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pamphlet form, with his first annual address upon 

 The Attitude of the American Mind toward the 

 Negro Intellect." Publications of the American 

 Academy of Political and Social Science included 

 " The Place of the Political and Social Sciences in 

 Modern Education," by Edmund J. James ; "The 

 Study and Teaqhing of Sociology" and "The Unit 

 of Investigation or of Consideration in Sociology, 

 by Samuel McCune Lindsay; "Sociology applied 

 to Politics," by F. Siegel ; " The Relation of the 

 Colonial Fee System to Political Liberty," by 

 Thomas K. Urdahl ; " Sociology and Philanthropy," 

 bv F. H. Wines; "Proposed Reforms of the 

 Monetary System," by Joseph French Johnson; 

 - The Relation of Postal Savings Banks to Com- 

 mercial Banks." by James II. Hamilton; "The 

 K.-onomic Relation of Life Insurance to Society 

 and State," by L. G. Fouse ; " The Economic Effects 

 of Ship Canals," by John Archibald Fairlie ; "The 

 Development of the Census," by Roland P. Falkner; 

 " Political and Municipal Legislation in 1897," by 

 Edward Dana Durand ; " Municipality and the Gas 

 Supply as illustrated by the Experience of Phila- 

 delphia." by L. S. Rowe': "Oscillations in Politics," 

 by Abbott Lawrence Lowell; "The Legal Status of 

 California, 1846-'49," by Rockwell D. Hunt; "The 



by II. H. Powers, and " Intervention and the 

 Recognition of Cuban Independence," by Amos S. 

 Uershey; "Australian Problems in History," by 

 Helen Page Bates ; a " Study of the Negro Prob- 

 lems," by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois ; and " Causes 

 Affecting Railway Rates and Fares," by W. E. 

 Weyl. 



Sports and Pastimes. "Trail and Camp Fire: 

 The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club," edited 

 by George Grinnell Bird and Theodore Roosevelt, 

 proved a mine of interest to the sportsman, and 

 The Golfer's Alphabet," by W. G. Van T. Sutphen, 

 illustrated by A. B. Frost, is not to be lightly passed 

 over. " A Handbook of Wrestling," by Hugh F. 

 Leonard, was edited by Frederic A. Fernald, and 

 Hartwig Nissen published " Rational Home Gym- 

 nastics. " The Grand Tactics of Chess," by 

 Franklin K. Young, was followed by his exposition 

 of "The Major Tactics of Chess," the two forming 

 with his "Minor Tactics of Chess" a complete ex- 

 position of the laws and principles of chess 

 strategetics. Robert F. Foster explained briefly 

 " Foster's Common Sense Leads and How to Read 

 them," and a second series of " Dick's Games of 

 Patience; or, Solitaire with Cards," contained 70 

 games. Martha Russell Orne traced the origin of 

 " Hallowe'en," and told how to celebrate it witli 

 appropriate games and ceremonies. 



Theology. " An Outline of Christian Theol- 

 ogy," was offered by William Newton Clarke, D. D., 

 and "(iod, Nature and Attributes," by Randolph 

 Sinks Foster, I). I)., in the scries of " Studies in 

 Theology" supplemented his former work on 

 "Theism." "Biblical Apncalypt ics " was a study 

 <>f the most notable revelal Ions of God and of Christ 

 in the canonical Scriptures, by Milton Spencer 

 Terry, D. I)., while " Corner Stones of Faith ; or, The 

 Origin and Characteristics of the Christian Denom- 

 inations in the United States," were discussed by 

 Charles II. Small, D. D. " In Christ Jesus ; or, The 

 Sphere of the Believer's Life," was the theme of 

 Arthur Tapnan Pierson, I). I).; "The Manifesta- 

 tions of the Risen Jesus: Their Methods and Their 

 Meanings," were the subject of the Charlotte Wood 

 Slocurn lectures for 1897 by Bishop William Cros- 

 well Doanc ; Borden P. Bowne met difficulties con- 

 nected with "The Christ inn Relevation "; and Rev. 

