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scholars are hoping that the origin OF races Is 70
have much light shed on 1T from tins source Aholue
work which will be important contI 70 We
Same an beo will be the third volume of Dr. hascn
Uisoroof md Critical Commentary which Will be pup
lshed during this month. III VIII am W tio o -
all the symbOlical meanings OIL sacrlnclaI opIo.S
yitnas rsed i'm ancient worship and the ideas ana
forms of among all nations In TINS cohhectoh
If NAV also he mentioned that MI Cottrell tlans,
ton Of the fifth and final VqJe Oh Don one of the
most valuable books of the modern world Wlthll
reach OF English readers. The most important par
of the present volume Jast puohsSu, discove2igs
pbical Dictionary containing all inc disc0NeI r 10
made since that of CbOmpOlon, made IN 300; Inc
pictures of the IherOgyphs designed by Joseph
BonOm and cast by Mr. Branston Tor te Messrs
man There are 1900 examples in 1T; The volume
contains also a valuable pathological comparison OF
Fpyptian and LemtiC roots and translation OF tne
Egyptian Book Of the Dead ms funefa hitual Is
of The utmost interest and quite in keeping with the
grim faith which built the Pyraml6s, and believed
that the dead sank toward the central earth to be
iudged and then sent either TO happiness directly or
by very creuitOus route through the forms OF the
animals which represented their sins.
great service has been done for our knowledge OF
yet another Oriental country by Col. Henry b. fule.
late of the Indian service who has translated and
collected the chief medieval notices of China, III
very comprehensive work called "Cathay and the
China and that KhtaD by which, is still known to
the Russians and PeTsans being derived from
Mantchcn tribe which conquered China in tho 10th
f PaHoG Nae nSIaTG SIC Oh T Bna ns
are given substantially and the Letters OF several
missionaries. No work ever printed is calculated to
give reader impressive idea of the extent TO
which China had gone in civilization in times when
Western Europeans were little more than barbarlans.
They were burning coal before the Christian era;
they were printing A. ID. 5Sl with black, and hthO-
graphing about three centuries later; yet another
century, and they using movable types OF terra
Gotta Porcelain, water-tieht compartments III ships,
portraits for catching criminais-au these We're
known TO them in those days And 1t even appears
that ll9 years before Christ these Ceesas used eath
er grcenbaCs ACcOTdIngtO another learned work 10
which j can merely refer &c the close OF my nOJices
of new books of this class-Dr Barow's Essays on
SgmbOlism-te Chinese had also the tradition OF the
Madonna and Child. This symbol was the I,ea-H0W,
the Queen Of Heaven, represented as nursing heI Ill
FAINT son. who holds otusbud III his hand as SYM
Dol of the birth. There Is model or TINS group
in porcelain in the chronological Museum OF C0pen-
hagen. Mr. SeebOhms work, Tie OXFORD Ne
formers Of 1895 is quite the most important on ITS
subject ever written The information Is thoroughly
sfted the statement is clear the style attractive
The secondary title Is, "A History of the Fellow,
work of John COlet Erasmus, and Thomas More.
His view of Erasmus Is not so tine as that lately
written by Anthony FOndc, but there Is IN the book
the most charming account OF Thomas More III Is
very curious To find how sngularly More anticipated
the notion of modern TcfOmers in his DioptG Mr..
Seebohm sums up Morc's ideal of public worship
Temples nobly built and spacious, in whose solemn twi-
light men all scots meet. In spite OF their dsthcos
10 unite public worship ayowcdly so arranged tat
nothing may bc seen or heald when shali jar MIN VIZ
feelings OF any class of the worhpers-n0thng IN wncn
all cannot unite for every sect performs ITS own peculiar
Yjt,.s i'm nriyatel: no images no forms OF prayer
but such any one may use without prejudice 70 ms
own mi yata opinion incense and other sweet OdOrs
and waxen lights burned not from any notion that they
can confer any benefit Cod which mems prayers can
not but because they are useful aids - the WOispcs
fine men on one side OF the temple the women on the
other all clothed IN white; the whole people rising rs the
priest who conducts the service enters the temple IN Mo
beautiful vestment wonderfully wrought Of birds pln-
mage, accompanied by music then priests ana people
uniting in solemn prayer 10 God IN set form OF Words
composed that each can apply its meaning 20 himself
Offering thanks for he benefits which surround them Tor
flat han
embraced religious persuasion. which they hope Is the
true praying that, II they mistaken they may
he led TO that which Is really the true that ell may
be brought 10 unity Of faith and practice unless IN hs
inscrutabe will the Almighty should otherwise ordain
and concluding with a prayer that soon ~ u may
please him. he may take them 10 himself lastly this
mayer concluded, the whole congregation bowling sol
EMMY the ground and then after short pause. 5epn-
rating spend the remainder of the day IN Innocent
amusement.