Tasozota—The Charter of Christianity, by the Rev. Andrew Tait, D.D.
(Hodder and Stoughton), is a full examination of the Sermon on the Mount, with a special view to the comparison of its ethical teaching with that of ancient moralists. It is evidently a carefully executed work ; but it is not so easy to say whether it has originality or breadth of view enough to justify its existence. We cannot see that the author contributes much to the controversy when he comes to such cruces as " Swear not at all." Is it right, too, to found the statement that " Socrates died in the profession of idolatry," on that very vague, probably ironical remark to Crito that "we owe a cock to 2Seculapins"1—The Parables of Our Saviour. By W. M. Taylor, D.D. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—Dr. Taylor shows practically that there is room for an instructive work on the Parables beside the classical work of Archbishop Trench. He modestly says in his preface that his "aim has been to turn the fruitful suggestions of Professor Bruce and Siegfried Goebel to good account." But he has much valuable matter of his own to contribute. He grapples fairly with difficulties, and is often very happy in suggesting practical applications. The didactic and hortatory element is prominent through- out the book.—The same author also publishes Joseph the Prime Minister (Charles Burnet and Co.), a series of discourses, not limited, as the title might lead one to expect, to the career of Joseph as the vicegerent of Pharaoh, but extending to the whole of his life. They are distinguished by the same quality of practical value as the volume previously noticed.—The Doctrine of the Atonement. Translated from the Welsh of the Rev. Lewis Edwards, D.D., by the Rev. Charles Edwards, M.A. (Hodder and Stoughton.) —This is a thoughtful and moderate statement, made in the form of a well. managed dialogue, of the doctrine of the Atonement from what may bo called the orthodox point of view. To put so much into a few words always must produce a certain impression of crudity ; but it is not unfair to Dr. Edwards to say that he holds the doctrine that there is in the sacrifice of Christ the propitiation of a divine anger of sin, as contrasted with the view which makes its effect the bringing of the human will into harmony with the divine.—The Person and Work of the Redeemer. By J. I. Van Oostersee, D.D. Translated from the Dutch by Maurice J. Evans, B.A. (Hodder and Stoughton.) —This is a cheaper edition of a work published some years ago under the title of "The Image of Christ." It is divided into three parts,— " The Son of God before his Incarnation," "Christ in the Flesh," "The God-Man in Glory."—The Catechisms of the Second Reforma- tion, by Alexander F. Mitchell (Nisbet and Co.), is intended to explain the composition and sources of the Catechisms of the Westminster Assembly, and to give specimens of the Catechisms which were previously in use among the doctrinal Puritans in England and Scotland, as well as of those which were drawn up to be laid before the Assembly's Committee. The Catechisms are prefaced by an introduction, and by biographical notices.—Real Religion and Real Life. By the Rev. Samuel Maonaughten, M.A. (Gemmel], Edinburgh.)
— New Outlines of Sermons on the New Testament. By Eminent Preachers. Hitherto unpublished. (Hodder and Stoughton.)— Sermons to Villagers. Second Series. By the late Rev. J. Tourney Parsons, M.A. (Skeffington.)—The King's Message, by I. H. Wilson, O.D. (Nisbet and Co.), a book of addressee suited for children ; as is also Echoes of the Word : Short Papers on New Testa- ment Subjects (Wesleyan Methodist Sunday-School Union).—A Memoir of the Rev. J. Lewis Diman, D.D. By Caroline Hazard. (Hoaghton, Mifflin, and Co., Boston and New York.)—James Philipps Mundt. By his Son, Arthur Mursell. (Clarke and Co.)— The Life of Brother Paul J. O'Connor. (M. H. Gill and Son, Dublin.) —The Gospel and Philosophy. By Morgan Dix, S.T.P. (Wells Gardner, Dayton, and Co.)—Parochial Parleys on the Athanasian Creed, the Inspiration of the Bible, 6^c. (Kogan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—The Temple of Humanity, and other Sermons. By H. N. Grimby, M.A. (Kogan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—The Jewish and Christian Messiah. By Vincent Henry Stanton, M.A. (T. and T. Clark.)—The Ritual of the New Testament. By the Rev. T. E. Bridgett. (Burns and Oates.)—In this book, which now appears in a third edition, Mr. Bridgett grapples with a great controversial diffi- oulty,—the contrast, some think the contradiction, between the highly developed ritual of the (Roman) Catholic Church, and the apparent silence of the New Testament on the subject. —The Issues of Modern Thought. By the Rev. R. L. Tafel, A.M. (James Spain.)
— Cur ECUs Horns. Translated from the Latin by Edward S Prost, M.A. (Religious Tract Society.)—The first of a series of "Christian Classics," and a volume of pleasing appearance.
BOOKS RECEIVED.—Calendar of the Royal University of Ireland, 1887. (Alex. Thom, Dublin.)—Official Year-Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland. Fourth Annual Issue. (Griffin and Co.)—This volume aims at supplying,—(1), an account of scientific work done daring the year ; (2), a record of progress ; (3), a handbook of reference.—Ellis's Irish Education Directory and Scholastic Guide for 1887. Edited by William Edward Ellis. (E• Ponsonby, Dublin.)—Dictionary of the World's Press, 1887. (If. Sell.)-1 Digest of the International Law of the United States. Edited by Francis Wharton, LL.D. Rvert of the Mining Industries of the United States. By R. Pumpelly. (Govern. meant Printing.Office, Washington.)—The Law of Employers and Employed as Regards Reparation for Physical Injury. By Walter Cook Spans and Robert T. Younger, M.A. (Maolehoae and Sons, Glasgow.) —The Philosophy of Law. Translated from the German of Immanuel Kant. By W. Heade, D.D. (T. and T. Clark, Edinburgh.) —Report on the Mining Induetry of New Zealand. (Government Printers, Wellington, N.Z.)-8peeeltes on the Irish Question in 1886. By the Bight Hon. W. E. Gladstone. A revised edition. (Andrew Elliott, Edinburgh.)---Of books of devotion, we have Saint Teresa's Pater Nester a Treatise on Prayer. By Joseph Fraeainebti. Trans- lated from the Italian by William Hutch, D.D. (Burns and Oates.) —" Christe Eleison :" a Short Office for Every Daft in Lent- By
L. C. Skey. (Skeffington and Son.)
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