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with the title "Truths and Untruths of Evo- 

 lution." Other books worthy of mention 

 were Hedge's " Atheism in Philosophy," Burr's 

 "Ecce Terra," Bush's "Evidences of Faith," 

 and Cooke's " Outlines of the Doctrines of the 

 Resurrection." The Augustinian and Calvin- 

 istic elements of modern belief were strongly 

 presented by Bishop Littlejohn in his " Lectures 

 on the Christian Ministry at the Close of the 

 Nineteenth Century." Another volume was 

 added during the year to Dr. Philip SchafFs 

 " International Revision Commentary." 



The books published from foreign sources 

 offer several deserving of note. An interest- 

 ing view by a converted Hebrew, with fresh 

 and illuminating research into the conditions 

 of Christ's life, were displayed in Edersheim's 

 " Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah." An- 

 other similar essay in biographical criticism 

 was given in the translation of Dr. Bernhard 

 Weiss's " Life of Christ." Matthew Arnold's 

 scholarly study of a very interesting period 

 of Hebraic life and thought, " Isaiah of Jerusa- 

 lem," excited deserved comment and atten- 

 tion, perhaps all the more from its being the 

 work of a layman. Another popular religious 

 biography was that of " Simon Peter," by Dr. 

 Hodder. The theme of the Hibbert Lectures 

 for 1884 was " Native Religions of Mexico and 

 Peru," by Dr. Albert Reville; that of the 

 Framley Lectures of 1883, by Rev. W. Arthur, 

 " The Differences between Physical and Moral 

 Law " ; and of the Bedell Lectures for 1883, 

 " Revealed Religion expounded by its Rela- 

 tion to the Moral Being of God," by Rev. H. 

 Cotterell. All these were issued in book form 

 and are forcible, eloquent, and scholarly expo- 

 sitions of the subjects discussed. General Gor- 

 don Pasha's strange religious opinions were ex- 

 ploited in " Reflections in Palestine." An in- 

 teresting exposition of the religious changes 

 going on in the Hindu mind was the character- 

 istic of " Hindu Philosophy " and " Brahman- 

 ism," works by Ram Chandra Bose, an erudite 

 high-caste Hindu, who professes a species of 

 modified Christianity. Brewer's " Dictionary 

 of Miracles," published during the year, is a 

 curiously learned work, which the religious 

 student will find of interest and value in help- 

 ing his researches. The first volume of Spence, 

 Exell, and Neill's "Thirty Thousand Thoughts," 

 " Christian Evidences," an elaborate work of 

 biblical reference, was issued, and no doubt the 

 succeeding volumes will be eagerly looked for. 

 The great Herzog-SchafFs " Religious Encyclo- 

 paedia" was completed by the issue of the third 

 volume. Rev. T. K. Cheyne's new version of 

 the " Book of Psalms " met the approbation of 

 scholars. Other books of some interest were 

 Blaikie's " Public Ministry and Pastoral Meth- 

 ods of our Lord," Orden's "Touchstones," and 

 Famer's " Resurrection in Nature." Monsig- 

 nor Capel's new edition of Berington and 

 Kirk's " The Faith of Roman Catholics " was 

 supplemented by Addis and Arnold's " Catho- 

 lic Dictionary." 



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Law. Among the principal American law- 

 books were " Some Leading Principles of An- 

 glo-American Law," by Prof. Terry, of Japan ; 

 Wharton's " Commentaries on Law " ; Field's 

 " Lawyer's Briefs " ; Desty's " American Law of 

 Taxation" ; Becker and Simonds on "The Board 

 of Trade and the Produce Exchange "; Low- 

 ell's "Transfer of Stock"; Taylor's "Pri- 

 vate Corporations " ; Roror's " Railroads " ; 

 Reid's " Law of the Statute of Frauds," and 

 Benjamin Wood's " Statute of Frauds " ; Bed- 

 die's " Warranties in the Sale of Chattels " ; 

 Pierce's "Fraudulent Mortgages," and "A 

 Commentary on American Phases of Twine's 

 Case"; Wait on "Fraudulent Conveyances 

 and Creditors' Bills " ; Church's " Habeas 

 Corpus"; Heard's "Equity Precedents"; Ra- 

 palye on " Contempts"; Seton on "Decrees"; 

 Fay's "Executor's and Administrator's Guide"; 

 Dr. Clouson's "Clinical Lectures on Mental 

 Diseases " ; Harrison's " Legislation on Insan- 

 ity "; Lawson's " Adj adged Cases in Insanity " ; 

 Spalding's " Public Land System " ; Reese's 

 " Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology " ; 

 "Jewish Law of Marriage and Divorce," by 

 Rev. Dr. Midziner ; Abbot's " Traveling Law 

 School " ; Harris's " Illustrations in Advoca- 

 cy " ; " Miscellaneous Papers," by David Dud- 

 ley Field; Millar's "Black Calendar of Scot- 

 land," and Collins's " Ohio Voter's Manual." 



Medicine. 'The leading mescal works by 

 American authors were as follow : Skene's 

 " Atlas of Female Pelvic Anatomy " ; Poore's 

 " Osteotomy and Osteoclasis " ; Swanzy's 

 " Hand-Book of the Diseases of the Eye and 

 their Treatment " ; Van Buren's " Lectures on 

 the Principles of Surgery," edited by Stimson 

 (new edition) ; Tracy's " Hand-Book of Sani- 

 tary Information for Householders"; Wight's 

 " Maxims of Public Health " ; Billings's " Re- 

 lation of Animal Diseases to the Public Health" ; 

 Wright's " Lectures on the Diseases of the 

 Rectum " ; Amidon's " Year-Book of Thera- 

 peutics " : Loomis's " Text-Book of Practical 

 Medicine"; Millard's "Treatise on Bright's 

 Disease " ; Coppie's " Causation of Sleep " ; 

 Douglas Graham's " Practical Treatise on Mas- 

 sage " ; Dowse's " Brain and Nerves " ; Ham- 

 ilton's " Manual of Medical Jurisprudence " ; 

 McKenzie's " Diseases of the Eye and Throat " ; 

 Crothers's " Mental Contagion in Inebriety " ; 

 Kippox's " Hand-Book of Skin Diseases and 

 their Homoeopathic Treatment " ; Hewett's 

 " Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of the 

 Diseases of Women," edited by Sims; Hutche- 

 son's " Laws of Health " ; Park's " Manual of 

 Practical Hygiene," edited by De Chammont ; 

 and "Autobiography" of Dr. Marion Sims, 

 edited by his son. The latter, though not 

 technically speaking a medical book, is of such 

 interest to all physicians that it may properly 

 be classed under this division as much as under 

 that of biography. 



LITERATURE, BRITISH. The general stag- 

 nation of trade, occasioned by political and 

 social disturbance, had its influence in tha 



