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LITERATURE, BRITISH, IN 1898. 



iah Possessions." S. A. Moor edited "Practical 

 Plant Physiology," by Prof. W. Detmer, and from 

 W. Robinson we had "The Wild Garden; or, The 

 Naturalization and Natural Grouping of Hardy Ex- 

 otic Plants," with a chapter on the garden of Brit- 

 ish wild flowers, illustrated by Alfred Parsons. 

 Part LI was issued of "The Lepidoptera of the 

 British Islands," by Charles G.Barrett, and Part 

 XXXI of "Lepidoptera Indica," by P. Moore. 

 " Ethnological Studies Among the North-West-Cen- 

 tral Queensland Aborigines " were pursued by Wal- 

 ter E. Roth. " The Five Windows of the Soul," by 

 Edward Hamilton Aitken, gave a popular account 

 of the human senses ; Alfred F. Schofield, M. D., 

 discoursed of "The Unconscious Mind"; Henry 

 Rutgers Mai-shall contributed an essay on " Instinct 

 and Reason," and " Psychology for Teachers," by 

 ('. Lloyd Morgan, had an introduction by Henry 

 W. Jameson. "The Metaphysics of Experience" 

 were explored by Shadworth Hodgson, and Prof. 

 Carveth Read supplied " Logic Deductive and In- 

 ductive." "The Number Concept " had its origin 

 and development examined by Levi Leonard Co- 

 nant. The first volume of " A Treatise on Universal 

 Algebra." with applications, by Alfred North 

 Whitehead, was sent out. Henry E. Roscoe and 

 Arthur Harden published "A New View of the 

 Origin of Dalton's Atomic Theory," a contribution 

 to chemical history, which contained also letters 

 and documents concerning the life and labors of 

 John Dalton ; " Three Lectures on the Anatomy of 

 Movement," delivered at the Royal College of Sur- 

 geons of England, by Francis Warner, M. D., con- 

 stituted a treatise on the action of nerve centres 

 and modes of growth, and from L. Forbes Winslow, 

 M. D., the celebrated specialist in lunacy cases, we 

 had an exhaustive work upon " Mad Humanity." 

 Book III of the second volume of " Principles of 

 Political Economy," by Joseph Shield Nicholson, 

 carried on that valuable work, and from William 

 Hurrell Mallock came" Aristocracy and Evolution," 

 a study of the rights, the origin, and the social 

 functions of the wealthier classes. " What is So- 

 cialism!" was asked by Scotsburn; "Industrial 

 Democracy," by Sidney and Beatrice Webb, was in 

 reality a cyclopaedia of trades-union information, 

 and from the same authors we had " Problems of 

 Modern Industry." " The Rise of Democracy " was 

 contributed by J. Holland Rose to the " Victorian 

 Era Series"; "Australian Democracy" was the 

 theme of Henry de R. Walker, and " A History of 

 English Democratic Ideas in the Seventeenth Cen- 

 tury," by G. P. Gopch, appeared in the series of 

 "Cambridge Historical Essays," as did "Outlines of 

 English Industrial History," by W. Cunningham 

 and E. A. McArthur. " Workhouses and Pauper- 

 ism," by Louisa Twining, and " University and So- 

 cial Settlements," by W. Reason, appeared in the 

 " Social Questions Series " ; and " Provident Socie- 

 ties and Industrial Welfare" was added by E. W. 

 Brabrook to the " Victorian Era Series." "The Cry 

 of the Children " was an exposure made by Frank 

 Hird of certain British industries in which children 

 are iniquitously employed. In the "Criminology 

 St-rit-s" Political Crime," by Louis Proal. had an 

 introduction by Franklin II. Giddings. " Myster- 

 ies of Police and Crime " came from no less an au- 

 thority than Major Arthur Griffiths, one of Her 

 Majesty's Inspectors of Prisons, and Rev. J. W. 

 Horsley, the author of "Jottings from Jail," was 

 again heard from on "Prisons ami Prisoners." 

 "English National Education" engaged the atten- 

 tion of II. Holman ; " The Educational Systems of 

 Great Britain and Ireland " were discussed by 

 Graham Balfour; J. C. Tarver published essays oh 

 noottdary t-ducation entitled " Debatable Claims." 

