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physical improvement of the negro race. Col. 

 F. Maurice republished, with additions, his arti- 

 cle on " War " in the " Encyclopaedia Britan- 

 nica " ; " The Development of Navies during the 

 Last Half-century " was traced by Capt. S. Erd- 

 ley-Wilmot, the third volume of " Popular Lect- 

 ures and Addresses," by Sir W. Thomson, was 

 devoted to " Navigational Affairs " ; and " The 

 Last Great Naval War," by A. Nelson Seaforth, 

 traced in imagination the future of England's 

 fleet. In the " University Extension Manuals " 

 " The Use and Abuse of Money " was discrimi- 

 nated by Dr. William Cunningham, and " English 

 Colonization and Empire" formed the theme of 

 Alfred Caldecott. "Short History of Political 

 Economy in England " was also supplied by L. 

 L. Price in the same series. J. N. Keynes gave 

 himself to " The Scope and Method of Political 

 Economy," and R. H. Inglis Palgrave issued the 

 first part of a " Dictionary of Political Econ- 

 omy, to be completed in 12 parts. Part II of 

 Vol. II of " The Theory of Credit," by Henry 

 Dunning Macleod, was issued. " National Life 

 and Thought of the Various Nations through- 

 out the World," a series of addresses by the late 

 J. E. Thorold Rogers, Erikr Magnusson, and oth- 

 ers, was designed to give information in a pop- 

 ular form, and " Studies in Statistics," by George 

 Blundell Longstaff, performed the same office in 

 a different manner. " The Oxford Movement," 

 by the late Dean Church, covered the twelve 

 years from 1833 to 1845, and Dr. B. F. Westcott 

 furnished " Essays in the History of Religious 

 Thought in the West." Goldwin Smith dis- 

 cussed " Canada and the Canadian Question," and 

 " Canadian Studies in Comparative Politics " were 

 made by John George Bourinot. " The Ele- 

 ments of Politics " were exhaustively discussed 

 by Prof. Henry Sidgwick, and " Teaching in 

 Three Continents " was reviewed by W. Caton 

 Grasby from personal observation. " Modern 

 Customs and Ancient Laws of Russia " were the 

 theme of six lectures delivered at Oxford, by 

 Maxime Kovalevsky, as was " The Little Manx 

 Nation," of the Royal Institution Lectures, by T. 

 Hall Caine. " The Lesson of the Revolution " 

 was impressed on his fellow-countrymen by 

 David Balsillie. J. R. Fisher and J. A. Strahan 

 rendered lasting benefit by setting forth lucidly 

 " The Law of the Press," while " The Pentateuch 

 of Printing, with a Chapter on Judges," by 

 William Blades, undertook in a somewhat fanci- 

 ful manner to trace the rise and development of 

 the art. The appearance of "Justice: being 

 Part II of the Principles of Ethics," by Herbert 

 Spencer, was welcomed in the intellectual world. 

 The Gifford Lectures for 1890 before the Uni- 

 versity of Glasgow by Prof. F. Max Miiller were 

 upon " Physical Religion," following the former 

 series delivered by him in 1888 upon " Natural 

 Religion." Those upon the same foundation for 

 1891 were from Prof. Sir G. G. Stokes, M. P., 

 upon " Natural Theology." The Bampton Lect- 

 ures for 1891 were by Rev. Charles Gore, who 

 in 1890 edited " Lux Mundi," and were upon 

 "The Incarnation of the Son of God." The 

 additions to the "Expositor's Bible" were six, 

 namely: "The General Epistles of St. James 

 and St. Jude," by Rev. Alfred Plummer; "The 

 Gospel of St. John," by Rev. Marcus Dods; 

 "The Acts of the Apostles," by Rev. G. T. 



Stokes ; " The Book of Proverbs," by Rev. R. F. 

 Horton ; " The Book of Ecclesiastes," by Rev. 

 Samuel Cox ; and " The Book of Leviticus," by 

 Rev. S. H. Kellogg. " Matthew XXII to Mark 

 XVI " and " St. Luke to St. John III " continued 

 the " Sermon Bible," and Vols. XIII-XV were 

 also issued of the " People's Bible." " An Intro- 

 duction to the Literature of the Old Testament," 

 by Dr. S. R. Driver, opened the " International 

 Theological Library," and Frederick Gardener 

 supplied "Aids to Scripture Study." To the 

 " Men of the Bible Series " George Rawlinson 

 contributed "Isaac and Jacob" and "Ezra and 

 Nehemiah." Leonard A. Wheatley delighted the 

 bibliographer with " The Story of the Imitatio 

 Christi," and Rev. H. R. Haweis defined the lim- 

 its of " The Broad Church." An address by 

 Charles H. Spurgeon was entitled " The Greatest 

 Fight in the World," and from the great preacher 

 we have also sermons, as from Liddon, Cheyne, 

 McLaren, Lightfoot, and several other emi- 

 nent divines. Rev. G. Matheson made a careful 

 analysis of " The Spiritual Development of St. 

 Paul." Descending to the practical, we have " A 

 Text-book of the Science of Brewing," by E. 

 Ralph Moritz and George Harris Morris ; notes 

 on " Epidemic Influenza," its origin and method 

 of spreading, by Richard Sisley, M. D., and 

 " Diphtheria : its Natural History and Preven- 

 tion," by R. Thorne Thorne, being the Milroy 

 Lectures before the Royal College of Physicians 

 of London for 1891. " Racing Reminiscences 

 and Experiences of the Turf," by Sir George 

 Chetwynd, in two volumes, and " Turf Celebri- 

 ties I have known," by William Day. delighted 

 sportsmen, who also received, in the " Badmington 

 Library," " Riding and Polo," from Robert Weir, 

 and " Famous Golf Links," from several ex- 

 perts. W. A. Kerr published " Practical Horse- 

 manship " and " Riding for Ladies," and Alfred 

 Hutton a manual for teacher and pupil called 

 " The Swordsman." 



Poetry." The Light of the World," by Sir 

 Edwin Arnold, long expected and hailed with 

 wide acclaim, proved somewhat disappointing. 

 Volumes of " Poems" by Ruskin and Lecky at- 

 tracted some attention because of the fame of 

 their authors as prose writers. " Narrative 

 Poems" and "Lyrical Poems," by Alfred Aus- 

 tin, are pronounced the most varied, sponta- 

 neous, and attractive of his verse ; and an- 

 other volume of rare merit was " Renascence," 

 by Walter Crane. Frederick Tennyson pub- 

 lished " Daphne and other Poems." " The 

 Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges " were received 

 with favor; Lord Houghton's "Stray Verses, 

 1889-1890," recall his father in some measure; 

 and from Robert Buchanan came " The Outcast, 

 a Rhyme for the Times." William Sharp fol- 

 lowed Walt Whitman in " Sospiri di Roma " ; 

 "In the Valhalla," by J. Y. Geddes, attracted 

 attention as the effort of a working man ; Rev. J. 

 T?. Langbridge produced " The Cracked Fid- 

 dle " ; and other volumes which possessed merit 

 in varied directions were "A Light Load," by 

 Dolly Radford ; " Michael Villiers, Idealist, and 

 other Poems," by Emily Hickey ; " Charybdis 

 and other Poems," by Helen M. Waithman; 

 " The March of Man," by Alfred Hayes ; " Glean- 

 ings," by E. L. Tomlin : " Verses Grave and 

 Gay," by Ellen Thornycroft Fowler; and Aus- 



