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Metzerott, Shoemaker. (Cassell and Co.)—This book gives us a vivid

picture of life among one of the foreign populations that have found shelter in the United States. It relates the history, external and internal, of a Socialist shoemaker. The picture is full of interesting figures. Karl himself, the sisters Price whom he befriends, the noble young Louis, and the Christian Socialist clergyman, Ernest Clare, are particularly well studied and carefully drawn. Mr. Clare represents, we may venture to presume, the author's opinions, and his view of how the .clergy and the working men may, to use the words of his dedica- tion, work and pray together for the coming of the Kingdom of Christ. Altogether, this is a book of no little meaning.