 Samuel F. Hotchkin wrote upon " The Living Sav- 



iour." 0. C. Auringer and J. Oliver Smith were the 

 joint authors of " The Christ : A Poetical Study of 

 His Life from Advent to Ascension"; " Was Christ 

 Born at Bethlehem?" was a study on the credibil- 

 ity of St. Luke, by W. M. Ramsay, who holds to the- 

 affirmative, and " Christ and the Critics," by Gerome, 

 adduced evidence in favor of the authorship of the 

 Pentateuch by Moses. Rev. William James consid- 

 ered two supposed objections to the doctrine of 

 " Human Immortality," and " The Mystery of Life," 

 by Harry E. Richards, M. D., was a study of revela- 

 tion in the light of science. " Spiritual Life," by L. 

 L. Nash, D. I)., had an introduction by Bishop O. P. 

 Fitzgerald; "Christian Truth and Life "were the 

 subject of sermons by Milton Valentine, D. I). ; 

 Walton W. Buttershall, D. D., suggested " Interpre- 

 tations of Life and Religion " ; " The Kingdom of 

 God and Problems of To-day" was the title of 

 lectures delivered before the biblical department 

 of Vanderbilt University by Alexander Suther- 

 land, D. D. ; David II. Greer, D. D., published 

 " Visions: Sunday Morning Sermons at St. Barthol- 

 omew's " ; David James Burrell, D. D., " The Won- 

 drous Cross, and Other Sermons " ; John Gates, 

 " The Sorrow of God, and Other Sermons " ; Francis 

 Greenwood Peabody, " Afternoons in the College 

 Chapel," short addresses to young men on personal 

 religion ; Rev. C. Armand Miller, " The Way of the 

 Cross," a series of meditations on the history of the 

 Passion of our Lord ; Rev. Rudolph von Smetana, 

 " Spiritual Exercises for a Ten Days' Retreat " ; and 

 Rev. P. Woods, a " Guide to True Religion," a 

 manual for followers of the Church of Rome. 

 "At the Evening Hour" was the title of simple 

 talks on spiritual subjects by Ethelbert D. War- 

 field. William Henry Green, D. D., wrote a "Gen- 

 eral Introduction to the Old Testament : The 

 Canon"; "The History of the English Bible 

 Studied by the Library Method," by S. G. Ayres and 

 Rev. Charles F. Sitterly, had an introduction by 

 Henry M. MacCracken ; Vol. I of " The Psalms and 

 their Story," by William E. Barton, D. D., was 

 devoted to a study of the Psalms as related to Old 

 Testament history " From the Exodus," while the 

 second volume, covered " From the Exile to the 

 Advent." " The Messages of the Earlier Prophets " 

 were arranged in the order of time, analyzed, and 

 freely rendered in paraphrase by Frank Knight 

 Sanders and Charles Foster Kent, and " Life Les- 

 sons from the Book of Proverbs " were gleaned by 

 Bishop William Stevens Perry. ''The Gospel ac- 

 cording to Saint Mark " was accompanied with an 

 explanatory and critical commentary by Rev. A. J. 

 Maas ; " Matthews Gospel " was added by John 

 Worcester to the series of " Spiritual Interpreta- 

 tions of the Scriptures" ; A. H. Ames, M. D., I). I)., 

 wrote an interpretation of " The Revelation of St. 

 John the Divine"; while "Outlines of New Testa- 

 ment History" were offered by Rev. F. E. Gigot. 

 Dr. Lyman Abbott contributed a volume upon 

 " The Life and Letters of Paul the Apostle," and 

 "A People's Commentary: Romans and 1 and 2 

 Corinthians," came from George Whitfield Clark, 

 D. D. A "Child's Story of the Bible," by Mrs. 

 Mary A. Lathbury, had an introduction by Bishop 

 John H. Vincent, and " Stories from the Old Testa- 

 ment " were told for children by Harriet S. l'. 

 Beale. Walter F. Adeney delivered two lectures 

 upon "The Construction of the Bible" at the Mat- 

 lock Chautauqua in 1897. " Bible Difficulties and 

 their Alleviative Interpretations " came from 

 Robert Stuart MacArthur; Rev. Martin S. Bren- 

 nan set forth " The Science of the Bible " ; and 

 "Ideas from Nature," by William Elder, was an 

 attempt to prove the world the work of an intelli- 

 gent Creator. "Sacred Scenes and Mysteries" 

 were gone over by Rev, J. F. X. O'Conor ; " Voices 



