LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1892. 



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..ii tin- Inlet-national Sunday-school Les- 

 sons fur isji:;." and the same lessons were also 

 tlir subject of "A Standard F.dectic Comincn- 



i'.y !:. B. Wakefield. J. \V. Mcdarvey, and 

 II. ' K. Taylor. David I). Burrell, I). I)., and 

 Ke\. Joseph Dunn Burrell were joint authora of 

 "Hints and Helps on the Sunday-school Les- 

 sons for is'.C!," and Jesse L. Hurlbut, D. I)., and 

 Robert li. Dougherty prepared " Illustrative 

 Notes "on the same. A manual of "Open-Air 

 Preaching" was the work of Edwin Hal lock 

 Byington. Bishop .John Weaver wrote a " Prac- 

 tical Comment on the Confession of Faith of the 

 Church of the United Brethren in Christ "; A. B. 

 Miller, D. D.. on the " Doctrines and Genius of 

 the Cumberland Presbyterian Church " ; H. C. 

 Vedder. "A Short History of the Baptists"; 

 li. S. Foster on " Union of Episcopal Metho- 

 disins," and James MeGee traced " The March of 

 Methodism from Epworth around the Globe." 

 Bishop S. M. Merrill treated "The Organic 

 t'nion of American Methodism." "Credo and 

 Credulity" was an exposition of the Apostles' 

 (reed bv an anonymous "believer," and James 

 Morris White gave talks about the Trinity for 

 thoughtful laymen under the title of "Gloria 

 Patri." The Democracy of Christianity " was 

 asserted by Rev. Lorenzo White; "Christ en- 

 throned in the Industrial World " was a discus- 

 sion of Christianity in property and labor by 

 Charles Roads ; and " Socialism from Genesis to 

 Revelation " was argued by Rev. F. M. Sprague. 

 An essay in the form of 4 lectures by Josiah 

 Royce investigated the " Spirit of Modern Phi- 

 losophy " : Thomas Eiwood Longshore, of the 

 Society of Friends, touched upon "The Higher 

 Criticism in Theology and Religion contrasted 

 with Ancient Myths and Miracles as Factors in 

 Human Evolution," with other essays on re- 

 forms ;" The Genesis of Genesis," by Benjamin 

 Wisner Bacon, was a study of the documentary 

 sources of the first book of Moses in accord- 

 ance with the results of critical science, which 

 had an introduction by George F.Moore. "Gen- 

 esis I and Modern Science " ; " Homilies of Sci- 

 ener." by Paul Carus; "Rational Philosophy." 

 by William Poland; "The Irresistible Conflict 

 I iet ween Two World Theories," by Rev. Minot 

 .1. Savage; " The Creation of the Bible," by My- 

 ron Adams: and " Bible Difficulties and how to 

 meet them," a symposium edited by Frederick 

 A. Atkins, presented both sides of the contro- 

 versy between religion and modern science. 

 liev. J. Q. Mittinger made "A Plea for the Sab- 

 l>aih ami for Man." while "Two Republics; or, 

 Rome and the United States of America," by 

 Alon/o T. Jones, was opposed to Sunday legisla- 

 tion. Karly Bibles of America" were described 

 by John Wright, D. D., and " Ethical Teachings 

 in Old Kmrlish Literature" were traced by Prof. 

 T. W. Hunt. "The Story of the Token," by 

 Robert Shiells, gave the origin and history of a 

 <|iiaint custom of the Scotch Presbyterian Church. 

 Two volumes contained Rev. Samuel W. Whit- 

 ney'-; critical examination of "The Revisers' 

 Greek Text," a work which occupied him during 

 more than ten years. Part I was published of 

 " The Documents of the Hexateuch." the oldest 

 book of Hebrew history, edited by W. E. Addis; 

 and Rev. John Them wrote upon " Christian 

 Anthropology." Vol. Ill of Bartlett and Pe- 



ters's "Scripture*. Hi-brew and Christian." was 

 issued; Sarah (ieraldine Stock told "The Story 

 of I'gaiida and the Victoria N\an/a Mission." 

 and Ellen Blackmar Maxwell described " Tin- 

 Bishop's Conversion " on the subject ol 

 sions. " The Divine Art of Preaching " was the 

 theme of sermons preached by Kc\. Arthur T. 

 Pierson at the Pastor's College connected with 

 the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, during 

 the illness and after the death of Spurgeon. 

 " Anglo-Israel and the Jewish Problem." by- 

 Rev. Thomas R. Howlett, argued the identity of 

 the Anglo-Saxon race with the ten lost tribes of 

 Israel. "The Spiritual Athlete, and how he 

 Trains," formed the theme of W. A. Bodell ; and 

 W. De Witt Hyde, D. p., explained " Practical 

 Ethics." A new edition was issued of "The 

 Life of our Lord upon the Earth." first pub- 

 lished in 1862 ; also a new, cheaper edition of the 

 lectures upon the " Post-Restoration Period of 

 the Church in the British Isles," delivered in 

 1890 under the auspices of the Church Club of 

 New York. " Oriental Religions and Christian- 

 ity " were the theme of the course of lectures 

 delivered by Frank F. Ellinwbod, D. D., on the 

 Ely Foundation at Union Theological Seminary. 

 N. Y. ; " The Chalcedonian Decree ; or, Historical 

 Christianity misrepresented by Modern Theolo- 

 gy, confirmed by Modern Science, and un- 

 touched by Modern Criticism." of the Charlotte 

 Wood Slocuin Lectures, by John Fulton, D. D. ; 

 while the Oberlin lectures of 1892 were given by 

 David O. Hears, D. D.. upon " The Pulpit and 

 the Pews." " The Religious Development in the 

 Province of North Carolina" received attention 

 from Stephen Beauregard Weeks in the "Johns 

 Hopkins University Studies."' Rev. J. M. llnb- 

 bert was the author of " The Preacher's Com- 

 plete Register." 



Unclassified. Books falling under none of 

 the departments into which this article is 

 divided are: "Florida, South Carolina, and 

 Canadian Phosphates," by C. C. Hover Millar; 

 "Coals and Cokes in W T est Virginia," by Wil- 

 liam Seymour Edwards; "Old Cashmere Shawls ; 

 How they are made and why the Art is lost." 

 by Margaret R. King; "Stereotyping: The 

 Papier Mache Process," by C. S. Partridge; 

 " Mechanical Drawing." by Charles W. Mac- 

 Cord; "Elements of Machine Design, for the 

 Use of Draughtsmen and Students of Engineer- 

 ing," by J. F. Klein; "Machinery Pattern Mak- 

 ing," by Peter S. Dingey; "Screws and Screw 

 Making, with a Chapter on the Milling Ma- 

 chine," anonymous: two volumes on "Practical 

 Carriage Building." byM. T. Richardson: "The 

 Construction of Pump Details," by Philip R. 

 Bjorling; "How to make Common Things for 

 Boys," by John A. Bower; a "Manual of In- 

 struction'in Hard Soldering." by Harvey Row- 

 ell; a "Manual of American Water Works," 

 edited byM. X. Baker: "A Practical Treatise 

 upon warming Buildings by Hot Water." bv 

 Charles Hood; "Brick for Street Pavements," 

 by M. D. I'.urke; a "Treatise on Highway Con- 

 struction." by Austin T. Byrne; "The Iron and 

 Steel Maker." edited by F." Jaynson : -The l:<n 

 Founder," by Simpson Bolland ; " The Electric 

 Railway in 'Theory and Practice." by Oscar T. 

 Crosby and L. Bell ; " Electric-Lighting Speci- 

 fications, for the Use of Engineers and An/hi- 



