BOOK NOTICES. 507 



of the original publisher, by Rev. G. A. Zimmerman, Ph.D., of Chicago, and put 

 forth in elegant shape by Jansen, McClurg & Co. 



The work is divided into two parts, the first of which is devoted to the Dar- 

 winian Theories, including the purely scientific theories, their rise, history and 

 present state and their philosophic completions and consequences, their naturo- 

 philosophic supplement and the metaphysical conclusions drawn from them. 



Part second is devoted to the position of the Darwinian Theories in reference 

 to rehgion and morality, and comprises an historical and critical account of them, 

 and an exhaustive analysis of them. In this part the Darwinian Theories are 

 taken first in connection with religion, then in connection with morality and con- 

 sidered as to the bearings of the descent, evolution and natural selection theories 

 upon theism or the theistic view of the world, also upon the creation of the world 

 and of man, the primitive condition of man, the hearing of prayer, miracles, etc., 

 the effect of Darwinistic naturalism and scientific Darwinism upon moral princi- 

 ples and moral life. The whole is summed up in a profound, comprehensive 

 and original manner whose fairness and toleration cannot fail to impress all read- 

 ers, and, as the translator remarks, " must serve an important purpose to the cause 

 of religions, nor less than of scientific truth." 



The Duke of Argyll, in concluding his introduction to the work, says: 

 " Knowing the author personally, as I have done for many years, I recognize with 

 pleasure in his work all the carefulness of inquiry and all the conscientiousness 

 of reasoning which belong to a singularly candid and patient mind." 



Beautiful Houses. By Mrs Haweis; i2mo. pp. 115. Scribner & Welford, 

 New York, 1882. For sale by M. H. Dickinson, $1.50. 



"Fine feathers make fine birds," and fine bindings, fine paper and ele- 

 gant printing go far toward making fine books. At least, one cannot help 

 feeling so upon looking over the "Parchment Series" and finding such of his 

 old, friends and favorites as Shakespeare, Tennyson, Coleridge, Poe, the Eight- 

 eenth Century Essays, English Odes, Imitation of Christ, etc., presented in all 

 the attractions of parchment covers, superb hand-made paper and the most per- 

 fect typography ; visions of elegance and models in style; tributes to refined in- 

 telligence within and to cultivated taste without. 



Taking the volume above named as an illustration, we find it a fitting exem- 

 plar of the progress now being made in art in all its branches, while its charming 

 author has rendered equally conspicuous the advance of esthetics by her tact in 

 selecting subjects and her skill in describing them. 



The houses described in this book are those of Sir Frederic Leighton, Presi- 

 dent of the Royal Academy of Art Mr. William Burgess ; Mr. Alma Tadema, 

 the artist; the British Embassy at Rome ; Mr. Boughton, in London; Mr. Alfred 

 Moraison ; the Villa Campagna at Rome, owned by the well known sculptor, Mr. 

 Warrington Wood, and occupied by him as a studio; Mr. Reuben Sassoon; Ash- 

 ley Park, an old Tudor mansion, now owned by Mr. Sassoon; Mr. William Haz 



