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Pawn i.f Radicalism," tiy .1. Bowles Duly; "The 

 Trade Policy nf Imperial Federation," by M. 11. 

 llir\ry; The Impossibility of Social Demoora- 

 , A. Schallle; "Commercial Cri>es of the 

 Nineteenth Century" were treated with Hear- 

 ind nliilily liy Henry M. Ihndman; anil 

 "The Slate and Pensions in Old Age," by J. A. 

 Spender, with an Introduction by Arthur II. l>. 

 Acland, M. 1'. Charles Booth, who has devoted 

 so much time to " The Life and Labor of the 

 People in London," wrote " Pauperism : A Pic- 

 ture; and The Kndowmeiit of Old Age : An Ar- 

 gument " ; " The Fallacy of Saving " was a study 

 in economies by J. M. Robertson; Henry Jeph- 

 son iucd two volumes on "The Platform"; 

 11. D. Traill wrote on "Central Government" 

 in tlie "English Citizen Series"; Sir Charles 

 \V. Dilke and Spenser Wilkinson, on the "Im- 

 perial Defense " of Great Britain, preparation 

 lor which they urge, after reviewing her army 

 and navy, and their work recalls Chesney's ' Bat- 

 tle of Dorking"; G. R. Parkin pronounced "Im- 

 perial Federation the Problem of National Uni- 

 ty"; 15. K. Wise treated " Industrial Reform"; 

 1 1. 1 '. Schloss, " Methods of Industrial Remunera- 

 tion " ; and Herbert M. Thompson, " The Theory 

 of Wages and its Application to the Eight 

 Hours Question and Other Labor Problems." 

 (i. V. Pick drew up a "Digest of Political Econ- 

 omy and Some of its Applications to Social Phi- 

 losophy," and R. H. Inglis Palgrave edited Part 

 III of a " Dictionary of Political Economy." 

 Russell M. Gamier wrote an exhaustive "His- 

 tory of the English Landed Interest"; J. C. 

 Smith had ideas of his own as to '"The Distribu- 

 tion of the Produce" ; and Earl Grey expressed 

 himself on " The Commercial Policy of the Brit- 

 ish Colonies and the McKinley Tariff." "A 

 Study in Municipal Government: The Corpora- 

 tion of Berlin," came from J. Pollard. " England 

 in Ku r ypt," by A. Milner; "Egypt To-day: The 

 Fir>t to the third Khedive," by W. Eraser Rae; 

 and " The Egyptian State Debt and its Relation 

 to International Law," by W. Kaufmann, were 

 all timely. A. Rogers published a history of the 

 administration, rise, and progress of "The Land 

 Revenue of Bombay," in two volumes ; W. Grif- 

 fith, " Commentaries on the Indian Transfer of 

 Property Acts, 1892," as well as " International 

 Law : History, Principles, Rules, and Treaties " ; 

 while R. Wallace's "Indian Agriculture" was 

 furnished with maps, plates, and illustrations. 

 "The Ruin of the Soudan; Cause. Effect, and 

 Remedy." a r&8iim& of events from 1883 to 1891, 

 came from II. Russell and W. Gattie. and "The 

 Late Battles in the Soudan and Modern Tactics " 

 \ Reply " by Capt. C. B. Mayne. "Dark 

 Africa and the Way out." by W. Hughes, sug- 

 gested a scheme for civilizing and evangelizing 

 the Dark Continent. Part II of " The Law and 

 Custom of the Constitution," by Sir W. R. An- 

 son. was devoted to "The Crown": J. A. Neale 

 compiled an "Exposition of English Law by 

 English .Indies"; R. Giffen was the author of 

 "The Case against Bimetallism"; and John 

 Henry Norman of a "Complete Guide to the 

 World's Twenty-nine Metal Monetary Sys- 

 tem-." " Special Aspects of the Irish Question," 

 a series of reflections of Hon. W. E. Gladstone 

 in mid since 1886, were collected from various 

 sources and reprinted, and " The Irish Peasant " 



was an .anonymous sociological study. "The 

 Member for 'Wrottenborough : Passages from 

 his Life in Parliament, edited by his ' Alter 

 Ego,' Arthur A'Bccket," proved a bright and 

 readable brochure, by the author of "Paper- from 

 Pump-Handle Court." "The Livery Companies 

 of the City of London" had their origin, diame- 

 ter, development, and social and political impor- 

 tance traced by William Carew 1 la/lit I , and Rev. 

 J. Male! Lambert chronicled "Two Thousand 

 Years of Guild Life." " Villeinage .11 England " 

 in mediaeval times was exhaustively treated by 

 Paul Vinogradoff, and " Old Touraiiie : The Life 

 and History of the Famous Chateaux of France," 

 by Theodore Andrea Cook, filled two volumes. 

 C. F. Bastable wrote on " The Commerce of Na- 

 tions " in " Social Questions of the Day " ; Rev. W. 

 Cunningham traced "The Growth of English In- 

 dustry and Commerce in Modern Times." " Eng- 

 lish Trade and Finance, chiefly in the Seven- 

 teenth Century," in the " University Extension 

 Manuals," came from W. A. S. Hewins, and P. L. 

 Simmonds prepared "A Handbook of British 

 Commerce." " The Romanes Lecture, 1892." 

 was delivered by Hon. W. E. Gladstone. F. 

 Max Miiller delivered the Gifford Lectures be- 

 fore the University of Glasgow in 1891 upon 

 "Anthropological Religion," and also lectured 

 before the University of Cambridge upon " India, 

 what can it teach usf" in addition to editing 

 two volumes and two parts of volumes of " The 

 Sacred Books of the East." " The Faiths of the 

 Peoples," by J. Fitzgerald Molloy, in two vol- 

 umes ; " The Great Indian Religions," by G. T. 

 Bettany, in " The World's Religions Series " : 

 "Buddhism, Primitive and Present, in Magadha 

 and in Ceylon," by R. S. Copleston; " Studies in 

 Mohammedanism, Historical and Doctrinal," by 

 J. J. Pool ; and " Imitation of Buddha," compiled 

 by Ernest M. Bowden,with a preface by Sir Ed- 

 win Arnold, possessed interest for many readers; 

 and in the " International Theological Library," 

 "Apologetics; or, Christianity defensively stat- 

 ed came from Dr. Alexander Balmain Bruce. 

 Recently discovered " Meditations on the Life of 

 Christ," by Thomas a Kempis, were translated 

 and edited by Archdeacon Wright and Rev. S. 

 Kettlewell, with a preface by the latter, the lead- 

 ing authority in Europe on all matters relating 

 to Thomas a Kempis. " The Early Religion of 

 Israel as set forth by Biblical Writers and by 

 Modern Critical Historians " was the theme of 

 the Baird Lectures for 1889, by James Robert- 

 son, D. D., put into book form during the year ; 

 T. G. Bonney delivered the Boyle Lectures for 

 1891, upon "Christian Doctrines and Modern 

 Thought"; Rev. John Laidlaw wrote upon "The 

 Miracles of Our Lord " ; Rev. Charles Gore, the 

 Principal of Pusey House, upon "The Mission 

 of the Church," George MacDonald published 

 twelve sermons on "The Hope of the Gospel"; 

 and Canon Farrar fifteen, upon "The Voice 

 from Sinai," as heard in the Commandments. 



Prof. II. E. Rvle attracted some attention, and 

 T. D. Bernard. Canon of Wells, the author of 

 "The Progress of Doctrine in the New Testa- 

 ment," wrote upon "The Central Teaching of 

 Christ." Vols. XVI and XVII of "The People's 



