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French Literature Of To-day. By Yetta Blaze De Bury. (archi-

bald Constable and Co. 6s.)—We gather that the lively sketches of modern French writers which make up this volume have appeared at different times in various American magazines.......

A Preacher's Life. By Joseph Parker, D.d. (hodder And...

6s.)—Dr. Parker speaks kindly of those whom he has occasion to mention, whether they were friends or opponents, and we have no wish to say anything but what is kind of him.......

The Tragedy Of Dreyfus. By G. W. Steevens. (harper And

Brothers. 5s.)—The larger part of this book consists of a series of brilliant sketches of the trial at Rennes by the correspondent of the Daily Mail. It is not, however, a mere......

The Human Machine. By J. F. Nisbet. (grant Richards. 6s.)

—This somewhat too materialistic " inquiry into the diversity of human faculty," by that able and remarkable journalist, the late Mr. J. F. Nisbet, is, however much we may......

Back To Jesus : An Appeal To Evangelical Christians. By

Richard A. Armstrong, B.A. (Philip Green. ls.)—There is undoubtedly a marked tendency to-day to get back to the living personality of Jesus Christ as a source of present......

The Ascent Through Christ : A Study Of The Doctrine

of Redemption in the Light of the Theory of Evolution. By E. Griffith - Jones, B.A. (James Bowden. 7s. 6d.)—In reading this remarkable book we are constantly tempted to repeat......