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title of historical and social sermons, by Hensley 

 Hcnson, who also delivered some Lenten addresses 

 upon " Discipline and Law " : Dr. Joseph Parker 

 published " Christian Profiles in a Pagan Mirror," 

 and L. B. Hartman, D. D., treated of " Divine Pe- 

 nology." " The Clerical Life " was a series of letters 

 to ministers, written by Dr. J. M. Watson (Ian Mac- 

 laren). Dr. Marcus Dods, and others; and from 

 Dr. Watson alone we had " Companions of the Sor- 

 rowful Way," nine chapters of reflection upon the 

 last days oi' Jesus Christ on earth. He also con- 

 tributed an introduction to four volumes of " Ser- 

 mons " of Rev. Frederick W. Robertson, which had 

 a preface by C. B. Robertson. " The Lord's 

 Prayer," by the late Edward Meyrick Goulburn, 

 was given to the public ; Dr. Orello Cone wrote on 

 " Paul the Man, the Missionary, and the Teacher" ; 

 Dr. George Holley Gilbert prepared " The Student's 

 Life of Jesus," and Rev. J. Brough dwelt upon 

 ' The Early Life of Our Lord." " The Spring of the 

 Day," by Dr. Hugh Macmillun, was a companion 

 volume to his " Clock of Nature," published in 

 1897, and from Dean Frederic W. Farrar we had a 

 volume of " Allegories " and a history of " The 

 Herods." The Lord Bishop of Winchester con- 

 tributed a preface to " Selections from the Works 

 of Bishop Thorold." " Footsteps in Human Prog- 

 ress, Secular and Religious," were followed by 

 James Samuelson, and " What is Life?" was asked 

 by Frederick Hovenden. Andrew Lang discussed 

 " The Making of Religion'," combating vigorously 

 the animistic theories of Herbert Spencer and Prof. 

 Tylor ; Col. R. Elias wrote briefly on " The Tend- 

 ency of Religion," and Mrs. Humphry Ward de- 

 livered an address upon her idea of "New Forms 

 of Christian Education." W T . M. Flinders Petrie 

 treated of " Religion and Conscience in Ancient 

 Egypt," and the story of missionary work in mod- 

 ern India was told by Irene H. Barnes in " Behind 

 the Pardah." A " History of the Society for Pro- 

 moting Christian Knowledge, 1698-1898," was 

 written by W. 0. B. Allen and Edmund McClure, 

 and Rev. Duncan Campbell devoted a volume to 

 "Hymns and Hymn-making." "Hymns That 

 Have Helped Me " contained a collection of nearly 

 two hundred made by W. T. Stead from the judg- 

 ment of a number of distinguished persons in all 

 walks of life, and accompanied with prefaces, ap- 

 pendices, and notes. " Satan's Invisible World 

 Displayed,'' by Mr. Stead, was a sensational picture 

 of the corrupt condition of municipal affairs in 

 New York city, as disclosed by the investigations 

 of the past few years, and formed a companion vol- 

 ume to his study of Chicago. "Ancient English 

 Holy Week Ceremonial " was revived in an inter- 

 esting volume by Henry John Feasey. and " The 

 Mysteries, Pagan and Christian," were considered 

 by Archdeacon Cheetham. " A Vindication of the 

 Bull ' Apostolicas Cures ' " was made by the Car- 

 dinal, Archbishop, and Bishops of the Province of 

 Westminster, which was replied to by the Arch- 

 bishops of Canterbury and York. 



Books of a miscellaneous character, which may as 

 well be included here as anywhere, were : " Wireless 

 Telegraphy," by Richard Kerr, and from Charles 

 Bright came " Submarine Telegraphs," giving their 

 history, construction, and working. " A History of 

 the Great Northern Railway, 1845-1895," was writ- 



I ten by C. H. Grinling ; a fifth edition of " Ironclads 

 in Action," by H. W. Wilson, had a new chapter on 

 the American Navy ; questions and answers in 

 "The Theory and Practice of Military Topog- 

 raphy" were set down by Major J. H. Bowhill, and 

 " Early Fortifications in Scotland " were the theme 

 of the Rhind Lectures on Archaeology, by David 

 Christison, M. D. They were held to comprise 

 moats, camps, and forts, and were illustrated and 



accompanied with maps. A " History of London 

 Street Improvements, 1855-1897," was written by 

 Percy J. Edwards, and in the " Victorian Era Se- 

 ries " appeared " London in the Reign of Queen 

 Victoria, 1837-1897." "The Evolution of the 

 English House," as traced by S. 0. Addy in the " So- 

 cial England Series," contained 42 illustrations. 

