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themselves. For sale at Bigeow's.
Ten GREAT RELIGIONS; an Essay in Com
paratiye Theology. BY James Freeman Clarke
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co. This work can
not fail to be useful. If there were more studies
inl comparative theology, there would be more
really intelligent and useful thinking among
theologians and theological instruction would
not so often stand apart from the actual sympa-
thies and aspirations of thoughtful men. Mr..
Clarke's purpose is to enable the reader to be-
become acquainted with the doctrines and rus
toms of the principal religions of the world,
without having TO consult numerous volumes.
He has studied his subject for years. His view,
generally stated, is that most of the religions OF
the world are ethnic, while Christianity is Cath
olc
The ten great religions brought under consid.
Grafton are that of Confucius, Brahmanism
Buddhism, that of Zoroaster, that of Egypt, thai
of Greece, that of Rome, the Scandinavian re
ligion, Judaism, and Mahometanism. The sig
MITIGATION of some Of them is indicated by dia.
gram, as follows: Brahmanism, spirit, substance
unity; Buddhism, the individual, nature as law
progress; Greece, man, beauty, development
Mahometanism, fate, submission, divine will
Egypt, body, form, variety; China, society, thu
past, conservatism; Scandinavia, nature al
FORCE, battle, independence; Zoroaster, freedom
right and wrong, struggle. But his treatmen
of the subject goes beyond these generalizations
His ability and his interest in the subject chosen
for discussion, give assurance that the book is
worth reading. For sale at Bigelow's.
FRAGMENTS OF SCIENCE FOR UNsCIENTIFIc
PEOPLE, by John Iyndall. New York: d. APP
pleton Co. The preparation of this book, the
autho: says in his preface, was prompted by
an impulse from America, and it is dedicated to
his friends in the United States. 1t is composed
of essays, reviews, and lectures on scientific
subjects. Mr. Tyndall is among the foremost
of those cultivators of physical science who are
doing so much TO direct the currents of thought
in our day. Hei is an acute and careful observer
and experimentalist, an accurate and logical
thinker, and writes with admirable clearness
and force. His lectures on "Heart Mode of
Motion" and on sound, have been widely read
and have been very useful in giving to unscen-
titic people clear conceptions Of the methods of
scientific inquiry and their results. The short
papers, of which this volume is made up, are
full OF information and suggestion for thought
full readers. L. H. Bigelow has the book for
sale.
ALFRED THE GREAT, by Thomas Hughes.
Boston: J. r. 0sgood 4 Co. Alfred is Mr..
Hughes ideal hero, the greatest and most adj
mirabe figure in English history. The story of
his reign is, Mr.. Hughes thinks, full of lessons
for the Englishman of to-day As here told, it
is the life of brave, strong, patient and far
sighted man, devout and wise, as well as ener-
getic and masterful Mr.. Hughes is a hero
worshipper, like Carlyle and Ruskin, though
not of their extreme type. His theories of gov
eminent and national progress find frequent ex-
preston in these pages, and the object of the
book seems to have been rather TO enforce these
than to make a contribution to history. 1t is
needless to say TO those who have read the story
of Tom Browns school and college days that
the interest of the subject is not impaired by
the dress which the author gives it. The book
is for sale by L. H. Bigelow.
BEEcHoRoFT, by Miss Yonge. New York
d. Appleton & Co. This is one of the uniform
edition of this writer's novels which the Messrs.
Appleton are now publishing. We have before
spoken in notices of preceding volumes in
praise of their purity and wholesomeness of
tone, as well as the interest of the narratives
and the skill with which the characters are
drawn. These characteristics are no less con-
spicuous in this than in its predecessors. 1t is
for sale here by L. H. BigeIow
HANDBOOK OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF THE
UNITED STATES, by Edward G. Tileston. Bos-
ton, Lee & Shepard. The plan of this little
book is to give under the head of each admins
tration the names of the members of the cabi-
net, including the vice president, the length of
the administration, its party and an enumera-
ton of the principal events which occurred
during its existence. Then follows brief
chronicle of events, year by yeaf, with extracts
from important state papers, the whole forming
condensed political history which will be
found extremely convenient and valuable for
reference. An appendix contains additional
statistics and other matters. For sale at Bge-
lows.
The PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGY. By Her
bert Spencer. New York: D. Appleton & Co.
Vol. !. In his treatment of this subject, Mr.
Spencer divides it into nine parts. Five parts
are contained in this volume; and they are de-
scribed as follows: /. The Data of Psychology;
2. The Inductions of Psychology; 8. General
Synthesis; 4. Special Synthesis; s. Physical
Synthesis For sale at Bigelow's.
The HEATHER CHINEE.-Johu H. Carmany
& Co., of San Francisco, the publishers of the
Overland Monthly, have issued in pamphlet
fac smile of Bret Harte's original manuscript of
this poem with an indistinct photographic portrait
of the author on the cover. The copy shows
that this little brochure was not dashed off at A
heat, but was carefully corrected and amended
and that even after it passed into the printers
hands, it received some decided improvements
before it attained the form in which the world
first saw it.
NIJEL BARTRAM's IDEAL, by Florence Will
ford. New York: D. Appleton & Co. This is a
well conceived and well told story of much in
terest. For sale at Bigelow's.
The CHATTERBox is capital magazine for
young people. rs original place of publication
is London, but it is reissued in New York by
Pott & Amery. Its illustrations are particularly
good, and of a different character from those of
any of our American magazines. The June
number is excellent, and the children cannot fail
to be delighted with it.
BLAcKwooD's MAGAZINE, for May, has arti-
Giles of the character usual to this periodical,
"O'Dowd" appears in "Reverie," and there is
the beginning of series of papers on hospital
life with the Prussians in France, which promises
to be full of interest. Republished in New
York by the Leonard Scott Publishing Com.
pany.
The GALAXY, for June, has a rather petulant
and inconclusive reply by Richard Grant White
to some criticisms in the College Courant of his
book, Words and their Uses The stories of
Justin Mccarthy, Mr.. De Forest and Miss Ed.
wards are continued, as are also Mr.. Cropsev's
sketches of The Neither Side OF New York, and
Mr.. Guernsey's criticisms of the campaigns of
General Lee are concluded. There are other
articles worth reading, though of less special
attractiyeness than we usually find in this mag
azine. The Galaxy Club Room is poor sub
sttute for Mark Twain's Memoranda.
LIPPINcoTT's MAGAZINE, for June, is good
number. Shopping in Paris, by Mrs. Lucy
Hamilton Hooner is verv entartaip;nO aDd sc