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come; more so than almost any other: hence its pubHcation, especially in view of 
this new feature, should be expedited as much as possible. 
Questions of Belief: Edited by Titus Munson Coan. i2mo., pp. 204. G. 
P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1883. For sale by M.. H. Dickinson; paper 
25c, cloth 60c. 
This is Number V of Volume I of the "Topics of the Times" series, and 
contains the following timely and able articles : The Responsibilities of Unbelief,, 
by Vernon Lee, from the Contemporary Review, May, 1883. Agnostic Morality, 
by Francis Power Cobbe, from the Contemporary Review, June, 1883. Natural 
Religion, by Edmund Gurney, from Mind, April, 1883. The Suppression of 
Poisonous Opinions, by Leslie Stephens, Nineteenth Century, March and April, 
1883. Modern Miracles, by E. S. Shuckburgh, ixom.\}ci& Ni7ieteenth Century, Jan- 
uary, 1883. 
Number VI of this popular series will be entitled " Art and Literature," and 
will be ably represented. 
Constitutional Amendment Manual: By J. Ellen Foster. i2mo., pp. 100., 
New York. National Temperance and Publication House. 
The authoress of this work is a lawyer of prominence in the State of Iowa, 
who has given much of her time to the temperance cause, and this little volume 
is prepared as a contribution on her part in aid of "the temperance workers in 
the various States who desire to join the movement for Constitutional Prohibition 
with enforcing statutes in both State and Nation." 
It contains arguments, appeals, petitions, forms of constitution, catechism, 
and general directions for organized work for constitutional prohibition. Many 
of our western readers will remember Mrs. Foster's earnestness, eloquence, and 
ability in the lecture field when here a few months since. 
The Life of Washington: By Washington Irving. Two volumes ; Quarto, 
pp. 226. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York; paper 60c. For sale by M. H.. 
Dickinson. 
This is known as the Centennial Edition and is complete in two parts with 
many illustrations. Of the work itself it is unnecessary to speak, as every reader 
knows that the life of Washington includes, necessarily, the history of the Amer- 
ican Revolution, and that no writer has ever presented the same amount of care- 
fully compiled history in the same elegant, perspicuous and attractive style. The 
cheapness of this edition, the agreeable size of the print and the beauty of the 
illustrations will cause it to be sought for on all hands. 
