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contribution , and in a charming , yet modest , fashion many beautiful and useful lessons are
drawn from the wide field of nature . The book is illustrated , and its value is enhanced by a careful list of works of reference , which
have been added for the guidance of parents and teachers . The volume deserves to be widely known 0 for it is cheapthoroughand
attractive if . , A . , « -X ' , From the same . —* Joshua : Ilis Life and Times /
by the Rev . Wm . J . Deane , M . A . This is a new volume of the ' Men of the Bible' series , and it is marked by the same ability and research
which have won wide and favourable attention for Joshua •^^ r" ~ m ^ »^» ^ its ^ p ^^ ^^* - ^ m ^ pr — predecessors ^ v who ™ w bhv ^^* ^^^ transformed ^^ ^ h ^ m ^ - ^ r ^^^ . ^ —m ^ ^ . ^^ *^^ Mr — —^^ - ^— . *^^ Dean n" " ^» a *^^ ^» ^ mob ^ e - ^ p—^^™ points h - - ^^ of h ^—^~ out broken — -w ~ — that — -
spirited , down-trodden slaves into an orderly a and great victorious general army —rap —h id ad decision * all the unshrinking qualities of
firmness , thorough knowledge of , the materials varying at ^^^^ m ^ m his W WmU ^^* SB ^^^ K command wm situation w m ^ m *^ ^^^ " ^^ r * W ^^ ^ m 1 ^^ b ^^^ p , , w and masterl m ^ m ^^ ^» ^™ ~ -r ^ " the ^ " ~ — — ~ y power «» estimate ^ *^^ w — - ^ m' ^ mw of ~—~ ^^— of winning » » — every — — ^ ^^^ m
the love and confidence of his soldiers . ' In order to increase the utility of this careful and lucid — — examination — _ — of _ — Joshua ___ _ __ ' s career _ , wand to
make the book in some degree a hand-book of Scriptural topography , Mr . Deane has added a geographical appendix .
From Picke Messrs ring & . Chatto Pickering have & published Chatto . — a Messrs small . volume of poemsby John Stafford Spencer
, , entitled ' Sketches from Nature . ' Many of the pieces are translated into Latin or Greek by the W ^^*^^ ^ Rev kW ^^ v . v ^ James p # ^~ — — — ^^ w ^ d Lonsdale *^ v ^^ A 4 i ^ ^»> tw ^ dfc ^^ , m *** M ^» . 9 A ^^ b . 9 , m late ^^» p v ^^ m Professor ^ ** ^^ ^* ^^ » w ^* ^^ ^
of Classics at King ' s College , London . The merit being sent of the forth poems to a literary scarcely public warrants ; their their full
tion advantage . The would writer be is a served keen observer by private of circula nature - but he lacks the power to interpret her ,
chequered moods . X A . From . ^ b * ^ m ^ r . •^ . ¦^ . w ¦¦ the ^ b ^ ^ c f ^ B ^^^ f Religious IAV . v ^ BV ^ k ^ P ^^ v ^ H ^ v ^ H ^ f ^^ p ^^^ b 9 m ^ r Tract ^ ff ^ B ^^ v ^ V *^ V ^ m ^^ if Society v ^^ r ^ mt 9 r ^^^^ *• ^^^^ ^^ a V . — ' The ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
Ancient British Church' ( Church Historj ^ Series , No . VI . ) . by William Lindsay Alexander , D . D ., New and Revised Edition . The history of
Christianity in Britain previous to the establishment a clearconci of the se Heptarch and attractive y is here manner narrated . The in
learning , and broad , scholarly insight of the late the Dr . Alexander of the facts are suffi recorded cient guarantee whilst the of accuracy ;
compendious character of the work will materially assist the student in his search for a more detailed view of the subject .
From Kent Messrs & Co . . — Simpkin In ' Three , Ma Peop rshall le ' s , H Secret amilton , ' by ,
George Manville Fenn , we have another of those short dark mysteries of fiction which have been , so eagerly read of late . A doctor ,
who had made large sums of money by obtaining medical . human students * subjects sells ' his for practice dissection to two by
wily men . The , doctor retires to a moated grange , where in secrecy he keeps a noble young girl who is his ward . He presses her to
accept him in marriage , but she declines . Then the exciting rector story ' s son tells accidentall of his y love meets ¦ his her daring ; and the his
II frantic encounter ' V , with the doctor , , his supposed C , * death suicide , his of mysterious the doctor return . To to anyone life , and seeking the
highly-seasoned fiction this will be satisfying . From the Society for Promoting Christian
II Knowledge . — All lovers of ecclesiastical
history will welcome another of the Diocesan
view Histories of the , which diocese gives of Carlisle us a clear .. It and is written concise by Rev . Richard S . Ferguson , M . A ., LL . M ..