 Prof. F. W. Maitland contributed a volume on 

 " Canon Law in England " and also delivered the 

 second course of the Ford Lectures at Oxford 

 upon " Township and Borough." " With Nature 

 and Camera." by Richard Kearton, contained the 

 adventures and observations of a field naturalist 

 and an animal photographer; " W r ild Animals in 

 Captivity," by A. D. Bartlett, late superintendent 

 of the Zoological Gardens in Regent Park, contained 

 an account of the habits, food, management, and 

 treatment of the animals, with reminiscences and 

 anecdotes, put together and edited by his son, Ed- 

 ward Bartlett, and from Mrs. Dew Smith, the author 

 of "Confidences of an Amateur Gardener," came a 

 delightful book on domestic animals entitled " Tom 

 Tug and Others." Two volumes contained " The En- 

 cyclopaedia of Sport," edited by the Earl of Suffolk 

 and Berkshire, Hedley Peek, and F. G. Aflalo, and 

 " An Almanac of Twelve Sports for 1899," by Wil- 

 liam Nicholson, contained accompanying rhymes by 

 Rudyard Kipling. "Salmon and Sea Trout," by 

 the Right Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, M. P., in the 

 " Angler's Library," told how to propagate, pre- 

 serve, and catch them in British waters, and was il- 

 lustrated by Mrs. Graham-Moir, E. T. Bennett, the 

 author, and others ; " The Trout " was added to the 

 " Fur, Feather, and Fin Series," by the Marquess of 

 Granby. "Punting," by P. W. Squire, belonged to 

 the Badmington Library; Horace G. Hutchinson 

 proclaimed himself " The Golfing Pilgrim " ; " Wil- 

 low and Leather," by E. V. Lucas, celebrated the 

 praises of cricket, in prose and poetry ; and " Witli 

 Bat and Ball " was another contribution to the 

 literature of the noble game, by George Giffen. A 

 history of " Gambling in England," by John Ash- 

 ton, was supplemented by " The Gambling World," 

 a collection of anecdotic memories and stories of 

 personal experience in the temples of hazard and 

 speculation, by Rouge et Noir. In conclusion we 

 have " The Encylopredia of Practical Cookery," in 

 two volumes, edited by T. F. Garrett, and illustrated 

 with colored plates and engravings. 



Voyages and Travels. The decrease in the 

 quantity of books of travel written during the year 

 was more than compensated by the quality of those 

 sent out, which was pronounced remarkable by 

 competent critics. Arthur H. Neumann described 

 "Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa": 

 Lionel Decle spent " Three Years in Savage Africa," 

 which he described in a volume to which Henry M. 

 Stanley contributed an introduction ; " Rambles in 

 Lion Land " came from the pen of Capt. Francis B. 

 Pearce, and Rev. Dennis Kemp recorded the expe- 

 riences of " Nine Years at the Gold Coast." " Travels 

 in the Coast Lands of British East Africa and the 

 'islands of Zanzibar and Pemba," by W. W. A. 

 Fitzgerald, were accompanied with maps and illus- 

 trations, and R. Austin Freeman described "Travels 

 and Life in Ashanti and Jaman." Lieut.-Col. J. R. 

 Trotter explored "The Niger Sources and the Bor- 

 ders of the New Sierra Leone Protectorate"; "Ex- 

 ploration and Hunting in Central Africa " were com- 

 bined by Capt. A. St. H. Gibbons, and Capt. Guy 

 Burrows wrote from experience of " The Land of 

 the Pigmies." Count Gleichen went " With the 

 British Mission to Menelik, 1897," giving a pic- 

 turesque account of Abyssinia. " The Soul of a 

 People," by H. Fielding, was an account of the life 

 and belief of the Burmese, while two volumes were 

 devoted by II. Warington Smyth to " Five Years in 



