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book of common parliamentary law. Helen Marot 

 compiled A Handbook of Labor Literature, giv- 

 ing a classified and annotated list of the more 

 important books and pamphlets in the English 

 language, and Part I appeared of State Publica- 

 tions, a provisional list of the several States of 

 the United States from their organization, com- 

 piled under the editorial direction of R. R. 

 Bowker. The New England States were covered 

 by this first issue. The Handbook of the Ameri- 

 can Economical Association was sent out as 

 usual with the report of the eleventh annual 

 meeting at New Haven, Conn., Dec. 27-29, 1898, 

 and No. 2 of the new series of its publications 

 was devoted to a collection of critical essays on 

 The Federal Census by members of the associa- 

 tion, made and edited by a special committee. 

 The annual address of the president of the asso- 

 ciation, A. T. Hadley, on The Relation between 

 Economics and Politics, was also printed and 

 given to the public. The Foreign Policy of the 

 United States, Political and Commercial, was the 

 subject of the addresses and discussion at the 

 annual meeting of the American Academy of 

 Political and Social Science, April 7 and 8, 1899, 

 collected into a volume, and publications sent out 

 by the academy during the year included Wealth 

 and Welfare, by H. H. Powers; Sociology and 

 Economics, by Prof. Lester F. Ward; Outlines 

 of Sociology, by Louis Gumplowicz; Economic 

 Aspects of British Agriculture, by John F. 

 Crowell; Political and Municipal Legislation in 

 1898, by Edward Dana Durand; Recent Produc- 

 tion of Silver and its Probable Future and Rela- 

 tive Stability of Gold and Silver, by Edward Sher- 

 wood Meade; The Final Report of the Monetary 

 Commission, by Frederick A. Cleveland ; Securities 

 as a Means of Payment, by Charles A. Conant; 

 The Philadelphia Nominating System, by Walter 

 J. Branson; Taxation of Quasi-public Corpora- 

 tions in the State of Ohio and the Franchise Tax, 

 by Frederick J. Howe; The Growth of Great Cities 

 in Area and Population, by Edmund Janes James; 

 The Function of the Social Settlement, by Jane 

 Addams; The Economic Aspects of Charity Or- 

 ganization, by C. E. Prevey; The Regulation and 

 Nationalization of the Swiss Railways, by Hans 

 Dietler; and The Constitutional Position of the 

 German Emperor, by Philip Zorn. The Trend of 

 the Century was discussed by Seth Low in the 

 What is Worth While Series. 



Theology. The book of the year falling under 

 this classification which aroused most comment 

 was undoubtedly A General Introduction to the 

 Study of the Holy Scripture, by Dr. Charles A. 

 Briggs. Dr. Robert Verrell Foster sent out a vol- 

 ume of Systematic Theology, and The Founda- 

 tions of the Christian Faith, by Charles W. 

 Rishell, appeared in the Library of Biblical and 

 Theological Literature. The Theology of the New 

 Testament was contributed by George Barker 

 Stevens, D. D., to the International Theological 

 Library; The Revelation of Jesus, by George 

 Holley Gilbert, was a study of the primary sources 

 of Christianity; and from Rev. E. W. Cook we 

 had The Origin of Sin and its Relations to the 

 Universe. The Gospel of a World of Sin, by 

 Dr. Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr., was intended 

 as a companion volume to his Gospel of an Age 

 of Doubt; The Kingdom (Basileia) was an exe- 

 getical study by George Dana Boardman, D. D. ; 

 Robert Cameron considered The First Epistle of 

 John; or, God revealed in Life, Light, and Love; 

 The Doctrine of Saint John was the title of an 

 ssay in biblical theology by Walter Lowrie ; The 

 Bible: Is it the Word of God? was the theme 

 of the Bennett Lectures for 1898, delivered by 

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James Reed, Jacob E. Warren, John C. Ager, 

 and others; Can I believe in God the Father? 

 of lectures delivered at the Summer School of 

 Theology of Harvard University by William New- 

 ton Clarke, D. D., who also delivered the Lever- 

 ing Lectures before the Johns Hopkins Univer- 

 sity in 1899 upon What shall we think of Chris- 

 tianity? The Lowell Institute Lectures were by 

 Dr. Alexander McKenzie, on The Divine Force in 

 the Life of the World. Through Nature to God, 

 by John Fiske, was in line with his previous 

 books, The Idea of God and The Destiny of Man. 

