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and " The Second Death and the Restitution 

 of All Things" (same publisher); the late 

 Canon Mozley's valuable " Lectures and other 

 Theological Papers " (New York, E. P. Button 

 & Co.) ; Professor Mahaffy's " The Decay of 

 Modern Preaching " (New York, Macmillan & 

 Co.). Mr. W. R. Hart's "Eternal Purpose, a 

 Study of the Scripture Doctrine of Immortality" 

 (Philadelphia, Lippincott & Co.) has reached 

 a second edition, and is well worth reading. 

 Dr. 0. P. Tiele's " History of the Egyptian Re- 

 ligion " (Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & Co.), is a 

 masterly work of its kind, and will repay study. 

 Professor Green's " Moses and the Prophets " 

 (New York, R, Carter & Brothers) is a search- 

 ing and able re view of Robertson Smith's " Old 

 Testament in the Jewish Church " and "Proph- 

 ets of Israel," and also of Kuenen's "Prophets 

 and Prophecy in Israel." "Christ's Christiani- 

 ty)" by Mr. A. H. Walker, is a lawyer's attempt 

 to analyze and arrange, according to subjects, 

 the precepts and doctrines recorded in Mat- 

 thew, Mark, Luke, and John, as taught by 

 Jesus Christ ; it is well worth consulting. So 

 also is Dr. Thomas Hill's " Geometry and 

 Faith," third edition, enlarged (Boston, Lee & 

 Shepard). Mr. 0. Van Norden's " The Outer- 

 most Rim and Beyond" (New York, A. D. 

 F. Randolph) is a very suggestive contribution 

 toward reverential thought on divine things. 

 The first volume of the " Schaff-Hertzog En- 

 cyclopaedia of Religious Knowledge" (New 

 York, Funk & Wagnalls) has made its appear- 

 ance and promises well. Dr. Hurst's u Biblio- 

 thecaTheologica" (New York, Scribner's Sens) 

 is a very timely contribution in aid of students 

 and general readers. The second volume of 

 Westcott and Hort's New Testament has been 

 reproduced by Harper & Brothers, and is a 

 necessary adjunct to the volume issued last 

 year. It contains a full account of the princi- 

 ples of criticism, etc., in accordance with which 

 the learned editors arranged the Greek text of 

 the New Testament. 



PHILOSOPHY offers a few works this year. 

 Professor Bowne's " Metaphysics " (New York, 

 Harper & Brothers) is very able and note- 

 worthy. Dr. E. J. Hamilton has produced a 

 full and complete treatise on "The Human 

 Mind " (New York, R. Carter & Brothers). Dr. 

 McCosh's " Criteria of Diverse Kinds of Truth, 

 as opposed to Agnosticism," No. I of " Phil- 

 osophic Series" (New York, Scribner's Sons), 

 is a treatise on applied logic, and, with the num- 

 bers to follow, will prove to be timely and use- 

 ful in the present condition of philosophical 

 thought and study. President N. Porter's col- 

 lection of papers, chiefly philosophical, under 

 the title "Science and" Sentiment," is both 

 interesting and valuable. President Mahan's 

 J' Mental Philosophy " (Chicago, Griggs & Co.) 

 is a complete system of mental science, for the 

 use of schools and colleges. A translation of 

 Rudolf Schmid's " The Theories of Darwin " 

 (Chicago, Jansen, McClurg & Co.) presents 

 clearly and forcibly the relation of his the- 



ories to philosophy, religion, and morality. It 

 is one of the ablest works of the year. Among 

 republications of foreign contributions to phi- 

 losophy are, H. Martensen's " Social Ethics " 

 (New York, Scribner & Welford) ; H. Heine's 

 " Philosophy and Religion in Germany " (Bos- 

 ton, Houghton, Mifflin & Co.) ; G. S. Morris's 

 " Kant's Critique of Pure Reason " (Chicago, 

 Griggs & Co.), and Professor Watson's " Schel- 

 ling's Transcendental Idealism " (same publish- 

 ers). Herbert Spencer continues his labors in 

 "The Principles of Sociology" (Ceremonial 

 and Political Institutions), Vol. II (D. Apple- 

 ton & Co.). 



In SCIENCE, chiefly physical or natural sci- 

 ence, the main supply has been from abroad. 

 "The Concepts and Theories of Modern Phys- 

 ics," by Judge Stallo (New York, D. Appleton 

 & Co.), is a work of superior merit. Profess- 

 or Le Conte's " Elements of Geology " (same 

 publishers) has appeared in a revised and en- 

 larged edition. "The Stars and the Earth," 

 by Dr. T. Hill (Boston, Lee & Shepard), pre- 

 sents some striking thoughts upon space, time, 

 and eternity. Dr. A. Wilson's " Chapters in 

 Evolution " (New York, Putnam's Sons) is in- 

 teresting and valuable. So also (same pub- 

 lishers) is Dr. G. M. Beard's "The Psychology 

 of the Salem Witchcraft Excitement, 1692." 

 Specially interesting republications, of a sci- 

 entific character, are, Sir John Lubbock's "The 

 Origin of Civilization and the Primitive Con- 

 dition of Man" (fourth edition, with illus- 

 trations) ; " Ants, Bees, and Wasps " (same 

 author) ; Tyndall's " Essays on the Floating 

 Matter of the Air, in Relation to Putrefaction 

 and Infection," and Professor Huxley's " Sci- 

 ence and Culture, and other Essays " (D. Apple- 

 ton & Co.) ; A. G. Locke's work on " Gold, its 

 Occurrence and Extraction " (New York, E. 

 & F. N. Spon) is regarded as important and 

 valuable, as is also Spon's " Encyclopaedia of 

 the Industrial Arts." Further advance in the 

 applications and uses of electricity has led to 

 the preparing a number of works on this sub- 

 ject. One of the best is " The Modern Appli- 

 cations of Electricity," by E. Hospitalier, trans- 

 lated and enlarged by J. Maier (D. Appleton & 

 Co.). In this connection may be noted Mr. 

 Donnelly's curious and instructive volume, 

 " Ragnarok, the Age of Fire and Gravel " 

 (same publishers) ; it is well worth reading and 

 examining. " The Popular Science Monthly " 

 (D. Appleton & Co.) maintains its place, and 

 increases in favor with intelligent readers and 

 students. 



In MEDICAL SCIENCE the year's production 

 has been quite as creditable as usual. A con- 

 siderable portion of the works published is in 

 continuations, or new and revised editions. 

 A few only need here be specified. Dr. Will- 

 iam H. Van Buren's " Lectures on Diseases of 

 the Rectum " appear in a second enlarged edi- 

 tion (New York, D. Appleton & Co.). " A 

 Guide to Materia Medica and Therapeutics," 

 by Dr. Robert Farquh arson (Philadelphia, H. 