 D'Arcy W. Thompson in " Day Dreams of if Schcx>l- 



master " propounded educational theories, and Fran- 

 cis Warner, M. D., wrote on " The Study of Children 

 and their School Training." " University Ad- 

 dresses " of Principal John Caird were edited by 

 his brother, the present Master of Balliol. " Prog- 

 ress in Woman's Education " was edited by the 

 Countess of Warwick. " The Principles of Landed 

 Estate Management " were laid down by H. Her- 

 bert Smith, the agent of Lord Lansdowne, and ac- 

 companied with plans and illustrations. 



Political book.i and pamphlets were numerous. 

 From Sir Charles W. Dilke came a volume on " The 

 British Empire," a reprint of articles contributed to 

 various newspapers in 1898, and he also made sug- 

 gestions on " Army Reform." " The Free-Trade 

 Movement and Its Results " was one of the issues of 

 the " Victorian" Era Series," by G. Armitage-Smith, 

 and " The House of Lords Question " was edited by 

 Andrew Reid ; " The Saving of Ireland," by Sir 

 George Baden-Powell, presented the conditions and 

 remedies, industrial, financial, and political, of that 

 miserable land. " The Gladstone Colony," by 

 James Francis Hogan, contained an unwritten 

 chapter of Australian history. Prof. W. Cun- 

 ningham wrote on " Alien Immigrants to England 

 and their Influence on Social Life." W. F. Red- 

 daway was heard from on " The Monroe Doctrine " 

 and Benjamin Kidd on "The Control of the 

 Tropics." " Bimetallism " was a summary and ex- 

 amination of the arguments for and against a bi- 

 metallic system of currency, by Major Leonard 

 Darwin ; " Studies in Currency, 1898, were pub- 

 lished by Lord Farrer, and L. C. Probyn discussed 

 " Indian Coinage and Currency." " The States- 

 man's Yearbook for 1898 " was issued, as usual, by 

 J. Scott Keltie. 



Religious books of the year included " The In- 

 carnate Saviour," a life of Jesus Christ by Rev. 

 William Robertson Nicoll; "The Christ of History 

 and Experience." the theme of the Kerr Lectures 

 delivered at Edinburgh by Rev. D. W. Forrest ; 

 "Divine Immanence in Nature," by Rev. J. R. 111- 

 ingworth ; " Spiritual Apprehension,'' by Rev. J. 

 Llewellyn Davies : " What the Bible Teaches," by 

 Rev. Reuben A. Torrey ; " Lessons from the Cross/' 

 a series of sermons delivered by the Bishop of 

 London during Holy Week; and "The Gospel of 

 Joy," another collection of sermons, by Rev. A. 

 Stopford Brooke. Vol. II. of " The Book of the 

 Twelve Prophets commonly Called the Minor," by 

 Dr. George Adam Smith, completed the " Expositor's 

 Bible." " Colossian Studies," by Dr. Handley Carr 

 Glyn Moule, followed his "Philippian Studies" of 

 last year, and from Canon Gore we had a practical 

 exposition of "St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians." 

 He also edited " Essays in Aid of the Reform of 

 the Church." " The People and the Priest," by Rev. 

 R. E. Welsh, protested strongly against the Roman- 

 izing movement in the Church of England, while 

 the High Church view was presented in " Ministerial 

 Priesthood," by Canon R. C. Moberly. "The 

 Ritschlian Theology and the Evangelical Faith" 

 came from James Orr, D. D. Rev. Leighton Pul- 

 lan wrote "The History of Early Christianity" for 

 the " Popular Biblical Library," another issue of 

 which was " The Women of the" Old Testament." by 

 Dr. Robert Forman Horton. "The Early History 

 of the Hebrews" was considered by Prof. Archi- 

 bald H. Sayce ; " The Poetry and Religion of the 

 Psalms " were the theme of the Croall Lectures for 

 1893-'94, by Dr. James Robertson; "Lectures and 

 Essays on Natural Theology and Ethics," by Wil- 

 liam Wallace, were edited with a biographical intro- 

 duction by Edward Caird ; " University Sermons." 

 preached before the University of Glasgow, 187:5- 

 1898, by the late Principal John Caird, were col- 

 lected into a volume ; " Light and Leaven " was the 



