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LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1886. 



creases and defines our knowledge of the flora 

 of that imperfectly known and most attractive 

 region. 



Theology and Religion. In view of the insati- 

 able and seemingly almost universal demand 

 for ephemeral and essentially worldly litera- 

 ture more than enough, apparently, to over- 

 stock all the markets in the world it is sur- 

 prising to take account of the number of books 

 touching the most profound and serious of all 

 topics. The list embraces a majority of the 

 best thought and teaching in this field. " In 

 Aid of Faith," by Lyman Abbott; "God's 

 Revelations of Himself to Men," by the Rev. S. 

 J. Andrews ; " The Two Books of Nature and 

 Revelation collated," by the Rev. G. D. Arm- 

 strong, D. D. ; " History of the Baptists," by 

 Rev. T. Armitage ; " The Simplicity that is in 

 Christ, "by Rev. Leonard W.Bacon; "Evolution 

 and Religion," by Henry Ward Beecher ; the 

 fourth series of Rev. Phillips Brooks's " Twenty 

 Sermons"; "Life and Christ in the World," 

 by Rev. Arthur Brooks ; " Messianic Prophe- 

 cy," by Rev. C. A. Briggs, D. D. ; " Sound- 

 ings," by Rev. Mortimer Blake ; " The Miracu- 

 lous Element in the Gospels," by Alexander 

 Balmain Bruce ; " Light on the Hidden Way," 

 with an introduction by James Freeman Clarke ; 

 "Modern Unitarianism," by James Freeman 

 Clarke and Joseph Allen ; " The Fourth Gos- 



Bjl," by James Freeman Clarke, also "Every- 

 ay Religion " and " Vexed Questions in The- 

 ology " by the same author ; " The Orient," 

 by Rev. Joseph Cook ; " The Gospel and 

 Philosophy," by Rev. Morgan Dix, D. D. ; 

 " Universalism in America," vol. ii, by the 

 Rev. R. Eddy, D. D., a comprehensive history ; 

 "Applied Christianity," by Washington 

 Gladden ; " The Gospel of John," by A. Hov- 

 ey ; " Sermons," by " Sam " Jones, the South- 

 ern evangelist; "A Study of Primitive Chris- 

 tianity," by L. G. Janes; " Eventful Nights in 

 Bible History," by Rev. Alfred Lee ; " Plato 

 and Paul," by J. W. Mendenhall; "D. L. 

 Moody at Home," and " Ten Days with D. L. 

 Moody," anonymous; "The Wisdom of the 

 Apocalypse," by Mcllvaine; " The World and 

 the Logos," by Bishop Hugh Miller (Bedell 

 Lectures); " Silent Times," by Rev. J. R. Mil- 

 ler; " Bible Warnings," by Richard Newton ; 

 "Mechanics and Faith," by Charles Talbot 

 Porter ; " My Study," by Rev. Austin Phelps; 

 " Woman in Sacred Song," by Eva Munson 

 Smith ; " Ham-Mishkan, the Wonderful Tent," 

 by Rev. D. A. Randall, D. D.; " The Doctrine of 

 Endless Punishment," by Rev. W. G. T. Shedd, 

 D. D. ; " Messianic Expectations and Modern 

 Judaism," by Solomon Schindler ; " Footprints 

 of the Saviour," by Rev. Julian K. Smyth; 

 "Right Life," by Rev. Joseph A. Seiss, D. D. ; 

 "Social Problems," by Minot J. Savage; 

 " Spinoza and his Environment," by Rev. Hen- 

 ry Smith; "Sketch of the Life of Apollonius 

 of Tyana," by D. M. Treadwell ; "Joseph, the 

 Prime Minister," by 'Rev. William M. Tay- 

 lor, D.D.; "The Marriage Ring," "Shots at 



Sundry Targets," "The Battle for Bread," and 

 "Tabernacle Sermons," by T. De Witt Tal- 

 mage; and, from an antipodal ecclesiastical 

 standpoint, " Husband and Wife," by Prof. 

 George Zabriskie Gray; "The People and 

 Preachers in the Methodist Episcopal Church," 

 by James A. Wright ; " Ancient Cities," by 

 W. Burnet Wright ; " Progressive Orthodoxy," 

 by the editors of the " Andover Review " ; 

 "International Sermons," by eminent preach- 

 ers of the Church in England and America ; 

 " Sermons on the International Sunday-School 

 Lessons for 1887," by the Monday Club. 



Law. Y T ithout attempting to enumerate 

 bound volumes of digests and reports, which 

 threaten to overflow the possible limits of 

 libraries, the most important may be men- 

 tioned. The first volume of H. C. Adams's 

 " Judicial Glossary " (A to E) and at least two 

 more will be required to complete the work. 

 It is in the nature of a cyclopaedia of celebrated 

 law maxims, and must have involved a great 

 deal of patient, accurate work. J. K. Kin- 

 ney's "Digest of the United States Supreme 

 Court" has appeared, and makes good its 

 promise of usefulness. Of general interest are 

 Tiedman's " Limitations of the Police Power 

 of the State by the Federal Constitution," 

 Gray on "Perpetuities," Remsen on "Intes- 

 tate Succession," and Martindale's " Unclaimed 

 Money, Lands," etc. In the same group as 

 this last are Jones's " Forms of Conveyancing," 

 Austin's " Farm Law," and " Wynkoop's " Ves- 

 sels and Voyages as regulated by the Federal 

 Constitution and Treasury Decisions." G. 

 Merrill's "Studies in Comparative Jurispru- 

 dence," and new editions of the standard works 

 on international law, are of especial value. 

 Another important addition to the intermina- 

 ble list of digests is F. J. Stimson's "Ameri- 

 can Statute Law." The number of books on 

 " Contracts " indicates the growing importanc 

 of that department of the current law liten 

 ture. Among them are Ralston on "Dh 

 charge of Contracts," Bates on "Limited Pt 

 nership," Dewey on "Contracts for Futui 

 Delivery," Greenhood on "Public Policy 

 the Law of Contracts," Randolph on " Com- 

 mercial Paper," Jones on " Construction 

 Commercial and Trade Contracts," and Ushc 

 on "Sales of Personal Property." 



Accidents on land and sea are treated ii 

 " Collisions of Ships in United States Waters," 

 by W. P. Preble ; " The Law of Railway Acci- 

 dents," by C. S. Paterson," and "The Law 

 Negligence," by J. H. Deering. Allied to these 

 is C. E. Grinnell's "Law of Deceit." 



Wade on " Attachment and Garnishment," 

 McConnell on the "Trustee Process," Morrill 

 on " Competency and Privilege of Witnesses," 

 Wood on " Practice Evidence," Hawes on 

 " The Jurisdiction of Courts," and Bailey on 

 " The Onus Probandi," with several works 

 forms and particular remedies, have an imj 

 tant bearing on the tendency of practice. 



Patent law is assuming great importance, 



