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his church ill the bcaiiiifiil cit\ of Boston, the 

 mighty, tender ligure of the Master overshadows the 

 sculptiiri-d form of the great preacher. The pre- 

 sence of the risen Christ was there, the Power of 

 the risen Christ then and there laid hold upon Dian.i. 

 She saw herself. She understood now and felt 

 strangel), sweetly one with David. He in tjie wilds 

 of .Africa, she in a hospital in the heart of London's 

 Imsy life, were each jiresenting tiieir offering of 

 mvrrh, and (lod h.id overruled their great mistake." 

 The Uxik with its religious appeal is hardly likely 

 to reach so wide an auilience as " The Rosar\ , ' iiut 

 the story is told with insight antl rare sympatln , 

 and the fact that already 150.000 roi)ies have lieen 

 .sold is due chi<fly to the jKipularity of " The 

 Rosarv . " 



"THE 



I iii> v.tlinnc 1 < 

 commenced in ' 

 .students in s.T'arch 

 than adojjt Mr. 

 Ameriean. The 

 studv and much 

 not addicteil to 

 alluring theories 

 torical liase. Th 

 author's quality ; 

 sake of the pict 



AMERICAN PEOPLE." 



iiiiiiun-.s Mr. Low's rritical sur\ev 



The Planting of a Nation," and 



of a reliable guide could do wor.se 



Low's obiter dicta on matters 



lKM>k represents a sast amount of 

 <ireful reading, for Mr. Low is 

 casual remarks, nor temjjled by 

 devoid of any statistical or his- 



is t.> the reader is a defect of the 

 he will not let him.self go for the 



uresque, and every line .seems to 



MR. MAURICE LOW. 

 Aullior of " The American People." 



breathe argimient against those who have the temerity 

 to disagree with the [larticular statement or fact 

 approved by the author. The rhajiters dealing with 

 the growth of the Colonial spirit and the power of 

 the States to absorb an alien jjopulation are excel- 

 lent, and the volumes are not likelv to be out of 

 date for a generation. 



"BRITISH COLUMBIA MAGAZINE." 



Hriiimi ( ul.i -MI'.ia i> ,1 l.ind of higli hopes and 

 Jmmen.se jMitencies. Her ambitions and her poss- 

 bilities are well reflected in the British Columbia 

 Magazine for D<-<eml)er, which is descrilx-d .is a 

 Uevelojiment Number. There are .sketches of the 

 adventures of niot.r ir;<-n iiathlinding for the Pacific 

 highway from Seattle to Hazelton ; a jjajjer on the 

 develoi)ment of roads; sketches of Vancouver Is- 

 land, as the si-ene of lumbering and reforestation ; 

 of Vancouver ("it) as a city of be.mtiful homes. 

 There is an account of the (Clerman aristocrat, .-Mvo 

 von Alvenslelxn. who has been one oi the chief 

 makers o) Vam-ouwr, and is yet only thirtv-three 

 years of age. There is a character sketch of Se<re- 

 tary Knox, which is very dubious about him. 

 There is tin- statement of a colossal harbour .s<-|ieme 

 for Vaticouver, In adilition there is a gratifying 

 feature in thi>> new world of th<- \V«-.st. "Our 

 germ of art " is not neglected. There is an aj)|ire- 

 riatioii of the eviiibition under the auspices of the 

 Uritish Columbia .Society of Fine .Vris. K. I!. 

 Vrooman. the editor, is emphatic in his assertion of 



British lm])i'rialism, and demands that jjroper atten- 

 tion be given to national defence; "build ships, 

 build docks." 



FOUR MAGAZINES IN ONE. 



For a long linn- i!.>w Svstcnt has maintained its 

 place as the foremost business magazine in the 

 Uniteil States and dreat Hritain. It has recently 

 absorbed three of its rival.s — Modem Business, the 

 Maf;a:iiie of Comnieree, and the British Exporter, 

 coml)iiiing in itself the l)est features of the three. 

 Its articles are ahv.ivs helpful. alwa\s worth read- 

 ing, and thoroughly practical, U-iiig written by 

 masters of the |)ariicular business to which they 

 relate. The Januar\ number has a jiarticularly use- 

 ful article by Mr. John Williams, indicating how 

 the letter-copying nia<'hine has completely revolu- 

 tioniseil the production of corres|K)ndence. Its \yOS- 

 sibilities are oiih beginning to he realised. On a 

 good class of (lujiliciiing machine 50,000 letters 

 can Ik' turned out in eight hours, the only exjjense 

 iM-ing that of an oper.itor to f<x-d anil regulate. 

 Such machines, propcrK used, have .saved hundreds 

 of |K)unds lo numberless firms. 



