110 REVIEWS. 



Book of Delightful and Strange Designs, being loo 



fac-simile Illustrations of the Art of the Japanese Stencil Cutter. Oblong 

 crown 4to. (London : Leadenhall Press.) Price 6s. 



Upwards of lOO fine designs in stencil work, as used by the Japanese, are 

 given here. All the white parts of the design are intended to be cut out. A 

 specimen original cut-out stencil is given as a frontispiece. Many of the 

 designs are very handsome and a clever person will find them very useful. 



Chinese Stories. By Robert K. Douglas, 8v6, pp. xxxvii. — 

 348. (Edinburgh & London : W. Blackwood and Son. 1893.) Price 12s. 6d. 



A series of stories reprinted from various sources, illustrating the popular 

 literature of China, holding up, as it were, a mirror to the hfe of the people, 

 and thus bringing home to us the fact that the human feelings are much the 

 same on the banks of the Zang-tsze-Kiang as on those of the Thames. 

 There are 8 full-page plates, and a great number of amusing illustrations in the 

 text. The book is handsomely got up. 



Matches that Strike. Edited by Rev. Chas. Bullock, 

 B.D. Crown 8vo, pp. xii. — 298. (London : Hofue Words Office.) Price 5s. 



A collection of anecdotes which are well worth reading ; the editor calls 

 them " Matches that Strike " because good anecdotes are always "striking " — 

 sure to be remembered whatever else is forgotten ; and, like matches, however 

 slight, they are often significant of important service. 



Notable Women Authors of the Day. By Helen C. Black. 

 8vo, pp. xii. — 312. (Glasgow : David Bryce and Son. 1893.) Price los. 6d. 



A series of twenty-six biographical sketches, each being accompanied 

 by a full-page fine Photo-mechanical portrait. These sketches give a pleasing 

 insight into the home life of the ladies whose writings are so well known. 

 Readers are thus brought face to face with the authors whose works they are 

 daily reading. The volume is handsomely got up. 



The Antiquity of Man, from the Point of View of Religion. 



By F. Hugh Capron. 8vo, pp. 98. (London: Elliot Stock. 1892.) Price 4/6. 



It will be enough to say of this book that it is written in answer to Mr. S. 

 Laing's "Modern Science and Modern Thought." Its three chapters treat of: 

 I., The Scientific View of the Problem ; II., The Bible View; and III., The 

 two Views Reconciled. 



Did Moses Write the Pentateuch after all ? By 



F. E. Spencer, M.A. Crown 8vo, pp. xii. — 291. (London : Elliot Stock. 

 1892.) Price 6s. 



The author firmly believes in Moses, but we thinks he takes a somewhat 

 too scholarly view of the subject to be readily followed and appreciated by the 

 general reader. 



Music and Motion. Action Songs for Little Singers. Edited 

 by Alan Reid, F.E.I.S. 4to, pp. 66. (Paisley : J. & R. Parlane.) Price 2s. 6d. 



A collection of 80 original and favourite Songs, Musical Games, Marches, 

 Rounds, etc., for young people, with pianoforte accompaniments. 



