I.1TKKATCKK. BRITISH, IX lP9:i. 



ing Trade." which liad an introduction by tlio 

 r and a preface by Sidney \Vt-bl >. Tin- b^l 

 work appeared in I he scrips of "Studies in ]'.<- 

 noinics and Political Science." another issue of 

 which was "The History of Local Kates in 1 

 land : Five Lecture-." 'by Kdwin Cannon. J. 

 Shields Nicholson wrote on "Strikes and Social 

 Problems": William Smart published " Studies in 



:nl Vols. VII and VIII were at 

 of Charles Booth's "Life and Labor of the Peo- 

 ple of London," both being -riven to "Population 

 classified by Trade-." ".Money and its Relations 

 to Prices " formed the theme of L. L. Price. 

 Thomas Maekay offered critical and constructive 

 a on "Methods of Social Keform"; and in the 

 ' Criminology Series " appeared " Criminal Soci- 

 ology," by Enrico Ferri. J. E. Vincent gave his 

 attention to " The Land Question in North Wales." 

 and F. A. McKenzie added " Sober by Act of Par- 

 liament " to the "Social Science Series." M. G. 

 Mulhall was heard from on the "Industries and 

 Wealth of Nations." "Federation and Empire" 

 was a study in politics by Thomas Alfred Spalding, 

 the author of ' The House of Lords: A Retro- 

 and a Forecast '' : " South Africa : Its People, Prog- 

 iv-s. and Problems " was a handbook for the pres- 

 ent situation, by W. F. Purvis and L. V. Biggs; 

 Olive Schreiner and C. S. Cronwright Schreiner 

 (her husband) also wrote on " The Political Situa- 

 tion" in Cape Colony; and Percy A. Molterno 

 wrote of " A Federal South Africa." " The Lost 

 I' essions of England." by Walter Frewen Lord, 

 presented .history from a political standpoint ; and 

 yet two other political works remaining to be men- 

 tioned are " England's Wealth. Ireland's Poverty." 

 by Thomas Lough. M. P., and " Esrypt under the 

 British," by II. F. Wood. " The Duties and Lia- 

 bilities of Trustees " were the subject of six lec- 

 tures delivered by Augustine Birrell in the Inner 

 Temple during the year at the request of the 

 Council of Legal Education. 



Coming now to theological books, we have " The 

 Philosophy of Belief : or, Law in Christian Theol- 

 ogy." by the Duke of Argyll; "Eden Lost and 

 Won." studies of the early history and final destiny 

 of man as taught in Nature and revelation, by Sir J. 

 W. Dawson ; " The Doctrine of the Incarnation," by 

 R. L. Ottley. in two volumes ; and " The Principle of 

 the Incarnation." by H. C. Powell. Hon. W. E. 

 Gladstone edited "The Works of Joseph Butler, 

 Sometime Lord Bishop of Durham," in two volumes, 

 and also contributed " Studies Subsidiary to the 

 Works of Bishop Butler": "The Traditional Text 

 of the Holy Gospels.'' as vindicated and established 

 by Dean John W. Burgon. was followed by a sequel, 

 from the same author, entitled "The Causes of the 

 Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy 

 Is"; William Wright, D. IX, edited "The Il- 

 lustrated Bible Treasury." by Sir Charles Wilson, 

 A. H. Sayce. E. Naville, and others; S. D. Salmond 

 edited a "Critical Review of Theological and Philo- 

 sophical Literature " ; in the "International Critical 

 Commentary" appeared "A Critical and Exegetical 

 Commentary on the Gospel according to St. Mark." 

 by Rev. Ezra P. Gould, and a similar work upon the 

 gospel of " St. Luke," by Dr. Alfred Plummer : 

 Paul the Traveler and the Roman Citizen " came 

 from W. M. Ramsay. From the Rev. John Watson 

 we have two volumes "The Cure of Souls." the 

 Lyman Beecher Lectures on preaching delivered at 

 Yale University during the year; and "The Mind 

 of the Master." a collection of essays or sermons. 