Chancellor of Carlisle . To the author this has have evident been ly been spared a labour to set forth of love all , and that no can pain be *
found concerning this ancient and interesting see . History is carefully traced from the times of the Britons and the Romans . Ancient
manuscripts have been most carefully studied ,, and the records of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarian and Archaeological
Society have been patiently ransacked to provide reliable information . In addition tothismuch that is valuable has been culled
from , such trustworthy authorities as Stubbs ,. Freeman , Green , and Froucke . The troubled times of the Restoration and the Revolution
are treated with much discretion , and the whole record is marked by the utmost skill . A map and a copious index enhance the utility
of the work . From ~ the same — . —* Islam—as a Missionary v Relig o ion , *"
b Canon y Charles Taylor R . startled Haines , the M . A reli . g Two ious years world ago by * asserting at the Church Congress that whilst
Islam had O been successful as a missionaryreli unsuitability gion , Christianity to Oriental — because races of — its had supposed failed .
The startling thesis , Mr . Haines shows , was by no means a novel one ; and it has been refuted in detail again and again by scores of competent
authorities . In this able and intensely interesting volume Mr . Haines is not concerned so * much with the vindication of Christian missions
as with a calm but thorough examination of | the claims of Mohammedanism as a missionary religion _ _ . _ He _ traces ____ the .. _ past ^ . _ history _ . of Islam .
— — ^^ throws — — fresh light on its condition ^ j - to-day . , He , moreover , shows that its progress was due to the * joint and skilful use of both the agencies
of force and persuasion , ' and he maintains ,, f distinctive urther , that feature the sword of Islam has al as way a s missionary been the * j
reli political difficult gion . to as Therefore well see how as a , it sp ' can Since iritual survive Islam supremacy the claims loss , it of is a i
temporal dominion . ' Christianity in India , in ! much spite of more all swiftl drawbacks than , is Islam increasing . A careful relativel and y ! [ y
convincing the Non-Christian book , and Religious an opportune Systems addition ' series . to i j From the same . —* From the Font to the Altar (
b The y Conyngham second title Ellis of this , M . little A . volume Third Edition explains , , | i its object—a manual of Christian doctrine for
the young . It consists in the main of a courseof lectures delivered to a class of candidates for ! confirmation , and the aim which Mr . Ellis has
set himself is to exhibit to young people , in a simple and connected form , the cardinal doctrines ^^ k ^ *^ ^^ ^ h ^^ v r- ^~ of ^ t ^ ™ ™ the ^^ mm mm ^ mm Christian ^^^ r ^^ ' ^^ ¦ ™ ^^ ^>» mmr ^ m mm ^ rmi religion mm % ^ m ^ * mm ^ m ^^^^ k mrm -m ^ ^ m ri . ^ B B | The ^ V ^ ^^^ f ^ m ^ k ^ r exposition ~ m ^^ 0 ^^^ | m ^^ p mmm * ^^ ^^ ^^ *
of the Creed is based on the classic work of Bishop Pearson , and the book very fairly achieves in brief compass the laudable purpose
which Mr . Ellis has set himself , in its preparation , to accompliah . From MessrsSwan Sonnenschein & Co — |
. 4 H . mm , is 1 * r The MM a .- \ IWW powerful Modern . V m ~ tWmmM m % , W-W . * Rack impeachmen T **** IT «>» , ' by ft . ^ ^ Frances . W ^ - » Mm t ** T of * % - % . f-W *^ the * % Power * - % , * - * * -- * --- * custom ^^ V Cobbs ^* + * ^^ of , vivisection rwxrf - ^ r . M « " ¦ iss vm Cobbe is so well known in
this — ^ v m reg ^ m v m ion mm m of * polemics ¦ x ' ^^^ ^** m \ + * ^ mf M that > v r * r ~\^ no J V ^^^ one ** -wk mum will - ^ r — » — — be — r
surprised to find her yielding to the earnest >
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2 o The Publishers' Circular jan . i 5 , I 89 O
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 15, 1890, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15011890/page/22/
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