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monies to the Supernatural" and "Parish 

 Lectures on the Prayer-book," C. Quick of 

 " Mysticism unmasked, or Ministration of the 

 Holy Spirit," and " Long Ago, as interpreted 

 by the XIX Century," was by E. F. Burr, D. I). 

 " The Bible Doctrine of Inspiration " was ex- 

 plained and vindicated by Basil Manly, D. D., 

 and A. T. Pierson edited " The Inspired Word." 

 a series of papers and addresses delivered at 

 the Bible Inspiration Conference in Philadel- 

 phia, 1887. John Williams, Bishop of Con- 

 necticut, published " Studies in the Book of 

 Acts," and from Lyinan Abbott, D. D., we have 

 a work on "The Epistle of Paul the Apostle 

 to the Romans." " The Talmud, what it is, 

 and what it knows about Jesus," was told by 

 the Rev. Bernhard Pick. Hiram Orcutt was a 

 layman "Among the Theologians." The Bald- 

 win Lectures of 1887, delivered by the Rev. 

 William Clark, are entitled " Witnesses to 

 Christ." The Bishop-Paddock Lectures for 

 1888, on " The World and the Kingdom," were 

 from Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson. The 

 Rev. T. B. Neely wrote on " The Evolution of 

 Episcopacy and Organic Methodism," Bishop 

 W. L. Harris on " The Relations of Episcopacy 

 to the General Conference," and C. W. Bennett 

 on " Christian Archaeology." " The Bible a 

 Workingman's Book," is from the pen of Fran- 

 cis X. Zabriskie. The Rev. Daniel Dorches- 

 ter wrote " Christianity in the United States, 

 from the First Settlement down to the Present 

 Time," and also " Romanism versus the Public 

 School System," and II. S. Burrage " Baptist 

 Hymn- Writers and their Hymn^," From James 

 J. Treacy we have " Conquests of our Holy 

 Faith," from the Rev. I. T. Hecker " The 

 Church and the Age," and from J. Waterworth 

 a translation of " The Canons and Decrees of 

 the Sacred and (Ecumenical Council of Trent 

 under the Sovereign Pontiffs Paul III, Julius 

 III, and Pius IV. Abraham Coles made "A 

 New Rendering of the Hebrew Psalms into 

 English Verse/' Wolcott Calkins wrote '' Key- 

 stones of Faith." The " Sermons on the Inter- 

 national Sunday-School Lessons" were pub- 

 lished for 1888 and 1889, and other sermons 

 include : " The Heath in the Wilderness, or 

 Sermons to the People," of R. Newton, D. D., 

 posthumously published ; " Eternal Atone- 

 ment," nineteen selected sermons of Dr. Ros- 

 well D. Hitchcock; " Spirit and Life Thoughts 

 for To-Day," by Dr. Amory H. Bradford ; and 

 "The Transfiguration of Life," by Dr. E. S. 

 Atwood. " The Seven Deadly Sins," inveighed 

 against by the Rev. Morgan Dix in his Lenten 

 sermons in Trinity Church, New York, form 

 the subject of a volume, and from the Rev. J. 

 W. Lowber we have "The Struggles and Tri- 

 umphs of the Truth " and " The Devil in Mod- 

 ern Society." The Rev. W. Wright published 

 eight lectures on " The Realities of Heaven " ; 

 Jermain G. Porter, Director of the Cincinnati 

 Observatory, " Our Celestial Home " ; J. S. 

 Barlow, "Endless Being"; C. F. Dole, "Jesus 

 and the Men about Him " ; and James H. Potts, 

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" Faith made easy." " Christianity in the 

 Daily Conduct of Life," was anonvmous. Mrs. 

 T. s'. Childs wrote "The Altar of Earth," the 

 Rev. E. P. Humphrey " Sacred History from 

 the Creation to the Giving of the Law," the 

 Rev. A. McCullagh " The Peerless Prophet," 

 and the Rev. J. W. Jones " Christ in the 

 Camp." "Atonement and Law" were re- 

 viewed by S. G. Burncy, and "Endless Oppor- 

 tunity for All Souls" was advanced as a creed 

 by the Rev. James Gorton. For children we 

 have " A Father's Blessing and other Sermons," 

 by the Rev. W. W. Newton, and the " Story of 

 MOSL-S," by Mrs. M. A. Hallock. "Missionary 

 Enterprises in the South Sea Islands," by J. 

 Williams, is unusually interesting. 



Jnrispmdenee. The yearly average of State 

 and Federal Reports has been placed at one 

 hundred volumes. In 1888 Myer's "Federal 

 Decisions" reached Vol. XXVIII, and "U. S. 

 Digests," new series. Vol. XVIII. A series 

 of " American State Reports " was initiated by 

 A. C. Freeman, and two volumes were pub- 

 lished, beginning at the period where " Ameri- 

 can Reports " were discontinued, and Vol. 

 I of the " American Digest (Annual) " was 

 issued bv the West Publishing Company, of 

 St. Paul* Minn. Vol. I of "Interstate Com- 

 merce Reports" also appeared, and a "Di- 

 gest of Decisions of the Department of the 

 Interior and General Land-Office " was made 

 by W. B. Matthews and W. O. Conway. Joel 

 P. Bishop wrote on " Common Law and Codi- 

 fication, or the Common Law a System of Rea- 

 soning " ; G. W. Field on " The Legal Rela- 

 tions of Infants, Parent and Child, and Guard- 

 ian and Ward " ; and M. M. Bigelow published 

 "A Treatise on the Law of Fraud on its Civil 

 Side." " A Practical Treatise on Criminal 

 Law and Procedure in Criminal Cases" was 

 from the pen of J. H. Gillett ; and Vol. Ill of 

 " Essentials of the Law," by Marshall D. Ew- 

 ell, contained "Essential Parts of Pollock on 

 Torts, Williams on Real Property, and Best on 

 Evidence." F. Sackett prepared " Instruc- 

 tions and Requests for Instructions in Jury 

 Trials," and Edwin Baylies a " Supplement to 

 Wait's Actions and Defenses." Leonard A. 

 Jones was an authority in "A Treatise on the 

 Law of Liens," Joseph F. Randolph wrote "A 

 Treatise on the Law of Commercial Paper " 

 (Vol. Ill), and G. A. Finkelnburg "The Ne- 

 gotiability of Promissory Notes." "Com- 

 mentaries on the Interpretation of Statute?, 

 Founded on the Treatise of Sir P. B. Maxwell," 

 were written by G. A. Endlich, and " A Brief 

 Comparison of the most Important Statutes of 

 the Codes of Virginia, 1873-1887," was made 

 by C. W. Sams. F. II. Mackey set forth "The 

 Practice and Procedure of the Supreme Court 

 of the District of Columbia," and Morris 

 Cooper "The Law and Practice of Referees 

 and References under the Code of Civil Pro- 

 cedure and Statutes of New York." Corpora- 

 tions were extensively treated. T. W. Water- 

 man published "A Treatise on the Law of 



