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The Wars of Religion in France, 1559-1576: The Huguenots, 
Catherine de Medici, and Philip the Second. By James 
Westfall Thompson, Associate Projessor of European History 
in the University of Chicago. 
Illustrated, 666 pages, 8vo, cloth; net $4.50, postpaid $4.84 
Our interpretation of the sixteenth century has been pro- 
foundly changed by the recent progress in economic history, 
and Professor Thompson is the first to apply its results to this 
period in France. In the matter of industrial history, the influ- 
ence of the failure of crops, and the disintegration of society as 
the result of war and plague, the book makes decidedly new 
contributions to the history of the Huguenot movement. 
World To-Day. The Wars of Religion i in France is an elaborate work, but it 
is farthest possible from the mere perfunctory gathering together of 
sources. Professor Thompson writes in an easy style, and his story — 
of the events leading up to Saint Bartholomew’s Day from the early days 
of the Huguenot revolt, is well balanced and essentially readable. 
Baltimore News. Learned and interesting. 
Biblical Ideas of Atonement: Their History and Significance. By 
Ernest DeWitt Burton, John Merlin Powis Smith, and Gerald 
Birney Smith. 
338 pages, r2mo, cloth; net $1.00, postpaid $1.11 
This book sets forth the content of the biblical teachings upon 
the subject of Atonement, and suggests the point of view from 
which these conceptions may profitably be studied at the present 
day. The attitude assumed toward the records throughout is 
that of historical interpretation rather than of theological systema- 
tization. Consequently the effort is to discover precisely what 
ideas of atonement are reflected by the biblical laws, institutions, 
and utterances. 
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The authors employ the historical method throughout. To : 
trace the history of an idea is to discover the forces that have — 
co-operated to produce it and to transform it from age to age. 
The history of the idea is thus its best explanation. Yet as many : 
readers will desire some indication of the value of those teachings é 
for the present day, the closing section of the book (chaps. xii, _ 
xiii) is devoted to this aspect = the matter. 