 Bishop J. C. Keener was the author of Studies 

 of Bible Truths; The Institutional Church, by 

 Edward Judson, intended as a primer in pastoral 

 theology, had an introductory word by Bishop 

 Potter; John Duncan Quackenbos contributed 

 thoughts on questions of the hour under the title 

 of Enemies and Evidences of Christianity; The 

 Four Gospels from a Lawyer's Standpoint came 

 from Judge Edmund Henry Bennett; and The 

 Apostles' Creed in the Light of Modern Discus- 

 sion from Henry A. Stimson, D. D. Miracles : 

 Were they or were they not Performed by Jesus? 

 was declared a question of fact, not of science 

 or theology, by Thomas J. Dodd, D. D.; Wash- 

 ington Gladden asked How much is Left of the 

 Old Doctrines ? William Henry Green, D. D.> was 

 the author of a General Introduction to the Old 

 Testament: The Text; A History of the Textual 

 Criticism of the New Testament was added by 

 Marvin Richardson Vincent, D. D., to the Series 

 of New Testament Handbooks; and a new series 

 of International Handbooks to the New Testa- 

 ment, edited by Orello Cone, D. D., was initiated 

 with The .Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the 

 Thessalonians, Corinthians, Galatians, Romans, 

 and Philippians, by James Drummond. A new 

 translation, direct from the Greek text, of The 

 Four Gospels, by Rev. Francis Aloysius Spencer, 

 had a preface by Cardinal Gibbons. The Religion 

 of Israel to the Exile was the addition of Karl 

 Budde, D. D., to the series of American Lectures 

 on the History of Religions; A Critical and Exe- 

 getical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs, by 

 Prof. Crawford Howell Toy, belonged to the In- 

 ternational Critical Commentary Series, another 

 issue of which was A Critical and Exegetical 

 Commentary on the Books of Samuel, by Henry 

 Preserved Smith. The Messages of the Later 

 Prophets, by Frank Knight Sanders and Charles 

 Foster Kent, appeared in the Messages of the 

 Bible Series, and a second edition was made of 

 their previous work on The Messages of the 

 Earlier Prophets. Songs from the Psaltq^ was 

 the title of poetical renderings by Richard Arnold 

 Greene. Solomon and Solomonic Literature were 

 the theme of Moncure D. Conway; Richard Green 

 Moulton's Literary Study of the Bible was re- 

 vised and partly rewritten by him in its new 

 edition; Jonah in Fact and Fancy, by James 

 Edgar Banks, had an introduction by Rev. Lyman 

 Abbott, D. D. ; Stories from the Old Testament 

 for Children came from Harriet S. B. Beale; and 

 A Life of St. Paul for the Young from George 

 Ludington Weed. Charles Fletcher Dole exam- 

 ined The Theology of Civilization; With God in 

 the World was the title of a series of papers by 

 Rev. Charles H. Brent : The Son of Man, by Gross 

 Alexander, consisted of studies in his life and 

 teachings ; and from Charles Caverno, D. D., came 

 The Ten Words, a study, of course, of the Com- 

 mandments. The Life that Really Is was the title 

 of a volume of sermons by Dr. Lyman Abbott, 

 The Battles of Peace came from George Hodges, 

 and External Religion: Its Use and Abuse, from 

 George Tyrrell. Hamilton Wright Mabie dis- 



