 

 last chapter upon the insufficiency of mere Theism. It is a disadvantage — 

 perhaps unavoidable in this case — that the Appendix is so lengthened out 

 as to form one-fourth of the book itself. But these are all minor faults in the 

 presence of the importance of the subject treated of. 



Popular Songs of Scotland, with their appropriate Melo- 

 dies arranged by A. C. Mackenzie, J. T. Surene, T. M. Mudie, Finlay Dun, 

 H. E. Dih)din, and Sir George A. Macfarren. Illustrated by critical and 

 other notices. By George Farquhar Graham, author of the article Music in 

 the seventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. New edition, revised, 

 with additions and notes. Royal 8vo, pp. x. — 401. (Edinburgh : J. Muir 

 Wood and Co. London : Cramer, Chappell, Novello and Co. 1884.) 

 Price los. 6d. 



A splendid edition of Scottish Songs, which we can scarcely praise too 

 highly. Many of the songs included in this work, although not often heard at 

 the present date, are selected from the earlier collection known as " Wood's 

 Songs of Scotland," and are considered worthy of a place here on account of 

 their wit, quaintness, or the beauty of their melody. The historical notes 

 accompanying each song add much to the value and interest of the work. 

 The volume contains about 400 Songs and Melodies. 



The Medical Annual : A Record and Review of the 



year's progress in Medicine, Surgery, and General Science ; and the Prac- 

 titioner's Index : a Work of Reference for Medical Practitioners. (London : 

 Henry Kimpton. 1886.) 



In this year's Annual, which we notice is again considerably enlarged, 

 attention has been given to a summary of recent advances made in Medicine 



