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Spirit," by Nicholas Paine Oilman ; " Principles of 

 Economics the Satisfaction of Human Wants in so far 

 as their Satisfaction depends on Material Kesources," 

 by Grover Pease Osborne; "A Treatise on Trusts 

 and Monopolies," by Thomas C. Spelling ; " Indus- 

 trial Arbitration and Conciliation,'' some chapters 

 from the industrial history of the past thirty years, 

 compiled by Josephine Shaw Lowell in " Questions of 

 the Day " series ; ' The Social Condition of Labor," by 

 E. R. L. Gould (in the "Johns Hopkins University 

 Studies "); " Women Wage-Earners : Their Past, their 

 Present, and their Future," by Mrs. Helen Campbell, 

 with an introduction by K. T. Ely ; " Woman, Church, 

 and State," by Matilda Joslyn Gage; "Masses and 

 Classes," a study of industrial conditions in England, 

 by Henry Tuckley ; " The Economics of .the Russian 

 Village," by Isaac A. Hourwich, another of the " Co- 

 lumbia College Studies " ; " Public Assistance of the 

 Poor in France," by Emily Greene Balch ; in " Publica- 

 tions of the American Economic Association," " The 

 Housing of the Poor in American Cities," its prize 

 essay for 1892, by Marcus T. Reynolds, and the " Re- 

 port " of the proceedings of the same association at 

 the fifth annual meeting, Chautauqua, N. Y. " Abnor- 

 mal Man " was the theme of a " Circular of Informa- 

 tion " issued by the United StatesBureau of Education, 

 being a collection of essays on education and crime, by 

 Arthur MacUonuld, with an extensive bibliography. 

 From the same author we have also a volume on 

 " Criminology," with an introduction by Cesare Lom- 

 broso. Henry M. Boies spoke from extensive ac- 

 quaintance of " Prisoners and Paupers," while B. O. 

 Flower described " Civilization's Inferno." A newly 

 revised and enlarged edition was issued of George W. 

 Hale's " Police and Prison Cyclopaedia " ; seven essays 

 were delivered on " Philanthropy and Social Progress " 

 by Miss Jane Woods Addams. Robert A. Huntington, 

 and others, before the School of Applied Ethics at 

 Plymouth, Mass. ; and Mrs. Frances A. Goodale ed- 

 ited " The Literature of Philosophy " in the " Distaff 

 Series." " Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa " 

 was by no less an authority than Henry M. Stanley. 

 .1. N. Stearns edited " Temperance in all Nations," in 

 two volumes, being the history of the cause in all 

 countries of the globe, together with the papers, es- 

 says, addresses, and discussions of the World's Tem- 

 perance Congress held in Chicago, June, 1893. " Con- 

 versations between the Rabbi of the Boarding House 

 and a Company of Intelligent Ladies and Gentlemen," 

 by H. H. Young, covered the labor and every other 

 problem. Benjamin R. Tucker gave us " Instead of 

 a Book, by a Man too busy to write one," a frag- 

 mentary exposition of philosophical anarchism, and 

 William H. Van Ornum asked " Why Government at 

 All?" Publications of the American Academy of 

 Political and Social Science embraced the following 

 papers : " Our Failures in Municipal Government," 

 by Gamaliel Bradford ; James Harvey Robinson's re- 

 view of" Sidgwick's 4 Elements of Polities' " ; " Home 

 Rule for our American Cities," by E. P. Oberholtzer ; 

 " The Nature of the Federal State," by E. V. Robin- 

 son ; " Local Government of Country Communities in 

 Prussia," by Conrad Bornhak ; " Parliamentary Pro- 

 cedure," by Jesse Macy ; " Social Work at the Krupp 

 Foundries," by S. M. Lindsay ; ' Psychologic Basis 

 of Social Economics," by Lester F. Ward ; " Cost and 

 Expense" and "Cost and Utility," by Simon N. Pat- 

 ten ; " The Surplus Gains of Labor," by J. B. Clark ; 

 " The Effects of Consumption of Wealth on Distribu- 

 tion," by William Smart; "The Theory of Final 

 Utility in its Relation to Money and the Standard of 

 Deferred Payments," by Lucius 8. Merriam ; " Taxa- 

 tion of Large Estates," by R. T. Colburn ; " Seligman's 

 'Shifting and Incidence of Taxation'" and "The 

 Standard of Deferred Payments," by E. Alsworth 

 Ross ; " The Relation of Economic Conditions to the 

 Causes of Crime," by Carroll D. Wright ; and " Pre- 

 ventive Legislation in Relation to Crime," by C. H. 

