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Two Books On The Bible.* The Life Of Christ, Dr.

Geikie tells us in his brief preface, is a new book, not an abridgment of the longer book, so favour- ably known to students of the Bible under the title of The Life and Words......

Sir William Butler On General Gordon.* This Is, Beyond All

question, the best of the complete narratives of the career of General Gordon that have yet been published. Colonel Butler has much more of the gift of style than either Mr.......