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may be useful to students of forest science 

 who have not access to the works quoted, by 

 stating views that have been advanced and 

 have required attention, and by citing state- 

 ments bearing upon them in such form as 

 to place readers in a position to work out 

 for themselves the solution of problems 

 raised. Much of the information was col- 

 lected by the author during a journey in 

 Finland and Scandinavia. 



God opt and Man in : or. Replies to Rob- 

 ert G. Ingersoll. By W. H. Platt, 

 D. D., LL. D., Rector of St. Paul's Church, 

 Rochester, New York. Rochester : Steel 

 & Avery. Pp. 320. 



As the title of this book sufficiently in- 

 dicates, it is a polemic on the various issues 

 between infidelity and Christianity, and is 

 lively and interesting, and as decisive as such 

 works usually are. It is, of course, not a sys- 

 tematic treatise in defense of Christianity, 

 but takes up many objections that arc urged 

 by unbelievers. The form of the discussion 

 favors explicitness of treatment, and is at- 

 tractive to the reader. Various of Mr. In- 

 gersoll's statements, put forth in his books 

 and in his published lectures, are taken up 

 as texts, and commented upon and replied 

 to generally briefly, but sometimes with am- 

 plification. Dr. Platt is familiar with the 

 recent forms of controversy which have 

 arisen through the progress of science and 

 the later aspects of philosophy, and he 

 makes free and effective use of the argu- 

 ments and concessions of eminent repre- 

 sentatives of what is called the agnostic or 

 materialistic school. The attention which 

 he has given to this aspect of modem reli- 

 gious controversy enables him to handle it 

 with unusual ability, and imparts to his vol- 

 ume perhaps its strongest claim to the read- 

 er's attention. 



A OOEEEOTION. 



In our notice of Spencer's " Cyclopaedia 

 of Descriptive Sociology," which appeared in 

 the October " Monthly," there occurs a mis- 

 leading statement which it is desirable to 

 rectify. Part III of that work, devoted to 

 " Types of Lowest Races, Negritto Races, 

 and Malayo-Polynesian Races," carelessly 

 represents that the Ncgritto races and the 

 Malayo-Polynesian races were specified as 

 races meant by the title " Types of Lowest 



Races." This is incorrect. The title is 

 meant to indicate three separate groups, of 

 which " Types of the Lowest Races," includ- 

 ing Fuegians, Vcddahs, and Damans, consti- 

 tute only the first. The other groups do 

 not fall within this category ; the Malayo- 

 Polynesians, various of them, being quite 

 high races both in type and civilization. It 

 is desirable to avoid error and confusion in 

 this important gradation. 



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