 ' Nature and Christ : A Revelation of the Vn- 

 was the theme of Dr. Joseph Agar Beet, and " Crea- 

 tion centered in Christ " of Henry Gratton Guinness, 

 Rev. Stopford A. Brooke preached upon "The Old 

 Testament and Modern Life " ; " Wholesome 



-"came from Dr. C. A. Ileurtley: DC. 

 ander Balmain Bruce published "With Open i 

 or, Jesus Mirrored in Matthew. Mark, Luke, and 

 John": Kev. E. F. Sampson, "Christ Church 

 limns": I lean Edward Clarence Paget, " Silence, and 

 Other Sermon-": Ke\. H. W. Webh-Peploe- deliv- 

 ered Ki ai rthfield (Mass.) Bible 

 Conference, in Augur-t. is'.*."), which were collected 

 into a volume entitled " The Life of Privilege, Pos- 



ii. Peace, and Power," and also post-conference 

 addresses on the same occasion, upon "The Victori- 

 ous Life." Bishop William Boyd Carpenter and 

 other eminent authorities offered 'Sermon Prepa- 

 ration Recollections and Suggestion-" : Dr. Robert 



F. Horton discoursed on "The Teaching of Jesus" 

 and "On the Art of Living together"; and Dr. 

 Alexander Whyte of "The Four Temperament-." 

 the last in the series of "Little Books on Religion,'' 

 another issue of which was "The Seven Words 

 from the Cross." by W. Robertson Xicoll. " Paths 

 of Duty," by Archdeacon F. W. Farrar. offered 

 counsels to young men. James Martineau con- 

 tributed a preface to " A Spiritual Faith : 

 inbns," by John Hamilton Thorn. " The Child, the 

 Wise Man, and the Devil " was a poetic homily in 

 prose on revealed religion, by Coulson Kernahan, 

 and "The Work of the Church in London." a series 

 of lectures delivered in St. James's Church, Picca- 

 dilly, during the summer of 1896, consisted of " 1. 

 East London." by the Bishop of Stepney ; "2. V 

 London," by the Bishop of Marlborough ; " 3. South 

 London," by the Bishop of Southward; and "4. 

 London Over the Border," by the Lord Bishop of 



:bans. the Archbishop-elect of Canterbury con- 

 tributing an introduction. T. W. Rhys Davids 

 wrote on "Buddhism/' and William Simpson pub- 

 lished " The Buddhist Praying Wheel," a collection 

 of material bearing upon the symbolism of the 

 wheel and circular movements in custom and re- 

 ligious ritual. W. Garrett Horder compiled and 

 edited " The Treasury of American Sacrod Song." 

 George Jacob Holyoake wrote on " English Secu- 

 larism," and collaborated with Dr. F. W. Horton 

 and others on " Good Reading about Many Books." 

 Books of a miscellaneous character which may as 

 well be inserted here as in any other place include 

 k Exchange Investments." by William Hick- 

 man Smith Aubrey, and "Stock Exchange Values: A 

 Decade of Finance, 1885-ls'.i.V by S. P. Van < >ssand 

 Frederick C. Mathieson \ Sons : " Naval Policy." by. 



G. W. Steevens. and " Xaval Administration." by Sir 

 R. Vesey Hamilton, the last in the series of " Royal 

 Xavy Handbooks," edited by Charles Xapier Robin- 

 son ; " The Romance of the Sea : Its Fictions, Facts, 

 and Folklore," by Frederick Whymper ; " The 

 Romance of Commerce," by J. Macdonald Oxley; 

 "The Post Office Service." by Arthur H. Xorway ; 

 and " On the Track of the Mail Coach." by F. E. 

 Baines. an- authority on postal affairs : The Xatu- 

 ral History of the Marketable Marine Fishes of the 

 British Islands." by Robert Oliver Cunningham, 

 M. D. : Vol. II of ""Battles of the 19th Century," 

 by Archibald Forbes, G. A. Henty. A. Griffiths, 

 etc.; "Guns and Cavalry," by Major E. S. May; 

 " Navigation for Yachtsmen." compiled by Vincent 

 J. English; "Calcareous Cements," by Gilbert R. 

 Redgrave ; Vol. I of " Cotton Spinning." by William 

 Scott Taggart, including all processes up to end of 

 carding ; a manual of " Artistic and Scientific Taxi- 

 dermy and Modeling," by Montagu Browne; "The 

 Tears of the Heliades : Amber as a Gem." by W. A. 

 Buffum ; " Eyesight and School Life," by Simeon 

 Snell; and "Public Health in European Capitals." 

 by Thomas Morrison Leirge. M. D. "A Complete 

 Bibliography of Fencing and Dueling" was the 

 work of Charles A. Thimm ; Sir R. Payne-Gallwey 

 sent out a third series of " Letters to Young Shoot- 



