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and employed the familiar objects around them as signs and symbols by which 

 to make known God's purposes of mercy to men. . . . Our English Bible 

 is a Western book, and to some extent draws a Western veil over the face of 

 the Oriental book. It has been the aim of the publishers of this Illustrated 

 Teacher's Bible to get behind the veil of Western words and ideas, and enable 

 the reader to study the Book amid the surroundings and in the very atmosphere 

 in which it was composed. There are upwards of 350 good illustrations, and 

 an Indexed Bible Atlas. 



The Old World and the New Faith. By W. Freeman 

 Moulton, M.A. Edited by Rev. Arthur E. Gregory. i2mo, pp. x. — 228. 

 (London : Charles H. Kelly. 1896.) Price 2/6. 



This little book consists mainly of Notes upon the Historical Narrative 

 contained in the Acts of the Apostles. It is very plainly and concisely written 

 and will repay careful reading. The frontispiece is a folding map, showing St. 

 Paul's Journeys and the places mentioned in the Acts. 



New Thoughts on Current Subjects: Scientific, Social, 



Philosophical. By the Rev. J. A. Dewe. Cr. 8vo, pp. 230. (London : 

 Eliot Stock. 1897.) 



The author of the book before us is evidently a man who thinks deeply on 

 many subjects. He says in the Preface : — " When we have a piece of bread 

 before us, or any other material substance, we can see its colour, taste its 

 flavour, and feel its weight ; but the it itself — that is, the substance of the 

 body — we cannot see ; and it is my purpose to show how this mysterious it 

 accounts for such phenomena as electricity and heat." The first section of the 

 book — devoted to Science — treats of Sea-salts and Carbonates ; The Nature 

 of Heat and of Electricity ; Stellar and Absolute Space ; and the Science and 

 Harmony of Smell. We pass over the Social section. Part 3— Philoso- 

 phical — treats of Thought and Speech ; The Nature of Music ; Free-will v. 

 Heredity and Environment ; Spirituahstic Communications ; and The Dog- 

 matic and Scientific Accounts of the Creation of Man. The book is worthy 

 careful study. 



The Clue to the Ages. Part I., Creation by Principle. By 

 Ernest Judson Page. 8vo, pp. 282. (London : Baptist Tract and Book Soc.) 



The author, in his Preface, says : — " The reading of some recent works, in 

 which the Evolutionary Hypothesis has been boldly and logically applied to the 

 problems of the higher reaches of human life has led me to the absolute rejec- 

 tion of the Hypothesis as a sufficient explanation of the various facts and laws 

 of development which it has been the singular glory of the passing generation to 

 establish. . . In this work I have proposed an alternative theory, which seems 

 to me a wider and truer generalization than that which, should it come to be 

 accepted, it will supercede. 



The Higher Criticism : The Greatest Apostacy of the Age. 

 By D. K. Baton. Crown 8vo, pp. 78. (London : Passmore and Alabaster. 

 1896.) Price 1/6. 



The author divides this work into three parts: — I., The Falsity of the 

 Position of the ** Higher Critics." II.— The Worthless Character of the Work 

 of " Higher Critics." III.— The Concluding General View and Condemnation 

 of the "Higher Criticism." 



Handbook of Gothic Architecture : Ecclesiastical and 

 Domestic, for Photographers and others. By Thomas Perkins, M.A. Cr. 8vo, 

 pp.224. (London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney. 1897.) Prce 3/6. 



These articles, which, after careful revision, are reprinted from The Amateur 

 Photographer^ were written with a view of giving sufficient information to pho- 



