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United States, together with chapters upon the structure, varieties and contents of 

 caverns, followed by a condensed account of cave dwellings, sepulchers and 

 temples all over the world. The illustrations are excellent, and the book is • 

 certain of an extensive sale. 



The Great Pyramid; by S. H. Ford, D. D., L.L. D. i2mo. pp. 208, St. 



Louis, 1882. 



The great pyramid of Ghizeh has, from the days of Herodotus to the present' 

 time, furni hed matter ofinterest for travelers, poets, astronomers, architects, divines, 

 archaeologists and engineeers. In modern times many attempts have been made 

 to give the dimensions, attitude, openings, internal arrangements, and even the 

 geographical position of the Great Pyramid, peculiar symbolical meanings, though 

 Birch, who is regarded as the greatest of living English Egyptologers, says that 

 " these ideas do not appear to have entered into the minds of the constructors of 

 the pyramids," and Rawhnson thinks that their builders " employed the measures 

 known to them for their symmetrical construction, but had no theories as to meas- 

 ure itself and sloped their passages at such angles as were most convenient, with- 

 out any thought of the part of the heavens whereto they would happen to point." 



Dr. Ford, however, has given the subject a vast deal of study, and is en- 

 titled to the credit of having, at least, worked out an ingenious theory and of sup- 

 porting it with earnestness and plausibility. In addition to the astronomical and 

 chronological facts indicated by various external and internal measurements, he 

 believes and essays to prove that the designers of this especial pyramid were di- 

 vinely guided to erect a structure which in every part symbolizes some great 

 feature in the Christian religion. Whether we admit his conclusions or not, we 

 cannot fail to be impressed with his earnestness, the logical bearings of the facts 

 and arguments he adduces, and the fitting adaptiveness of the scriptural quota- 

 tions and illustrations that he brings forward. Scarcely any reader who examines 

 with any care his facts, biblical comparisons, etc., will fail to partake of his en- 

 thusiasm. The work is embellished with numerous illustrations, and is appropri- 

 ately dedicated to the author's wife, Mrs. Sallie Rochester Ford, who has been 

 intimately associated with the Doctor in all his investigations of the subject. 



Adventures IN THE Far West AND Life Among THE Mormons. By Mrs. C. V. 

 Waite ; i2mo. pp. 311. C. V. Waite & Co., Chicago: 1882. $i.oc. 



This is a narrative of actual experience in crossing the plains in 1862, when 

 it required a whole season to accomplish it, and of life among the Mormons for 

 a number of years. Mrs. Waite is a careful and accurate observer and wields a 

 skillful pen. Her book is attractively written and at the same time gives a great 

 deal of information in regard to the Mormon habits, customs, rules of life, religious 

 rites, etc., that is not readily found elsewhere. The chapters upon Mormon Myste- 

 ries, The History of Woman, An Inside View of the Peculiar Institution and The 



