, 1875-06-19

thG children y memories hhn various FeFo8 hhd
o't, very Great It. suessrs "fe.ie. causer,os puts
II into words. Tho book consists Of a ecrios Of
familiar talks With children. ID which Btorfes hrn
OF knoalcdgo aro coated With tho swostesl OF
sugsr. 1t would makr an admirable Textbook
In tho many schools which now uee wsntctlnd
comnfations Of conyeErat,on. that inform Tho
has new apron or that Tie watch Of tue mill.
In gold, while tho waich Of the baker Ia silver.
An illustrated edition. writtnn for en1hller chI+
tircn, IL Boon to appear. II Hll doubtless DO bet
tor yet. We arc glad to SEQ signs Of Tie abo'i-
tion OF barbarous n,esns OF instruction in tho
modern languages. When \ child learns Erouch
IN the same way TINT 10 docs English, ho will
lcaru 1t equally well.
FRUITS OF MISSIONARY WORK.
Cnn'sT1sH attssross. by the 1ses. Iut1us H. sErtrE,
Professor Il. A.nher-! College, l2mu.. pp. 2o1. New
Yofks Dola h Mead.
In this wcl-wlittcn plea for the support Of
Christian miesious, Arr. scoiye gives some intcr-
esting particulars regarding tho preaopt proxresa
Of esangc'lzatlop among heathon nations. In
tho Fiji 1slanda-whioh hare lately acquired
now Importance fsom theit annexation to tho
Dritiah Empro-tLo Wesleyan missionaries
began thoir work in 1895. Tho inhabitants.
numbering sbout 20U. 900, Nero At tho timo oil
cannibals. Tho Wesleyan missionary report for
1874 states that nearly 10000 rogularlY
attend divine worahip on Sunday; 2j,A63
are church tnembors In full communion,
and ], $50 arc On plobhttou. Thoro are 040 nn-
1.-Two preacbors. and ,2si day.aclloois, attended
By Il, 792 chlldron. An English naval officer, de-
scrlbing Sunday service which ho attended on
ono Of tho tstands, eays: II nns very much
impressed By tdo scene before me. Only fifteen
ycara before, every nun EnN was cannibal.
Close to mo Sat the old Chief, bible IL, hxnd and
epectaolcH ou forehead, who was twenty yeats
back. one Of The tuoat sanEunaEy and fetocious
Of thia terrib1o iaui; aud within 20 yards OF
me MAS tho sito Of the fatal oYotI, WITH tho tres
sill siand!pg. covered With tho uotches that
marked zach now ytctim."
In lnlln, missionary conference Was held nt
AllahAhad iu tho closing week Of 1872, at which
seycn different denominations, supported by a.
many ddeIont nattous, wero represented. When
the different reporta wero brought In, II was
found that whoreaa In 1862 thele wsro l3B, ,78l
native Chtistians In al India, there wsre. in
1sf2 22i, ,a6i, being tocFoAss OF over s. D01 in
ten years. The larger portion OF thla incroaso
was from tho lower castcs aud from the aboiigi-
neB, set ont-fourth, or mora than 20, QUO, Of tho
converts. wero alndooB OF high casto.
siuco Christianity Was introduced into China,
missions hava been established in forty Nafiod
citlos and $50 villages: while over 4u0 native
ls6s, tlcse wsso 1000 Chsness n.embess of
Chstst!an ChuroheB, 2nd IN 1B79 this nuMbsr
hsd iucraaRe 10 g. 00O
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!oa 1ms Ass,srAscs or Touatsss MonraATE
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THAvEi4- Dy u. r. 8wRErzEn. Paper; pp. 12s.
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The titlo OF this pamphlet sufficiently explains
the nasurc Of its coutents, and, when NO add that
Ii Ia wrtteu BY tho editor Of Osgoods "Haud-
book for tlo Maritime proyinco,. !" a cu,r.ntv -,
its truytworIh,ness and nrae,icabl,ty Ia afrordos
When Mir, Eweetzor wss . you,h mai vat tbrouvh
his collage education ho was seized With . desire
TO visit Eurogo, and resolved 10 ciye m tbe
studies Of tho senior year for q study OF Tho
art ard architecture Of tho Old World
Ho bad el,5OO to c1peud upon tho tour.
aud tho great question was whethar he should
nac It up IN . luxurious TRIP Of throo months or
pt.stsce economy aud proloug the pleasures and
deeiHs ~ ,,ra S f. ne LATER COURSE vas
months' Journey wsre comf"rt, I hiv brnvnI;yt bnvay
within 81, 2A0. leaving $500 Tor tie purchase OF
gictn1es.
.,,i Ino wasaom TINT nlr. s"cetzeE gained from
~ Som,.~ man - .f,r,tn tot .nS po"nnt
nnisa ~ Hro1.n ~. ~ wnG i soet 'oo m
;asS. ~ I.osa 81. In. Ia.e4 W ",lcn uo carry
ma c"n,. na .noes,,ans ;,a ~ M 20 so po
do woii to consHe mnmt;on ~ ~ faw ~ Sou,n tna
topics especially sreatod viii SHOW tho % utily OF Of
Ah,nt Monnu "a ifnu ~ n..sn mist'ean ~ houi
T,nnis Wis"ir, ~t - H-",ta,,.t fht ~ " nmnyn.E
1tnors - =, ~ r.iaaa.,6 ~ nso5na.test nt Sneap
Pajaces: Of Forming r4onar antcinations otn tna
ntn " ~eA''"os ''P'1 &A4se'Pts'o0St o'o''
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