Summer Sums in the Far West. By W. G. Blackie,
D.D. (Nelson and Sons.)—Dr. Blackie travelled from Edinburgh to New York, thence to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Chicago, and from Chicago by the Union Pacific Railway to California. Ho saw Salt Lake City, the Yosemite Valley, and came home by the Canadian Pacific. He has much that is interesting to tell us. One thing is, that a preacher of any note must carefully conceal his identity, Considering that he was out on a holiday, he was most mercilessly called upon by his clerical brethren. Indeed, it is quite an ex- ception when, thanks to having arrived at his halting.place at midnight on the Saturday, he escapes having to preach. Dr. Blackie seems to have been much interested in the Maine Law. Its advocates are not discouraged by the adverse vote of Massa. chusetts and Pennsylvania, and believe that prohibition will ultimately prevail all over the States. Dr. Blackie is distinctly adverse to mixed colleges, and Mr. Moody, who ought to know something about it, holds tho same opinion, and has made separate training colleges for men and women.
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