 Reeve. " Sub-Coelum " was the picture of a sky-built 

 human world by A. P. Russell. Sidney Webster pub- 

 lished a small work on " Misuse of Legal Tender." 



Sports and Pastimes. In this department we have a 

 few books by standard authorities. Ilowland Caspar, 

 in " The Complete Sportsman," supplied a manual of 

 scientific and practical knowledge for the instruction 

 and information of all votaries of the gun, while the 

 big game of the United States and, its chase with 

 horse, hound, and rifle are the theme of " The W il- 

 derness Hunter." by Theodore Roosevelt, who also 

 edited, with George Bird Grinnell, " American Big- 

 Game Hunting," the book of the Boone and Crockett 

 Club. "The Thoroughbred Horse" was treated by 

 S. D. Bruce, and Ashmont (Dr. J. Frank Perry) dis- 

 closed " Kennel Secrets." " University Football," 

 edited by Jarnes R. Church, has the play of each po- 

 sition treated by experts on the elevens of Harvard, 

 Yale, and Princeton, and "American Football for 

 Schools and Colleges" was again discussed by A. A. 

 Stagg and H. L. Williams. The "American Yacht 

 List for 1893" was issued, and William B. Aiken set 

 forth in small compass " An Outline of the Principles 

 and Leads of American Whist." " Whist NuggeUs," 

 in the "Knickerbocker Nuggets," was a charming com- 

 pilation by W. G. McGuckin. 



ology " ; Dr. L. F. Stearns wrote three or four years 

 before his death the popular discussion of " Present- 

 Day Theology," published during the year: and 

 Henry R. Percival drew up "A Digest of Theology." 

 M. W. Gittbrd laid down "Laws of the Soul " ; Wil- 

 liam G. T. Shedd, D. D., considered " Orthodoxy and 

 Heterodoxy," as well as "Calvinism: Pure and Mixed," 

 the latter a defense of the Westminster standards; 

 David Nelson Beach outlined " The Newer Religious 

 Thinking"; and Josiah Strong, D. D. (the author of 

 " Our Country "), discussed "The New Era." "The 

 Coming Kingdom" was by Thomas Van Ness. 

 "Through Christ to God "was a study in scientific 

 theology by Joseph Agar Beet, D. D. A second edi- 

 tion was issued of " The Credentials of Science the 

 Warrant of Faith," by Josiah Parsons Cooke, and 

 Rev. J. A. Zahm wrote of " Catholic Science and 

 Catholic Scientists." Thomas Cooper considered 

 " Evolution, the Stone Book, and the Mosaic Record 

 of Creation" in three lectures, from an orthodox 

 standpoint. " Son of Man ; or, The Sequel to Evolu- 

 tion," by Celestia Root Lang, and "The Lyric of 

 Life," by Laura A. S. Nourse, made special pleas for 

 immortality. " Christ and Criticism," by Prof. Charles 

 Marsh Mead, D. D. ; " The Bible : Its Origin and 

 Growth and its Place among the Sacred Books of 

 the World," by Jabez T. Sunderland ; " The Higher 

 Criticism," by Rev. C. W. Rishell ; "The Higher 

 Criticism of the Hexateuch," by Charles A. Briggs, 

 D. D. ; " The Bible in the World's Education " (the 

 first annual course of lectures on the Wyclirt'e founda- 

 tion of the University of Denver), by Bishop Henry 

 White Warren, who published also " Exegesis : A 

 Leading out of Perplexities into Perception of the 

 ' Pentateuch ' (Fivefold Book) of Moses " ; and " Holy 

 Writ and Modern Thought," by Bishop Arthur Cleve- 

 land Coxe, were akin in theme: and Joseph Henry 

 Crooker assigned the place of " The New Bible and 

 its New Uses." "What is Inspiration?" by John 

 De Witt, D. D., purported to be a fresh study of the 

 question with new and discriminative replies, and 

 Henry Preserved Smith, in "Inspiration and Iner- 

 rancy," set forth fully his position. Charles A. Brings, 

 D. D., published Part II of" The Case Against Pro- 

 fessor Briggs " and " The Defense of Professor Briggs 

 before the Presbytery of New York, Dec. 13, 14, 15, 

 and 19, 1892." The authors of " Progressive Chris- 

 tianity " reprinted articles upon " The Divinity of 

 Jesus Christ" which appeared in the " Andover Re- 

 view," arid R. A. Redford, in " Vox Dei," traced the 

 doctrine of the Spirit as set forth in the Old and New 

 Testaments. From the same author we have " Four 

 Centuries of Silence; or, From Malachi to Christ." 

 " The Meaning and the Method of Life " was a search 

 for religion in biology by George M. Gould, M. D., 



