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Whence Comes Man, From "nature" Or From " God"? By

Arthur John Bell. (W. Isbister.)—We cannot pretend to follow Mr. Bell through his arguments,—which, indeed, lead by many devious paths of metaphysics and physics. We must......

Conversations Of The Unity Club. Reported By A Member Of

the Club. (Christian Commonwealth Publishing Company.)—The object of this book may be conveniently described by its sub-title. It is "a popular discussion of religious......

History Of The Parishes Of East And West Ham. By

Katharine Fry. Edited and Revised by G. Pagensleeper. (A. Siegle.) —Though this volume is intended for private circulation only, and so scarcely comes within the ordinary scope......

Beranger's Poems. In The Versions Of The Best...

by William S. Walsh. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—This volume comes from the other side of the Atlantic, and gives a selection of some of the best work that has been done in trans-......

The Tyranny Of Mormonism. By Fanny Stenhouse. (sampson...

Co.)—We do not quite understand when this book was first published ; but it was before the trial of John D. Lee, so- called Bishop, for his share in the Mountain Meadows......

Illustrated Notes On English Church History. Vol. Ii.,...

mation and Modern Work." By the Rev. C. Arthur Lane. (S.P.C.K.)—When we say that Mr. Lane is one of the lecturers of the Church Defence Institution, it will be guessed what line......

King Henry Vi. Edited, With Introduction, Notes, And...

Benjamin Dawson, B.A. (Simpkin and Marshall.) —This is the third of a series of Shakespeare's plays to be edited by members of the New Shakespeare Society. The annotation is......

New Editions And Reprints.—in The " Mermaid Series,"...

Havelock Ellis (Vizetelly and Co.), we have Thomas Heywood. Edited by A. Wilson Verity. With an Introduction by J. A. Addington Symons.—The volume contains five plays : A Woman......

Poems Of Wild Life. Selected And Edited By Charles G.

D. Roberts. (Walter Scott.)—This addition to "The Canterbury Poets " is especially notable for the fact that scarcely a single English writer of distinction, with the exception......

An Explanatory Commentary On Esther. By Professor Paulus...

Translated by the Rev. Aaron Bernstein, B.D. (T. and T. Clark, Edinburgh.)—This is a monument of labour and learning. Professor Cassel knows his subject thoroughly, and collects......

A Week In Arcadia. By Eleanor Holmes. (griffith, Farran, And

Co.)—A party goes to spend a week at some delightful retreat, the " Arcadia " of the tale, and find that even such paradises are disturbed by human passions. It is a complicated......